Photos: Nikos Katsaros

Marija Andrijašević, the Ulysses' Shelter poet laureate, was a guest at the Thessalian Poetry Festival that took place from the 26th to 30th of August 2024 in Larissa, Volos (Makrinitsa), Trikala, and Karditsa (Filakti). Andrijašević read her poems in the Art Café in Makrinitsa (27th of August), and participated in the Ulysses' Shelter project presentation in the Open Theatre Lithaiou in Trikala (29th of August). The project presentation consisted of poetry readings by this year's international project participants, whose residencies took place in Greece: Ondřej Lipár, Nežka Struc, Aitana Ahrens, Josip Čekolj, and Marija Andrijašević, as well as some participants from Greece from this and previous years - Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou, Ioanna Lioutsia, and Danae Sioziou. The event was moderated by the previous participant in the program, Nikolas Koutsodontis, and one of the project partners' representatives, Alexandra Büchler (Culture Reset, Literature Across Frontiers), spoke about the importance of literary residencies for young authors, and of the international circulation of literature.