Writer's Festival of Belgium

30/08/2024

This year's festival will take place at the Irish College Leuven on October 5-6 our theme is and authors from Ireland, Switzerland, the Philippines alongside journalist's from Australia the UK and Belgium will be joining us for discussions, book signings, workshops, live podcast recordings and more.

We hope to see you there - book your tickets at www.writefest.be

03/04/2024

Look out for the announcement of the EU European Union Prize for Literature tomorrow 4 April at 17:00! A selection from the 13 finalists - and if you're at the La Foire du Livre de Bruxelles you can watch it live - more below 🌸

The EUPL2024 announcement ceremony is fast approaching! Join us on 4 April at 5.00 p.m. at La Foire du Livre de Bruxelles (Place de l'Europe) to discover the names of the laureate and the 5 special mentions.

If you wish to attend the ceremony, please contact us via mail : [email protected]

03/04/2024

Wonderful programme !

24/03/2024

We talked to Niko Efstathiou about European elections (stay till the end for that one) writing, bringing to life a character that is really intertwined with a country's psyche and how the Olympics have this force for good and peace! (Fingers crossed for this year).

Enjoy this conversation with a Greek author Writer's Festival of Belgium

https://open.substack.com/pub/eurocentrique/p/a-conversation-with-niko-efstathiou?r=7814&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

08/02/2024

how wonderful to fall onto a book exploring the city and the people - 12 personalities over 12 communes 📚

We’ll read more and hear more about Irina Papacheva’s new book over the next month. Stay tuned

26/01/2024

We’re prepping for 2024 - hoping to see you there 🌳🌔 💙

22/12/2023

22/12/2023

Our collection of the top 5 entries to the competition, now available to buy as an ebook 📖 print to follow ❕📚

Available here :
amazon.com/dp/B0CQP5B6T5

Enjoy great writing ✍️ from Belgium 😊

01/12/2023

“The stains refused to come out of the carpet, no matter how hard Rebecca worked with the brush and the homemade cleaning product she was so proud of. Equal parts water, apple cider vinegar, baking soda and a few drops of orange extract,” is only the beginning of ‘s short story which has won first place in this year’s competition 📝

Thanks to our partnership with the magazine the story is now printed in their winter edition. You can buy your print magazine at or subscribe at brusselstimes.com 🔗

Look out for our first publication ‘Short stories of Belgium’ which will also release this and the other four stories from the competition which made up the top 5 entries for 2023 📚🤍📝

Thank you to all involved and participating again, and keep writing ✍️

30/11/2023

With this cooler 🥶❄️ weather there’s a lovely nook in Ixelles Librebook - Bruxelles where events are keeping Brusseliers warm.

Check out their Instagram for more starting with tonight’s and ‘Circle of Stars’ by Dermot Hodson. ✨📚👀🤍