Writers / Speakers

Honorary event for Nikos Psilakis
An event dedicated to the work and memory of the great journalist, folklorist and writer Nikos Psilakis, with speakers Stavros Arnaoutakis, regional governor of Crete, Pantelis Boukalas, poet, essayist, translator and journalist, Thanasis Babanevas, representative of the Union of Journalists of Daily Newspapers of the Peloponnese, Epirus, and Islands and Maria Charalambaki, president of the Heraklion Prefecture Philologists’ Union. Moderation: Giorgos Patroudakis, journalist and photographer. The greeting will be delivered by Kyriakos Kortesis, President of the Union of Journalists of Daily Newspapers of the Peloponnese, Epirus, and Islands.

CO-ORGANIZED BY: Karmanor Publishing

4th Chania Book Festrival 2025

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Concert with Dora Bakopoulou: “When poetry became a song”
The piano soloist Dora Bakopoulou with Angeliki Liouka on vocals present a musical programme dedicated to the lyrics of great poets (Elytis, Gatsos, Livaditis, Ritsos, Seferis, etc.) set to music by Mikis Theodorakis.

Giorgos Agorastakis introduces with a speech on the topic “Bibliography for Mikis Theodorakis.”

1st Chania Book Festival 2022

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

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“Catch the Rabbit” by Lana Bastašić
Author Lana Bastašić discusses her recent book with journalist and writer Kostas Katsoularis.

Co-organized by Gutenberg Publishing

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

“The Greeks: A Global History” by Roderick Beaton
Professor Emeritus of King’s College London and Chairman of the Board of the British School of Athens, Roderick Beaton, discusses his recent book (Patakis Publishing) with Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek Literature of the University of Crete Alexis Politis.

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

“Notturno Francese” / “Nighttime in France” by Fabio Stassi
Italian novelist, short story writer, and essayist Fabio Stassi converses with translator Dimitra Dotsi about his new book. Moderated by Kiriaki Beioglou, journalist and member of the organizing team of the Chania Book Festival.

CO-ORGANIZED BY: Ikaros Publishing

4th Chania Book Festival 2025

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“Aposyndesi” (“Disconnection”) by Nikos Iatrou
The author Nikos Iatrou converses with the journalist and project advisor of the Chania Book Festival, Kiriaki Beioglou, about his new novel (Iolkos Publishing), a story of desire, loss, and pain of two individuals who undergo a double shock upon learning simultaneously about the death of their partners and their secret relationship.

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

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“Mama, ego den eimai ego” (“Mom, I am not me”) by Kostas Ganotis & “Arrostos se taxidi” (“Sick on a journey”) by Panagiotis Evangelidis
The writer, translator and director Panagiotis Evangelidis (Polychromos Planitis Publishing) discusses with the songwriter and writer Kostas Ganotis (Livanis Publishing) about their artistic and literary multidimensional work, which illuminates the worlds of people who live far from social norms and conventions. Moderated by journalist and project advisor of the Chania Book Festival, Kiriaki Beioglou.

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

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European Literature: Past, Present, Future
The award-winning Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov (International Booker Prize 2023, Strega European Prize 2021, National Literary Award Bulgarian Novel of the Year 2013, etc.) discusses with journalist Kiriaki Beioglou. Introduced by Nikos Argyris, editor.

Co-organized by Ikaros Publishing

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

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“Ena skoteino domatio 1967-1974” (“A Dark Room 1967-1974”) by Alexis Papahelas
The Executive editor of the Greek newspaper “Kathimerini” and writer Alexis Papahelas discusses his recent book (published by Metaixmio Publishing) with the journalist Stavros Theodorakis. Introduced by the journalist Kiriaki Beioglou.

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

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“I’m not going anywhere” by Rumena Bužarovska
Journalist Kiyriaki Beioglou discusses with the author Rumena Bužarovska at the first presentation of her new collection of short stories, recently published by Gutenberg.

Co-organized by Gutenberg Publishing

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

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“To chroniko enos dyslektikou” (“The Chronicle of a Dyslexic”) by Yannis Paschus
Author Yannis Paschos discusses his recent book, published by Perispomeni Publishing, with journalist Kiriaki Beioglou.

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

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“Pes tis” (“Tell her”) by Christos Oikonomou
Author Christos Oikonomou engages in a discussion about his latest book, published by Polis Publishing, with journalist Kiriaki Beioglou.

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

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“Sympligades genethlion” (“Clashing Birthday”) and Piso apo ta thola tzamia (“Behind the fogged windows”) by Dimitris Katalifos
The actor and poet Dimitris Katalifos discusses with journalist Kiriaki Beioglou how his two poetry collections were born, and reads his own poems and those of his favorite poets who have defined him.

Co-organized by Patakis Publishing

1st Chania Book Festival 2022

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“Apofloiosi kai akonisma. O poiitis glyptis: i elegeia stis “Satires” tou K.G. Karyotaki” (“Peeling and sharpening. The poet sculptor: the elegy in K.G. Karyotakis’s “Satires”) by Dimitris Angelatos
The Professor of Modern Greek Literature and Literary Theory Dimitris Angelatos discusses his new book with the journalist Kiriaki Beioglou. 

Co-organized by Gutenberg Publishing

1st Chania Book Festival 2022

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“Orati san aorati” (“Visible as if invisible”) by Zyranna Zateli
The author Zyranna Zateli talks to the journalist Kiriaki Beioglou on the occasion of the publication of her new novel.

Co-organized by Kastaniotis Publishing

1st Chania Book Festival 2022

“I via tis apotychias” (“The violence of failure”) by Petros Markaris

Author Petros Markaris discusses with journalist Grigoris Bekos about his new book,  which is being presented for the first time at the Chania Book Festival in a special collector’s edition exclusively for festival visitors.

Co-organized by Keimena Publishing

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

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“Grand Hotel Europa” by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
The award-winning Dutch writer Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer discusses with journalist Grigoris Bekos, delving into the multiple contradictions of European identity, focusing on an old hotel struggling to balance between the present and the past.

Co-organised by Ikaros Publishing

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

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Authors Kostas Akrivos and Nikos A. Mantis discuss their books “Andromachi” (“Andromache”) and “Kithaironas” (“Kithairon”), respectively. Moderator: Grigoris Bekos, journalist.

Co-organized by Kastaniotis Publishing & Metaixmio Publishing.

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

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“Ti menei apo ti nychta” (“What remains of the night”) by Ersi Sotiropoulos

Author Ersi Sotiropoulos discusses her book with journalist Grigoris Bekos.

Co-organized by Patakis Publishing

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

“L’inventeur” / “The Inventor” by Miguel Bonnefoy
The French author of Venezuelan descent, Miguel Bonnefoy, who has been translated into twenty languages, discusses his book “L’inventeur” / “The Inventor” with author, translator, and publisher Panagiotis Kehagias. The book was released recently in Greek.

CO-ORGANIZED BY: Stereoma Publishing

4th Chania Book Festival 2025

Honorary event for Nikos Psilakis
An event dedicated to the work and memory of the great journalist, folklorist and writer Nikos Psilakis, with speakers Stavros Arnaoutakis, regional governor of Crete, Pantelis Boukalas, poet, essayist, translator and journalist, Thanasis Babanevas, representative of the Union of Journalists of Daily Newspapers of the Peloponnese, Epirus, and Islands and Maria Charalambaki, president of the Heraklion Prefecture Philologists’ Union. Moderation: Giorgos Patroudakis, journalist and photographer. The greeting will be delivered by Kyriakos Kortesis, President of the Union of Journalists of Daily Newspapers of the Peloponnese, Epirus, and Islands.

CO-ORGANIZED BY: Karmanor Publishing

4th Chania Book Festrival 2025

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The poetry of Dionysios Solomos and the Greek Revolution of 1821

The writer, journalist, and folk song scholar Pantelis Boukalas discusses our national poet, Dionysios Solomos, who “baptized” in the Greek Revolution of 1821. Observing the Revolution fervently from his homeland, Zakynthos, where refugees from Messolonghi and Moria sought refuge, Solomos was acclaimed as a warrior of literature, not of chariots. Through the diverse forms of his poetry and prose, he stood among the forefront figures of his century, with a pan-European influence, and established the “self-educated” language of the people as the remedy for the art of speech.

1st Chania Book Festival 2022

“I mnimi tou pagou” (“The memory of ice”) by Ioanna Bourazopoulou
Author Ioanna Bourazopoulou (Athens Academy Award 2015) talks with journalist Mikela Chartoulari on the occasion of the completion of her novel trilogy “O drakos tis Prespas” (“The Dragon of Prespa”).

Co-organized by Kastaniotis Publishing

3rd Chania book Festival 2024

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Literary genres in dialogue: The play of writing and boundaries in the field of literature
Authors Ioanna Bourazopoulou, Pela Soultatou and Niki Troullinou discuss how elements such as fiction, satire, poetry and essays are mixed in contemporary literature and whether there are borders in literature, literally and figuratively. Moderation: Spyros Giannaras, author, translator.

1st Chania Book Festival 2022

“I’m not going anywhere” by Rumena Bužarovska
Journalist Kyriaki Beioglou discusses with the author Rumena Bužarovska at the first presentation of her new collection of short stories, recently published by Gutenberg.

Co-organized by Gutenberg Publishing

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023