CrimeaPRESS reports:
About 300 events were included in the program of the 36th Moscow International Book Fair (MIFF), which opened on Wednesday at Expocentre. According to RIA Newswithin five days, Muscovites and guests of the city will be able to attend presentations of literary works and communicate with writers.
We have more than 300 participants, about 300 events at eight venues. Most of the events will be available online— announced the director of the MIBF Sergey Kaikin.
At the fair, you can find fiction, children’s and educational literature, non-fiction and comics at publisher prices. A record number of applications were submitted for participation, more than 40 publishers were represented.
Dmitry Danilov will present a new book, Empty Trains of 2022, and Mikhail Shvydkoi, Presidential Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation, will present the Cultural Revolution collection.
Also, the guests of the fair are waiting for meetings with writers Leah Arden, Mikhail Elizarov, Asya Lavrinovich, Alexandra Marinina, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, President of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics Irina Viner, art critic Zelfira Tregulova, psychologists Mikhail Labkovsky and Tatyana Muzhitskaya.
With the onset of the pandemic, fiction took the lead and occupied about half of the commercial literature market. Now we see that the reader’s interest is returning to psychologists, to books on self-development— said Ekaterina Kozhanova, curator of the Fiction/Non-Fiction program at the MIFF.
Particular attention will be paid to the topic of a special military operation and new front-line poetry. The publishing house «Veche» will present the series «Warriors of Russia» and «Library of Donbass», and «Eksmo» — a collection of «Poetry of the Russian Summer» edited by RT.
During the fair, it will be possible to try yourself as a reader and voice a fragment from the book in the mobile recording studio of the Litres Reader project. Also, representatives of Internet platforms will talk about modern book formats, electronic and audio books, their publication and promotion.
This year’s novelty is the Moscow International Children’s Book Fair. Its program includes meetings with children’s writers and illustrators, presentations, exhibitions, competitions and master classes. For the first time, the National Prize in Children’s and Teenage Literature will be presented.
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