4–11 March 2026 Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Spain This six-day writing retreat is an immersive getaway designed to help you enter a focused writing mindset, deepen your writing practice, and make meaningful progress on your work. The retreat combines structured conversations about craft and writing process with generous time for independent writing and reflection. Place plays a […]
Irina Papancheva and Ali Bader talk about writing as process and way of living
September 10, 2021 – A meeting with writers Irina Papancheva and Ali Bader (Iraq /Belgium) took place on September 9th in the gallery of the new Regional library Peyo Yavorov. The event was organized by the Municipality of Burgas in partnership with Peyo Yavorov Regional library. The topic of the conversation with a moderator Petya […]
Chapter of Brussels Naked in Iranian anthology
A chapter of Irina Papancheva’s latest completed manuscript Brussels Naked has been published in an anthology of contemporary Bulgarian writers in Persian. Farid Ghadami, an Iranian writer and translator, has made the selection and translated the pieces. The book has been recently published in Iran. Irina’s chapter, included in the book, is called The Grand […]
Chapter of Brussels Naked in The Circle 2019: A Brussels Anthology
November 6, 2019 – A chapter of Irina Papancheva’s latest manuscript Brussels Naked is included in Brussels Writers’ Circle’s second collection The Circle 2019: A Brussels Anthology. Saudade, with original title Saint-Giles after a Brussels municipality, is a narrative of a Portuguese photographer shortly after Brussels lockdown which followed the 2015 Paris attacks. Irina Papancheva […]
Irina Papancheva participated in the first Bulgarian Book Festival in Belgium
June 10, 2019: Irina Papancheva participated in the first ever Bulgarian Book Festival outside Bulgaria, organised by the Bulgarian Cultural Association in Belgium in partnership with Librebook Bookstore and Bulgarian publishing houses between 7 and 9 June. The festival was linked to May 24, the official holiday of Bulgarian education and culture and of Slavic […]
Irina Papancheva participated in a literary forum in Palestine
October 4, 2018 – Irina Papancheva participated in the second Translation Forum ‘Palestine – Civilisation & Knowledge’ with the Arabic edition of her novel Pelican Feather which took place between 30 September and 4 October in Ramallah. She has been invited to participate in the festival by her Arabic publisher Almutawssit, who is a co-organiser […]