19th National Library Week “The Library: Mission Possible” May 8 – 15, 2025

Organized by the Bulgarian Library and Information Association (BLIA), with the support of the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” (NLCM)

May 7, 2025, Wednesday

5.00 PM - Opening of the exhibition “The Library: Mission Possible”

“Bulgaria” Square, National Palace of Culture Park, (near Cabana Cinema)

May 8, 2025, Thursday

9:30 AM – 3:30 PM International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Public Libraries Section: Midterm Meeting, Sofia
Open to library professionals and other interested parties, working language – English

Sofia City Library, American Center, 4A, Slaveykov Square

3:00 PM - Workshop “I Write in Glagolitic” with Iveta Rasheva and Margarita Doncheva, artist

NLCM, “History of the Book” Hall, First Floor

6:00 PM - Official opening of the XIX National Library Week and the ceremony of awarding the annual awards of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association (BLIA)

NLCM, Central Foyer

9.00 PM - Opening of the LUNAR Festival of Lights
The event will illuminate some of Sofia’s most famous buildings, parks, and squares, transforming the city into a vast open-air gallery.
https://lunarlights.eu/home-en/

Opening on the facade of the National Library of Bulgaria

May 9, 2025, Friday

1:30 PM Opening of the Book Corner of Moldova and Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Libraries of Bulgaria and Moldova

NLCM, Second Floor

May 12, 2025, Monday

5:30 PM - 13th Ceremony National “Magic Pearl” Award – the first award in Bulgaria dedicated to contemporary children's books, selected by children's votes

Cultural Stage “Central Market Hall”, Level -1, Kaufland, 125, Knyaginya Maria-Luiza Blvd.

6:30 PM “Pismena” Club of the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” presents: “Our Literature, Its Traps” – a discussion with Mitko Novkov, Kristina Yordanova, Desislava Zheleva, Antonia Apostolova

NLCM, Central Foyer

May 13, 2025, Tuesday

11:00 AM Opening of the documentary exhibition “The Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius – Memory and Glory Through the Centuries,” dedicated to May 11 – the Day of the Apostles Cyril and Methodius, patron holiday of the National Library and professional holiday of Bulgarian library and information specialists.

Under the patronage of the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mrs. Iliana Yotova

NLCM, Central Foyer

May 15, 2025, Thursday

5:30 PM - 33rd "The Euthymian Scholar" Competition – Award Ceremony
Organized by the oldest school in Sofia, 41st Primary School “St. Patriarch Euthymius”

NLCM, Central Foyer