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European Writers’ Festival 3

16-17 May 2026, British Library London

The European Writers’ Festival returns to the British Library for its third edition
Leading and debut writers from 26 countries, from Spain to Ukraine, the Faroes to Turkey, gather to
discuss love, war, humour, nature, crime, myth and memoir and the power of literature and
translation to help navigate the challenges facing Europe today.

With Spanish journalist and debut novelist Beatriz Serrano with Discontent on Sat 16th

as well as Nino Haratischwili, Vincenzo Latronico, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Sara Stridsberg, Christy
Lefteri, Jáchym Topol, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Wendy Erskine, Artem Chapeye amongst many.

This is the perfect chance to catch up on what’s hot in contemporary European writing, to meet
authors, translators and publishers over one special weekend. Most of the writers appearing present
their latest novels but it’s fascinating to note how broad the fiction genre is in Europe today and how
all these writers juggle genres, topics and styles, from the play-writing memoirist to the crime-writing
screenwriter and the war-reporting short story writer.

Full programme details here: https://events.bl.uk/events/european-writers-festival