After the official International book fair i alternative, organized in the Fourteenth Belgrade High School, on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16 at the Student Square in Belgrade students in lockdown organize humanitarian book and culture fair "Slobodna Strana".
More than 30 publishers who boycotted this year's Belgrade Book Fair are exhibiting at the fair.
"This weekend, those who believe in community, culture and free speech will gather on Student Square. Now we are gathering where culture belongs - on the street, among students, on the free side," announced the students in the blockade on Instagram.
The organizers of "Slobodna Strana" previously told "Vreme" that the intention of their Fair is to enable citizens to see publications in one place that they could not see at the Book Fair, plus to enable smaller publishers to show their titles.
Who exhibits at the humanitarian student fair?
Among the exhibitors are Ave Srbija, Albatros plus, Apropo, Archipelago, Besani, Besna kobila, Byblos, Biblioteka XX veka, Blum, Buka, Bulevar buks, Geopoetika, Denis Milinčić, Evoluta, Jesenik i Turk, Klio, Book Workshop Rašić.
Makart, Mastilo, MediaSfera, Nova artija, Partizanska knjiga, Radni sto, Raštan, Saturna, Silesija, FDU, Fedon, FMK books, Futura/Neuzac, Helix, Koplit, Časopis Skica and Shmeker devojka are also exhibiting the editions, announced the students in the blockade.
In addition to the book fair, a humanitarian student bazaar, concerts, a children's program including workshops, readings and games, as well as a theater corner, are planned.
All profits from the humanitarian bazaar, as well as part of the book sales, as they stated, will be donated to the Anja Radonjić Foundation and the association Pokreni život.
Students remind that two weeks ago, alternative and charitable book fair, organized by the students of the Fourteenth Belgrade High School.
It was opened, let's recall, on the same day as the International Book Fair, and it lasted for two days. Vida Ognjenović opened the fair in Četranestoj, and it was closed by Dragan Velikić, great and important writers.
