📖   Between September 2 and 6, you can meet the best books and some of the most important personalities of the cultural world in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, during the ninth edition of the Bookfest Chisinau International Book Fair, at the Mediacor Center

📖   Ioana Pârvulescu, Bogdan-Alexandru Stănescu, Dan Lungu, Lucian Dan Teodorovici, Bogdan Crețu, Doina Ruști, Andreea Răsuceanu, Simona Antonescu, Sabina Fati, Lidia Bodea, Denisa Comănescu, Svetlana Cârstean, Ion Bogdan Lefter, Simona Popescu, Cristian Preda, Octavian Țîcu, Emilian Galaicu-Păun, Dumitru Crudu, Maria Pilchin or Vitalie Ciobanu are just some of the cultural personalities you will be able to meet at this edition of the Bookfest Chișinău Salon

📖   Bookfest Chișinău 202 6 enjoys the High Patronage of the President of Romania and the President of the Republic of Moldova

📖   Daily, between 10 am and 8 pm, the public of all ages is expected at a series of special events prepared as part of Bookfest Chisinau 2026. Admission is free!

📖   All the novelties of Bookfest Chisinau 2026 will be presented on September 1, at 2 pm, during the official press conference

The Bookfest International Book Fair returns to Chisinau and will take place between 2 and 6 September 2026, at the Mediacor Center (60 Alexei Mateevici Street) within the Moldova State University. The event is being held again this year under the honorary High Patronage of the President of Romania, Nicușor-Daniel Dan, and the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu.

Public entry will be free to all events in the program of this edition, daily between 10 am and 8 pm. Important publishing houses from both Romania and the Republic of Moldova will be present, with books exclusively in Romanian. Cultural personalities from both banks of the Prut will give you additional reasons not to miss participating in this new book celebration. Ioana Pârvulescu, Bogdan-Alexandru Stănescu, Dan Lungu, Lucian Dan Teodorovici, Bogdan Crețu, Doina Ruști, Andreea Răsuceanu, Cristian Preda, Simona Antonescu, Domnica Petrovai, Sabina Fati, Andrei Crăciun, Dan Sociu, Moni Stănilă, Maria Pilchin, Emilian Galaicu-Păun, Dumitru Crudu, Vitalie Ciobanu, Iulian Ciocan, and many others will interact with the public starting from the most exciting and current themes, during book launches and debates.

The official Bookfest Chișinău program will be presented on September 1, 2026, at 2 p.m., at the State University, during the press conference at which the event organizers will be present, for a complete question and answer session with media representatives.

Some of the most important publishing houses in Romania and the Republic of Moldova will welcome book lovers with the latest editorial offers: The Romanian Academy Publishing House, ARC Publishing House, ART Editorial Group, AGIR Publishing House (General Association of Engineers in Romania), Booklet Publishing House, Bookzone, Cartego Publishing House, Cartier Publishing House, Casa Poveștilor Publishing House, Cuantic Publishing House, Curtea Veche Publishing, Didactica Publishing House, Eikon Publishing House, Epigraf Publishing House, Eurodidactica – Lexon-Prim, Gama Publishing House, Humanitas Group, Romanian Cultural Institute Publishing House – National Book Center (CENNAC), Junimea Publishing House, Litera Publishing House, MLR Publishing House – National Museum of Romanian Literature (MNLR), Nemira Publishing House, Paralela 45 Publishing House, Polirom Publishing House, Prior Media Group, Prut Publishing House, Supergraph – Sophia Publishing House, Știința Publishing House, Trei Publishing House, Universitaria Publishing House – University of Craiova, Publishing House of the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași.

The 2026 edition of the Bookfest Chișinău International Book Fair is financed by the Department for Relations with the Republic of Moldova and enjoys the partnership of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova.

The organizers of Bookfest Chișinău are the National Library of the Republic of Moldova, the State University of Moldova, AO ProEuropa, the Publishers' Union of the Republic of Moldova, the Publishers' Association of Romania and the Alma Mater – USM Foundation

Media partners: TVR Moldova, Moldova 1, Radio Chisinau, Deschide.md, Realitatea.md, ONE TV, Televiziunea Vocea Basarabiei, Newstream.md, Ziua.md, Ialovenionline.md, Zugo.md, News Agency IPN.md, News Agency Moldpress, Nordnews.md