5th edition - 3 October, 2026 @ Antwerp
3 October 2026
3 October 2026
Out to Shore
11:00 - 11.30
Treading in
11:30 - 13:00
Grief circle - with Irene Favero
Bracing the wave
14:00 - 15:30
The Sea - with Dionysios Kalamvrezos
14:00 - 14:45
The long resistance - Italy
With The Battleground - Natalie Sarkic Todd publisher + guest discussion
Now You're In
The short on the Shorts
Conversation on writing, with Dr. Josje Weusten and Dimitri Politis on being previous entrants, winner, what makes a good story and what is a tell tale sign as old as time?
Short Story competition announcement
Dionyssios Kalamvrezos
Author
Ambassador Dionyssios Kalamvrezos is a prolific writer of historical and science fiction novels as well as legal texts.
Alia Papageorgiou
Author
Alia Papageorgiou is the Artistic director of the Writers Festival of Belgium, she is the President of the Press Club Brussels Europe.
Pramudith D Rupasinghe
Novelist
Pramudith D Rupasinghe is a novelist from Sri Lanka and a laureate of the Golden Aster Prize for World Literature in 2020 for his work Bayan.
Mimi Kunz
Author
Alia Papageorgiou is the Artistic director of the Writers Festival of Belgium, she is the President of the Press Club Brussels Europe.
PARTNER PUBLISHERS & BOOK STORES
Celebrating the written word in the heart of Europe
Festival Hours
03/10/2026 11:00 - 18:00
Address
De Groene Waterman CV
Antwerpen, Belgium
Antwerpen, Belgium
Get In Touch
Telephone: +32 487680045Email: info@writefest.be