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🎉The 3rd Φεστιβάλ Βιβλίου Χανίων - Chania Book Festival themed "We connect words, we unite narratives" opens its gates tomorrow and visitors will have the chance to enjoy five days full of books, discussions, meetings, workshops, theatre, music! Stay tuned and enjoy the festivities!![]()
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Περιφέρεια Κρήτης / Region of Crete
Reading Greece: 3rd Chania Book Festival – “We Connect Words, We Unite Narratives”
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From Wednesday, June 26, to Sunday, June 30, 2024, the Chania Book Festival returns for its third consecutive year, organized by the Municipality of Chania, in collaboration with the Region of Crete...
#books #awards 🏆 | ‘𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲’ 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝![]()
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The The Anglo-Hellenic League has announced the winner of this year’s Runciman Award, with academic Islam Issa receiving the prestigious literary prize for “Alexandria: The City That Changed The World.” 📖 ![]()
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The book, commented Judith Mossman, the chair of judges, during Monday’s ceremony at the Great Hall of King’s College London, “is a wonderfully personal history by an Alexandrian which celebrates the fertility of the city’s hybrid personality, the continuing relevance of its Hellenic origin and its unique contribution to the world. It’s a joyous read, full of fascinating detail, and a gentle humor.”![]()
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“It is a huge honor to receive the most prestigious award in the field” said Issa. The British-Egyptian scholar emphasized that this book represents his own “journey of self-discovery” which would resonate deeply “to generations of people linked to the city and its culture, and to individuals for whom Alexandria remains a part of the imagination.” ![]()
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🔎 The short list of seven books that promote knowledge Greece’s contribution to civilization and values for this year's Runicman Awards: www.greeknewsagenda.gr/2024-runciman-award
📚📚Οn the occasion of her first writing venture "Sotiria" (Antipodes, 2023), Reading Greece spoke to writer Chara Romvi about the past as a way to talk about the present, how literature converses with the world it inhabits, and the meeting point where the personal, individual micro-stories meet the collective History of the world.
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Chara Romvi was born in 1985 in Athens. The short story collection Sotiria [Antipodes, 2023] is her first book. Your first writing venture Σωτηρία [Sotiria] (Αntipodes, 2023) received quite fa...