52ND LITERARY DAYS “SOUTHERN SPRING” NATIONAL DEBUT LITERATURE COMPETITION
HASKOVO 2024
April 24 – Wednesday
10:00 a.m. RB “Hr. Smirnensky”, Central lobby
Exhibition “145 years since the birth of Alexander Pascalev” and presentation of the biobibliographic reference book “20 years of the award “Alexander Pascalev”
11:00 a.m. RB “Hr. Smirnensky”, Children’s Department
Maria Doneva presents the books “Zog and the Flying Doctors”, “The Most Elegant Giant in Town” and “Impatience in a Box”
2:30 p.m. in front of the RB “Hr. Smyrna”
Tourist tour of Haskovo for the participants of the National Debut Literature Competition “South Spring”
4:30 p.m. in front of the “Forum” HG
Concert of Acoustic Jazz Trio, soloist Maria Arnaudova
18:00 DKT “Ivan Dimov”
Grand opening of the 52nd Literary Days “South Spring” 2024. The fire of “South Spring” 2024 will be lit by Ivan Landzhev, winner of the “Pegasus” for 2011.
Laureate evening of Ivan Landzhev
Georgi Milkov presents his book “Stories from hand luggage”
April 25 – Thursday
10:00 a.m. Kenana Park
Alley “South Spring” – the debutants of the 52nd edition of “South Spring” plant a tree in “South Spring Alley”, restored on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the only competition for debut literature in Bulgaria.
10:30 a.m. RB “Hr. Smirnensky”, Children’s Department
Magda Borisova presents the book “How Princess Magda saved her castle”
11:00 a.m. RB “Hr. Smirnensky”, Reading Room No. 1
Meet the debutantes’ conversation with the jury of the National Competition “South Spring” 2024
2:30 p.m. in front of the RB “Hr. Smyrna”
Tourist tour of Haskovo for the participants of the National Debut Literature Competition “South Spring”
18:00 Kirkovo School House-Museum
Opening of the exhibition “Haskovskiy alarm clocks”
Zahari Karabashliev presents his novel “Rana”
20:00 DKT “Ivan Dimov”, Great Hall
Premiere of the documentary “Feeling for Poetry” with the participation of Valentina Radinska, Aksinia Mihailova and Mitko Lambov
April 26 – Friday
10:30 a.m. RB “Hr. Smirnensky”, Children’s Department
Tony Tellalov presents the book “The Tubules and the Magic Leaf”
11:30 a.m. House-museum Shishmanova house
Discovery of “Homework” exhibition
2:00 p.m. House-museum Shishmanova house
Pen and Stage Literary Craft
18:00 Kirkovo School House-Museum
Southern Spring 2024 Awards Ceremony
20:00 DKT “Ivan Dimov”, Great Hall
The Poets Live – the most beautiful Bulgarian poems presented by favorite Bulgarian actors. The performance PoetiTE Live is visiting Haskovo at the invitation and with the assistance of the Haskovo Municipality to put an exciting finale on the 52nd edition of “South Spring” Haskovo 2024.
