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Reading Greece3 days ago
📢 The 4th Chania Book Festival (25-29 June 2025) is coming!
"We read. We discuss. We connect"

The 4th Φεστιβάλ Βιβλίου Χανίων - Chania Book Festival was presented today at IANOS Bookstore in Athens in the presence of journalists, #authors, translators, #publishers and representatives of cultural institutions.

With the participation of over 160 speakers from 16 countries - authors, #academics, ##translators, philologists, literary critics, journalists and artists, more than 30 international participations, 42 publishers and the hosting of 100 events, from discussions, #book presentations, workshops to performances and concerts, the Festival gathers contemporary Greek #literature and intellectual thought, while also having an international character with invitations to significant foreign authors, academics, and intellectuals.

The 4th Chania Book Festival is organized by the Municipality of Chania in co-organization with the Region of Crete and with the cooperation of cultural organizations and institutions, as well as bookstores of the city.

📄 Read the full press release (in Greek):
👉 https://www.chaniabookfestival.gr/erxetai-to-4o-festival.../

Stay tuned and enjoy the festivities!

Δήμος Χανίων - Municipality of Chania
Περιφέρεια Κρήτης / Region of Crete
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Reading Greece
Reading Greece4 days ago
📚📚Where does poetry meet philosophy? What is that binds them together? In the words of poet Giorgos Dritsas, "I believe that #philosophy and especially philosophical language is crucially linked to #poetry and can influence it in great depth. After all, poetry, as mentioned above, constructs new realities, and through them shapes a theoretical basis that can lead to a new inspiration, which in turn helps create a new worldview and – why not? – a new vision of the world".

Περιοδικό & Εκδόσεις "Οδός Πανός" / Εκδόσεις "Σιγαρέτα" / Γιώργος Χρονάς
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Reading Greece: Giorgos Dritsas on the Meeting Point between Poetry and Philosophy
Giorgos Dritsas was born in 1994 in Corinth, Peloponnese. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Athens, where he continued his postgraduate and doctoral studies. In 2016 he self-published the poetry collection The echo of Zarathustra, while the....
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Reading Greece1 week ago
📚📚Do you want to visit a little bookstore? Here is your survival guide by Zafouko Yamamoto's Illustrations

📸 A camera to capture your favourite little bookstores

🎒Αnother sturdy canvas bag to put the books you're taking in

🍎🍌A banana or an apple, water and peppermint candy

🗒 Definitely a notebook and one (or better two) pens

🧴Ηand cream to keep your hands soft when you flip through your favourite books

🐈🐕‍🦺Α photo of your pet because you might suddenly miss it

🧭A compass so that you don't get lost in the world of books

Now, you are ready to go!

Εβδομάδα Μικρών Βιβλιοπωλείων - Little Bookstores Week
LITTLE BOOKSTORES
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