26th Book Fair Kicks Off in Tirana

Palace of Congresses in Tirana will open this Wednesday its doors for the 26th book fair, a nationwide cultural event that is expected with great interest.

Tirana Fair, the only one that gathers all the most interesting book events, during a year there will be exhibitions, presentations, meetings with authors, invited foreign writers, new books, prizes, conferences, the Book Sofa and more !

This fair will last until November 19, while on the second day of the fair, on November 16, at 5:00 p.m., the Publishers' Association organizes a seminar about the problems of translating literature for children and teenagers into Albanian.

Some of the foreign guests who will be participating in various activities at the 26th Book Fair are the French footballer Lilian Thuram, the prominent Italian translator Ilide Carmignani, the Italian writer Alessio Puleo, the Italian writer Viola Ardone, the Italian translator Ilide Carmignani come on

Annual book fair brings together publishing houses from Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro, writers, poets, translators and readers, where they get to know new publications, discuss the issues of contemporary literature, translation into Albanian and much more. other activities with authors and researchers.

First book fair in Tirana was the "Tirana 1998" fair, organized at the International Cultural Center in Tirana from December 16 to 20, 1998. Since this year, this organization has been held regularly.