The main themes of the 19th Book Salon, which will take place on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, will be the 225th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin and the Year of the Family. Vice Governor Boris Piotrovsky announced this in his telegram channel.
The next Book Salon will be held from May 16 to 19. More than 250 stands in four exhibition pavilions with a terrace will be located on 15 thousand square meters. m. A swing and a large floor lamp will be installed on the site. A photo zone in the form of a giant book cover is organized for visitors. “Literary Mail” will work.
The event will be attended by publishing houses, museums, libraries, literary magazines, newspapers and universities. Guests are expected from Vietnam and the Republic of Belarus. Publishing houses from Tatarstan, Chechnya, Crimea, Sevastopol and other regions of the Russian Federation were invited.
— The site will host events for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg University. The main program of the book salon is aimed at highlighting the diversity of literary life in Russia, said Vice-Governor Boris Piotrovsky.
Also this year, the Book Salon will be visited by a special guest – the raccoon Kherson. He was rescued by paratroopers during the air strike. The animal has already become a comic book hero.
— The presentation of two new books about Mike Naumenko and the Zoo group is dedicated to fans of Leningrad rock. Fans will meet bestselling author Daria Dontsova and many other famous and emerging writers. New books will be presented by St. Petersburg authors – Pavel Krusanov, Andrey Astvatsaturov, Ilya Boyashov, Sergei Nosov, Alexander Etoev, Alexander Sekatsky, Valery Popov, explained the office of the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg.
This year, for the first time, a mother and child room will be equipped on the territory of the Book Salon. Closer to the opening, the site will have the opportunity to open a personal guest account, where you can create your own individual itinerary for visiting the event.
Earlier, 78.ru wrote that an expert center for the supervision of books has appeared in Russia.
