Friday, September 6 2024 16:24

ArmInfo.The hot literary days have begun in Yerevan. The already traditional International  Yerevan Book Festival (Yerevan Book Fest - YBF) is taking place in  Republic Square for 3 days (from September 6 to 8).  The festival has  brought together over 40 publishing houses, bookstores and cultural  organizations from Armenia and abroad.

The Yerevan Book Fest expands its participants and guests geography every year, becoming a truly  international cultural event. This year, the YBF program is quite  eventful - 32 events will be held in the capital, including meetings  with famous writers and poets from Armenia, Russia, Germany, Spain,  Slovenia, Italy and other countries.  As the deputy Minister of  Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Daniel Danielyan  noted, the festival is gaining momentum in the context of  international relations. Due to the demand and scale of the event,  the department is considering the possibility of expanding the  festival to regions of Armenia, particularly through an application.

Recalling that the current academic year has been declared the Year  of Cultural Education by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture  and Sports of Armenia, Danielyan noted that the start of the festival  in September is the best symbol of this decision and a good signal  for children and young people.  On the last day of the festival, the  award ceremony for the best writers of Armenia in 4 categories will  traditionally be held: , , , and . A total of 250 applications were received  for participation in the competition, but the jury selected 185 works  for consideration.  The winners will be chosen through blind reading.

In addition to the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Education, Science,  Culture and Sports, the opening ceremony was attended by Yerevan  Mayor Tigran Avinyan and other City Hall employees.  The festival is  held with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture  and Sports and is organized in cooperation with the Museum of  Literature and Art named after E. Charents and the Book Festival  public organization. The main sponsor of the festival is the Yerevan  City Hall.  The full program of events is available at the following  link: https://www.evnbookfest.com/