The events of this section bring together writers, publishers, critics, booksellers, librarians and readers. It’s here that experts discuss new platforms for the promotion of reading, the further development of literary culture and the book industry, and the transformation of the infrastructure of reading.
Section contacts:
literature@culturalforum.ru

The central topics of the discussion this year are the digital transformation of the book industry, the role of libraries in the sustainable development of different regions, and the revival of the Saint Petersburg’s status as a book capital.
Programme
12/11/2021
Exhibition
RUS
E-Ticket
E-Ticket
RUS
National Library of Russia: Concert Hall, the exhibition space in front of the Concert Hall
36 Fontanka River emb., St. Petersburg
36 Fontanka River emb., St. Petersburg

In 2019, in addition to discussing upcoming anniversaries, the Year of Granin and the approaching 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, specialists discussed the developing trend towards popular science literature in Russia and abroad, and the end of the newspaper print culture.
Programme
16/11/2019
10:30 — 19:00
Public Reading
RUS, FRA
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RUS, FRA
16/11/2019
11:00 — 17:00
Festival
RUS
E-Ticket
E-Ticket
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RUS
16/11/2019
19:00 — 22:45
Lecture-concert
RUS
E-Ticket
E-Ticket
16+
RUS
New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre
49A Fontanka River emb., St. Petersburg
49A Fontanka River emb., St. Petersburg
Participants