place: V-klub, Nám. SNP č. 12, Bratislava

18:00 festival opening ceremony

18:30 first set:

Michal Tallo (SK), moderated by Marek Hudec
Lili Kemény (HU), moderated by Marek Hudec, read by Vica Kerekes
Peter Šulej (SK), moderated by Marek Hudec
Patrícia Gonzalo de Jesús (E), moderated by Eva Lalkovičová
Sacha Naspini (IT), moderated by Marek Hudec, read by Vica Kerekes

18:00 – 21:00 video installation: Video Alphabet

18:00 - 22:00 10 years of new forms in literature / exhibition and audiovisual installation

17:00 – 21:00 Novotvar Book Market: Artforum, Aspekt, Brak, Literárna bašta, Edícia Novotvar, Vlna / drewo a srd, KPTL, KK Bagala, Marenčin PT, Portugalský inštitút, Tiszatáj, Vertigo, F.A.C.E.

place: Gymnázium Federica Garciu Lorcu, Hronská 3, Bratislava

9:45 Focus Spanish and Catalan literature:

Patrícia Gonzalo de Jesús (E)
Cèlia Nolla (E)
moderated by: Eva Lalkovičová

reading and discussion with high school students

 

place: Staromestská knižnica, Záhrebská 8, Bratislava

11:00 Eva Urbanová (SK) Jeleňatý a Kravatý opäť zasahujú
children's book presentation

 

place: Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave, Ventúrska 11

11:30 Focus Italian literature:

Sacha Naspini (IT)
moderated by: prof. Libera Iannetta

Reading and discussion and masterclass with high school students within the Akademia Novotvar 2025 project

 

place: Francúzsky inštitút, Sedlárska 7, Bratislava

17:00 Tendre Navette Spatiale presentation of an anthology of Slovak poetry in French

Hostia:
Guillaum Métayer (FR) – editor antológie,
Silvia Majerská (FR) – prekladateľka antológie a básnici a poetky zahrnutí v antológii
moderated by: Mária Vargová 

 

place: České centrum, Český dům, Prepoštská 6, Bratislava

18:00 Focus Visegrad literature

Kateřina Rudčenková (CZ)
moderated by: Daniela Brezániová
Ondřej Macl (CZ)
Renátó Fehér (HU), read by Vica Kerekes
Jakub Pzsoniak (PL)
Ivana Gibová (SK)
moderated by: Mária Modrovich

 

place: V-klub, Nám. SNP č. 12, Bratislava

18:00 Verzia introduces: Cervantes’ Don Quijote Today

Lecture of Eva Palkovičová and Paulína Šišmišová about a new annotated translation of the literary classic. The only complete Slovak translation of Don Quijote is over 70 years old. The time for a new translation has come.

19:00 Focus Visegrad literature – Hungaran literature in Slovakia

Zoltán Németh: Zvierací manžel
Zoltán Németh (SK), Jitka Rožňová (SK)
moderated by: Viliam Nádaskay (SK)
read by: Vica Kerekes

Presentation of contemporary Hungarian poetry in Slovakia in Jitka Rožňová translation. ( Co-organized by: Spolok Bázis)

20:00 second set:

Dušan Dušek (SK), moderated by Pavel Sibyla
Roland Orcsik (HU), moderated by Peter Šulej, read by Vica Kerekes
Xaver Bayer (AT), moderated by Peter Brezňan
Christina Panajota Grammatikopulu (GR), moderated by Marek Debnár, read by Vica Kerekes
Juraj Koudela (SK), moderated by Ivana Gibová

18:00 – 21:00  video installation: Video Alphabet

18:00 - 22:00 10 years of new forms in literature / exhibition and audiovisual installation

17:00 – 21:00 Novotvar Book Market: Artforum, Aspekt, Brak, Literárna bašta, Edícia Novotvar, Vlna / drewo a srd, KPTL, KK Bagala, Marenčin PT, Portugalský inštitút, Tiszatáj, Vertigo, F.A.C.E.

place: Staromestská knižnica, Blumentálska 10/a, Bratislava

10:00 Eva Urbanová (SK): Jeleňatý a Kravatý opäť zasahujú
children's book presentation

 

place: Francúzsky inštitút, Sedlárska 7, Bratislava

10:00 Focus French literature

Guillaume Métayer (FR)
Silvia Majerská (FR)

Reading and discussion and masterclass with high school students within the Akademia Novotvar 2025 project

 

place: Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave, Klariská 5

10:30 Focus Visegrad literature:

Roland Orcsik (HU)
Robert Król (PL)
Kateřina Rudčenková (CZ)
Michal Tallo (SK)
moderated by: Peter Šulej a Daniela Brezániová

reading and discussion with high school students

 

place: Gymnázium Párovská 1, Nitra

11:00 Focus Spanish and Catalan literature:

Patrícia Gonzalo de Jesús (E)
Cèlia Nolla (E)
moderated by: Eva Lalkovičová

Reading and discussion and masterclass with high school students within the Akademia Novotvar 2025 project

 

place: V-klub, Nám. SNP č. 12, Bratislava

16:00  In Praise of Aberrations: Ivana Hostová and Peter Milčák on Translating Slovak Poetry into English
moderated by: Jana Cviková

17:00  Translate Translate Translate

Patrícia Gonzalo de Jesús (E)
Silvia Majerska (F)
Guillaume Métayer (F)
Anna Siedykh (UA)
moderated by: Pavel Sibyla a Miroslava Vallová

round table about the translation of Slovak literature

18:00. Verzia: Testimony of the times and the present in essays / Swedish forms of fear / Brazilian ecocriticism.
The editors discuss this year's three issues of Verzia magazine.
Guests: Silvia Rybárová, Miro Zumrík, Zuzana Greksáková
moderated by: Michal Tallo.

19:00 third set:

Judith Hermann (D), moderates and interprets Michal Hvorecký

The performance is organised in cooperation with the Goethe Institut Bratislava. With the support of the Volkswagen Slovakia Foundation as part of the Literary Salon series.

Kateřina Rudčenková (CZ), moderated by Daniela Brezániová
Silvia Majerská (F), moderated by Peter Šulej
Robert Król (PL), moderated by Marek Debnár
Cèlia Nolla (E), moderated by Eva Lalkovičová
Viliam Nádaskay (SK), moderated by Daniela Brezániová

18:00 – 21:00  video installation: Video Alphabet

18:00 - 22:00 10 years of new forms in literature / exhibition and audiovisual installation

17:00 – 21:00 Novotvar Book Market: Artforum, Aspekt, Brak, Literárna bašta, Edícia Novotvar, Vlna / drewo a srd, KPTL, KK Bagala, Marenčin PT, Portugalský inštitút, Tiszatáj, Vertigo, F.A.C.E.

place: V-klub, Nám. SNP č. 12, Bratislava

14:00 Ensemble Ricercata: CAGE_113
performative concert / contemporary dance

The work of John Cage in the CAGE_113 project performed by the leading chamber ensemble Ensemble Ricercata in collaboration with dance artists and visual artist Jakub Pišek.

15:00  Medziriadky: Young Slovak Literature

Ivana Topitkalová (SK)
Anna Valentová (SK)
moderated by: Emma Vičanová

16:00 Jana Micenková (SK): Kvety a klobásy - prezentácia novej knihy úspešnej slovenskej prozaičky

17:00 Zlatá vlna nominees’ reading:

Martina Ivanová (SK)
Peter Milčák (SK)
Miroslav Brück (SK)
moderated by: Ľubica Schmarcová

18:00 Ankramu / concert

19:00 Zlatá vlna nominees’ reading:

Alena Brindová (SK)
Anna Siedykh (UA)
Zuzana Husárová (SK)
moderated by: Ľubica Schmarcová

20:00 Zlatá vlna 2025: poetry prize ceremony

20:30 Vojdi / concert

15:00 – 21:00 Novotvar Book Market: Artforum, Brak, Literárna bašta, Edícia Novotvar, Vlna / drewo a srd, KPTL, KK Bagala, Marenčin PT, Portugalský inštitút, Tiszatáj, Vertigo, F.A.C.E.

15:00 – 21:00  video installation: Video Alphabet

18:00 - 22:00 10 years of new forms in literature / exhibition and audiovisual installation