More than eighty publishers from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia are participating in the 14th edition of the Tirana book fair, the biggest annual book event which brings together Albanian publishing houses
TIRANA, Nov. 9 – Turkish-owned Albtelecom and Eagle Mobile are supporting the 14th Book Fair “Tirana 2011”, organized by the Association of Albanian Publishers with the support of Municipality of Tirana. This activity will take place between the 9th and 13th of November at the Palace of Congresses, where the readers will be familiar with new publications of the year. The fair will be an important venue for the authors and publishing houses from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, etc.
The Book Fair will be open for the readers from 9 in the morning till 9 in the evening. On the 13th of November, the last day of the Fair, the winners of the annual prizes: “Author of the Year”, “Translator of the Year”, “The best book for children” and “Best graphical stand” will be declared.
More than eighty publishers from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia are participating in the 14th edition of the Tirana book fair, the biggest annual book event which brings together Albanian publishing houses. Organizers say meetings with participating writers will also be held in the fair along with art performances. Sebastiano Grasso, an Italian poet and journalist will be a special guest in the book fair promoting his first book in Albanian. Organizers hope this year’s edition will be a success and pledge books at discount.
