Literature and Reading

Literature and Reading

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
Head of the section Vadim
Duda
Director General of the Russian State Library.

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

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
16/11/2019
11:00 — 17:00
Festival
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16/11/2019
19:00 — 22:45
Lecture-concert
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Participants