ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

Romania @ The London Book Fair

The Romanian Cultural Institute organises, for the third consecutive year, Romania's stand at The London Book Fair. The most important publishing houses will take part, reflecting the fast dynamics of the Romanian book market.
This year's guest of honour, University of Plymouth Press, will present the series of "20 Romanian writers" translated in English with support from the Romanian Cultural Institute.

The participant publishing houses are: All, Art, Brumar, Cartea Romaneasca, Casa Radio Publishing House, Cartier (Moldova), Corint, Curtea Veche, Hasefer, House of Guides, Humanitas, Humanitas Fiction, Humanitas Multimedia, Idea Design, Igloo, Junimea, Minerva, Nemira, Niculescu, Orizonturi, Paralela 45, Polirom, RAO, Trei, Tritonic, Vellant, Vivaldi, Vremea and the Romanian Cultural Institute's Publishing House.

Together with more than 700 titles of the Romanian publishing houses (books, translations from English, audio books, CDs, albums, tourist guides, dictionaries), the stand will also include 100 books published abroad, through the funding programmes of the National Book Centre and albums published by the Institute's Publishing House.

Events at the stand:

Monday, 19 April, 15.00-16.00: "Text-Door Neighbours", a special debate with representatives of UPP and one of the 20 authors, Stelian Tanase. Romanian actress Cristina Catalina will read excerpts in English.

Tuesday, 20 April, 14.00: launch of Absinthe 13: Spotlight on Romania. Jean Harris has guest edited the current edition of this bi-annual review, which highlights Romanian fiction, and as presenter of this collection she will introduce readings from the collection and hold a dialogue with contributor Stelian Tanase, whose fiction appeared last June in the Guardian's "Stories from a New Europe".
From 16.00: Sonata for author and translator - world famous author David Lodge in a discussion with his translator Radu Paraschivescu, a riotously funny Romanian author.

Wednesday, 21 April, 11.00: British journalist and author Anthony Daniels will talk about the photo album Kombinat. Industrial Ruins of the Golden Era.

When: 19-21 April 2010; Monday 9.00-18.30, Tuesday 9.00-18.30, Wednesday 9.00-17.00
Where: Earls Court One&Two, London
Tickets: www.londonbookfair.co.uk