Ioana Pârvulescu Represents Romania at the European Writers Festival
Sat 18 May
|British Library, Pigott Theatre
Join us for a star-studded literary weekend!
Time & Location
18 May 2024, 11:00 – 19 May 2024, 17:30
British Library, Pigott Theatre, 96 Euston Rd., London NW1 2DB, UK
About the event
For 48 hours, between 18-19 May, London will become the European capital of literature, as EUNIC London and British Library organise the second edition of the European Writers Festival. The event features 30 emerging and established authors, from Dean Atta (Cyprus), Selcuk Altan (Turkey), Anne Berest (France), Christos Chomenidis (Greece), Emma Dabiri (Ireland), Joanna Elmy (Bulgaria) and Margo Rejmer (Poland) to Iryna Shuvalova (Ukraine). The festival's special guest, Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov, will be in conversation with The Guardian’s Luke Harding. Romania will be proudly represented by Ioana Pârvulescu, the 2013 winner of the EU Prize for Literature for her book „Viața începe vineri” / "Life Begins on Friday" (Istros Books, 2016).
You can purchase tickets to the Festival: HERE.
Ioana Pârvulescu's latest book in English translation „Prevestirea” / "Jonah and His Daughter" (Istros Books, 2024) will be discussed on 18 May at 2:30 PM as part of the panel…