Celebrating all things books and literature is the seventh edition of the Nicosia Book Fest. Ever since its first festival back in 2016, organisers Promitheas Research Institute have grown the event into an anticipated annual happening with activities for children, adults, book lovers and industry professionals.

As with every year, publishing houses, bookstores, writers’ associations, universities, libraries, foreign cultural institutions and embassies will participate in the 2022 Festival. Between October 13 and 16, dozens of writers from Cyprus and abroad will be presented, educational workshops will be held, while music and theatre performances will be presented on the main stage.

The Parallel Actions – Workshops of the festival will be held on October 13 and 15, while on the 15 and 16 of the month, from 10am to 10pm all of the main activities of the festival will fill Acropolis Park. Think presentations, book stands, stalls of participating organisations, publishing houses and bookstores.

This year’s festival will present many innovative actions, the most important of which is the introduction of the Honoured Country, a new thematic tribute to the literature of a specific country that will be honoured every year. For the year 2022, Portuguese literature has been selected on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago.

The upcoming festival will host dozens of presentations and specific actions of larger and smaller sizes, artistic events (musical, theatrical, dance, narrative), in collaboration with various cultural institutions, giving impetus to many forms of cultural creation, with artists from Cyprus and abroad.

Nicosia Book Fest

Annual festival. October 13-16. Acropolis Park, Nicosia. www.nicosiabookfest.com