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BRaK - Bratislavský knižný festival 2026
BRaK - Bratislava Book Festival 2026
Event by: Galéria mesta Bratislavy, BRaK - Bratislavský knižný festival, Anasoft litera, literarnyklub.sk, Mestská knižnica v Bratislave, Staromestské centrá kultúry, Rómerov dom
Location: Old Town, Old Town
Talks & discussions
About event
We invite you to the 13th year of the ❤️ BRaK festival ✨
The theme of the upcoming year is a sentence that usually does not bode well:
🗣️"We need to talk..." 💬
🎟️ You can buy tickets here 👉 https://goout.net/cs/brak-2026/szeugiy/
The theme is an appeal for dialogue and conversation about books and the questions they open - be they easier or harder. 🤗 About us and our relationships, about the reality that cannot be broken away from, and about the challenges we face together 🤝
🩵 BRaK 2026 will bring discussions, author readings, performances, concerts, shows and exhibitions 🎭🎶🖼️ across all festival locations.
The festival will also include thematic zones and special formats - for example a sales exhibition publishing houses on Hlavní námestí 📖, a children's zone on the Town Hall courtyard 🧸, a comics zone on Františkánská námestí and in the premises of Biela 6 💥 or a conference of book professionals and libraries, focused on current topics of the book sector. 📚
The confirmed guests include the rising star of Icelandic literature ✍️ María Elísabet Bragadóttir, the best-selling Czech author ✍️ Jakub Stanjura, ✍️ Michal Habaj, who returns to the poetry scene after ten years, a prominent personality of contemporary French prose ✍️ Constance Debré and the Brazilian author ✍️ Jeferson Tenório with the book Under the Skin.
🔜 We can also look forward to on Adania Shibli (Palestine), Denis Bang (Fvck_Kvlt), Jessica Lind (Austria), Barbora Hrínová, Kateřina Šedá and her project National collection of vices, comic authors Michal Ivan, Dávid Marcin and many others. 🔥
You can find more information at www.brakfestival.sk 🌐
Visual author: Matúš Hnát 🎨
BRaK - Bratislava Book Festival is supported by: Martinus, Capital Bratislava, Bratislava - Old Town, Bratislava Cultural and Information Center, Bratislava Self-Governing Region, City Library in Bratislava, Bratislava City Museum, Gallery City of Bratislava, Theater P. O. Hviezdoslava, LITA, author's society, Czech Center, Polish Institute, Goethe Institute, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Brazil in Bratislava, French Institute, Ukrainian Institute, Institut Guimarães Rosa, Hyundai Slovakia, Europapier, Bittner Print, Canon, NN Foundation, Medziriadky, Slovak Literary Center, KK Bagala, OZ Odyseus, OZ Vagus, Artforum, Comics conference Panel, Bratislava Tourist Board, National Trust n. o., literarnyklub.sk, BVS, OLO, Slovak Pub, ZVKS, GUnaGU.
Media partners: SME, Aktuality, Rádio_FM, Rádio Regina Západ, Magazín o kničnách, inBa, Citylife.sk, Knižná Revue, A2, Kapitál, Nota Bene, What to read, Between the books, Vlna, iTVAR,
PLanart, Alarm, Rozum, Staromestské noviny, Tlis Radio.
🔜 We will continuously update information about the festival.
Visual author: Matúš Hnát 🧑🎨
The theme of the upcoming year is a sentence that usually does not bode well:
🗣️"We need to talk..." 💬
🎟️ You can buy tickets here 👉 https://goout.net/cs/brak-2026/szeugiy/
The theme is an appeal for dialogue and conversation about books and the questions they open - be they easier or harder. 🤗 About us and our relationships, about the reality that cannot be broken away from, and about the challenges we face together 🤝
🩵 BRaK 2026 will bring discussions, author readings, performances, concerts, shows and exhibitions 🎭🎶🖼️ across all festival locations.
The festival will also include thematic zones and special formats - for example a sales exhibition publishing houses on Hlavní námestí 📖, a children's zone on the Town Hall courtyard 🧸, a comics zone on Františkánská námestí and in the premises of Biela 6 💥 or a conference of book professionals and libraries, focused on current topics of the book sector. 📚
The confirmed guests include the rising star of Icelandic literature ✍️ María Elísabet Bragadóttir, the best-selling Czech author ✍️ Jakub Stanjura, ✍️ Michal Habaj, who returns to the poetry scene after ten years, a prominent personality of contemporary French prose ✍️ Constance Debré and the Brazilian author ✍️ Jeferson Tenório with the book Under the Skin.
🔜 We can also look forward to on Adania Shibli (Palestine), Denis Bang (Fvck_Kvlt), Jessica Lind (Austria), Barbora Hrínová, Kateřina Šedá and her project National collection of vices, comic authors Michal Ivan, Dávid Marcin and many others. 🔥
You can find more information at www.brakfestival.sk 🌐
Visual author: Matúš Hnát 🎨
BRaK - Bratislava Book Festival is supported by: Martinus, Capital Bratislava, Bratislava - Old Town, Bratislava Cultural and Information Center, Bratislava Self-Governing Region, City Library in Bratislava, Bratislava City Museum, Gallery City of Bratislava, Theater P. O. Hviezdoslava, LITA, author's society, Czech Center, Polish Institute, Goethe Institute, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Brazil in Bratislava, French Institute, Ukrainian Institute, Institut Guimarães Rosa, Hyundai Slovakia, Europapier, Bittner Print, Canon, NN Foundation, Medziriadky, Slovak Literary Center, KK Bagala, OZ Odyseus, OZ Vagus, Artforum, Comics conference Panel, Bratislava Tourist Board, National Trust n. o., literarnyklub.sk, BVS, OLO, Slovak Pub, ZVKS, GUnaGU.
Media partners: SME, Aktuality, Rádio_FM, Rádio Regina Západ, Magazín o kničnách, inBa, Citylife.sk, Knižná Revue, A2, Kapitál, Nota Bene, What to read, Between the books, Vlna, iTVAR,
PLanart, Alarm, Rozum, Staromestské noviny, Tlis Radio.
🔜 We will continuously update information about the festival.
Visual author: Matúš Hnát 🧑🎨