Italy is GOH Country @International Thessaloniki Book Fair

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Italy will be for the first time the guest of honour at the Thessaloniki International Book Fair (TIF), which is organised by the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture (ELIVIP) and will take place from May 8-11,2025, at the TIF – Helexpo exhibition area.

The cooperation agreement was signed by Nikos Bakounakis, President of Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture, Francesco Neri, director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens, Francesco Neri, and Fabrizio Camastra, director of ITA-Italian Trade Agency Athens.

The President of the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture, Bakounakis, commented, “Italy is Europe’s fourth publishing market, with a turnover of €3 billion 439 million in 2023, a dynamic literary scene with wonderful authors, many of whom we will see in Thessaloniki, a major force in children’s book publishing, reflected in the Bologna Fair, the most important children’s book fair in the world, and of course a huge tradition of authors and books that have left their indelible mark on our reading tastes and reading attitudes. Translations of Italian literary works into Greek are also on a significant rise, going from 84 titles in 2019 to 122 in 2023. I believe that this potential will become more than evident at the 21st Thessaloniki Book Fair and across the city, through parallel events.”

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