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, not only in Bulgaria, but also in Europe, because the author has courage, and nowadays literary courage is a value. The recreation of Brussels by its characters is one of the greatest merits of the book,’ said Diana Savateva, poet and Deputy. Mayor of Burgas Municipality for Culture.
Martin Germanov, a theatre student at secondary school of arts ‘Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”, Petya Yanakieva from the Burgas brunch of the Bulgarian National Radio and Tonka Georgieva from theatre studio ‘Talantino’ read excerpts from the novel.
Irina had prepared a digital presentation of her book and surprised the audience with an Argentinian tango that she danced with Boian Popunkiov.