"Bookstar" 2025: "On Writing Matters" - When the Word is Loved and Cherished Powerful thoughts and words of renowned Macedonian and European writers could be heard at the eleventh edition of the "Bookstar" European Literature Festival, which took place from September 29 to October 2. This year's festival slogan was "On Writing Matters"...
Lidija Tanuševska, winner of the "Dragi" award The award for the best literary translation into Macedonian "Dear" for 2025 went to Lidija Tanuševska,, for her translation from Polish of the work "Empulsion" by the author Olga Tokarczuk, published by "Antolog". The award committee, consisting of Prof. Dr. Anastasija Gjurčinova , representative…
Ahmet Ümit: The first story I wrote was a report for the police who arrested me at a protest A conversation with the world-famous Turkish writer Ahmet Ümit, a master of the modern crime novel, took place last night as part of the Bookstar European Literature Festival in Salon 19.19 at the Cultural and Information Center. Ahmet Ümit…
Dear attendees, dear readers, writers, translators, friends, dear Bookstar organizers, I am honored that you have given me the opportunity to open this festival. In his work "On the Macedonian Matters" (1903), Krste Petkov Misirkov says that “Cultural work is more difficult than revolutionary work” and that “A cultured person, in order to have the right to…
Distinguished guests, dear authors, translators, readers, Welcome to the eleventh edition of the Festival of European Literature "BookStar" 2025! This year, under the slogan "For Writers' Affairs", we have set a symbolism that has deep roots in our cultural history and memory. The slogan is inspired by the work of Krste Misirkov, whose jubilee – one hundred years since his death – will…
A conversation with the master of the crime novel Ahmet Ümit tonight at the "Bookstar" festival A conversation with the world-famous Turkish writer Ahmet Ümit, a master of the modern crime novel, will be held tonight as part of the "Bookstar" European Literature Festival in Salon 19.19 at the Cultural and Information Center, starting at 7:19 p.m. The event will be moderated by..."
Milan Damjanoski, English translation of O. Henry's Ten Stories (Svetla komora, 2024) What does the "Dragi" Award initiative mean to you? The "Dragi" Award initiative represents a significant glimmer of hope for our literary and translation scene in many ways. First of all, it came about during a difficult period, when we lost…
The award for the most current book between the two editions of the Bookstar festival was presented last night to Blaže Minevski for the collection of short stories "Opaš vo usta" ("Antolog", 2025), during the ceremonial opening of the eleventh edition of the European Literature Festival in the packed hall of the Cultural and Information Center in Skopje. – Every award is…
Lidija Tanuševska, translation from Polish of Olga Tokarczuk's work, "Empulsion" (Antolog, 2025) What does the initiative for the "Dragi" award mean to you? I wholeheartedly welcome the initiative for the "Dragi" award because Dragi Mihajlovski was, above all, a wonderful man, a man "for the people" - he had patience for everyone and wanted to help everyone...
THIS YEAR'S BOOKSTAR – A CREATIVE MERGE BETWEEN THE MODERN AND THE CLASSIC. The BookStar European Literature Festival will mark the beginning of its eleventh edition on Monday, September 29 at the Cultural Information Center in Skopje, starting at 7:30 p.m., and will last until October 2. The main events will take place in…