Our October EUPL book club meeting spotlighted mystery fiction novels. The book club read three EUPL winning novels: La carte des regrets by Nathalie Skowronek (Belgium, 2020), All the birds, singing by Evie Wyld (UK, 2014), and The diary of an infidelity by Emilios Solomou (Cyprus, 2013). For our discussion on the theme, we were joined by Nathalie…

Our September EUPL book club meeting spotlighted short stories collections. The book club read three EUPL winning novels: The hour of dusk (Dienų Piramidės) by Daina Opolskaitė (Lithuania, 2019), Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto (Brief theory of travel and the desert) by Cristian Crusat (Spain, 2013), and Има ли кой да ви обича (Is there anybod…

Our fourth EUPL book club meeting spotlighted travel. The book club read three EUPL winning novels: Death drives an Audi (Døden kører Audi) by Kristian Bang Foss (Denmark, 2013), The son (Sin) by Andrej Nikolaidis (Montenegro, 2011), and The day the river froze (Τη μέρα που πάγωσε ο ποταμός) by Stavros Christodoulou (Cyprus, 2020). This event was o…

Our third EUPL book club meeting spotlighted historical fiction. The book club read three EUPL winning novels: Viaţa Începe Vineri (Life Begins On Friday) by Ioana Pârvulescu (Romania, 2013), Le Dernier Gardien d’Ellis Island (The Last Guardian of Ellis Island) by Gaëlle Josse (France, 2015), and Gaiļu Kalna Ēnā (In the Shadow of Rooster Hill) by O…

On 17 June 2020, EUPL laureates Lana Bastašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020 and Raquel Martínez-Gómez (Spain 2010) participated at an online Q&A event hosted by the female-led online book club Women's Writes. This is the audio recording on the event.

Ahead of the World Refugee Day on 20 June, EUPL spoke with Walid Nabhan (Malta, 2017) and Giovanni Dozzini (Italy, 2019) highlighting topics of displacement, identity, and the role of literature in raising awareness to the challenges refugees and displaced people face globally.

On 13 May 2020, EUPL laureates Gabriela Babnik (Slovenia, 2013) and Piia Leino (Finland, 2019) participated at an online Q&A event hosted by the female-led online book club Women's Writes. This is the audio recording on the event.

On 15 April 2020, EUPL laureates Evie Wyld (UK, 2014) and Bianca Bellová (Czech Republic, 2017) participated at an online Q&A event hosted by the female-led online book club Women's Writes. This is the audio recording on the event.

Our second book club meeting spotlighted relationships dynamics, exploring family and romantic connections. We were joined by Chistophe van Gerrewey, one of the spotlighted authors, for our discussion on the theme, talking about his EUPL winning book, and his life and writing career following the Coronavirus outbreak. The book club read three EUPL …

In the third and final episode of a new #EUPLonline reading podcast, our 2019 laureate Marta Dzido from Poland reads the English excerpt of her winning book ‘Frajda’, or 'Thrills' in English. Listen here to find out how the story continues. Part 1: here Part 2: here

Ahead of Europe Day this Saturday, 9 May, we spoke with three EUPL winners: Gast Groeber, our 2016 winner from Luxembourg, Haska Shyyan, our 2019 winner from Ukraine, and Immanuel Mifsud, our 2011 winner from Malta. During out talk, we explored how our winning authors experience the linguistic and cultural landscape in Europe, discussed how EUPL he…

In the second episode of a new #EUPLonline reading podcast, our 2019 laureate Marta Dzido from Poland reads the English excerpt of her winning book ‘Frajda’, or 'Thrills' in English. Listen here and make sure to come back next week to find out how the story continues. Part 1: here Part 3: here

In the first episode of a new #EUPLonline reading podcast, our 2019 laureate Marta Dzido from Poland reads the English excerpt of her winning book ‘Frajda’, or 'Thrills' in English. Listen here and make sure to come back next week to find out how the story continues. Part 2: here Part 3: here

Our first EUPL Book Club spotlighted dystopian fiction. We explored the worlds created by three EUPL winning authors: Jasmin B. Frelih in 'In/Half', Bianca Bellová in 'The Lake', and Piia Leino in 'Heaven'. Our first discussion took place on 22 April, and we were joined by our three winning authors for an engaging talk on dystopian fiction and the …

A while ago we had an opportunity to speak with Nikos Chryssos, our 2019 winner from Greece. Nicos talks about what meeting other EUPL winners means to him, common themes he saw emerging between them, and why books and bookstores hold a special place in his heart. Born in 1972 in Athens, Nikos Chryssos (Νίκος Χρυσός) studied at the Department of Bi…

Sophie Daull est la gagnante française du Prix de littérature de l'Union Européenne (EUPL) 2019. A l'occasion de sa présence à la Foire du Livre de Bruxelles le 8 mars 2020, journée internationale du droit des femmes, notre assistante EUPL française Aurore prend de ses nouvelles. La discussion aborde les retombées du prix, sa carrière d'écrivaine, …

Isabelle Wéry was one of the winners from the EUPL 2013 issue, namely from Belgium. The EUPL team spoke with Isabelle ahead of a culture event with other EUPL winners in Brussels, Belgium. Isabelle Wéry is a Belgian actress, theatre director and author. Born in Liège, she studied acting at INSAS in Brussels until 1991. In parallel with her work as …

David Machado was one of the winners from the EUPL 2015 issue, namely from Portugal. The EUPL team spoke with David ahead of a culture event with other EUPL winners in Brussels, Belgium. David Machado was born in Lisbon in 1978. He has a degree in economics from ISEG, Lisbon's School of Economics and Management, but soon devoted himself to writing …

Carolina Schutti was one of the winners from the EUPL 2015 issue, namely from Austria. The EUPL team spoke with Carolina ahead of a culture event with other EUPL winners in Brussels, Belgium. Carolina Schutti was born in 1976 in Innsbruck, where she still lives. She studied German philology, English and American Studies, concert guitar and classica…

Gabriela Babnik was one of the winners from the EUPL 2013 issue, namely from Slovenia. The EUPL team spoke with Gabriela ahead of a culture event with other EUPL winners in Brussels, Belgium. Gabriela Babnik was born in 1979 in Göppingen, Germany. She completed her studies in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the Faculty of Arts in Ljub…

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Marta Dzido was born in 1981; writer, documentary filmmaker and film editor. Graduated at the Polish Film School in Łódź. Author of three novels: "A Mark Left by Mom" (2003), "The Clam"; (2005), hypertext "Matrioszka"; (2013) and a non-fiction book "Women of Solidarity" (2016). Director of photography of the documentary "Underground Women’s State" …

Giovanni Dozzini was born in Perugia (1978) where he still lives today. He works as both a journalist and an interpreter. His articles have been published in several internationally acclaimed newspapers including “Europa”, “Huffington Post Italia”, “Pagina99”, “Onda Rock” and “Nazione Indiana”. Since 2014, Giovanni has been a member of the organizi…

Piia Leino was born in 1977. She lives in Helsinki with her family, and has worked as a journalist at the Finnish News Agency, STT, for almost two decades. She got her Master’s degree in social studies, majoring in journalism, from University of Tampere in 2004. She also studied creative writing for two years at the renowned Kriittinen korkeakoulu …

Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. Her first novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears was published by Liberties Press in 2014 to critical acclaim, followed by a short story collection, Children’s Children in 2016, and a flash fiction anthology, Postcard Stories (2017): every day in 2015 Jan Carson wrote a short story o…

Poet and author Ófeigur Sigurðsson was born in Reykjavík on November 2, 1975. He has published six books of poetry and two novels. Ófeigur has tried his hand at a number of things: working as a uniformed night-watchman at a hotel, pre-packing ham and bacon at a factory farm, exercising his brawn as a dock worker, and exercising his brains as a stud…