Bookfest opens its doors for bookworms at the end of the month

Bookfest opens its doors for bookworms at end-May

Newsroom 08/05/2012 | 12:22

Bookfest, an annual event organized for passionate readers, will take place at Romexpo (sectors C1, C2, C3, C4, C5) between May 30 and June 3rd, with a rich program that includes book launches attended by well-known writers but also releases of CDs, debates and roundtables, exhibitions, and autograph sessions.

France is the honorary guest country at this year’s edition of Bookfest, the Bucharest book fair set to take place at Romexpo from May 30th to June 3rd.

The French Embassy in Bucharest and the French Institute will welcome at the event, together with journalist Bernard Pivot, the producer and host of such shows as Apostrophes, Bouillon de culture, Double je, several well-known French writers. These are Dominique Fernandez, Michel Houellebecq, Nedim Gürsel, Sylvie Germain, Yasmina Khadra, and Yann Appery. More about this, at this link.

Bookfest will span over 4,000 sqm where publishing houses, distributors, printing houses, writers, artistic and cultural figures and politicians will meet the public.

Otilia Haraga