A book festival commemorating the anniversary of the Asia Minor disaster, diversity and racism, as well as a tribute to Iakovos Campanellis, begins at Zappeio Megaro, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The festival is organized by the Association of Book Publishers (SEKB), the Ministry of Development, the Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the Municipality of Athens, the National Theatre, the Karolou Kun Arts Theatre, the National Historical Museum and the Athens Art Network. More than 200 publishing houses participate in the festival, it takes place from 2 to 18 September.

Summer harvest of poetry.

The poetic “harvest” of the summer was interesting with new and noteworthy publications. A few days ago, the Rodakio publishing house published a children’s collection of poems “Sermin” by Tevfik Fikret, translated by Dimitris Chouliarakis, written in 1914 and considered a symbol of Turkey. The famous “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe was republished by Shakespearecon translated by Giorgos Alisanoglu in a bilingual edition with engravings by Gustav Doré. The same publications publish “Exotic Views” by Margherita Papageorgiou. Among them is Niki Papatheocharis’ Any Stone That Wants to Claim Me collection by Sideri Publishing. A new collection of poems by award-winning Kyriakos Charalambidis “The Night of the Gardens”, published by Ikaros, stands apart.

Amazon on TikTok

Amazon, the largest online bookstore, is launching a new partnership with the TikTok book club. Sales of books promoted through the popular video platform are known to skyrocket, most of which are channeled through Amazon. As part of the It’s a Feeling of Reading campaign, the American company created free emoji and digital stickers so users can share their “love of reading” on their social media.