Georgia’s capital hosting Tbilisi International Book Festival
The 25th edition of the Festival highlights Poland as this year’s Focus Country, with the Polsky Institute in Tbilisi showcasing the country’s programme for the Tbilisi Book Festival, the organisers said. Photo via Sulakauri Publishing/Facebook
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Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is hosting the 25th edition of the International Book Festival over the weekend in Expo Georgia fairgrounds, featuring both Georgian and foreign publishers, as well as various organisations at the 11th pavilion.
The organisers, Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association are also offering a special section for children at the 5th and 6th pavilions.
Photo via Artanuji for Kids/Facebook
The 25th edition of the Festival highlights Poland as this year’s Focus Country, with the Polsky Institute in Tbilisi showcasing the country’s programme for the Tbilisi Book Festival, the organisers said.
Photo via Sulakauri Pubishing/Facebook
The event will also involve the traditional project Actors for Literature, hosting famous Georgian film and theatre actors, presenting books, and leading artistic readings.
The organisers also said they had ensured a hybrid format for the event, with an online book sale held in parallel to the in-person occasion.
A Georgian-based campaign has released a children's book to help raise awareness around the topic of gender equality, with the launch set to coincide with the annual Europe Day celebrations in the country on Saturday.
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.
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.
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 children’s book produced by the Georgian-based MenCare campaign for gender equality and positive parenting was featured among publications at the Tbilisi International Book Festival in the Georgian capital that closed on Sunday.
Thirty-eight countries of the Commission for Europe of the United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation have chosen Georgia as the host country for next year’s World Tourism Day, with the selection made at their 68th meeting on Thursday in Sofia, Bulgaria. Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili praised the news as “another great recognition of our country”.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi will host its first-ever, large-scale Eco Vegan Festival - Buneba on June 17 and 18 in Mziuri Park, with organisers of the event promising a weekend filled with enlightening lectures, hands-on workshops, music, delicious tastings, and insightful seminars, Vegan Georgia said on Friday.
Author talks, readings of literature and exhibition and sale of books will be in the programme awaiting visitors of Ze-Kartan, a festival hosted in the mountainous parts of western Georgia’s Adjara region in September.