2nd to 10th August 2025
Pedestrian zone / Blvd. "Knyaz Boris I"
Varna will host the literature festival "Sea of Books". The event will be held from August 2nd to 10th in the central pedestrian zone of blvd. "Knyaz Boris I". The boulevard will turn into a lively literary space. The festival is organized by Carrot Publishing House, with the support of Varna Municipality.
The festival will be open to visitors every day from 09:00 to 22:00.
The literature festival in the heart of the city will bring together over 30 Bulgarian publishing houses, independent platforms and creative organizations.
Program of the Literary Festival "Sea of Books":
August 02, 2025
Main stage:
- 18:30 Official opening
- 20:00 Publishing house "Znatsi" presents the book by Mariana Parvanova "Bohemian places of the Sotsa. Varna".
Marquee Accompanying program
- 11:00 Children's program: Reading books "Winnie and Wilbur", author Valerie Thomas and Corky Paul, TIMELINES publishing house;
"Moomin and the song of the ocean" based on motifs by Tove Jansson, TIMELINES publishing house";
- 19:00 Zlatka Andonova (Al Tanna) presents "Between Two Worlds" - a novel about the power of the Rhodope Mountains for and of the Bulgarian root.
August 03, 2025
Main stage:
- 18:30 Children's Program: Swordsman Publishing House: interactive reading of the children's book "Monster in a Minute and a Half" by Almudena Cid;
- 7:30 p.m. Ongle Publishing House and author Iliya Kadinov present his latest novel "Presence".
Tent "Accompanying Program"
- 11:00 a.m. Children's Program: "Rabbit Overboard", Claudia Rueda, TIMELINES Publishing House;
- "Claude at Sea", author Alex T. Smith, TIMELINES Publishing House.
- 6:30 p.m. Ventsislava Velikova and Thracian Press Publishing House present the second part of the "Guardians" trilogy with the subtitle "Apartment".
August 04, 2025
Main Stage:
- 6:30 p.m. Children's Program: Meeting with an autograph with Sabina Georgieva and reading of her book "Tailed Strangers", dedicated to animals, emotions and empathy.
"Accompanying Program" Tent
- 7:00 p.m. Presentation of a selection of books by Heliopolis Publishing House
August 5, 2025
Main Stage:
- 6:30 p.m. Premiere of the book "Bulgarian Work. Coordination of Times" by Stefan Minchev, "Znatsi" Publishing House;
- 8:00 p.m. Meeting with the author Evgeni Cherepov and discussion on the topic "Metaculture of Literature".
"Accompanying Program" Tent
- 6:30 p.m. Presentation of the book "The Wings of the Swan Duck" and meeting with the author Nevena Bozhkilova.
- 7:30 p.m. Presentation of the latest comic about Ivanka Ivanova "How Ivanka Ivanova Rethought Her Life", based on the short story of the same name by Elena Vladova.
August 06, 2025
Main stage:
- 18:30 "How to tell about history and archeology in a comic?" - presentation of the documentary comics created by Elena Vladova (screenwriter) and Nikolay Rusev (artist): "The Early Christian Monastery Complex in the Dzhanavara Area near Varna", "The Secret of Kotis I", "The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis" and "The Battle of Varna".
- 20:00 Discussion on the topic "Utopias during the Renaissance", texts from the latest collection of the magazine and the dVersion platform.
Tent "Accompanying Program"
Program for children: Reading for the Littlest Foxes - the fun interactive event of FOX book café.
August 07, 2025
Main stage:
- 19:30 The project "New Literature and Criticism" - a meeting with the young editors of the second issue of "Literary Gazette of the Young".
August 08, 2025
Main stage:
- 18:30 Yordan Yordanov presents his book "The Dynasty of the Balg+Uri", published by "ATEA".
- 20:00 Designer and artist Dimitar Traichev presents his book "Me and the Others" - a collection of essays, articles and interviews, published by Pibooks.
Tent "Accompanying Program"
Meeting with the Reading Trolls team - a book blog with a mission.
August 09, 2025
Main stage
- 18:30 Presentation of the books from the series "Truths and Legends", published by "Treasion Press";
- 8:00 p.m. Elena Stoycheva presents her latest book "Bird Silence".
"Accompanying Program" Tent
- 10:00 a.m. Tat Creative - Presentation of the book with covers: "How does the bee pollinate the flowers?";
- 11:00 a.m. "Mary and the Leprechaun. Tales of Goodness" - meeting with the author Elena Stoycheva;
- 7:00 p.m. Plamena Yankova, chairwoman of the "Phoenix 2009" association, presents a children's book with #CAUSE - "Songs for goats, little hands and tiny souls".
August 10, 2025
Main stage:
- 7:00 p.m. Meeting with Mihail Stoyanov, author of "Popcorn Machine";
- 8:30 p.m. Official closing with host Boyan Stoyanov, announcement of winners in the “Publishers Market”.
Stage “Accompanying Program”
- 10:00 a.m. Tat Creative - Presentation of “The Green Planet” – Bulgarian-English primer;
- 11:00 a.m. Reading of “Kote Kate na bazin”, author Anita Guovinska, TIMELINES.
