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Sofia International Literary Festival begins

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The eighth edition of the Sofia International Literary Festival begins today and will last until Sunday. This year, more than 60 participants from 9 countries will take part in the festival. Meetings between readers and authors will be entirely online. The entire festival program, as well as untranslated events held in English and French will be uploaded on the festival’s YouTube channel.

The French writer Jean-Paul Dubois, the Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov, the British writers Salman Rushdie and Chris Cleave, Canadian Gilles Jobidon and others will be among the guests of the festival.




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