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📚Greece at the 43rd LIBER International Book Fair in Madrid (7–9 October 2025)📚

Greece will participate at the 43rd LIBER International Book Fair, which will take place in Madrid from Tuesday 7 to Thursday 9 October 2025, at Pavilion 14.1 of the IFEMA Exhibition Centre.

The Greek National Pavilion (Stand 14 D02) will feature 44 #publishers, cultural organisations and institutions. More than 450 titles will be on display and presented, in both Greek and other languages. These include publications by the Ministry of Culture and its supervised entities, cultural foundations, as well as Greek and international publishers who issue #translations of Greek literary works.

Particular emphasis is placed on the #GreekLit translation funding programme, which highlights Greek publishing output made available in other languages, thereby supporting and promoting the international dissemination of Greek #literature.
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Greece's national participation in the international book fairs is implemented for the years 2023 to 2025 by the Directorate of Letters of the General Directorate of Contemporary Culture of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the European Union.

Greece - International Book Fairs
HFBC Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Βιβλίου και Πολιτισμού
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📚📚Ηοw familiar are you with Greece's naval history? Which do you consider the key naval events that marked the course of the country's history?

"Nautical Logbook - Sailing Through the Timeline" by Dimitris Balopoulos constitutes a maritime journey through space and time, and stands as a detailed record of themes from our Naval History, created with the intent to inform, to shed light on lesser-known aspects, and to inspire further research.

"Greek naval history is among the rare few that can carry the reader along a near-continuous thread through time. One sails effortlessly from ancient triremes to Byzantine dromons and cargo-laden ships, then onward to the schooners and brigs of the War of Independence, before arriving at the vessels of the modern Greek state, both merchant and military, each writing their own distinct chapters in our shared maritime chronicle. What I have sought to highlight is the profound significance of these sea routes not only as means of survival, but as conduits of culture and ultimately, as foundations for the prosperity of our homeland."

Ελληνικό Ινστιτούτο Ναυτικής Ιστορίας
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ΒΟΟΚ ΟF THE MONTH: “Nautical Logbook - Sailing Through the Timeline” by Dimitris Balopoulos
The Nautical Logbook – Sailing Through the Timeline by Dimitris Balopoulos constitutes an introduction to key  naval events that have marked the course of Greek history, a maritime journey  through space and time. Published by the Hellenic Institute of Naval  History, the book stands as a detai...
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AUTUMN by Miltos Sachtouris

What’s the girl looking for
in the darkness of the chair?
quickly
as night falls in autumn
she undresses
with clouds before her eyes
with the rain inside her head
with the needle in her heart
she removes the stockings
removes the flowers
discards the halo

outside the time’s leaves
are dyed in blood

© Translation: 1997, David Connoly
From: The stroll issue 37-38
Publisher: The charioteer, New York, 1997

🖼 Mathiopoulos Pavlos (Paul) (1876 - 1956)
After the Rain on Vasilissis Sofias Street, c. 1900
Oil on canvas, 50 x 85 cm
Ε. Koutlidis Foundation Collection
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