European Writers' Festival

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for the European Writers’ Festival 2026 @eventsBL ! 📚✨ 🎥 Festival films are now available online until midnight (BST) on 1 June — please watch and share! blplayer.co.uk/eventlink/1091…

Inspiring conversations with Anne-Marie Reuter, Sara Stridsberg and Jáchym Topol, chaired by Tim Beasley-Murray at the 3rd panel of EWF3! @LU_in_London @CzechCentreLnd

Goran Vojnović on stage at the @britishlibrary today as part of the @EUWritersUK talking about hiis novels YUGOSLAVIA, MY FATHERLAND and THE FIG TREE

“I was 5 yrs old when I realised adults don’t know everything - for example is there god? So, I realised I had to decide by myself..” Pirkko Saisio at #EWF3 @eventsBL @FinInst_UK_IRL @EUNICLONDON

And we are on! Day 2 of #EWF3 @britishlibrary opening with an amazing panel discussion on Personal Histories with Fabio Andina , Liliana Corobca and Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs- Chaired by Bidisha @FaroesinLondon @SwissEmbassyUK @EUNICLONDON

What a brilliant way to close Day 1 of our EWF3 @britishlibrary ! Nino Haratischwili in conversation with Vincenzo Latronico chaired by Maya Jaggi @GI_London1 @UCL_EI @ItalyinUK @EUNICLONDON

Panel 4: Tales of the City #EWF3 with Sulaiman Addonia and Beatriz Serrano chaired by Toby Lichtig @eventsBL @CervantesLondon @EmbSpainUK @EUNICLONDON @eurolitnet @Flanders_UK

Makis Malafekas: “I happen to be a writer because that’s the social reality I know.” #EWF3 @britishlibrary @GreeceinUK Photo @JamPond

“Small fragments of the past can show up in the present and surprise my protagonist.” Krisztina Toth #EWF3 @eventsBL

Panel 3: Secrets and Lies “The key ingredient in crime fiction novels are secrets and how they are being revealed” Jorn Lier Horst @EWF3 @eventsBL @NorwayinUK

‘Literary talent can be as powerful as the human pulse’ Zdravka Evtimova #EWF3 @eventsBL @BciLondon @EUNICLONDON

Thanks to @Hatchards for putting together a wonderful selection of books from the authors at today’s @EUWritersUK at the @britishlibrary including Goran Vojnović and Ayfer Tumç published by Istros!

‘In Estonia, we have the luxury of a lot of space, so I think that it why nature is very present in my writing’ Carolina Pihelgas @EWF3 @eventsBL @EUNICLONDON @estembassyuk

“My work exists between body and landscape, because to me they are a singular being” Malgorzata Lebda #EWF3 @eventsBL @PLInst_London

‘I write many characters and so the book becomes Kaleidoscopic. You start hearing from another perspective that might make you rethink what you previously thought’ Wendy Erskine #EWF3 @eventsBL @IrelandEmbGB @EUNICLONDON

‘Grief doesn’t work chronologically, everything is chaos’ Jente Posthuma @EWF3 @eventsBL @NLinUK

Opening session: Turning points with Austrian Writer Fiston Mwanza Mujila: ‘Memory is a puzzle you have to piece together and thats kind of how the book is structured’ @ACF_London #EWF3

“Our values and our humanity is the things that keep us together” Kelly O’Connor @EUNICLONDON co-president opening speech at #EWF3 !

25 writers. 9 panels. 2 days. One unmissable festival. The European Writers’ Festival 3 starts this weekend @britishlibrary , bringing together some of Europe’s most exciting literary voices for conversations, readings & debate. events.bl.uk/events/europea…

Delighted to see Nino Haratischwili announced as @UCL_EI 2026 Writer in Residence 🇪🇺 Her work brings powerful European stories into dialogue across borders. She will also be part of the European Writers’ Festival 3. @EUNICLONDON @GI_London1 🔗 ucl.ac.uk/european-insti…