Humanitas and Humanitas Fiction await you at Bookfest 2024, the 17th edition, between May 29 and June 2, with the editorial events of the last months, new titles by Romanian and foreign authors, published in the beloved collections of history, memoirs-journals, essays , philosophy, contemporary and universal Romanian literature, science, children's books.
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Thursday, May 30
15.30 Humanitas publishing house, launch and autograph session
Douglas MacKenzie, Before it collapsed: Modernism and Art Déco in Bucharest
Speakers: Douglas MacKenzie, Gabriela TabacuEvent with consecutive translation from English
16.30 Humanitas publishing house, launch and autograph session
Michał Wasiucionek, The High Gate and the Romanian lands: Rivalries and alliances in the 17th century
They will speak: Michał Wasiucionek, Mária Pakucs-Willcocks, Viorel Panaite
17.00 Humanitas Publishing House, the launch of the newest books in the “Contemporary Romanian Writers” series, followed by autograph sessions
Cristina Vremes, Ballad of the unknown Silvia Dumitru, The night does not forget Cosmin Leucuta, Take one last look at this world full of lies
They will speak: Cristina Vremeș, Silvia Dumitru, Cosmin Leucuța, Tania Radu, Andreea Răsuceanu
18.00 Humanitas publishing house, launch and autograph session
Mimi Brănescu, Six songs, one author
They will speak: Mimi Brănescu, Lidia Bodea, Radu Paraschivescu
18.00 – SCENA ARCAEditura Humanitas, launch Immanuel Kant, Short Writings on Morals, Religion, and PoliticsThey will speak: Mircea Flonta, Hans-Klaus Keul, Gabriel Liiceanu
Friday, May 31
15.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch
Kai Strittmatter, The New Dictatorship: Digital Surveillance as State Policy in China
They will speak: Sabina Fati, Magda Grădinaru, Ioan Stanomir
15.30 Humanitas Fiction Publishing House, the release of Maja Lunde's novels, Dreaming of a tree Alex Schulman, Malmö railway station
They will speak: Mihaela Pascu, Tania Radu, Denisa Comănescu
16.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Radu Oltean, From Tudor times
They will speak: Radu Oltean, Tudor Dinu, Radu Gârmacea
16.30 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Radu Umbreș, Distrust: How Deep Romania Works. An anthropological research
They will speak: Radu Umbreș, Dan Alexe, Sabina Fati
17.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Fleas, Nomads and Rat Soup: Stories from Equatorial Africa
They will speak: Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Mihai Găinușa, Sabina Fati, Andreea Niță
17.30 Humanitas Fiction Publishing House, the release of Sawako Ariyoshi's novel, The river of destinies
Angela Hondru, Raluca Nicolae, Șerban Georgescu, Denisa Comănescu will speak
18.00 Humanitas Publishing House, Tudor Dinu launch and autograph session, Baths, hammams, delights: An illustrated history of the baths of Wallachia and Moldova
They will speak: Tudor Dinu, Mircea Cărtărescu, Radu Gârmacea
18.30 Humanitas Fiction Publishing House, the release of Niccolò Ammaniti's novels, Private life Thomas Leoncini, The man who wanted to be loved and the boy who fell in love with him
They will speak: Cristina Stănciulescu, Cristina Gogianu, Denisa Comănescu
19.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Dan Alexe, Of the Dacians and the Romanians: An introduction to the history of the language and ethnogenesis of the Romanians
They will speak: Dan Alexe, Rodica Zafiu, Radu Paraschivescu
Saturday, June 1
11.00 Humanitas Junior, launch Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, The Owl Tales. The bear who wanted to be happy Isabel Allende Perla, the superpuppy
Ana Barton, Vlad Stroescu, Lidia Bodea will speak
11.30 Humanitas Junior, release Cătălin Pavel, The mountain with doors
They will speak: Cătălin Pavel, Carmen Tiderle, Adina Rosetti
12.00 Humanitas Fiction Publishing House, launch of the volume of Amos Oz stories, Where jackals howl
They will speak: Ioana Pârvulescu, Magda Grădinaru, Denisa Comănescu
12.30 Humanitas Fiction Publishing House, the release of Colm Tóibín's novels, Brooklyn Scholastique Mukasonga, Notre-Dame du Nile
They will speak: Cătălin Striblea, Adina Dinițoiu, Denisa Comănescu
13.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch of the collective volume The Depression Book: 24 Confessions About Sadness, Fear, Despair, and Other Demonscoordinated by Marius Chivu, with texts by Dan Byron, Nicolae Comănescu, Suzana Dan, Dana Deac, Mihai Dobre, Aida Economu, Alexandra Furnea, Andrea Gavriliu, Oana Giurgiu, Iulia Lumânare, Răzvan Mazilu, Mela Mihai, Cosmin “Micutzu” Nedelcu , Katia Pascariu, Lia Perjovschi, Andreea Raicu, Iulia Rugină, Ada Solomon, Alexandru N. Stermin, Cătălin Ștefănescu, István Téglás, Ștefan Teișanu, Roman Tolici, Luiza Zan
13.30 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Ioana Pârvulescu, Cat gold
They will speak: Ioana Pârvulescu, Mircea Cărtărescu, Lidia Bodea
14.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Gabriel Liiceanu, Letter to Dorothea
They will speak: Gabriel Liiceanu, Horia-Roman Patapievici, Lidia Bodea
15.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Tatiana Niculescu, Delicious story of the Romanian cozonac
They will speak: Tatiana Niculescu, Dan Alexe, Vlad Stroescu
15.30 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Radu Paraschivescu, Freedom from depression: Coverings and revelations from us
They will speak: Radu Paraschivescu, Gabriel Liiceanu, Cătălin Striblea
16.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Ștefan Liiceanu, An atlas of corruption: Romania – 20 years of theft, case study
They will speak: Ștefan Liiceanu, Sorin Ioniță, Cătălin Striblea
16.30 Humanitas publishing house, launch and autograph session Alexandru N. Stermin, The look of the orangutan or About the animal in us
They will speak: Alexandru N. Stermin, Oana Popa, Radu Paraschivescu
17.00 Humanitas Fiction publishing house, release and autograph session Thomas Schlesser, Mona's eyes
They will speak: Thomas Schlesser, Gabriel Liiceanu, Daniel Nicolescu, Matei Vișniec, Denisa Comănescu. Event with consecutive French translation
17.45 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session Dan-Liviu Boeriu, This is where fear lives
They will speak: Dan-Liviu Boeriu, Ioana Pârvulescu, Gabriel Liiceanu, Radu Paraschivescu
18.00 – ARENA STAGE Debate “Seven major risks for Romania until 2035. EFOR forecast report”
They will speak: Gabriel Liiceanu, Laura Ștefan, Sorin Ioniță, Septimius Pârvu
18.30 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session by Cătălina Dumitrescu, The same us: When the meaning of the past is in our future
They will speak: Cătălina Dumitrescu, Vlad Stroescu, Alexandru N. Stermin
19.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch of the Jeremy Bernstein volumes, Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma Charles Seife, Hawking Hawking: How to become famous in the world of science
They will speak: Vlad Zografi, Alexandru Babeș
Sunday, June 2
12.00 Humanitas Junior, launch Adriana Ștefan, Stories that pull you by the sleeveillustrations by Bianca Bratu
They will speak: Adriana Ștefan, Ana Alfianu, Iustina Croitoru
12.30 Humanitas Fiction Publishing House, the release of Yiyun Li's novels, The book of the goose Nikola Scott, Mother's shadow
They will speak: Ioana Pârvulescu, Alina Purcaru, Denisa Comănescu
13.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch and autograph session by Cătălin Vasilescu, My Dear Wallace: The History of the Day Sir Charles Darwin Lost His Elegance
They will speak: Cătălin Vasilescu, Andrei Pleșu, Ioana Pârvulescu, Vlad Zografi
13.00 – ARENA STAGE Round table: “The world seen with the soul. About Mona's eyes by Thomas Schlesser”
They will speak: Thomas Schlesser, Marius Constantinescu, Bogdan Ghiu, Radu Sergiu Ruba, Matei Vișniec, Denisa Comănescu Autograph session. Event with consecutive French translation
13.45 Humanitas Publishing House, the launch of the Antonio Damasio volumes, Sensing and Cognition: How to Generate Conscious Minds Antonio Zadra, Robert Stickgold, When the Brain Dreams: The Science and Mysteries of Sleep
They will speak: Alexandru Babeș, Bogdan O. Popescu, Vlad Zografi
14.00 – ARENA STAGE Debate “What does a country's president do?” and the launch of the volume Cristian Preda, Ciprian Mihali, Sorin Ioniță, What do we want from the president of the country? Civic guide for Romanian voters
They will speak: Cristian Preda, Sorin Ioniță, Gabriel Liiceanu. Moderator: Ovidiu Nahoi. Autograph session
2:30 p.m. Humanitas Fiction Publishing House, the release of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's novels, My life with Mozart JM Coetzee, Polish
They will speak: Lidia Bodea, Cătălin Striblea, Denisa Comănescu
15.00 Humanitas Publishing House, launch of WNP Barbellion, Diary of a disappointed man
They will speak: Gabriel Liiceanu, Alexandru N. Stermin, Lidia Bodea
16.00 Humanitas Group. Bookfest 2024Top bestsellers, recommendations, editorial highlights
They will speak: Gabriel Liiceanu, Lidia Bodea, Denisa Comănescu
