Programs at the 22 nd International Book Festival Budapest Thursday, 23 April 15.00 15.45 Teátrum Teátrum 17.00 17.45 Teátrum Opening ceremony The book festival will be opened by Zoltán Balog, Minister of Human Capacities. Other participants: Kávészünet band On-stage conversation with Jonathan Franzen, Guest of Honour Writer of the Festival and Nóra Winkler Presentation of the Budapest Grand Prize Jonathan Franzen will receive the joint prize of the Municipal Council of Budapest and the Hungarian Publisher's and Booksellers' Association from city mayor of Budapest, István Tarlós and HPBA president András Sándor Kocsis Laudation speech: János Háy Friday, 24 April Programs in the halls and at the stands 10.00 18.00 10.00 19.00 In every even hour Stand B6 10.30 11.30 Supka Géza Osztovits Levente Kner Imre 11.00 11.30 Librarian's Club House of Bilimbo is open to all again There will be toys for toddlers, a toy kitchen, a baby corner, many toy cars on a big carpet, puppets, board games for the older children and of course, much fun and laughter. (www.bilimbo.com) Herzl guided tour Explore the life and most important works of Theodor Herzl, inventor of the idea that changed the world: modern Israel. (Embassy of the State of Israel) Digitalization and practice of intellectual proprety rights in the library Participants: dr. Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, Árpád Kollár, president of Hungarian Literary Authors Collecting Society, Rita Németh, managing director of Books in Print Kft., Szabolcs Dancs, project director of National Széchenyi Library, dr. Zsófia Lendvai and Dorottya Havas from the Association for Reprographic Rights of Non-fiction and Fiction Authors and Publishers (Association of Hungarian Librarians) Press conference of Jonathan Franzen Participants: Jonathan Franzen and Miklós M. Nagy, director of Európa Publishing (PRESS ONLY) Presentation of Árpád Szıczi's Temesvár A romániai forradalom kitörésének valódi története Participant: the author (Xantusz Kiadó) Digital content of Akadémiai Publishing Participants: dr. Gyöngyi Pomázi and Zoltán Gál (Akadémiai Publishing)
11.30 12.30 Supka Géza Librarian's Club Stand B3 12.30 13.30 Márai Sándor Librarian's Club Presentation of writer Petra Finy's and illustrator Panka Pásztohy's Iskolások kézikönyve An irregular school period for elementary school students, followed by a book festival quiz. (Pozsonyi Pagony) The Hungaricana public collections site digitalization conference Presenter: Örs Somfay Hungaricana 2.0: new functions and contents on the Hungarian Cultural Heritage Portal Presenter: Örs Somfay (Arcanum Databases) Elkészült a Hadtörténeti Intézet Térképtárának digitális katalógusa Presenter: principal administrator Annamária Jankó (HM-HIM) Cadastral maps of Zakarpattia province and other new archival databases Presenter: director István Kenyeres (Budapest City Archives) Luther 500: the realization of a grandscale digitalization strategy Presenter: president Eleonóra Kovács elnök (Council of the Evangelical Collection) Arcanum Digital Repertory 2015: facing daily newspapers Presenter: managing director Sándor Biszak (Arcanum Databases) Panorama photography - new dimensions in digital reproductions Presenter: Elıd Biszak developer (Arcanum Databases) (Arcanum Databases) Libraries and publishers in the service of law The history of notarial publishing Ampublisher in the service of civil law and the history of law Presenter: dr. Gábor Rokolya notary Introduction of the libraries of the Budapest Capital Regional Court and the Szeged Regional Court Participants: Mária Harmados, librarian of the Szeged Regional Court and Marianna Kovácsné Garamszegi, chief librarian of the Budapest Capital Regional Court Presenter: section chief Gertrud Sándor (Judicial Section of the Association of Hungarian Librarians) Presentation of Daniel Bănulescu's Who won the World War of Religions? (Cine a câştigat Războiul Mondial al Religiilor?) Presenter: Dan Cristea (Ministry of Culture Romania) Play it again! Presentation of Gábor Nógrádi's new book, Láttam, mi történt Children aged 10-14 who like to read and to spin a tale can try their verbal creativity, with the help of a performer and an author. Motto: no matter what you watch, you are seeing yourself. Participants: author Gábor Nógrádi and editor Péter Dóka (Móra Publishing) Bibli.archiv In memoriam Goriupp Alisz (1894-1979) emlékezete Presenter: retired library director György Pogány Remake of The Hague 1915: Hungarian women at the Peace Palace in the Hague then and now, in 2015 Participants: Irén Borbála Elekes, editor of Civil Radio and section chief Éva Szınyi (Bibliographic Section of the Association of Hungarian Librarians)
Stand B3 Supka Géza 14.00 15.30 Lázár Ervin 14.00 16.00 Osztovits Levente Márai Sándor Hess András Kner Imre 14.00 14.30 Librarian's Club Stand B59 14.30 15.00 Librarian's Club 14.30 15.30 A reading from the poems of Andrei Dósa Presenter: Dan Cristea Participant: Krusovszky Dénes (Ministry of Culture Romania) "European reading material" Publishers are recommenting their books published with the help of the literary translation grant programme to the libraries. Participants: Péter Váradi (L'Harmattan), Tamás Böröczki (Gondolat) and Balázs Horváth (Typotex) (Typotex Publishing and the Association of Hungarian Librarians) THE 220 YEARS OF THE ORGANIZED BOOK MARKET IN HUNGARY Joint conference of International Publishers Association, Federation of European Publishers and the Board of Hungarian Publisher's and Booksellers' Association Herzl "It's not a dream, if you want it to be real!" the guest performance of Spinoza Theatre About 120 years ago, Herzl dreamed of creating the state of Isreal a dream that back them was equally impossible as buying land on the moon. A play of Ann Silberberg and András Forgách. Participants: Zalán Makranczi, József Gyabronka and László Hajdú (Embassy of the State of Israel) Journalists bought Participants: Udo Ulfkotte and Péter Morvay (Patmos Records) Meeting this year s winners of the Artisjus Prize (Artisjus) Presentation of József Gazdag's Egy futballfüggı naplójából Péter Esterházy is presenting the book. He, the author and Pál Szombathy Pál will talk of football, literature and the secrets of being a sports fan. Artpop Bence Sárközy, managing director of Libri Publishing presents the world literature series jointly published by Libri and József Attila Circle (JAK). András Soproni is talking about the new translation of Dostoyevsky s Crime and Punishment (Hungarian Association of Literary Translators and Syllabux Publishing) Workshop diary Participants: Vera Tönkı and Marianne Szalay, editors in chief (Park Publishing) because reading is good! Irregular literature class with the childrens' writers of Fınix Publishing Participants: Holden Rose (Attila Kovács) and Mickey Long (Miklós Rákosi) (Fınix Publishing)
Márai Sándor 15.00 15.30 Librarian's Club 15.00 18.00 Stand B1 15.30 16.30 Supka Géza 15.30 16.30 Hess András Presentation of the novels of montenegrin writer Andrej Nikolaidis Presenter: writer, poet and literature historian András Ladányi Participants: Andrej Nikolaidis and Emese Rajsli, literary translator (Gondolat Publishing) Meséld újra!, Magasfeszültség, könyvtárs Editor Eszter Anna Balázs presents the book series' of the publishing house that was voted "Publisher of the Year" (Kolibri Publishing) THE 220 YEARS OF THE ORGANIZED BOOK MARKET IN HUNGARY The conference of the Hungarian Publisher's and Booksellers' Association Welcome address by András Sándor Kocsis, president of HPBA and Péter László Zentai, director of HPBA The transformation of the book market changes in distribution in Hungary and abroad Presenter: András Sugár S. (Scolar) Participants: Péter Kovács, Péter Banyó (Pozsonyi Pagony) and Bea Kolosi (Líra) Digital technologies and the future of books Presenter: Tibor Benjámin Szabó (Athenaeum) Participants: László Földes (Kossuth), Attila Csordás (Líra T-Online) and Roland Szőcs (Book and Walk) The role of the state in the marketization of the book trade Presenter: Péter László Zentai (Hungarian Publisher's and Booksellers' Association) Participants: Róbert Hermann (NKA College of Publishing), Péter Hoppál, state secretary for culture (EMMI) and László Szigeti (Hungarian Publishers and Booksellers Association) Presentation of László Garai's Egyáltalán minek nekünk gazdaságpszichológia? Participants: László Garai, Péter Felcsuti and Árpád Kovács (Napvilág Publishing) Introduction of the Hungarian publishing houses of Vojvodina Presenter: Gábor Virág Participants: István Beszédes, Valéria Dévavári Beszédes and Martina Gondi (Forum Publishing Institute)
Stand B59 15.30 16.00 Librarian's Club Szabó Magda Kner Imre Librarian's Club Stand B59 Stand B59 Stand D26 16.30 17.30 Márai Sándor Melinda Székely is talking about Paul Claudel s Break of Noon (Le Partage de Midi) (Hungarian Association of Literary Translators and L'Harmattan Publishing) Helikon pocket books Series' editor Judit Schulz presents the new series of the publisher (Helikon Publishing) The writer, the actress and the university lecturer Presentation of the new audio books of Péter Esterházy, Anikó Für and László Mérı, with the participation of the writer, the actress and the university lecturer, together with Márta and Gyızı Mojzer Presenter: József Kırössi P. (Mojzer Publishing and Kossuth Publishing) On the wings of literature prizes About the Angelus Prize Presenter: Patrícia Pászt Participants: Pavol Rankov, Tomasz Grabiński and István Kerékgyártó School- and childrens' libraries through Russian eyes on the apropos of the Hungarian special issue of Библиотека в школе A Hungarian issue of a Russian journal authors' reflections from Moscow Presenter: Péter Sonnevend, retired library director and college lecturer Creative library contests at Árpád Gimnázium Presenter: Piroska Buncsák teacher-librarian(árpád Gimnázium of Óbuda) Using the social media in school libraries Presenter: librarian Veronika Kámán (Árpád Gimnázium of Óbuda) Teaching the use of libraries in Hungary Presenter: Andrea Dömsödy, vice president of KTE Those who never tire: snapshots from the days of a children's library Presenter: children's librarian Klára Budavári, vice president of the Children's Librarian Section of MKE History of the Dragon's Library for Children Presenter: Lászlóné Ignácz, president of the Children's Librarian Section of MKE and Klára Szakmári, president of KTE Presenter: children's librarian Éva Dienes, leader of the Dragon's Library for Children at Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library (Association of Teacher-librarians and Children's Librarian Section of the Association of Hungarian Librarians) Endre Bojtár is talking about his collection of essays Útjelzık, útvesztık (Hungarian Association of Literary Translators and Kalligram Publishing) Melinda Székely is ready to answer questions from future literary translators of French and Romanian (Hungarian Association of Literary Translators) Photograph session with Geronimo and Tea Stilton (Alexandra Publishing) Presentation of Etgar Keret's Boldog boldogultak A talk with the author and literary translator András Borgula, leader of Gólem Theatre, moderated by Bence Sárközy. Reading: Zoltán Schmied
Supka Géza Hess András Kner Imre Librarian's Club 17.30 19.00 Márai Sándor 17.30 18.30 Szabó Magda 18.00 19.00 Hess András New titles in Nap Publishing's Magyar esszék series Presentation of the new essays of the 70 years old Csaba Kiss Gy. and László Szörényi, and the presentation of the selected essays of László Németh Presenter: Ilona Sebestyén Participants: Gáspár Gróh, Csaba Kiss Gy., László Szörényi and Imre Monostori (Nap Publishing) Waldorf pedagogy The art of education The development of a child's mind mirrors that of the cultural history of humankind. This defines what will be taught and when at Waldorf schools. Not only the contents of the subjects differ, but each age group and developmental stage is taught differently. Even individual developmental differences are taken into consideration. Presenter: Bálint Balassa Participants: László Baditz and Attila Pozsgai (Kláris Publishing) The Invisible Hero a visible story in Budapest. A talk about a Righteous Man. Can a youth novel talk about the holocaust? Presentation of and discussion about Luca Cognolato's The Invisible Hero (L'eroe invisibile). Presenter: Kinga Csapody Participants: Zsuzsa Tamás, Gergely Nógrádi and György Haraszti (Manó Books) Presentation of the new book of Béla Markó, Elölnézet Participants: Gábor Csordás and the author (Jelenkor Publishing) A Central European novel from Portugal Presentation of Afonso Cruz's Kokoschka's Doll (A Boneca de Kokoschka) Presenter: Péter Borbáth Participants: the author, literary translator Mónika Bense, actress Ildikó Lipták and João Miguel Henriques (Camões Institute) (Typotex Publishing) Do not take a wrong turn... learn about the world of Modiano Participants: Hervé Ferrage, Attila Réti, József Takács M. and István Antall (Tarandus Publishing and the French Institute of Budapest) Presentation of Toót-Holló Tamás's Garabonciások könyve és szerelme Presenter: György Szondi Participants: the author, Marcell Jankovics and Ildikó Boldizsár
Friday, 24 April Off-site programs From early evening to midnight on various sites A Bookish Night 2015 Night of the independent bookstores For 4 years now, Bookish Night is the celebration of independent bookstores. Those who like books, seeks the special air of bookstores and is excited about the thought of a bookish walk on a spring evening can all come to celebrate with us. Independent bookstores, all with their own handpicked offers and professional expertise will offer their own unique cultural program on 24 April 2015, from early evening to midnight. All programs are free. For a full list of attending bookstores and institutions in Budapest and in the countryside and for a detailed program please check kiskonyves.blog.hu and facebook.com/kiskonyvesej. (Kis Könyves Éj) 10.00 18.00 Európa Pont Millenáris 1024 Budapest, Lövıház u. 35. 18.30 Romanian Cultural Institute Budapest, 1146 Budapest, Izsó u. 5. European Writers' Meeting European Year of Development 2015 Development strategies, progress and regression in the recent past and present of Europe Participants: Kjell Westö, Pavel Vilikovský, Alfonso Cruz, György Dalos, Noémi Szécsi and György Konrád Presenter: Imre Barna (10.00 11.30) Is there a transnational literature within or beyond the language barriers and regional traditions? Participants: Ilma Rakusa, Andrej Nikolaidis, Ioana Parvŭlescu, Pavol Rankov, Dora Čechova, śanna Słoniowska and Viktor Horváth Presenter: Gábor Csordás (12.00 13.30) Development and inequalities in personal and social relations Participants: Iselin C. Hermann, Sylwia Chutnik, Elisabeth van Nimwegen, Tommi Kinnunen, Karin Peschka, Fabio Deotto, Davorin Lenko and Réka Mán-Várhegyi Presenter: Anna Gács (14.30 16.00) The West and the rest: Development dilemmas in Europe and beyond Participants: Bouke Billiet, Heinz Helle, Franz Friedrich, Mathias Menegoz, Bruno Viera Amara and Gergely Péterfy Presenter: Zsófia Bán (16.30 18.00) Literary soirée Daniel Bănulescu, Matei Vişniec, Ioana Pârvulescu, Mariana Gorczyca, Lucian Dan Teodorovici, Dan Lungu, and other authors and editors are discussing contemporary literature Presenter: Dan Cristea (Romanian Cultural Institute Budapest)
Friday, 24 April Book signings 0.00 11.00 Stand B4 10.00 11.00 Stand D10 11.00 13.00 Stand D14 Stand B52/B Stand D23 Stand K13 Stand B8 Book signing with Swedish writers Camilla Grebe and Kristina Ohlsson (Nordic Literature and Animus Publishing) Book signing with Pál Ács and Mária Bartal György Jaksics is signing his picture album Üdvözlet Szent Margit szigetérıl (Arcus Publishing) Gábor Verrasztó is signing the books of the series Budai históriák Book signing with Zoltán Csehy Petra Finy and Panka Pásztohy are signing Iskolások kézikönyve (Pozsonyi Pagony) Júlia Pásty is signing Zsigeri közelségben Lajos Sipos and Zsófia Tompa are signing Babits és kortársai Book signing with József Gazdag Sculptor György Fusz and art historian Tamás Aknai are signing Polyphemos Bajkonurban A szobrász Fusz György (Kronosz Publishing) Gábor Nógrádi is signing his new book Láttam, mit történt as wella s his previous works (Móra Publishing) Book signing with the finalists of Virtuózok (Holnap Publishing) István Hargittai and Magdolna Hargittai are signing their book Budapesti séták a tudomány körül (Akadémai Publishing) István Vörös is signing Száz és egy Book signing with Béla Markó; also, József Gazdag is signing Egy futballfüggı naplójából
Stand B52/B Stand D20 Stand K4 Stand B18 Stand K4 16.30 17.30 Stand B18 Stand D24 17.30 18.30 Imre Nagy is signing A Lumière-örökség Filmek az ezredfordulón (Kronosz Publishing) Book signing with Mihály Marcellus (Gold Book) Book signing with Béla Udvaros (Nap Publishing) Antónia Szabó is signing Megy a győrő vándorútra Book signing with Klára Németh Ványi Mária Ormos and Ernı Marosi are signing Történelem és emlékezet (Kossuth Publishing Group) Aleska is signing De hová tőnt Emese?; Borsa Brown is signing A maffia szívében. Angelika R. Kelényi is signing her previous works. (Álomgyár Kiadó) Szandra Viola is signing Testreszabás (Athenaeum Publishing) Book signing with Géza Vasy (Nap Publishing) Book signing with Zoltán Kırösi, Endre Kukorelly and Zsigmond Papp Sándor Huba Búzás is signing Kúszmászva Európa zsámolyán Book signing with Miklós Almási Péter Esterházy is signing the audio books Ha minden összejön and A mi a bánat; Anikó Für is signing the audio book version of Alice Munro's My Mother's Dream (Anyám álma) and László Mérı is signing his audio book Maga itt a tánctanár? (Kossuth Publishing Group) László Kolozsi is signing A farkas gyomrában (Athenaeum Publishing) Book signing with Ildikó Boldizsár Writer Beáta Gurmai and illustrator Ágnes Cornides are signing their story book Világszám During the signing: felt tip pen tattooing for kids (Naphegy Publishing) Book signing with Etgar Keret
18.00 19.00 18.00 19.00 18.00 19.00 18.00 19.00 Stand B21 18.00 19.00 Stand K4 18.00 19.00 Stand K4 18.30 19.00 Márai Sándor Pál Suhai is signing Bábeli adottságok Béla Benedikty is signing Menon Club A Teleki-merénylet (Athenaeum Publishing) Book signing with László G. István, Judit Hevesi and László Imre Horváth Béla Markó is signing Elölnézet (Jelenkor Publishing) Book signing with László Szörényi (Nap Publishing) Book signing with Csaba Kiss Gy. (Nap Publishing) Afonso Cruz is signing Kokoschka's Doll (A Boneca de Kokoschka) (Typotex Publishing) Saturday, 25 April Programs in the halls and at the stands 10.00 11.00 Szabó Magda 10.00 11.00 Márai Sándor 10.00 18.00 10.00 19.00 In every even hour Stand B6 Shades of unorthodoxy Presenter: László Muraközy Participants: Péter Ákos Bod, László Csaba and Tamás Mellár (Akadémiai Publishing) Discussing Kolibri Publishing's book series Magasfeszültség! The series and its new YA novels Bálin Varga's Váltságdíj nélkül and Sarah Cohen-Scali's Max are being discussed by editor in chief Eszter Balázs, literary translator Zoltán Pék and writer Bálint Varga. Presenter: Barabás Éva, editor and reporter (Kolibri Publishing) House of Bilimbo is open to all again There will be toys for toddlers, a toy kitchen, a baby corner, many toy cars on a big carpet, puppets, board games for the older children and of course, much fun and laughter. (www.bilimbo.com) Herzl guided tour Explore the life and most important works of Theodor Herzl, inventor of the idea that changed the world: modern Israel. (Embassy of the State of Israel)
10.00 16.00 Stand B59 10.00 18.00 Stand D13 10.00 20.00 Stand D13 10.00 11.00 Stand D26 10.15 11.00 10.30 11.00 Hess András 10.30 12.00 Librarian's Club 11.00 12.30 Osztovits Levente Szabó Magda Márai Sándor Ágota Bozai is ready to answer questions from future literary translators of English (Hungarian Association of Literary Translators) Mini petting zoo with the help of the staff of Zoo Café Napraforgó Publishing had many popular science books published int he last ten years. If you want to get to know nature and animals, it helps if you can meet some of them personally. Zoo Café's staff will help you pet a hedgehog or a bearded dragon. A unique experience for all kids at the stand of Napraforgó Publishing! (Napraforgó Publishing) Games and prizes from Napraforgó Publishing You can compete for our prizes all day at our stand. Guaranteed prizes and an exciting grand prize! (Napraforgó Publishing) Photograph session with Geronimo and Tea Stilton (Alexandra Publishing) Kamishibai paper theatre Presentation of the newest paper theater tale, A csodapalást. Writer and illustrator: Thierry Chapeau. Paper theater as a genre comes from Japan, and it makes storybooks into small theater stages. From 4 years of age. (Csimota Publishing) About the renewed Animus Publishing Participants: the owners of Animus Publishing and their guests (Animus Kiadó) Today's world and the past of science and technology An illustrated chronicle of press printing in Hungary 1473 1700 A presentation by the authors: Szilvia Bánfi and Judit V. Ecsedy Journals of Technical and Scientific History The series of the Association of Transylvanian Museums is being presented by the editor of the series, Edit Bitay Main presenter: section president Nagy Zoltán (Technology Section of the Association of Hungarian Librarians) Discomfort Zone a discussion with Jonathan Franzen Participants: Jonathan Franzen, István Bart and Alinda Veiszer (Európa Publishing) Presentation of Kjell Westö's Mirage 28 (Hägring 38), 2014 winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize, and his other work, Where We Once Went (Där vi en gång gått) Presenter: Katalin Mezey and Péter Váradi Participants: Kjell Westö, literary translators Béla Jávorszky and Péter Papolczy, translator Ildikó Haris and actors Balázs Lázár and Mariann Tallián (Írók Alapítványa Széphalom and L Harmattan Publishing) Presentation of István Domonkos 's Allegro bajbajó Kötetek könyve, Márta Patak's A test mindent tud and Róbert Hász's Ígéretföld Presenter: Gábor Virág Participants: Emıke Berényi, János Brenner, Róbert Hász, Roland Orcsik, Márta Patak and László Patócs (Forum Publishing Institute)
11.00 11.30 Hess András Kner Imre 11.00 11.30 Stand B3 11.30 12.30 Hess András 11.30 12.30 Children s Lit Kner Imre Librarian s Club Stand B3 12.30 14.00 Supka Géza A discussion about a literary thriller with the trading consul of Iceland Participants: trading consul Ferenc Utassy and director István Balázs (Animus Publishing) Presentation of Imre Babics' Sztármajom többszörös alkonyatban and Gnózis Presenter: György Szondi Participants: Imre Babics, László Szörényi and Attila Hegyi Botos Kerekítı Állatos Játéktár Fun and games for kids with Judit J. Kovács and Kerekítı, the elf, with the violin music of Judit Papp Judit (for children aged 1-6 years) (Móra Publishing) Craft session Napraforgó Publishing invites you at the craft tables next to the stage where many exciting craft projects await you. (Napraforgó Publishing) Presentation of Matei Vişniec's Trader of the beginnings of the novel (Negustorul de începuturi de roman), The Man Who Had the Bad Extracted from Him (Omul din care a fost extras răul) and Gufi s country (łara lui Gufi) Presenter: Dan Cristea (Ministry of Culture Romania) Presentation of Béla Bede s Magyarországi nemzeti parkok Participants: the author, director László Kúnos and András Füri, technical reader of the book and director of the Duna-Ipoly National Park (Corvina Publishing) Playtime, storytelling and drawing with Judit Berg and Ilka Mészely, in connection with the books of the series Most ÉN olvasok! Can you ready already? Just a bit? Or maybe fluently? The heroes of these books will help you on four different skill levels. (Pozsonyi Pagony) Four for one/one for four, or: Project K4 Presenter: Horváth Viktor Participants: Pavel Vilikovský, Margit Garajszki, Tomasz Grabiński and Gábor Németh Celebrating Kossuth Prize winner Gábor Albert Presenter: Ilona Szávai, director of PONT Publishing (PONT Publishing) Discussion about Ioana Pârvulescu s Life Begins on Friday (ViaŃa începe vineri) Presenter: Dan Cristea Participants: the author and Ioan Matei (Typotex Publishing and Minisitry of Culture Romania) Do we have anything to fear in Hungary? The safety of Central Europe in light of the new global challanges Presenter: dr. Péter Tálas Participants: István Balogh, József Kis-Benedek, Péter Marton and Péter Rada (József Antall Knowledge Centre)
12.30 13.30 Lázár Ervin 12.30 14.30 Szabó Magda 12.30 13.30 Márai Sándor Hess András Librarian s Club 13.00 13.30 Children s Lit 13.30 14.30 Osztovits Levente 13.30 14.30 Márai Sándor 13.30 14.30 Kner Imre Virtuosi Presenter: Edit Varga Participants: Mariann Peller, dr. Dániel Vadász and the finalists of Virtuózok (Holnap Publishing and Classic Talents) Presentation of the books about the centenary of the First World War by Zrínyi Publishing Presenter: General (Ret.) dr. János Isaszegi, director in charge of Zrínyi Publishing Participants: Róbert Hermann, Gergely Sallay, Gyula Bedécs, György Udovecz, László Gondos, István Sárosi, Gábor Margittai and Vilmos Kovács (Zrínyi Publishing) Rozsban a fogó Discussing the new translation of J. D. Salinger s cult classic, Catcher in the Rye Participants: Imre Barna and Alinda Veiszer (Európa Publishing) Self-knowledge and pop icons A discussion with Gergely Horváth and Annamária Tari about their book Rád találni Presenter: Blanka Szpisják (Atheneaum Publishing) Reading circles in alliance Presenter: György Deák, co-president (Association of Reading Circles) Reading circles in the first half of the 20 th century: former bastions of the civil society Presenter: Ilona Szóró, school book desk officer (KELLO) Ferenc Kölcsey ReadingCircle: where the National Day of Hungarian Culture started Résztvevı: president Erzsébet Nemes (KFO) In a circle, reading Katalin Haszonné Kiss, regional director of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library is leading a discussion about reading and common reading experiences Presenter: president Erzsébet Nemes (KFO) (Ferenc Kölcsey Reading Circle) Tündi and Samu: a reading aloud Tündi and Samu are cousins and best friends, but they have quite a different view of life. Dóra Elekes is reading excerpts from the book. (Naphegy Publishing) Meeting Daniel Kehlmann, on of the most successful German authors Participants: the author and András Forgách (Goethe Institute, Austrian Cultural Forum and Magvetı Publishing) The presentation of The letters of Mihály Károlyi IV. Presenter: György Földes Participants: historians Péter Kende and Tibor Hajdu (Napvilág Publishing) Never-before-heard stories about the Anjou s Presentation of Szabolcs Bíró s Anjouk I. Liliom és vér Presenter: Tibor Benjámin Szabó (Athenaeum Publishing)
13.30 14.00 Children s Lit Supka Géza 14.00 17.30 Lázár Ervin Librarian s Club 14.00 14.30 Children s Lit 14.30 15.30 Szabó Magda Nokedli Tales. Puppet theater The centipede wants to buy a new pair of shoes, but the shop assistant is having a hard time... Puppet theater with the author, Orsolya Boncsér (Naphegy Publishing) Typotex Publishing and the Polish Institute presents Sylwia Chutnik s Pocket Atlas of Women (Kieszonkowy atlas kobiet ) Presenter: Alinda Veiszer Participants: the author and actress Éva Batta (Typotex Publishing) European First Novel Festival First stage interview Presenter: Anna Gács Participants: Bouke Billiet (Belgium), Dora Čechova (Czech Republic), Fabio Deotto (Italy), Franz Friedrich (Germany), Tommi Kinnunen (Finland), Davorin Lenko (Slovenia), Karin Peschka (Austria), Bruno Viera Amaral (Portugal) and Tomáš Varga (Slovakia) (14.00 15.30) Second stage interview Presenter: András Forgách Alexandros Adamidis (Ciprus), Heinz Helle (Switzerland), Réka Mán-Várhegyi (Hungary), Mathias Menegoz (France), Elisabeth van Nimwegen (Netherlands), Ane Riel (Denmark), Frøydis Sollid Simonsen (Norway) and śanna Słoniowska (Poland) (16.00 17.30) (Hungarian Publishers and Booksellers Association) Esernyık a Kossuth téren A discussion about the selected essays of Gábor Schein Participants: the author and Péter Esterházy (Jelenkor Publishing) Mesék a Teljességhez The newborn princess won t stop crying. What could help her? Zsuzsa Tamás is reading excerpts from her book. (Naphegy Publishing) Bestsellers in Hungarian the new titles of Kossuth Publishing Presentation of Thomas Piketty s Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Le Capital au XXIe siècle), J.R. dos Santos Solomon s Key (A Chave de Salomão), Bozóky Edina s Attila A hun király és legendája, Katrin Himmler s and Michael Wildt s The Himmler Letters: Correspondence of a Mass Murderer (Himmler privat: Briefe eines Massenmörders), Michael Crichton s House of Cards, and the special issue of the BBC History: The Third Reich Presenter: Ágnes László Participants: Péter Felcsuti, András Sándor Kocsis, Gábor Papp and József Tamás Reményi (Kossuth Publishing)
14.30 15.30 Hess András 14.30 15.00 Children s Lit Osztovits Levente Márai Sándor Kner Imre Librarian s Club Children s Lit 15.00 15.30 Children s Lit Stand B59 15.30 16.30 Supka Géza 15.30 16.30 Hess András Presentation of Stefan Spjut s Stallo (Stalo) A discussion with the author about the book in question, published in the world literature series of ArtPop, Libri and JAK Participants: series editor Tibor Bárány and writer József Havasréti Also contributing: Niké Kurta Presentation of the Bookr Kids mobile application and Story-tablet (Bookr Digital) Ének évada. Meeting Miklós Vámos With the contribution of László Dés (Európa Publishing) Presentation of the book series of Kronosz Publishing and the Hungarian Historical Society: Sziluett Korszerő történelmi életrajzok A presentation by Ignács Romsics, historian and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Presenter: Zsolt Erıss, director of Kronosz Publishing (Kronosz Publishing) Presentation of Leonóra Mörk s Holdfényszonáta Participants: the author and Zsuzsa Dóra Megyeri (Jaffa Publishing) Balm for the soul Bibliotherapy session with Ildikó Sóron, librarian of the Central Library of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library a FSZEK Központi Könyvtárának (Association of Hungarian Librarians) Presentation of Panna Balázsy s Szandra és a 3. B Csuromvíz, and a concert for glasses (Manó Könyvek) Szása, a szibériai kistigris Make paper puppets with Diána Nagy, the illustrator of the book (for children of 3 4 years) (Móra Publishing) Éva Dobos and Krisztina Molnár discuss the translation of Jon Fosse s Trilogy (Trilogien) (Hungarian Association of Literary Translators and Kalligram Publishing) Presentation of Iselin C. Hermann s Domino (Domino) and a discussion about Scandinavian women s literature Participants: the autor, Orsolya Karafiáth and editor Vera Tönkı Also contributing: Anikó Für (Park Publishing) This Economy Kills A Marxist pope in the Vatican? A discussion about the latest title of Jezsuita Publishing Presenter: László Szigeti Participant: economist László Csaba (Jezsuita Publishing)
Osztovits Levente Szabó Magda Márai Sándor Kner Imre Librarian s Club Children s Lit Stand D26 16.00 18.00 Stand K4 16.30 17.30 Supka Géza Szabó Magda Hess András Leszámolás Eddyvel Presentation of the Hungarian translation of Édouard Louis' En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule Participants: Judit Pataki, literary translator Pál Pataki and psychiatrist György Bánki György Reading: actor Zalán Makranczi (Ab Ovo Publishing) Introducing Magyar Krónika Participants: founder Imre Kerényi and editor in chief Gábor Bencsik (Magyar Krónika) Sex, drugs, Facebook Presentation of the latest title in the series Móra Családi Iránytő and a round table discussion about staying safe while using the internet Presenter: Gergı Süveges, journalist, life- and business coach Participants: editor Ádám Dávid, dr. Gábor Kisfaludi (volunteering teacher of Safer Internet Plusz), Dániel Kisfaludi (student)and staff members of Safer Internet Program (International Children's Safety Service, Kék Vonal Child Crisis Foundation, National Infocommunications Services Company) (Móra Publishing) Soma Mamagésa In unity with myself Participants: Soma Mamagésa and Zsuzsa Dóra Megyeri (Jaffa Publishing) Bartók and The Eight. Link between music and the visual arts in modernism Zoltán Rockenbauer s lecture on the apropos of his book Apacs mővészet Presenter: Katalin Bándoli, section chief (Music Section of the Association of Hungarian Librarians) Two Pagony stories for kids A story about Boribon s Easter Monday, and Sofi, a little girl who sneezed so loud that pigeons fell from the rooftops, leaves dropped from trees and even the ocean spills over its coast... How loud can you sneeze? Stories and games with Milán Stiglinz, Veronika Marék and Bálint Harcos (Pozsonyi Pagony) Photograph session with Geronimo and Tea Stilton (Alexandra Publishing) Meeting László Lator, Anna Szabó T. and Szabolcs Várady, participants of the television show Lyukasóra. Those who play have a chance to win. (Nap Publishing) Hozott lélek. Presentation of the new book of János Háy Participants: the author and Imre Barna (Európa Publishing) Presentation of the book Az utolsó ütés by Mariana Gorczyca, a notable cultural journalist of Romania Presenter: Dan Cristea Participants: the author and József Kırössi P., director of Noran Libro Publishing (Noran Libro Publishing Kossuth Publishing Group) Temetés az Ebihalban Presentation of the short fiction collection of Tibor Keresztury
7.00 18.00 Kner Imre Children s Lit 17.30 18.30 Osztovits Levente 17.30 18.30 Márai Sándor 18.00 19.30 Supka Géza 18.00 19.00 Lázár Ervin 18.00 19.00 Hess András 18.30 19.30 Márai Sándor Participants: the author and Alinda Veiszer Presenter: Gábor Németh Also contributing: János Vázsonyi (saxophone) and Lenke Szilágyi (background projections) Teenagers and the body How should we discuss sex with our kids? Presentation of Bori Hoppál s Az én testem és Nick Fisher s Living with a willy Presenter: Kinga Csapody Participants: Bori Hoppál, body-mind centering practioner and actress Izabella Varga (Manó Könyvek) Történelmi kalandok a magyarság múltjában A book presentation with author Endre Gyárfás A short dramatic presentation from the book by Class 4/b of Vass Lajos Általános Iskola Kispest, led by Katalin Vargáné Vankó. Afterwards, Endre Gyárfás discusses his book with Andrea Pataki, editor of Napraforgó Publishing. (Napraforgó Publishing) Presentation of András Jolsvai s Holnapra jobb lesz, Károly Méhes Néma galambok utcája and Gyula Szvák s (Iván Kvász) Tréflidolog Presenter: Orsolya Karafiáth Participants: András Jolsvai, Károly Méhes and Gyula Szvák (Scolar Publishing) The works of Tommy Wieringa, for the first time in Hungarian Bence Sárközy s discussion with the author and literary translator Szabolcs Wekerle THE 220 YEARS OF THE ORGANIZED BOOK MARKET IN HUNGARY An Evening of Hungarian Prose Stage discussion and a presentation of excerpts with the help of some illustrious figures of contemporary prose with a focus on Hungarian literature and the book culture of Hungary Presenter: Anna Juhász Participants: authors Krisztián Grecsó and János Háy and musicians Péter Egyedi and László Kollár-Klemencz Also contributing: actor Tamás Jordán (Hungarian Publishers and Booksellers Association) Just for you, with love. A meeting for the fans of the Vörös Pöttyös books Presenter: dr. József Lele Participants: fans of the Vörös Pöttyös books (Könyvmolyképzı Publishing) Presentation of Tibor Kedves A rinocérosz-terápia A discussion between the author and Tibor Bárány, philosopher and critic Presentation of the anthology Magyarországi gondolkodók 18. század, II. Participants: Gábor Tüskés and Réka Lengyel (Kortárs Publishing)
Saturday, 25 April Book signings 10.00 11.00 10.00 11.00 10.00 11.00 Stand D1 10.30 11.30 10.30 11.30 Stand D24 11.00 11.00 Stand B21 Stand D1 Stand D4 Stand D5 Stand D12 Stand D15 Stand D17 Stand D23 Mária Hedry is signing A varázsló Book signing with Roland Orcsik Book signing with Júlia Lovranits (Könyvmolyképzı Publishing) Book signing with Judit Magos Poems from the grown-ups to the small ones. Imre Kırizs is signing his book of poems, Városnézegetı (Naphegy Publishing) Klára Varga is signing Múzsakarbantartási alapismeretek Book signing with Orsolya Péntek Book signing with Levente Szörényi and András Stumpf (Trubadúr Könyvek and Libri Publishing) Book signing with dr. Imre Csernus (Jaffa Publishing) Book signing with On Sai (Könyvmolyképzı Publishing) István Kamarás is signing his new novel Kétfülőek as well as his previous works (Pro Pannonia Publishing) Book signing with Judit Lívia Lırincz (Könyvtündér) Bálint Varga is signing his novel Váltságdíj nélkül. Zoltán Pék is signing his translation of Sally Gardner' Maggot Moon (Magasfeszültség series) (Kolibri Publishing) Book signing with A. M. Aranth (Péter Holló-Vaskó) (Fınix Könyvmőhely) Book signing with Anna Mechler and László Hajba (Manó Könyvek) Book signing with Veronika Marék (Móra Publishing)
Stand K4 11.30 12.30 Stand D23 Stand D24 Stand K4 12.30 14.30 Stand B17 12.30 13.30 Stand D14 Stand D1 Stand B3 Stand B12 13.00 17.00 Stands B52 and B53 Book signing with Béla Udvaros (Nap Publishing) Judit J. Kovács is signing the books of the Kerekítı series (Móra Publishing) Andrea Hétvári is signing Csiperi rosszat álmodik János Géczi and Marcell Likó are signing A Bunkerrajzoló (Athenaeum Publishing) Book signing with László Csabai Orsolya Boncsér is signing her illustrated book of poems Nokedli mesék: Fogd rá a jetire! Later: photo session with the yeti for kids (Naphegy Publishing) Book signing with Géza Vasy (Nap Publishing) Book signing with Franzen Jonathan (Európa Publishing) Judit Berg and Ilka Mészely are signing the books of the Tökmagok Most ÉN olvasok series (Pozsonyi Pagony) Book signing with Spirit Bliss (Könyvmolyképzı Publishing) Ioana Pârvulescu is signing Life Begins on Friday (ViaŃa începe vineri) (Typotex Publishing) Vanda Szőcs is signing Egy ikerpár titkos naplója 2. Szívzőrök (Alexandra Publishing) József Bíró is signing Top secret Book signing with Iván Zoltán Dénes Book signing with Béla Bede (Corvina Publishing) Book signing with András Toroczkay Árpád Szıczi is rigning A romániai forradalom kitörésének valódi története (Publishers of Vojvodina and Publishers of Felvidék)
Stand D1 Stand D20 13.30 14.30 Stand D15 13.30 14.30 Stand D24 Stand B18 Stand B41 Stand B52/B Stand D1 Stand D4 Stand D20 Stand K13 14.00 18.00 Stand K18 Book signing with Kitti Szurovecz (Könyvmolyképzı Publishing) Book signing with Newman Allen (Gold Book) Book signing with Patrick J. Morrisson (Zsolt Bukros) and Holden Rose (Attila Kovács) (Fınix Könyvmőhely) Dóra Elekes and Fruzsina Kun are signing their illustrated book Tündi és Samu At the same time: making mini folding books with illustrator Fruzsi Kun (Naphegy Publishing) Ildikó Szebényi is signing Elmefoglyok Book signing with Kende Péter Tamás Lipp is signing Turulmadár fenn az égen (Kossuth Publishing Group) Book signing with Anna Szabó T. Annamária Tari and Gergely Horváth are signing their book Rád találni (Athenaeum Publishing) János Dési is signing Wallenberg-jegyzıkönyv (Ab Ovo Publishing) László Kelecsényi is signing Klasszikus, kultikus, korfestı Magyar hangosfilm kalauz 1931-tıl napjainkig (Kronosz Publishing) Book signing with Viktória Zakály, Helena Silence and Fanni Kemese (Könyvmolyképzı Publishing) Tamás Halmai is signing his new books Korszerő mágia. Vázlat Rába György költészetérıl and Rezervátum (Pro Pannonia Publishing) Book signing with Mór Bán (Gold Book) Book signing with the finalists of Virtuózok (Holnap Publishing) Book signing with Kriszta D. Tóth, Diána Papp and Feri Fızelékes (Bookline)