In-person Tbilisi Book Fair set for 2022 run, Nikozi Animation Festival returns after pandemic postponement
The popular book fair will run at the customary location of Expo Georgia fairgrounds, hosting literature enthusiasts and promoting new releases. Photo via Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association.
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Tbilisi International Book Fair will return in public form for its 2022 edition in Georgia's capital city, while Nikozi Animation Festival will host visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic in the customary location in central Georgia.
With cultural events and awards announcing their plans for the new year through the changing reality of pandemic risks, organisers of the two popular occasions updated their followers on social media with preparations for this year's editions.
The book fair event, visited by thousands of literature enthusiasts in its editions, had to move online last year, despite original plans to host its full run in Tbilisi.
The 2022 fair is now set to finally be hosted in-person, with the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association, the organising body, revealing a "special safety protocol" adopted by the team would make it possible to have readers attend it in person.
Returning after a two-year absence due to pandemic travel restrictions, the Nikozi festival will look to welcome filmmakers and cinephiles in central Georgia. Photo via International Animation Film Festival Nikozi.
Between May 26-29, the event will be welcomed at its customary location, the Expo Georgia fairgrounds, to promote new releases and publishing houses, offer networking opportunities for professionals, and more.
Over in the historical central Georgian village of Nikozi, the celebrated International Animation Film Festival Nikozi will return after a two-year absence caused by the pandemic situation.
Slated for a September 1-6 run, it will mark the anniversary 10th edition of the event that brings animated productions, filmmakers and an enthusiastic audience to the village located near the occupation line dividing the Georgian-controlled territory from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Further details on both events are expected to be revealed by organisers in the run-up to their launch.
Cultural events and festivals in one of Georgia's oldest villages will soon have a brand-new space, with the unveiling of the winning project for Nikozi Art Palace this month.
The 2021 edition of the International Animation Film Festival Nikozi has shared the fate of its predecessor, with organisers announcing their decision to cancel the event on the backdrop of a sharply worsened pandemic situation in Georgia.
Animation film enthusiasts will have to wait until 2021 to join the 10th anniversary edition of the International Animation Film Festival Nikozi in central Georgia, with organisers announcing a cancellation of the event due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
The pandemic-hit years have impacted the Georgian publishers and booksellers through reduced sales and released books, with the first year of Covid resulting in a 25 percent reduction of new releases and the past two years showing a 40 percent decrease in book sales, a new study of the sector shows.
Georgian illustrators and children’s writers, along with a stand organised by the UNESCO programme Tbilisi - World Book Capital, will be hosted at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair - an international event dedicated to children's publishing and multimedia industry - between March 21-24 in Italy.
Over 40 publishing houses will bring their latest releases to this year's Tbilisi International Book Fair, set for a full run with pandemic precautions this month after it was postponed earlier in the year.
Georgian and foreign publishers will again bring their stands to Tbilisi's Expo Georgia fairgrounds starting this Thursday to mark the return of Tbilisi Book Festival in its first post-pandemic run.
A three-day Tbilisi International Book Festival will bring its customary New Year's Eve edition together with Children's Book Festival and offer releases, talks and supporting events to both adult and young visitors starting this Friday.