September 19, 2022 – Irina Papancheva read an excerpt of ‘Brussels Naked’ in the Bulgarian Embassy at an event co-organised by the Embassy and the Bulgarian Cultural Association in Belgium on 18 Septmeber 2022. The event was part of the Embassy’s programme for the European Heritage Days. For two days the Embassy opened its doors […]
‘Brussels meets Petra’ in Sofia
September 9, 2022 – After the successful event in Burgas, Irina Papancheva and Khairi Hamdan presented their new books “Brussels Naked” and “Sand Winds” at the Sofia Book Alley fair in the evening of September 8. Their publisher Rumyana Emanuilidu, publishing house “Znatsi”, introduced the two authors in the beginning of the meeting titled “Brussels […]
‘Brussels Naked’ in Manager magazine
August 15, 2022 – “Brussels undressed by a Bulgarian” is the title of the article by literary critic and author Antonia Apostolova in summer edition of the Manager magazine. “Sometimes when we read regional books that tell about a place in a universal way, what is happening can feel like it could be anywhere else. […]
Irina Papancheva and Khairi Hamdan converse about their new books in Burgas
August 14, 2022 – Irina Papancheva and Khairi Hamdan presented their new books “Brussels Naked” and “Sand Winds” at the festival “With a book on the beach” in Burgas in the evening of August 13. Their publisher Rumyana Emanuilidu, publishing house “Znatsi”, introduced the two authors in the beginning of the meeting titled “Brussels meets […]
‘Brussels Naked’ at Book Fair Varna
August 6, 2022 – Irina Papancheva presented ‘Brussels Naked’ at the annual summer Book Fair in Varna in conversation with her publisher Rumyana Emanuilidu (publishing house ‘Znatsi’) on August 5th, 2022. The Palestinian-Bulgarian author Khairi Hamdan and her wife Elena also talked about the book. ‘Irina gives life to Brussels in her book with the […]
Irina Papancheva gives interview to Literary Newspaper
July 26, 2022 – Irina Papancheva gave an interview to Dalia Davidkova of the prestigious Literary Newspaper about ‘Brussels Naked’. In it she talks about the process of writing her novel. ‘The creative process was extremely interesting and difficult. On the one hand, there were the characters. I had to get into the heads, hearts, […]