16:00
LRT Hall / 5.1 Book launch: The Love Merchants by Yossi Avni Levy. Participants: Yossi Avni Levy, Elžbieta Banytė. Event languages: LT/EN (Sofoklis)
Conference Hall 5.3 A conversation with Oscar laureate Torill Kove about threads in her work, life as an émigré, and global fame. Event languages: LT/EN ( The Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, Norwegian Embassy, Norla, Knygų šalis)
17:00 LRT Hall / 5.1 Books launch: Surrounded by Idiots, Surrounded by Psychopaths, Surrounded by Bad Bosses by Thomas Erikson. Event languages: LT/EN. Participants: Thomas Erikson, Saulius Jovaišas (Obuolys)
Vilnius Book Fair 2020 event schedule
18:00
Conference Hall 5.2 Book launch: Chronicle of Amorous Incidents by Tadeusz Konwicki. Participants: Donatas Puslys, Maria Konwicka, Darius Kuolys, Julius Sasnauskas. Event languages: LT/PL (Odilė)
19:00
Conference Hall 5.2 Book launch: The Meeting: Artists Zofia Romer and Annna Römer (ed. Odeta Stripinienė). Participants: Odeta Stripinienė, Virginija Šiukščienė, Jolanta Širkaitė, Anastasija Strauta. Event languages: LT/LV (Šiauliai City Museum Aušra)
15:00
15min Forum Book launch: The Ghetto Lane in Wilna by Moshe Raviv Vorobeichic. Participants: Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, Lolita Jablonskienė, Nissan N. Perez, Sigutė Chlebinskaitė. Event languages: LT/EN (The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, National Gallery of Art, Knygų šalis)
16:00
Conference Hall 5.2 An hour in the world’s most beautiful library: the Baroque Clementinum in Prague. Participants: Karolína Kasalová, Vit Korselt, Renaldas Gudauskas. Event languages: LT/CZ (Knygų šalis)
Conference Hall 5.3 Book launch: Imperative by Krzysztof Zanussi and Alexander Krasovickij. Participants: Krzysztof Zanussi, Alexander Krasovickij, Rimvydas Valatka. Event languages: LT/PL (Vaga)
20:00 LRT Hall / 5.1 Book launch: Mrs Escobar: my Life with Pablo by Victoria Eugenia Henao. Participants: Victoria Eugenia Henao, Dailius Dargis. Event languages: LT/ES (Obuolys)
Conference Hall 5.3 Making Europe Read More: Strategies for Incentivizing Reading in the EU. Participants: Inga Mitunevičiūtė, Daan Beeke, Rūta Elijošaitytė-Kaikarė. Event languages: LT/EN (The Lithuanian Section of IBBY, The International Board on Books for Young People)
14:00
LRT Hall / 5.1 Book launch: The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames. Participants: Juliet Grames, Erika Umbrasaitė. Event languages: LT/EN (Alma littera) Conference Hall 5.3 Book launch: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé. Participants: Ilan Pappé, Leonardas Armonas, Giedrė Steikūnaitė, Gema Sabonytė. Event languages: LT/EN (Mintis)
10:00
LRT Hall / 5.1 Opening of the Fair. Event languages: LT/EN
12:00
Conference Hall 5.3 Book launch: The Sorrow-Deer Tamer by Siiri Enoranta. Participants: Siiri Enoranta, Dovilė Kuzminskaitė, Urtė Liepuoniūtė. Event languages: LT/FI (Tyto alba, The Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, Fili)
LRT Hall / 5.1 Book launch: Lotus by Lijia Zhang. Participants: Lijia Zhang, Gabija Vitkevičiūtė, Ina Marčiulionytė. Event languages: LT/EN (Tyto alba)
20 Feb Thursday | Fellows Day
21 Feb Friday | Friday without Formulas 11:00
15min Forum A discussion with the laureates of the EUPL (EU Prize for Literature). Participants: Jan Carson (Ireland), Meelis Friedenthal (Estonia), Haaska Shyyan (Ukraine), Daina Opolskaitė (Lithuania). Moderated by Virginija Cibarauskė. Event languages: LT/EN (The Lithuanian Publishers Association)
12:00
Conference Hall 1.4 Ukrainian Book Institute: Translation support program (for publishers). Event language: EN
Conference Hall 5.5 Book launch: Eastern Baltics. Italian approach towards Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 1918–2018 by Andrea Griffante. Participants: Andrea Griffante, Andžej Pukšto, Ričardas Šlepavičius, Renata Endzelytė. Event languages: LT/IT (Vytautas Magnus University)
13:00
14:00 Conference Hall 5.3 Book launch: History of Latvia by Ilgvaras Butulis and Antonijus Zunda. Participants: Ilgvaras Butulis, Antonijus Zunda, Zenonas Butkus, Indulis Bērziņš, Alvydas Butkus. Event languages: LT/LV (Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Centre) 15min Forum Book launch: Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing in Us by Tomáš Halík. Participants: Ridas Jasiulionis, Vít Korselt, Gintaras Grušas, Agnė Ivaškevičiūtė. Event languages: LT/CZ (Katalikų pasaulio leidiniai)
Conference Hall 3.2 ALDUS discussion: Copyright Laws in the EU Publishing Market. Participants: Anne Bergman and Rūta Elijošaitytė-Kaikarė. Event language: EN (The Lithuanian Publishers Association)
LRT Hall / 5.1 Book launch: Make Peace with Yourself by Algirdas Toliatas. Participants: Algirdas Toliatas, Lolita Varanavičienė, Francesc Miralles, Lina Ever. Event languages: LT/ES (Tyto alba)
11:00
Conference Hall 5.5 Contemporary methods employed in Baltic linguistics: a presentation of the newest publications by the Institute of the Lithuanian Language. Participants: Jurgita Jaroslavienė, Danguolė Mikulėnienė, Juris Grigorjevs, Inese Indričāne. Event languages: LT/LV (Institute of the Lithuanian Language)
Conference Hall 5.3 Stasys Eidrigevičius’s posters and their meaning to Lithuania and the world. Participants: Stasys Eidrigevičius, Jūratė Čerškutė, Juozas Galkus, Mariusz Knorowski. Event languages: LT/PL (Apostrofa, Stasys Eidrigevičius Arts Centre, Polish Institute in Vilnius)
Conference Hall 1.2 Book launch: In sunshine and Shadow: Reflections on Lithuanian Immigrant Life by Eve Puodžiūnaitė-Wicks. Participants: Eve Puodžiūnaitė-Wicks, Lina Leparskienė, Judita Gliauberzonaitė. Event languages: LT/EN
VIP zone Ukrainian Book Institute: Publishing market (for publishers, media). Event language: EN
16:00 15min Forum Discussion Club. The Unknown Jonas Mekas. Participants: Pip Chodorov (USA/France), Anne König (Germany). Event languages: LT/EN. Moderated by Gražina Michnevičiūtė
12:00
Conference Hall 5.2 Book launch: Marcher, encore et encore by Valdas Papievis. Participants: Valdas Papievis, Caroline Paliulis, Emmanuelle Viala Moysan. Event languages: LT/FR (Prancūziškas knygynas)
Conference Hall 5.3 Book launch: How to Starve Cancer by Jane McLelland. Participants: Jane McLelland, Dalius Barkauskas. Event languages: LT/EN (Vitae Litera)
Conference Hall 5.5 Book launch: monograph Das Ostseebad Schwarzort/ Juodkrantė im „Goldenen Zeitalter“ von der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zum Vorabend des Zweiten Weltkriegs by Nijolė Strakauskaitė. Participants: Nijolė Strakauskaitė, Lina Motuzienė, Ruth Leiserowitz. Event languages: LT/DE (Municipality of Neringa City)
17:00
15min Forum Book launch: The Road to Deal Pier: The Undiplomatic Memoirs of a British Diplomat by Kevin J. Lynch. Participants: Kevin J. Lynch, Ina Rosenaitė, Algirdas Kumža. Event languages: LT/EN (Tyto alba, British Council)
10:15
15:00
Conference Hall 5.3 Book launch: From Temperament to Character: On Becoming A Virtuous Leader by Alexandre Havard. Participants: Alexandre Havard, Vygantas Malinauskas, Gintaras Grušas. Event languages: LT/EN (Katalikų pasaulio leidiniai)
22 Feb Saturday | Open Rendezvous
Conference Hall 5.3 Announcement of the Nominees for IBBY’s Prize for the Best Children’s and Young Adults Literature. Participants: Inga Mitunevičiūtė, Chairs of Commissions (The Lithuanian Section of IBBY, The International Board on Books for Young People)
18:00 Conference Hall 5.3 Book launch: The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti. Participants: Mark Galeotti, Vidmantas Valiušaitis, Jolanta Olechnovič. Event languages: LT/EN (Briedis)
19:00 Conference Hall 5.3 Contemporary Spanish literature: presenting Fernando Castillo and Jon Juaristi. Participants: José María Robles Fraga, Fernando Castillo, Jon Juaristi. Event languages: LT/ES (Embassy of Spain)
13:00
14:00
LRT Hall / 5.1 A meeting with Kim Leine, author of Prophets of Eternal Fjord. Interviewed by Ieva SteponavičiūtėAleksiejūnienė. Participated by Ieva Toleikytė. Event languages: LT/EN (Kitos knygos)
Conference Hall 5.3 MeMo Publishing House: illustrated books for the little ones, also appreciated by adults. Participants: Yara Nascimento. Event languages: LT/FR (Knygų šalis)
Writers’ Corner Book launch: Time and Destinies by Birutė Jonuškaitė. Participants: Birutė Jonuškaitė, Donatas Puslys, Carmen Caro Dugo, Marcin Łapczyński. Event languages: LT/PL (Homo liber)
20:00 Conference Hall 3.1 Psychology and spiritual guidance: book launch of To recognize God as an Ally by J. F. Calame. Participants: J. F. Calame, Sigita Lanauskienė, Elvyra Kučinskaitė, Gintarė Giedraitytė. Event languages: LT/FR (Magnificat, Bažnyčios kronika)
Conference Hall 5.3 A meeting with writer Stefan Ahnhem. Interviewed by Audrius Ožalas. Event languages: LT/EN (Baltos lankos)
15:00
Conference Hall 5.3 Jewish Heritage in Picture Books: King Matthew’s Kingdom (based on the book King Matthew the First by Janusz Korczak). Participants: Anna Czerwińska, Iwona Chmielewska. Event languages: LT/PL (Knygų šalis) 15min Forum A meeting with writer Kati Hiekkapelto and book launch of the detective series about Ana Fekete. Event languages: LT/EN. Interviewed by Audrius Ožalas (Sofoklis)