The Riga Book Festival will be attended by 34 publishers offering a wide range of books, various novelties, as well as meetings with authors, discussions, and concerts. There will be art, poetry, linguistics, research, children's books, fantasy, romance, history, and much more.
The cultural program will also be varied and rich. This year, the National Library of Latvia has prepared a special program of events: on Friday, November 8, it invites you to take a guided tour of Immanuel Kant's works, while on Saturday, November 9, you will have the opportunity to get to know the innovative exhibition "Text does not interest us" and listen to a talk by its creators, as well as try out a reconstructed 16th-century printing press.
On Friday, 8 November, the international conference for industry professionals, "Books and Reading in the Digital Age", will also take place.
Admission is free.
