January 8, 2023 – Irina Papancheva planted a rose in the Alley of Poets and Writers in Burgas. The initiative for each Burgas author with a new book to plant a flower there belongs to the Deputy Mayor for Culture of Burgas Municipality and poet Diana Savateva. She accompanied Irina for the planting of the […]
Irina Papancheva presents ‚Brussels Naked’ in Burgas
December 17, 2022 – Irina Papancheva presented ‘Brussels Naked’ in her home city Burgas together with the publisher Rumyana Emanuilidu (publishing house ‘Znatsi’) and the novel editor Hristo Dimitrov-Hindo at the Regional library ‘Peyo Yavorov’ on the 16th December. ‘This is a book that will be talked about for a long time in literary circles, […]
Bulgarian Ministry of Culture offers writing subsidy to Irina Papancheva
November 27, 2022 – The Bulgarian Ministry of Culture has granted a subsidy to Irina Papancheva for the writing of her collection of short stories with the working title “A chance”. The subsidy has been offered under the ministry programme for funding the creation of literary works. Irina Papancheva must send her manuscript by December […]
US publisher ranks ‘Brussels Naked’ second in novel competition
November 22, 2022 – ‘Brussels Naked’ ranked second in the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation’s 2022 contest for publication of a contemporary Bulgarian novel in English in the USA, held in association with the American publishing house, Open Letter Books. The competition received 60 entries from contemporary Bulgarian authors, which were carefully reviewed by the editorial staff […]
Irina Papancheva and Rusana Burdarska talk about their books in Luxembourg
November 10, 2022 – Irina Papancheva and Rusana Bardarska talked about their books “Brussels Naked” and “To Essay” with the Luxembourgish writer Jean Burlesk in Luxembourg. The meeting, organised D’Bréck and the translator Athanase Popov, took place at Foyer Europeen, the cultural venue of the European Institutions in Luxembourg. The conversation touched upon such topics […]
Irina Papancheva presented “Brussels Naked” in Antwerpen
November 5, 2022 – Irina Papancheva presented “Brussels Naked” at grand cafe TriArte in Antwerp. The meeting, organised by the Bulgarian Cultural Association in Belgium, was moderated by Bistra Valchanova. “The presentation of “Brussels Naked” in Antwerp last night was intimate and invigorating. We started the conversation with Bistra Valchanova, who had prepared interesting and […]