Festivals

This week the renowned Poetica II literary festival brings together writers from Europe and North America, including Bernardo Atxaga, who will take part in 4 different events.

The Children’s Book Show, a great literary event for children and young adults, will be in London this year from November 16th through November 20th. Bernardo Atxaga, author of The Adventures of Shola, will be one of the participants.

Bernardo Atxaga will be in Monfalcone, Italy, in early October to attend the Absolute Poetry literary festival.

Starting April 26th, the PEN Festival will take place in New York. Bernardo Atxaga is one of the invited authors and will participate in three round tables. He’ll also take part in another event organized by the PEN Club of Minneapolis.

The first international Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival took place from October 31-November 3 in Istanbul.

Bernardo Atxaga appeared at the recently held PEN World Voices festival, organized by the PEN Club in New York. The week-long festival hosted 160 authors from all over the world, including authors of stature such as Paul Auster and Antonio Tabucchi. Bernardo Atxaga brought the voice of the Basque Country to the festival.

The “Grand Séminaire de Neuchâtel”, which begins on March 23 in Switzerland, will be dedicated to the oeuvre of Bernardo Atxaga.

Alhóndiga Bilbao is hosting the Gutun Zuria festival this week. From February 3 through February 7, the voices of important writers such as Jorge Semprún, Mariasun Landa, Arcadi Espada, and Bernardo Atxaga can be heard.

Writer Bernardo Atxaga will participate this coming weekend in several events at the Lettres du Monde festival in Bordeaux, France, which brings together and celebrates literature from around the world.