Štefan Hríb
Slovakia
Journalist and moderator, Hríb studied Electrical Engineering in Bratislava and worked at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Eventually, he switched to journalism completely where he worked as a reporter and host, including at Radio Free Europe. In 2004, Hríb founded Týždeň (The Week), an authoritative magazine in Slovakia. He hosts TV shows, including Maidan, a Central European discussion club.
Aleksandr Neklessa
Political analyst, economist, author
Aleksandra Hnatiuk
Ukrainist, writer, translator
Anne Applebaum
Writer, journalist
Aron Aji
Translator, director of MFA in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa, president of The American Literary Translators Association
Břetislav Rychlík
Documentary director, publicist, actor and scriptwriter
Caroline Keller
Leader of the program direction of E.A. Seemanns Bilderbande publishing house
Galina Miklíková
Director, animated film artist and illustrator
Georgiy Kovalenko
Art and theater expert, artist
Grzegorz Gauden
Ex-director of the Polish Book Institute (Krakow)
Grzegorz Kasdepke
Writer of children’s books, script writer and journalist
Ioanna Bourazopoulou
Author of novels, theatrical works and stories
Izabella Chruślińska
Journalist, author
Jiří Padevět
Writer, bookseller and publisher
Johannes Czwalina
Theologian, author and business consultant
Joseph Tabbi
Writer, professor of English
Julius Wiedemann
Senior Editor at the UK art book publisher TASCHEN
Jyrki Vainonen
Writer, author of novels, essays and radio pieces, translator
Karol Piekarski
Programme director at Medialab Katowice
Manolis Piblis
Director of the Thessaloniki International Book Fair
Maria Galina
Poet, prose and fantasy writer, critic and translator
Marie Darieussecq
Writer, psychotherapist
Marko Robert Stech
Prose writer, literary scholar and cultural scientist
Mladen Vesković
Senior adviser in the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia
Myroslava M. Mudrak
Doctor of arts, author
Niki Theron
Manager of International Projects, Frankfurter Book Fair
Norman Ohler
Writer, novelist and screenwriter
Nurlan Dulatbekov
Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Odile Melnik-Ardin
Translator, editor
Oscar Brenifier
UNESCO expert and a director of the Institute of Practical Philosophy in Paris, specialists in child development.
Øystein Morten
Historian
Peter Michalík
Programme director of BRaK - Bratislava Book Festival
Piotr Ibrahim Kalwas
Polish reporter, prose writer and screenwriter
Suzanne Kavanagh
Publishing marketing professional
Sylwia Chutnik
Writer, feminist activist, journalist, culturologist, gender expert and lecturer, urban researcher
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
novelist and short story writer
Tobias Voss
Vice-President of international affairs of Frankfurt Book Fair