06–10th September 2023

Agenda

Day 1, Novi Sad – 06th September, Wednesday
 
14.00–Arrival and accommodation, Hotel Centar (adr. Uspenska 1)
18.30Reception of guests in Novi Sad – Club of the Novi Sad writers Association (adr. Mihajla Pupina 9)
20.00Group dinner
 
Day 2, Novi Sad – 07th September, Thursday
 
10.00Event opening – Matica Srpska (adr. Matice srpske 1)
10.30–12.00Lecture on Contemporary Serbian prose at Matica Srpska Miloš Jocić (Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad)Snežana Savkić (Institute of Literature, Belgrade)
12.00–12.30Lecture on The Book Market in Serbia Miloš Jocić (Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad)Mladen Vesković (Ministry of Culture Republic of Serbia)Milan Trpković (Secretary at the Association for Publishers and Booksellers in Serbia)
13.00–14.30Group lunch at the Restaurant Staro zdanje (adr. Trg Marije Trandafil 1)
14.45–15.30Lecture on Serbian children’s literature at Matica Srpska Slađana Ilić (Belgrade City Library)
15.30–16.00Lecture on How to obtain a grant from the Ministry of the Republic of Serbia for translations Mladen Vesković (Ministry of Culture Republic of Serbia)
16.00–17.00Visit to the Museum of Vojvodina
17.00–19.00Free time
19.00Group dinner at the Restaurant Kafanica (adr. Pionirska)
 
Day 3, Belgrade – 08 th September, Friday
 
7.15Meeting at the Hotel Centar reception
8.00Departure from the train station
9.00Visit to the National Library of Serbia (adr. Skerlićeva 1)
9.30–11.00Meeting and presentation with Serbian publishers: Laguna (Nevena Milojević (nevena.milojevic@laguna.rs)Kreativni Centar (Ivana Bojović Grujić (rights@kreativnicentar.rs)Geopoetika (Sonja Bajac (sonja.geopoetika@gmail.com)Pčelica (Nevena Marković (nevena.markovic@pcelica.rs)Čigoja (Neva Saravija (neva@cigoja.com)Blum (Aleksandar Šurbatović (blum.izdavastvo@yahoo.com)Akademska knjiga (Žaneta Đukić Perišić (office@akademskaknjiga.com)Prometej (Korana Borović (korana.prometej@gmail.com)
11.15–13.00Catering party and a B2B meeting with Serbian publishers
13.30-14.30Visit to the Memorial Museum of Ivo Andrić (adr. Andrićev venac 8)
15.00–15.30Group lunch
16.00–18.00Boat ride along the Danube and Sava and a meeting and cocktail reception with Serbian writers: Vladimir PištaloGoran PetrovićVlada KecmanovićEnes HalilovićUroš Petrović
19.00Return to Novi Sad
20.00Free time/Group dinner at the Toster Bar (adr. Njegoševa 10)
 
Day 4, Novi Sad – 09 th September, Saturday
 
10.00Exhibition of books of Serbian authors translated into English – Digital Youth Centre (adr. Vojvode Putnika 1)
11.00–12.00Projection of the movie ’’Bestseller’’
12.30–13.00Workshop with Olga Lalić Krowicka and Dragan Jovanović Danilov on how to translate a foreign writer and promote him in a new environment
13.15 – 13.50Projection of the movie ’’Light and Shadows’’ about Sava Šumanović
14.30Visit to the Museum of Novi Sad and the Petrovaradin Fortress
16:00Group lunch
18.00Free time
20.00Group dinner at the Restaurant Sokače (adr. Nikole Pašića 24)
Day 5, Novi Sad – 10th September, Sunday
08.00-Departure

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