On September 8 and 9, the Bookmarket Book Festival was held in Moscow, which combined literature, music, cinema, education and contemporary art. Thanks to him, residents and guests of the capital were able to plunge into the atmosphere of European cities for several days with their second-hand shops and theatrical performances.
The 25th Bookmarket festival in 2012 was held in the open air in the Moscow Museum Museum. For two days, visitors to this event could choose and buy books for every taste at publishing prices. On some shelves, both bestsellers and alternative literature coexisted.
During the festival, readings and creative meetings with famous writers and poets were organized. So, for example, the poetess Vera Polozkova, popular today, presented her new poetry program at Bookmarket and read excerpts from the book “Notebook of Words” by rock singer Svetlana Surganova. Pavel Artemyev quoted excerpts from Sergei Dovlatov’s collection “Suitcase”, and Janusz Vishnevsky talked with fans present at the festival and talked about his creative plans.
Presentations of new books also took place at the book fair. Valery Zelenogorskiy spoke about his latest book, Moyfeysbuk. The poet and literary critic Lev Rubinstein talked with Boris Akunin about his own work “Signs of Attention”, and Akunin spoke about his new novel “Aristonomy”.
There were many lectures and discussions. The representative of Polit.ru gave several lectures on the subject of progress, history, science and culture. Alex Preston, a young English writer, spoke with Nikolai Uskov about the development and influence of literature and journalism. And the writer Sergey Shargunov and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak talked about what books a modern person should read.
In addition, several concerts took place at the Bookmarket with the participation of the rock band "Two Two", singer Dakota, a French writer and part-time DJ Frederick Begbeder. Several film screenings took place at the festival, during which a series of short films on literature created by the Future Shorts project was presented, and the pre-premiere screening of Boris Khlebnikov’s film “Until Night Separates” was held.
It was not boring at the book fair and the children. While parents chose books for themselves, their kids could learn how to draw and sculpt, as well as participate in master classes conducted by experienced teachers and psychologists. In addition, the performance of Linor Goralik "Ototo" was staged for children.
