Hungarian Literature Night

Date: 13 March
Time: 18:00
Venue:  Liszt Institute London
17-19 Cockspur St, London SW1Y 5BL

The 36th edition of the London Book Fair takes place in the halls of Olympia London. Publishers, book agents, rights agents, prominent representatives of the book trade, and literary and academic circles from all over the world are here in London, including the Petőfi Cultural Agency, whose aim is to promote classical and contemporary Hungarian authors’ works abroad and to contribute to the foreign-language publishing of Hungarian literature
The Liszt Institute London and the Petőfi Cultural Agency are organizing a night of Hungarian literature, introducing the British public to the depths and treasures of Hungarian poets, writers and journalists.

The programme of the evening:

6 PM: Introducing The Continental Literary Magazine
Participants: Susannah Dickey, Péter Závada
Moderator: Owen Good

7.30 PM: New Hungarian Books in English – Roundtable with translators
Participants: Jozefina Komporaly, Owen Good
Moderator: Balázs Keresztes