Celebrations and book activities
September 30 is International Translation Day. This year it will be celebrated on October 1 in Athens with «Translating Europe,» a discussion organized by the European Translation Center (EKEMEL). Peter Bergsma, director of Translators’ House Amsterdam, Francoise Cartano, director of the International College of Literary Translators in Arles, France, and Francoise Wuilmart, director of the European College of Literary Translators in Seneffe, Belgium, will address the meeting and a discussion will follow. Simultaneous translation will be provided. (Leonidas Zervas Hall, National Research Center, 48 V. Constantinou Avenue, 7 p.m. Information: tel EKEMEL, 210.363.9350.) New branch Metaichmio publishers invite you for a drink to celebrate the opening of their new branch in Thessaloniki (81 Olympou Street) today from 6-10 p.m. The bookstore will run a series of meetings for primary (Friday) and secondary school teachers (Saturday) to meet the authors of the new schoolbooks and supplementary titles from Metaichmio (tel 2310.250.075). Launch Today at 8 p.m. I. Sideris publishers and the Ianos bookstore present Giorgos Mylonas’s book «www.ELENI-ONEIRA.GR» (www.eleni-dreams.gr). Culture Ministry General Secretary Christos Zachopoulous, director Nios Koundouros and journalist Antonis Prekas will speak (24 Stadiou Street, tel 210.321.7917). Recycling On Saturday at 12.30 p.m., at Ianos bookstore, Costas Magos, author of «Skoupidistan» (Trashville) and «To dasos tis xylinis xystras» (The Forest of the Wooden Sharpener), both published by Patakis, will lead children aged 5-12 and visitors into the magical world of recycling, with constructions made of discarded bottles, plastic and wood (24 Stadiou Street, tel 210.321.7917). Music and poetry Celebrate International Tourism Day with music and poetry dedicated to C.P. Cavafy in the Roman Forum today at 9 p.m. (RSVP: 210.933.3522, [email protected].)
