Book Club: M. Kundera – The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Our Book Club: The Caravan of Eastern European Books Milan Kundera’s mostly read novel worldwide, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, explores Prague in the late 1960s and 1970s, a period of great political turmoil, when personal histories of passion, artistic and existential struggles were crushed and reshaped by History’s “Grand March”, as he entitles one […]
Book Club: Kiki Skagen Munshi, Whisper in Bucharest
We are delighted to let you know that we will be reading and discussing Whisper in Bucharest by Kiki Skagen Munshi. The author will be present for our discussion.About the Author and the book: After several jobs in academia, Kiki Shaken Munshi embraced a career in diplomacy. During the 80s she served as a foreign service officer in Nigeria, […]
Sasha Vlad – Surrealism: The Romanian Case of Gellu Naum
Sasha Vlad, a translator of Gellu Naum's work and a surrealist visual artist, talks about Naum's life and work, within the frame of the surrealist movement.
Iuliana Pana reads from Rigla de Aur
Iulia Pană has a free reading and book signing event for her latest poetry volume Rigla de Aer. Reading will be in Romanian.
Iuliana Pana reads from Ebony Bones
Iulia Pană has a free reading and book signing event for her latest poetry volume Ebony Bones. Reading will be in English.
Meet Author Carmen Francesca Banciu
Suzzallo and Allen Libraries 4000 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesARCS is proud to host renowned author Carmen-Francesca Banciu, who is visiting Seattle to promote the recent publication of the English translation of "Mother’s Day: Song of a Sad Mother" […]
Ion Creanga and His Literary Characters
Illustrations by Ary Murnu and Puppet Theater A 2-Day Celebration of International Children's Day.
Book Signing and Romanian Film Event – Cristi Puiu by Monica Filimon
University of Washington 1410 NE Campus Pkwy, Seattle, WA, United StatesNew York-based film critic and professor Monica Filimon will sign copies of her new book Cristi Puiu (University of Illinois Press 2017) and deliver a talk about the beginnings of […]
Ciprian Popescu – Meet the Author
Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA, United StatesCiprian Popescu, Romanian-language author based in Montreal, will read from his awarded debut Mile End (2016, Max Blecher Publishing House Romania). The book is a construction of 77 days about […]
Readings from the Heart of Europe
University of Washington 1410 NE Campus Pkwy, Seattle, WA, United States"In the deeps are the violence and terror of which psychology has warned us. But if you ride these monsters deeper down, if you drop with them farther over the […]
Dor by Mari Calai – Virtual Book Launch
Online"Dor" it is being said, is one of those untranslatable Romanian concepts. Roughly meaning “longing,” Dor is the title of Mari Calai’s latest book. As Lynn Radeka noted, “the book […]
Story Time – An Evening of Children’s Tales
OnlineWe have the pleasure of inviting you to “Story Time – An Evening of Children’s Tales” featuring authors and illustrators originally from Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The virtual event […]