Writers / Speakers

“I Odysseia pou mas kryvoun” (“The Odyssey they hide us”) by Polychronis Koutsakis
The writer Polychronis Koutsakis talks about his new book (Patakis Publishing) with the writer Minos Efstathiadis and they discuss the challenges of translating Greek literature abroad.

Co-organised by Patakis Publishing

2nd Chania Book Festival 2023

The publishing landscape: crises and prospects
The editors Foivos Vlachos (Keimena Publishing), George H. Efstathiou and Katerina Thanopoulou (Aparsis Publishing) and Thanasis Sylivos (Metronomos Publishing) discuss with journalist Poly Krimnioti about the publishing landscape during the period of repeated crises and the prospects of small and medium-sized publishing houses in the near future.

Co-organized by Keimena Publishing / Aparsis Publishing / Metronomos Publishing

1st Chania Book Festival 2022

“Déserter” (“Deserting”) by Mathias Énard
The multi-award-winning (Goncourt Prize 2015, shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017, etc.) French author Mathias Énard talks about his new novel with journalist Dimitris Doulgeridis. With the support of the Hellenic-French Association of Chania.

Co-organized by the French Institute of Greece / Stereoma Publishing

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

“Our share of night” by Mariana Enríquez
Argentinian author Mariana Enríquez discusses with Pilar Tena, Spanish director of the Cervantes Institute in Athens, about her new book, a novel where supernatural horror intersects with very real fears.

Co-organized by the Hellenic Ibero-American Literature Festival in Athens LEA / Patakis Publishing

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

“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