Daily Archives: October 8, 2024

"METAMORPHOSIS IN TEN STEPS" - SPEECH BY ŽARKO KUJUNDJISKI

BookStar is 10 years of struggle. A struggle for freedom. A struggle for the freedom of thought. A struggle to remain oneself. A struggle to belong, but also a struggle to be different. BookStar is 10 years of inspiration. Inspiration for writers, for readers, for the silenced, and inspiration for the forgotten. Who all did BookStar inspire?...

"WHERE ARE WE NOW" - SPEECH BY RUMENA ​​BUŽAROVSKA AT THE CEREMONIAL OPENING OF THE "BOOKSTAR" FESTIVAL 2024

Dear guests, dear readers, dear writers and translators, dear organizers of Bookstar, thank you for bestowing me the honor of opening this festival. I was born in 1981 in Skopje, in what was once Yugoslavia. As one of the smallest countries in the federation, with a language codifed in 1945, I can testify that our generation...