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THE PROGRAMME OF BELARUS REPUBLIC

The programme of Belarus Republic – the Guest of Honour XXIII Moscow International Book Fair. Read more…

"CHITAI-KA" FAIR PROGRAMME

The programme of 6th “Chitai-ka” All-Russian Fair of Educational and Children Literature. Read more…

“UNIQUE BOOK” WILL WARM FEBRUARY

On February 4-7 the II^nd “Unique Book” Exhibition will take place in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Government in Novy Arbat Street. Its main theme – “A Book as a Piece of Art, its History and Today”. It is supposed that in the role of exponents will be not only publishers but also the owners of private collections, miniature-book amateurs, restorers, second-hand booksellers, antiquarians, bookbinders, illustrators… They will present rarities, monuments of the book art, original contemporary editions. In the frames of the exhibition there will be held master-classes and the presentations of collections, projects, meetings with unique book creators etc.

THE 23TH MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

Dear colleagues! The 23th Moscow International Book Fair will take place September 1-6, 2010. Venue: Russia, Moscow, All-Russian Exhibition Center, pavilion №75. Applications are accepted at:

"General Directorate of International Book Exhibitions and Fairs" State Enterprise

Malaya Dmitrovka St., 16, Moscow, 127006, Russia

Phone: +7 (495) 699-97-90, 699-40-34,699-34-66, 699-40-12

Fax: +7 (495) 609–01–32, 699-2539

Press center: +7(495) 699-86-55

E-mail: mibf@mibf.ru

http://www.mibf.ru   

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE "UNIVERSITETSKAYA KNIGA" MAGAZINE

The 150^th anniversary edition of the “Universitetskaya kniga” magazine was published.

This magazine is used to be a traditional information partner of Moscow International Book Fair.

“Universitetskaya kniga” reports about book fairs in Russia and all over the world, raises important questions as far as publishing, libraries and modern technologies are concerned.

We congratulate the chief-editor Sergey S. Nosov and the “Universitetskaya kniga” team upon the anniversary edition. Good luck and new achievements!

"IMAGE OF THE BOOK" ALL-RUSSAIN BOOK ILLUSTRATION CONTEST.THE SECOND SEASON

The Grand Presentation of the Awards to Winners of the Second All-Russian Book Illustration Contest “Image of the Book” will take place during the 22d Moscow International Book Fair (All-Russian Exhibition Center, September 2-7, 2009) The “Image of the Book” All-Russian Book Illustration Contest is organized for the second time by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (Rospechat) and Book Drawing Section of the Moscow Union of Artists. The contest is aimed at finding new talented works of book drawing, supporting professional illustrators, including young ones,  and prolongation of wonderful traditions in Russian book illustration art. Artists-illustrators, publishers and publishing organizations, professional newspapers and magazines as well as creative unions are able to nominate candidates for the contest. The works are accepted for the contest between May 25^th, 2009, and August 1^st, 2009.Illustrations and all necessary materials are to be forwarded to Department for Periodicals, Book Publishing and Printing (Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications), marked as “For “Image of the Book” Contest” (5 Strastnoy bulv. Moscow 127994, tel. +7 (495) 629-9226, 629-08-04, 629-07-25), E-mail address:  arkhipova.a@gmail.com.  read more

"BOOK OF THE YEAR" THE 11TH NATIONAL COMPETITION

The Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communication announces the receiving of publications for the 11^th national competition «Book of the Year». The publications for «Book of the Year» competition are being accepted from the May 25 to August 1, 2009. Nominated for the competition are the books published at the period from August 1, 2008 to August 1, 2009.The materials for the competition and publications are forwarded to the Book-Publishing and Book-Distributing Administration of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communication of the Russian Federation at the address: Strastnoy Bulvar 5, Moscow 127994, Russia. Tel.: +7(495) 629-0804, 629-0725, 629-2577) read more

22 MIBF: THE NEW PAVILION – THE OLD PRICES

22 Moscow International Book Fair (September 2-7, 2009) will be this year in the new pavilion of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VVTS). After 32 years of successful work in the Pavilions ## 57 and 20 the major Russian book forum is moving into the newly built Pavilion # 75 differing from its predecessors with its comfort and sizes. MIBF Organizing Committee and the management of GAO VVTs have agreed about the mutually acceptable principles of the Fair (which is the major engine of the book business industry) conducting. For the exponents the cost of participation in rubles will stay on the level of the previous years. The rumors that the prices have been increased in 3 times are false. The Organizing Committee makes everything to support both publishers and readers. For the readers  a number of discounts and additional possibilities of the Fair visiting will be offered. The students of the book business industry, children up to 10 years old, disabled people of 1 and 2 groups,  the Great Patriotic War participants ( and equal to it armed conflicts) will obtain the right to visit the 22MIBF free of charge. For the pensioners and 3group disabled people the discounts are offered. For the other book amateurs will be offered the tickets for one and two-days 22 MIBF attendance of moderate prices, that means the possibility to give your ticket to a friend, neighbor and visit the Fair one more time.

INDIA – 22 MIBF GUEST OF HONOUR

22MIBF Organizing Committee started the creation of cultural-business programme of the Fair promising to be very rich and captivating. Undoubtedly , the major interest will be evoked by the display of the Republic of India. Recent negotiations of the Organizing Committee with the representatives of the National Book Trust of India and Indian Embassy in RF concerning the project of the agreement  on the participation of India as the Guest of Honour of the 22MIBF showed that the intentions of the Indian colleagues are very serous. In their plans – to build in the central part of the pavilion 3 75 the combined stand of Indian publishers on the square of 800 sq.m by the middle of June they are going to form their creative work plan during the 22MIBF. According to the preliminary information one of the main points of the mutual Indian-Russian discussion will be the theme of children’s and family reading, the policy of the management of the country and its regions, the projects of mutual editions. In the frames of the mutual business programme  will be organized the series meetings of Russian authors and translators with Indian colleagues, as well as the seminars devoted to subjects: women –authors, Indian authors translations in India, and Russians – in India. Philosophy and religion, scientific-technical literature, medical editions, book illustrators work exhibition, concert programme, special division named “Indian Cinema” – this is not completed list of themes featured by the organizers of the Indian stand preliminary. The initiator of the cultural programme will be Djavaharlal Neru Centre in Moscow.

RUSSIAN PUBLISHERS ARE READY TO VISIT POLAND

21-24 May, 2009 the 54^th Warsaw International Book Fair will take place in Poland.

Russian publishers will present their new books on the united stand of Russian Federation. The General Directorate of Book Exhibitions and Fairs is going to be the organizer.

THE TIME OF THE PRESS-CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CHANGED

ALL THE OPORTUNITIES ARE OPENED FOR THE YOUTH

"AROMA OF THE BOOK COVER" AT "BOOKS OF RUSSIA"

The unique bibliophilic album-catalogue by M.V. Seslavinsky “Aroma of the Book Cover”. Bibliophiles can find domestic individual book-binding of the XIX-XX centuries at the 12th National Book Exhibition/Fair “Books of Russia” at stabd F-45.