Gaudeamus International Book Fair 2018: 14-18 November, Romexpo Bucharest

Gaudeamus International Fair, organized by Radio Romania and initiated 25 years ago, is to take place on 14-18 November in Bucharest’s Romexpo Central Pavilion. Official opening of the Fair, this year at its 25th edition, is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14, at 12:00.

According to the President Director General of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company (Radio Romania), Georgică Severin, this year’s Fair takes place under the high patronage of the Romanian Government, within a multi-anniversary context: Centenary of the Great Union, end of the First World War, 90 years since first broadcast of Radio Romania, one of Europe's oldest radio stations, and 25 editions of Gaudeamus Fair.

"This year we haven’t considered a guest of honor in the usual sense; we wanted all the work to focus around the Centenary", Georgică Severin said at Radio Hall press conference.

Most read book Fair, organized by the most listened Romanian radio station, Gaudeamus International Fair - a solid and constant landmark of the book market in Romania over the past twenty years - is the main component of the Reading Program, national project initiated by Radio Romania in 1994 in order to support national culture through exhibitions dedicated to books and education. The 24-year history of Gaudeamus includes 109 fairs across the country (including the current edition), over 2,900,000 visitors, about 12,600 events, thus bringing Radio Romania - the only radio station in the world that develops such a cultural project - as a national leader in the field.

Central theme of this edition is the Centenary, which will be marked with a representative stand showing a collection of about 600 volumes dedicated to this historical moment and with about 50 events (book launches and presentations, debates, film screenings, public readings). Centenary Stand, organized by Bucharest City Hall with the support of National Museum of the Romanian Literature and Bucharest Museum, will give an excellent opportunity for visitors to meet and talk to some of the most appreciated writers, literary critics and Romanian historians of the moment.

Honorary President of the edition is acad. Ioan-Aurel Pop, President of the Romanian Academy.

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What Gaudeamus 2018 proposes:

- over 300 exhibitors – book publishers with long-standing tradition, educational institutions, producers and distributors of educational games, professional associations and organizations active in the fields of culture and education;

- about 900 editorial and professional events, which will take place at exhibitors’ stands, Centenary stand and in specially arranged spaces;

- Gaudeamus 25 Exhibition, arranged with the support of BRD Groupe Société Générale and Display Group;

Opening hours are daily from 10:00 to 20:00. Public access will be based on tickets (worth 5 lei) and entry fees (worth 10 lei, valid for the whole period), which will also constitute the support for the Gaudeamus Tombola. As with previous editions, however, many categories of audiences will benefit from free access: preschools, students, teachers, other editorial-educational professionals, journalists, pensioners, people with disabilities and their attendants, who can enter the fair without paying the ticket or the subscription, based on the documents specific to each category.

This year’s Gaudeamus raffle will take place in an unprecedented formula – extractions each and every 90-minutes, based on tickets and entry subscriptions, with tens of exciting prizes:

· 10 eBook readers, offered by BRD Groupe Société Générale;

· 10 vouchers worth 300 lei, offered by Optiplaza;

· 8 vouchers worth 300 lei, offered by Emex;

· Multimedia accessory packages provided by InfoTouch Systems;

· CEWE photo-card vouchers

· Sports equipment offered by sportpartner.ro;

· Multimedia equipment offered by Hidroprotect.

Awarding ceremony for Gaudeamus 2018 International Fair will take place on Sunday, November 18, at 14:00:

- Gaudeamus trophies (for three of the exhibitors) and The most coveted book of the fair (Prizes awarded based on public votes);

- Mircea Sântimbreanu Press Trophy, for print, radio, TV, online publications (public prizes) and press agencies (based on RADOR press monitoring) - awarded to accredited journalists who will cover the Fair;

- Award of excellence awarded by Radio Romania to one of the participating publishers, for total or partial financing of an editorial project of national importance, with international echoes;

- Antoaneta Ralian translation awards for two translators (Romanian-English and English-Romanian);

- Education Award granted to one of the educational institutions present at the Fair;

- Miss Reading Award, for the most beautiful book lover.

Event organized by Radio Romania. Cultural project supported by Ministry of Culture and National Identity. Main Sponsor: BRD Groupe Société Générale. Partners: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Romexpo, Bucharest City Hall, National Museum of Romanian Literature and Bucharest Museum, Display Group. Sponsors: CEWE Romania, Treasure & Co, 7Last Muse, InfoTouch Systems, Bernschutz & Co, Lions Club Millennium Association, Optiplaza, Emex, sportpartner.ro, IndECO Group, Perla Harghitei, Hidroprotect. Media partners: TVR, Book Agency, Caţavencii, Media Trust.

Source:RRA.Translated by Miruna Matei