Ludmila Ulitskaya and Elena Kostioukovitch will participate to the Russian program at the 26th Jerusalem Book Fair, which celebrates this year its 50th anniversary.

First held in 1963, The Jerusalem International Book Fair is a unique biennial event, renown not only as a business Fair but also as a prestigious and important cultural event. Many heads of renowned publishing houses, agents, sales personnel, foreign rights representatives, editors and authors participate there. With the attendance of 600 publishers and authors from more than 30 countries, it displays more than 100.000 books in different languages. The 26th Jerusalem International Book Fair will be held February 10-15, 2013 at the Jerusalem International Convention Center (Binyaney Ha'ooma).

Ludmila Ulitskaya´s events:

- Feb. 11th, from 18.00 to 20.30 at the Russian Culture Center Российский in Tel-Aviv, Geula st. 38 - PRESENTATION OF ULITSKAYA´S NEW BOOK DISCARDED RELICS

- Feb. 13th, from 14.00 to 14.45 at the Russian Stand (№509/510) in Jerusalem International Convention Center - PRESENTATION OF ULITSKAYA´S NEW BOOK DISCARDED RELICS

- Feb. 13th, from 15.00 to 16.30 at the Conference Hall (302/303) of Jerusalem International Convention Center - Public dispute 'Righteous people' (with Elena Kostioukovitch and Menahem Yaglom).

Elena Kostioukovitch´s events:

- Feb. 12th, from 16.00 to 17.30 at the Conference Hall (302/303) of Jerusalem International Convention Center - Public dispute 'Why We Translate the Classics Again and Again' (with Svyatoslav Belza, Andrey Dementyev, Dmitri Vedenyapin, Mikhail Grinberg, Dina Markon, and Israel Carmel)

- Feb. 13th, from 15.00 to 16.30 at the Conference Hall (302/303) of Jerusalem International Convention Center - Public dispute 'Righteous people' (with Ludmila Ulitskaya and Menahem Yaglom).