5th Agatha Crime Fiction Festival in Athens!
May, 24th-26th 2024
at Serafio City of Athens
19 Echelidon & 144 Peiraios Streets
with various events from April until June all over Athens.
The 5th Agatha Crime Fiction Festival is finally here and ATLAS E.P. participates by providing accessibility services in the trailers and audio description for equal access to the visual channel of communication in the following theatrical performances:
"Murder on the Nile": Friday, May 24th at 21:00 in Hall 1 and
"The Girl on the Train": Saturday, May 25th at 21:00 at the Courtyard.
IMPORTANT: Serafio is accessible.
A few words about the Festival
“Having the experience of the previous successful festivals and being motivated to organise even more interesting events and happenings, we have prepared a programme of activities that will amaze you!
Over the years, it has evolved into a great festival under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the City of Athens, with the participation of ATTIKO METRO and ERT as Grand Sponsors. Every year the Festival organizes book presentations, talks, seminars, workshops, theatrical performances and all kinds of events with guests from Greece and abroad.
This year, during the Festival, major social issues such as the position of women in today's world, femicides, racism, inclusion, internet safety and artificial intelligence will be discussed. Also, this year the Festival will be focused on raising awareness about the difficulties faced by people with partial or total vision loss, as we plan to provide full access to all events. An ambitious plan that we are delighted to see take shape!
The 5th Agatha Crime Fiction Festival will start with a Pre-Festival Event at the Hellenic American Union Amphitheatre where the famous Scottish author, Ian Rankin, will be present. Thereafter, from May 8th to June 5th, there will be daily events at various locations in Athens, one of which will be a meet-up with the beloved Italian author, Carlo Lucarelli at the Italian Cultural Institute on May 15th in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and Dioptra Publications.
The culmination of the activities will take place on May 24th-26th at Serafio City of Athens. The French writers Hervé Le Corre and Bernard Minier, as well as one of the most famous Turkish writers of our time and particularly beloved by the Greek public, Ahmet Umit, will be the guests of this three-day event.”
You can find more information as well as the detailed programme of the Festival here and on the Festival’s Facebook page.
You can book tickets for the festival activities at Serafio by following the link below: 5 ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΚΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑΣ | TicketPlus
Stay tuned! The days of mystery are coming!
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Text description of the poster: Vertical poster. At the top, on a thick red stripe, the name of the festival is written in white letters: 5th Agatha Crime Fiction Festival. Above, on a black background, the logos of the City of Athens and This is Athens - City Festival. In the centre of the poster, a dark figure of a man in a shirt, an open trench coat and a detective hat stands upright against a background of the old Athens and the Parthenon in black and white. His facial features are faintly discernible. The figure has begun to disintegrate. Smears of black paint and dark objects resembling books protrude behind him. Around the figure, inscriptions in grey letters: Homages, Talks, Mystery Games, Theatrical Performances, Music Events, Creative Writing Seminars, Presentations. To the right of the figure, QR code and black lettering: Information at www.agathafestival.gr. At the bottom left, logo: "Under the auspices of the City of Athens". To the right, inscription in large white letters: SERAFIO, MAY 24-25-26. At the bottom, logos of communication sponsors on a white part of the poster: ERT, Second Programme, Third Programme 90.9, Galaxy 92 FM, STASY, RECquiem, Athens 98.4, Avgi, Sto Kokkino 105.5, Eleftheros Typos, Athens Voice, Voice 102.5, www.eleannasdiary.gr, Literature, Meso Texnis, culture21century.gr, Ioanna’s Notebook, Aylogyros news, BookSitting, MoonLight Tales, Greek Affair, Vivliokritikes, 7NEA.GR, Chill and Read, edromos.gr, Art & Life, Thematofylakes, Vivliografika, North Pages, Read Magazine, Diastixo, NewsBomb. Below, partners’ logos: Access4all, ATLAS E.P., The Acropolis Treasure Hunt, Carnivora Publications, “Theater ΙΟΘ”, Keimena Publications, NIKAS Publications, Pigi Publications, The Artbassador, Kastaniotis Editions, Angelakis Publications, Topos Books, Reading to the Others, Publications Pnoi, Gamecraft, Agria Disi Publications, Kaleidoscope Publications, AGRA Publications, Tabula Rasa, Center for the Study of Crime, Oceanos Publications, Ikaros Publishing, Psichogios Publications, Vakhikon Publications, Kyfanta Publications, Minoas Editions, Patakis Publishers, Dioptra Publications, Oxy Publishing, Bell Books, Metaichmio Publications, Likofos Publications, 24grammata, Grafi Publications, Archetypo Publishing, Alexandria Publications, Black Light, Ticket Plus. With the support of: Embassy of France in Greece, French Institute of Greece, Italian Cultural Institute of Athens, Monogram bookstores. Sponsors: NIBE, The Q Hotel. Under the auspices of the Greek Club of Crime Writers. Organised by Agatha Cultural Events.