PesText 2026 // Nemzetközi Irodalmi és Kulturális Fesztivál
From 12 to 14 November, the 2026 autumn edition of PesText International Literary and Cultural Festival welcomes contemporary authors, literary translators and illustrators from across Europe and beyond.
Schedule
Conversations, an exhibition, a workshop, books and signing sessions, and a staged reading. Three days in Budapest where different languages, stories and experiences meet.
Admission to the festival is free.
15:00–16:00 | qntm (United Kingdom)
In conversation with: Balázs Farkas
16:30–18:00 | Guzel Yakhina
In conversation with: Miklós M. Nagy
Tatar identity, dictatorship, history and individual lives. Years after meeting in a Moscow café, Guzel Yakhina and Miklós M. Nagy sit down together again – this time in Budapest.
18:00–19:00 | Malina Prześluga (Poland)
20:00–21:30 | STAGED READING
A staged reading of a play by Malina Prześluga.
Books by our festival guests will be available for purchase at the venues, and several of the conversations will be followed by book signing sessions.
Hungarian interpretation will be provided for conversations held in other languages.
