From 11 to 14 June 2010 at the Central House of Artists, Moscow will be the fifth International Open Book Festival

From 11 to 14 June 2010 at the Central House of Artists, Moscow will be the fifth International Open Book Festival. For four days in the yard and inland areas CHA will be more than 400 activities have traditionally filled the bookcases, Children, Music and Film Festival program.

With the support of embassies and cultural centers are expected to participate at the Festival More than 50 foreign guests from Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Britain, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, USA, Ukraine, Finland, Czech Republic, Sweden and Estonia. Among them are expected not only well-known Russian readers writers like Dorothy Maslovskii (Poland), Goran Petrovic (Serbia), Joanne Harris (UK), but also many others. To understand the current situation, the book will help foreign critics, historians, publishers, philosophers, experts, designers and illustrators.

broadest way represented the literary map of Russia. At the festival is such stars as Sergei Gandlevsky, Ulitskaya, Dmitry Bykov, Leonid Yuzefovich, Andrew Gelasimov, Zakhar Prilepin, Maxim Osipov. The geography of the entire country - from Kaliningrad (Eugene Grishkovec) to Vladivostok (Vasily Avchenko) from the Khanty-Mansiysk (Jeremiah Aypin) to Sochi (Veronica Kungurtseva).

experiment this year's Platform WhyNot, which will be held in the new space CHA (hall № 1), which forms around the unexpected and fresh ideas and projects in areas such as City, Media, and Education.

this year Festival says several major themes.

cultural autonomy . Will include seminars, round tables and reading on the phenomenon of cultural autonomy in modern Russia and the historical perspective of this phenomenon.

Russian Abroad . Is there a Russian literature or many? Linked with the geography of literature or only language? Performers Russian writers living abroad: Mikhail Shishkin (Switzerland), Lena Eltang (Lithuania), Arthur Punta (Latvia), Miriam Petrosyan (Armenia), Alexei Tsvetkov, Sr. (U.S.) and others.

modern perception of history . Talking about the transformation of historical knowledge on post-Soviet space and wider; serve historians and experts from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Denmark, Serbia, Czech Republic.

Leo Tolstoy: a hundred years since the death of the great Writer . Will host exhibitions, interactive experiences, readings and discussions about the role of Tolstoy in the XXI century.

The festival will be presented as the new special projects, and already familiar.

EuroReadings . With the support of European Commission Delegation to Russia at the festival is young European writers and experts.

Typography in particular . The history and practice of graphic design show leading Russian, Dutch, Spanish and British designers and illustrators.

new play . Contemporary drama in actor's readings and performances, with the participation of playwrights from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Sweden and other countries.

Book Industry . What happens in the book industry, it contributes to the development of culture? Are the Russian and European booksellers, publishers, critics.

Infrastructure knowledge . How to operate bookstores, libraries, universities and cultural centers? Participants include leading Russian and foreign experts and members of the educational process.

Special attention should be parallel program 5-th Moscow International Open Book Festival:

Book Fair - a book fair. The difference between the fair from the other Russian book-selling events - in its accessibility to the smallest of academic and independent publishers that are due to the small budget can not spend significant resources to participate in major exhibitions. The visitors will be brought to an art, science, children's literature, books on art.

Bookinist Bazar will give the opportunity to purchase rare copies of books on a relatively low price. Topics: used books, periodicals, manuscripts, lithographs, and maps, prints, sheet music.

Postcard Expo - postcards, stamps, bonds, shares, " old paper ».

Source: press release CHA