58th International Belgrade Book Fair
October 20–27, 2013
Founded by: Assembly of the City of Belgrade
Organized by: Belgrade Fair
Period: October 20–27, 2013
Official slogan: Spaces of Freedom
This year’s slogan emphasizes that books and literature are a realm of freedom, a domain of fantasy and imagination that knows no boundaries and limitations. This slogan also strongly implies the power of books to change the social reality, to fight against all forms of tyranny.
Exhibition halls & exhibit concept
Hall 1 Arena: Serbian publishers that have book publishing as their primary activity (exclusively with their proprietary publications); Poland as the Guest of Honour Country
Hall 1 Ground Floor: Serbian publishers that have book publishing as their primary activity (exclusively with their proprietary publications)
Hall 1 Gallery: Serbian publishers that have book publishing as their primary activity
Hall 2a: Foreign publishers; national presentations; publishers that have education as their primary activity; publishers of academic, educational, and professional literature
Hall 4: Serbian and foreign publishers; state institutions and distributors; publishers of religious and theological literature
Hall 4 Gallery: Used, old, and antiquarian books
Hall 1a: Program and side events; exhibitions
Hall 2 Gallery: Press Center
Criteria for the exhibitors layout:
broj objavljenih izdanja između dva Međunarodna beogradska sajma knjiga
tržišna prepoznatljivost
tradicija
veličina traženog prostora
poštovanje Posebnih pravila Međunarodnog beogradskog sajma knjiga
ispunjavanje finansijskih obaveza prema Beogradskom sajmu
Exhibitors
The Fair will occupy a gross area of 27,011 square meters and will host 490 exhibitors (12 more compared to last year’s data), 48 of which are foreign.
Continuing the trend set last year, the Fair will host publishers and cultural institutions from Kosovo and Metohija. This was made possible thanks to the Office for Kosovo and Metohija in the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
For the first time at the Belgrade Book Fair, we have reserved a special stand for Serbian literary periodicals in an effort to support this important publishing activity which has been unjustifiably neglected for quite some time.
Guest of Honour Country
As this year’s Guest of Honour Country, Poland will promote their rich culture though a special quality program not only at the Fair grounds, but also at a few selected spots in the city. Polish delegation has 12 members, seven of which are Polish renowned book authors, and the remaining five are the experts in the fields of authors’ rights, book market analysis, and international promotion of books and literature.
Foreign exhibitors
In addition to Poland, this year’s Book Fair will host book publishers from France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Iran, Montenegro, Japan, Belarus, China, Croatia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia, Austria, Spain, Germany, and India.
Foreign guests
Olga Tokarczuk, Oliver Zille, Tobijas Foss, Michael Martens (Germany), John Ralston Saul (Canada), Tariq Ali, Costas Douzinas (Great Britain), Christian Karlson Stead (New Zealand), Krzysztof Varga, Piotr Paziński, Szczepan Twardoch, Janusz Dziewulski, Paweł Potoroczyn, Łukasz Gołębiowski, Elżbieta Kalinowska, Agnieszka Roginska, Piotr Dobrołęcki, Joanna Hetman, Daria Dobrołęcka (Poland), Guy Helminger (Luxembourg), Dušan Šimko (Switzerland), Vojo Šindolić, Srećko Horvat, Igor Štiks, Viktor Ivančić, Miljenko Jergović (Croatia), Nenad Veličković, Sabahudin Hadžialić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Stanka Hrastelj, Aldo Milohnić, Aleš Erjavc (Slovenia), Daniel Gegen (Belgium), Ljiljana Dirjan, Ermis Lafazanovski (Macedonia), Donato Carrisi (Italy), Maurizio Lazzarato (France), László Krasznahorkai (Hungary), Claudiu Komartin (Romania), Ivančica Đerić (Canada), Balša Brković (Montenegro).
EUNIC
As was the case with previous Fairs, the EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) network will host a joint presentation of five cultural institutes from EU countries in Belgrade – the Austrian Cultural Forum, the British Council, Centre culturel français, Goethe-Institut, and Instituto Cervantes, joined by the Embassies of Sweden and Portugal.
This year’s joint presentation will revolve around the topic of “City and Creativity”, including numerous workshops, lectures, and group literary activities.
Official opening of the Book Fair
Ovogodišnji Sajam knjiga otvara Ljubivoje Ršumović, jedan od najznačajnijih pesnika savremene srpske poazije za decu. Ršumović je o bjavio skoro 90 knjiga, uglavnom za decu, kao i nekoliko udžbenika za osnovnu školu. Njegove pesme su prevedene na više stranih jezika. Dobitnik je najprestižnijih domaćih i međunarodnih nagrada za dečiju poeziju: Predsednik je Kulturno prosvetne zajednice Srbije i jedan od osnivača i član Upravnog odbora Zadužbine “Dositej Obradović”. Jedan je od osnivača i prvi predsednik Odbora za zaštitu prava deteta Srbije, pri organizaciji Prijatelji dece Srbije.
U ime počasnog gosta Sajam pozdravlja Olga Tokarčuk, romansijerka, esejistkinja, scenaristkinja i pesnikinja, i vodeće ime među poljskim piscima srednje generacije. Dobitnica je više prestižnih književnih nagrada, među kojima je i najznačajnija poljska nagrada za književnost Nike, a ove godine dobila je nagradu Vilenica kojom se nagrađuju pisci iz Centralne Evrope. Olga Tokarčuk je ove godine bila zvanični kandidat Poljske za Nobelovu nagradu.
Programs and side events
Zajednički naziv sajamskih programa “Prostori slobode” istovremeno naglašavaju i problematizuju vezu autora, teksta i društvenog trenutka. Programi su podeljeni u sledeće tematske celine:
Forum Sajma knjiga ove godine odvija se pod nazivom “Brinuti o knjizi”. Ovakvi programi imaju za cilj javnu i esnafsku artikulaciju pojedinih problema, ali i praktičnu dimenziju u smislu upoznavanja javnosti sa konkretnim problemima u državnom i društvenom tretmanu knjige i izdavaštva, kao i predlaganja sistemskih rešenja za oblast kulture. Četiri programa posvećujemo sledećim temama: Medijski prostor slobode za knjigu: Šta za kulturni i izdavački sektor znače najnovije izmene medijskih zakona? Razgovor sa predstavnicima medija i stručnjacima za medije; Internacionalni modeli predstavljanja i popularizacije književnosti: nemački, slovenački i srpski primeri iz prakse. Učesnici: direktori najuglednijih svetskih sajmova knjiga; Kome i čemu su potrebne javne nabavke u izdavaštvu i bibliotekarstvu:o posledicama aktuelnog Zakona o javnim nabavkama, u domenu izdavaštva i bibliotekarstva. Razgovaraju predstavnici izdavača, bibliotekara, ministarstva kulture i Ministarstva finansija; Književna periodika – potreba ili balast?; Kako književnost za decu učiniti vidljivom?: da li se i koliko programi kulturnih institucija, kao i izdavača neudžbeničke literature, koriste u školskom programu; kakve su veze Ministarstva kulture i Ministarstva obrazovanja u pogledu zajedničkih programa i ciljeva.
Književnost kao prostor slobode – u okviru kojeg će se razgovarati o oblicima savremene cenzure i slobode pisaca; zatim o odnosu “identiteta” i “slobode” u delima pojedinih savremenih autora; o “humoru” kao gradivnom i katarzičnom svojstvu književnog teksta; o intimnoj poeziji kao “mikroprostoru slobode”.
Ciklusi: Kriza i otpor i Između duga i slobode – programi u kojima ugledni evropski filozofi i teoretičari razgovaraju o sveprisutnom problemu “duga i dugovanja”, kao i protestima građana, umetnika i intelektualaca širom sveta, o duboko uznemirujućim ali i ohrabrujućim primerima eventualnog proširivanja prostora slobode.
Interaktivni programi za decu i mlade: Volim da čitam. Prvi put na beogradskom Sajmu knjiga, u organizaciji ovog sajma, biće realizovani programi posvećeni deci i mladima, u formi likovno-književnih radionica, druženja sa piscima i tribina.
Program Strip sale će i ove godine predstaviti najupečatljivija strip ostvarenja objavljena između dva sajma.
Izložbe: Prva i retka izdanja knjiga Njegoša, Dučića i Crnjanskog, Re/vizija:časopisi kao agensi književnosti i kulture, Pamtiću sve, izložba o životu i stvaralaštvu Desanki Maksimović, Stripovi i obeleživači – radovi studenata FPU, Kultura ćirilice, Dani ćirilice Bavanište.
Some of this year’s programs and events are financially supported by the European network for literature and books – TRADUKI.
Publishers’ choice: Publishers present their new releases and enable direct interaction between readers and authors.
School Day
This year’s School Day will be held on Thursday, October 24, 20123. The purpose of School Day is to encourage organized group visits by school pupils, students, teachers, and school librarians, who can enjoy a number of special side events aimed at children and youth.
Family Days:
Monday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 22 are selected for Family Days. At these two days, families will be able to buy the tickets for the Fair at a special discount price.
Awards
The 58th International Belgrade Book Fair will give out the following awards: Publisher of the Year, Edition of the Year, Children’s Book of the Year, and Most Beautiful Book.
All Serbian publishers participating in this year’s Belgrade Book Fair are eligible for receiving the awards.
In addition, the Fair will continue the tradition started in 2007 and grant the annual Dositej Obradović Award to a selected foreign publisher for their continued contribution to publishing and promotion of Serbian literature.
The Open Book
On the closing day, the Open Book will be officially transferred from the Polish representative to the representative of China, Guest of Honour country of the 59th International Belgrade Book Fair 2014.
Akcija prikupljanja knjiga
I ove godine nastavlja se akcija prikupljanja knjiga za najugroženije biblioteke u Srbiji.
Opening hours
Every day from 10:00 to 21:00.
Tickets
Ticket prices have remained unchanged for the fifth year in a row. Prices are as follows: individual tickets – 250 RSD; group tickets – 150 RSD; family tickets – 600 RSD.
Official sponsor: Telekom Srbija
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