Meanwhile in Hungary - READING MARATHON IN BUDAPEST, PART 4

Finally, after 8 hours of reading, piano music and listening Adam Bosze and his friends have finished the Budapest Reading Marathon. They gathered in Adam's bookshop around the piano for a book presentation.

April 2016 – For immediate release. Pictures: ILAB, UNESCO, the organizers

Meanwhile in Hungary - READING MARATHON IN BUDAPEST, PART 3

A portrait of the bookseller as a page turning machine? This is much more: Adam Bosze, his friends and customers are still reading from their favourite books. Today Adam's antiquarian bookshop in the busy centre of Budapest is an island for booklovers, Adam and his co-readers are living symbols for the vital importance of literacy, worldwide.

And what I, as a German, admire most, is: How can one read the Hungarian language, one of the most difficult languages in the world, so fluently?

April 2016 – For immediate release. Pictures: ILAB, UNESCO, the organizers

Meanwhile in Hungary - READING MARATHON IN BUDAPEST, PART 2

Is there a better way to spend an afternoon than with books and music? Adam Bosze continues reading at his antiquarian bookshop in Budapest, supported by his customers and booklovers, and a young and very talented musician on the piano.

April 2016 – For immediate release. Pictures: ILAB, UNESCO, the organizers

Meanwhile in Hungary - READING MARATHON IN BUDAPEST

What an impressive, silent and elegant way to show the importance of reading: Since 8 am this morning, Adam Bosze has been sitting in his antiquarian bookshop reading ... and reading ... and reading ... and reading ... Visitors and passers-by sit down, listen for a while, or join him in reading ... reading ... and reading ... Adam will continue reading from his favourite books on music until tonight to celebrate UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day and to raise funds for the children in South Sudan, who don't have the chance to read, because there aren't any books at schools as long as we do not care and try to change this unbearable situation.

This is amazing in its simplicity - the very heart of our civilization and the very essence of literacy.

Here are some pictures, we will certainly come back a little later to see and to hear more!

 

April 2016 – For immediate release. Pictures: ILAB, UNESCO, the organizers

READING MARATHON IN BUDAPEST

BOOKS ON MUSIC WITH MUSIC ON UNESCO WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY, 23 APRIL 2016

1,800 antiquarian booksellers, on 5 continents, in 16 countries, in 30 cities, in all languages  bringing rare books to the people and fighting for a more literate world – this is ILAB on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April 2016. And there is one ILAB bookseller in Hungary out of 1,800 affiliates across the world, who will be doing something really special.

How does a civilized society express itself? How does a person show solidarity? Of course, there are many ways but somehow what antiquarian bookseller Adam Bosze will be doing in Budapest together with his friend, the young and talented pianist Stephane Marchiset, poignantly says: “Reading is essential. Reading is a human right. South Sudan we are there for you".

For 8 hours at Bosze Ádám Zenei Antikvárium Adam will read, and read, and read, and read … And while he will be reading, Stephane Marchiset will be playing the piano. This calm demonstration of two art forms, so elegantly expressed, is the perfect way of showing solidarity with those across the world and in all our societies who are illiterate or for whom reading does not come easily. Visitors are invited to come to the bookshop at Király utca 77 in the centre of Budapest from 8 am to 6 pm, to listen and to join in reading from Adam’s favourite books on music: a living symbol for the importance of literacy and an impressive performance to show that the power of reading is vital for everyone, worldwide.

FOLLOW US LIVE ... ILAB POP UP BOOK FAIRS ... ACROSS THE WORLD ... ON UNESCO WORLD BOOK & COPYRIGHT DAY ... 23 APRIL 2016!

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Budapest, 23 April 2015 – The Hungarian booksellers welcomed lots of booklovers at the Instituto Cervantes

Magyar Antikváriusok Egyesülete, the Hungarian Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (MAE), is the youngest member of ILAB – and the Hungarian booksellers are among the most active ILAB affiliates. The ILAB Pop Up Book Fair in Budapest turned the Instituto Cervantes for some hours on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day 2015 into a busy place for Hungarian booklovers.

More pictures, courtesy of MAE President Adam Bosze:

10:30 am, Budapest - Official opening of the ILAB Pop Up Book Fair at Instituto Cervantes

A megnyitó / Opening ceremony of the exhibition "La ruta del Quijote en Hungría" and our Pop Up Book Fair at Instituto Cervantes, Budapest:

8.30 am, Budapest - Last minutes of preparation for the ILAB Pop Up Book Fair at the Instituto Cervantes

Visit the Hungarian antiquarian booksellers at the Pop Up Fair in Budapest, organised by ILAB and the Magyar Antikváriusok Egyesülete (MAE).

In Hungarian: A készülődés utolsó pillanatai. Ma 10 és 14 óra között antikvár könyvkiállítás a Cervantes Intézetben (courtesy of Adam Bosze).

Don Quixote in Hungary – An ILAB Pop Up Book Fair at the Institute Cervantes in Budapest on 23 April 2015!

23 April is a symbolic date for world literature. On this day in 1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega died. Centuries later this day marked the date of birth or death of prominent authors like Vladimir Nabokov, Haldor Laxness, Maurice Druon and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. And each year, on 23 April, UNESCO celebrates World Book and Copyright Day with a series of worldwide events.

In 2015, ILAB and its members are part of the worldwide celebrations! On four continents and throughout the day ILAB booksellers will hold Pop Up Book Fairs – bookish flash mobs - at the most unexpected places. And the Hungarian rare book dealers have come up with a very special idea to celebrate UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day in their capital. They will pop up at Institute Cervantes in Budapest which is located in one of the most beautiful mansions of the city.

At the same day the Institute Cervantes, part of a worldwide organization to promote the Spanish language and literature, will open an exhibition of Hungarian editions of Don Quixote – famous to be world’s first novel in the history of literature. At the ILAB Pop Up Book Fair at Institute Cervantes the Hungarian booksellers will not only show rare and fine Hungarian books, manuscripts and documents, but also bibliophile treasures connected with the Spanish language, literature and culture. Visitors are invited to bring their own books for a free appraisal by the leading experts of the Hungarian rare book trade.

TAKE SPANISH LESSONS IN BUDAPEST - CELEBRATE UNESCO WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY WITH THE HUNGARIAN ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS!

THURSDAY 23 APRIL - 10 am

Instituto Cervantes - Vörösmarty Street 32 - 1064 Budapest - HUNGARY