Festival Archive

The 8th Tbilisi
International Festival of Literature

Date: June 3-7, 2023

Participants: 22 authors from 16 countries

Theme: “The Future is One”

The 7th Tbilisi
International Festival of Literature

Date: September 9-14, 2022

Participants: 14 authors from 11 countries

Festival theme: “Home”

The 6th Tbilisi
International Festival of Literature

Date: October 17-24, 2021
Theme: “” 

Special Status: UNESCO

Digital edition of
Tbilisi International
Festival of Literature 2020

date: October-December,  2020

Format: Online events 

Participants: Heike Fiedler, Julia Cimafiejeva, Ariana Harwicz, Blake Crouch, Charles Bernstein, Michael Palmer

Due to the pandemic, the 2020 edition of the Tbilisi International Festival of Literature  was held in a digital format. This edition included remotely recorded video discussions, which were available online. The events introduced the public to the future participants of the sixth festival, and the program also included a retrospective of the 2018-2019 festivals.

The 5th Tbilisi
International Festival of Literature
(TIFL’2019)

Date: May 17-21, 2019 

Participants: 19 authors from 15 countries 

Theme: “Duality”

The 4th
Tbilisi International Festival of Literature
(TIFL’2018)

Date: 2018

Participants: 24 authors from 20 countries

The 3rd Tbilisi
International Festival of Literature (TIFL’2017)

Date: May 28 – June 2, 2017

Participants: 23 authors from 17 countries

Theme: HERITAGE OF THE FUTURE. GEORGIAN-GERMAN YEAR 2017

Special Focus: German authors and publishers

The 2nd Tbilisi
International Festival of Literature
(TIFL’2016)

Date: May 16-21, 2016

Participants: 19 international authors

The 1st Tbilisi
International Festival of Literature
(TIFL 2015)

Date: May 18-23, 2015 

Participants: 25 international authors 

Format: Poetry evenings, lectures, book presentations, panel discussions, events for children and teenagers.