94th Festive Book Week starts on June 8

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Written By Szilvia Molnar

Book stalls at Dugonics Square, Szeged, at the 2022 Festive Book Week. Szilvia Molnar / Szegedify

The 94th Festive Book Week, organized by the Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association, will be held between June 8-11, 2023, in Budapest and most big cities in Hungary. In Szeged, programs will be coordinated by the Somogyi Library. The Festive Book Week features talks, book launches, folk dance performances, concerts, and kids' programs, among others.

Booksellers' stands, as well as some of the programs, will be again at Dugonics Square. Other venues include the SZTE Klebelsberg Library, Somogyi Library, Café Radnóti, the House of Ethnic Minorities, Grand Café, and more.

Note that the programs will be in Hungarian.

The 2023 International Book Festival will take place between September 28 and October 1 at the Millenáris in Budapest, and the country of honor will be the Netherlands.

More about the programs of the 94th Festive Book Week in Szeged can be found on the website of the Somogyi Library (in Hungarian).

Szilvia Molnar

Szilvia Molnar is an ecotourism guide turned copywriter turned editor and journalist. She is the founder and owner of Szegedify.

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