The 51st Sofia International Book Fair opens today at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.
The forum, which will be on until 15 December, is organized by the Bulgarian Book association. 160 publishing houses are taking part in the forum with thousands of book titles, book presentations and meetings with authors from Bulgaria and from all over the world – such as Mircea Cărtărescu, Georgi Gospodinov, Martina Vidaić, Ilja Pfeiffer and many more.
"Through his plays, Jean-Pierre Martinez strives to restore the prestige of comedy as a mirror held out to society" - the playwright's website states. Martinez is the author of 101 comedies performed all over the world, which are studied in French schools..
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is one of twelve writers from around the world invited to become international members of the British Royal Society of Literature, the organisation announced on its website . The writers were selected by a committee..
The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Veliko Tarnovo "Sts. Cyril and Methodius" celebrates its half-century anniversary with an interesting exhibition based on student theses and works by current professors from the university in the old capital..
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