Gaudeamus Book Fair: thousands of titles await readers

The Gaudeamus Radio Romania 2024 Book Fair opened yesterday in Romexpo Pavilion B2. The honorary president is the writer Mircea Cărtărescu. The visiting program is daily between 10:00 and 20:00, and public access is free. Over 200 participants, hundreds of editorial events and tens of thousands of titles, many of them presented for the first time, bring together reading lovers at Gaudeamus Radio Romania, a cultural event financed by the Ministry of Culture.

The Humanitas Group announces an offer of over 1,000 titles, over 90 event books and a rich program of launches, an opportunity to meet Ana Blandiana, Gabriel Liiceanu, Mircea Cărtărescu, Andrei Pleşu, Horia-Roman Patapievici, Thierry Wolton, Ioana Nicolaie, Carlo Vecce, Stere Gulea, Sabina Fati, Carmen Uscatu, Radu Paraschivescu, Stefano Bottoni, Tatiana Niculescu, Andreea Răsuceanu, Augustin Cupşa and other beloved writers.

All Humanitas books will have a 10% discount, children's books will be available for purchase with a 15% discount, and for the over 150 titles published in collector's editions there will be special prices, valid only at Gaudeamus. The 36 events and autograph sessions will take place at the Humanitas stand in Pavilion B2 of the Romexpo Exhibition Complex. Polirom Publishing House has come with over 1,000 titles, all on sale. The events dedicated to the most recent Polirom publications - in the "Gabriela Adameşteanu Author Series", "Fiction Ltd", "Ego.Proză", "Ego-graphii", "Romantized Biographies", "Polirom Library", "Junior", "Profesorul de succes" etc. - will provide opportunities for meetings with: Gabriela Adameşteanu, Radu Aldulescu, Simona Antonescu, Raluca Ardeleanu, Hanna Bota, Octavian Buda, Magda Cârneci, Ruxandra Cesereanu, Sorin Cristea, Mihai Demetriade, Florin Duţu, Cristian Englert, Vasile Ernu, Valentina Iancu, Angela Martin, Pablo Maurette, Mircea Mihăieş, Mihaela Miroiu, Ion-Ovidiu Pânişoară, Mircea Pricăjan, Dorina Rusu, Ana Maria Sandu, Mihai Şteţ, Daniela Ulieriu, Radu Vancu, Ştefan Vianu.

Nemira Publishing House presents over 40 new publishing releases. "During each of the five days of the fair, our team warmly welcomes all those who will visit the two stands to offer them personalized recommendations and captivating details about books and authors. We have prepared a selection of over 500 titles from the already well-known collections - fiction, non-fiction, contemporary Romanian literature, biographies, illustrated books, manga - and discounts of up to 50%. For this year's edition, which takes place on the eve of the winter holidays, we have prepared special packages and mystery boxes for meaningful gifts, which will complete the pleasure of reading and inspire the magic of the holidays", said Cătălina Nicolau, Nemira executive director. Over 15 titles from the "Anansi. World Fiction" portfolio, an imprint of Trei Publishing House, await lovers of universal literature at the fair. The list of new titles published under the "Anansi. World Fiction" banner includes both previously unpublished translations of works by beloved authors and novels by multi-award-winning authors translated for the first time into Romanian. Some of these will be launched at the fair, in a large event that brings together translators, literary critics and writers. The Romanian Cultural Institute will be present again this year at the Gaudeamus Book Fair with an attractive program of events, bringing together debates and book launches, as well as a generous offer of books and albums at special prices. Visitors who purchase volumes from the stand will benefit from a 30% discount.

The longest-running book fair in Romania is organized by the Romanian Broadcasting Society.