Bookstar 2021

Dates:

October 12-15, 2021

Locations:

Youth Cultural Center, Skopje
Europe House, Skopje

Guests and countries:

Katharina Winkler (Austria)

Vlada Urošević (Macedonia)

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Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro)

Sjón (Iceland)

Ballsor Hoxha (Kosovo)

Marina Vujčić (Croatia)

Mihaela Gašpar (Croatia)

Sofia Lundberg (Sweden)

BOOKSTAR AWARD 2021 Miodrag Majić (Serbia)

Motto:

GENRESIS

Description:

GEN(R)ESIS – creation or non-creation?

Is COVID-19 the most tangible apocalyptic form of modern civilization to date? A vortex in which we will disappear, piece by piece?

Or are we facing the chapter of the rebirth of mankind?

Second GENESIS?

And how will literature find its place in these frightening, holistic, dramatic and too-real-to-be-true moments?

Will she have to find an autochthonous discourse, or is her destiny already written?

New GENRES, maybe?

European literature reaches, as never before, for its deconstructed and broken wings. Therefore, it will have to create, replicate, collect and congrue.

Here, among the discrepancies of the opposing genres in creation or non-creation, a new noun has raised – GEN(R)ESIS.

The word was the beginning, but now, can it be the end?

Events:

October 12th – 6:00 p.m. – BookStar Festival Center
Opening of the European Literature Fair and EIBNW project presentation with "Bookstore on wheels"

October 12th – 6:00 p.m. – Frosina Cinema
"Naked Lunch" podcast with Duško Krstevski and Katharina Winkler (Austria)

October 12th – 7:00 p.m. – BookStar Festival Center (Foyer of the Frosina Cinema)
Cocktail & meeting with festival guests

October 12th – 8:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Opening of BookStar 2021
Honorary speech of the Deputy Ambassador of the European Union in North Macedonia, Julian Vassallo
Presentation of the book Blauschmuck (Blue Jewelery)
Conversation with the author Katharina Winkler (Austria)
Promoter: Kalia Dimitrova
Moderator: Ana Vasileva

October 12th – 9:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Presentation of the book Viola arsenica
Conversation with the author Vlada Urošević (Macedonia)
Promoter: Vladimir Martinovski
Excerpts will read: Ivan Shopov and Ana Golejška-Djikova

October 12th – 10:00 p.m. – YCC Buffet
After-party with music selected by the festival team

October 13th – 5:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
"Naked Lunch" podcast with Dushko Krstevski and Sjón (Iceland)

October 13th – 5:00 p.m. – BookStar Festival Center, YCC
Let’s talk about Lem – an event in honor of the 100th anniversary of Stanisłav Lem (Poland)
Participants: Wiktor Jazniewicz (Belarus), Milica Mirkulovska, Ivica Dukoski, Zoran Miloševski, Vladimir Simovski
Moderator: Aleksandar Madjarovski

October 13th – 7:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Presentation of the book Pod oba sunca (Under the two suns)
Conversation with the author Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro)
Promoter: Olivera Kjorveziroska
Moderator: Vladimir Jankovski

October 13th – 8:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Presentation of the book Korngult hár, grá augu (Red Milk)
Conversation with the author Sjón (Iceland)
Promoters: Vladimir Martinovski and Julijana Velichkovska

October 13th – 9:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Presentation of the book Bardhëzi (Black and white)
Conversation with the author Ballsor Hoxha (Kosovo)
Promoter: Aleksandar Madjarovski

October 13th – 10:00 p.m. – BookStar Festival Center, YCC
After-party with music selected by Sjón and Ballsor Hoxha

October 14th– 4:00 p.m. – Europe House
Round table - Translation/communication/understanding
Participants: Elena Koneska Svetieva, Lidija Tanuševska, Petar Andonovski, Marina Vujčić (Croatia), Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro), Mihaela Gašpar (Croatia), Sonja Dolžan (Slovenia)
Moderator: Vladimir Jankovski

October 14th – 5:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
"Naked Lunch" podcast with Duško Krstevski and Miodrag Majić (Serbia)

October 14th – 7:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Presentation of the book Pedeset cigareta za Elenu (Fifty cigarettes for Elena)
Conversation with the author Marina Vujčić (Croatia)
Promoter: Frosina Parmakovska
Moderator: Aleksandra Jurukovska

October 14th – 8:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Presentation of the book Nemirnica (Disquiet)
Conversation with the author Mihaela Gašpar (Croatia)
Promoter: Nataša Avramovska
Moderator: Aleksandra Jurukovska

October 14th – 9:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
You tell my story and I'll tell yours – literary reading
Participants: Ana Golejška-Djikova, Vladimir Lukaš, Katerina Gogova, Slavčo Koviloski, Biljana Crvenkovska, Mitko Apostolov, Sanja Mihajlovikj Kostadinovska, Ballsor Hoxha (Kosovo)
Moderator: Snežana Stojčevska

October 14th – 10:00 p.m. – YCC Buffet
After-party with music selected by Mihaela Gašpar

October 15th – 2:00 p.m. – BookStar Festival Center, YCC
Creative workshop with Sjón (Iceland)
The Birth of a Book – How I wrote "The Blue Fox"

October 15th – 5:00th – Cinema Frosina
"Naked Lunch" podcast with Dushko Krstevski and Ballsor Hoxha

October 15th - 5:00 p.m. – BookStar Festival Center, YCC
Literary discussion Literary Genres: System or Creative Chaos
Participants: Sjón (Iceland), Sofia Lundberg (Sweden), Ivan Dodovski, Biljana Crvenkovska
Moderator: Sonja Stojmenska-Elzeser

October 15th – 7:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Presentation of the books Och eken står där än (Where the oak still stands), Den röda adressboken (The red address book) and Ett frågetecken är ett halvt hjärta (A question mark is half a heart).
Conversation with the author Sofia Lundberg (Sweden)
Promoter: Jana Mišo
Moderator: Sofia Nasevska-Trifunovska

October 15th – 8:00 p.m. – Cinema Frosina
Closing ceremony
Bookstar 2021 award and presentation of the books Ostrovo pelikana (The island of pelicans) and Deca zla (Children of Evil)
Conversation with the author Miodrag Majić (Serbia)
Promoters: Sašo Kokalanov and Sašo Ordanoski
Moderator: Sofia Nasevska-Trifunovska

October 15th – 9:30 p.m. – YCC Buffet
After-party with music selected by Sofia Lundberg

The events will be organized in accordance with all protocols for protection from COVID-19.