COCO Bar, Vienna — 16 Oct 2025
Poetry Slam goes Europe — EUNIC Literature Days
Event: Poetry Slam goes Europe
Date: 16 October 2025, 19:30
Venue: COCO Bar, Stadtbahnbögen 34–35
City/Country: Vienna, Austria
Programme / Festival: EUNIC Literature Days 2025 – “About Us”
Role: Performer
Language / Format: Maltese texts with English surtitles; two rounds (max 6 minutes each)
Presented by / Partners: EUNIC Austria; Embassy of Malta in Vienna; Arts Council Malta; Czech Centre Vienna; partners as per festival brochure
Participants: Thanos Soras (GR), REA (MT), Tomáš Straka (SK), Martin Malík (CZ)
Moderator: Fanny Famos
Pictures: Šimon Varaus
About the festival
EUNIC Literature Days 2025 (“About Us”) is a five-day, multi-venue festival in Vienna (14–18 October) organised by EUNIC Austria. Each event brings together two or more authors and artists across countries and genres, and treats “literature” broadly—poetry, short fiction and novels alongside music, film, a poetry slam, a children’s workshop, and a translators’ talk—promoting intercultural exchange and conversation across languages.
On 16 October at COCO Bar, “Poetry Slam goes Europe” featured performers from Greece, Malta, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with texts delivered in the original languages and projected in English; moderation by Fanny Famos and presentation by the Greek Embassy, Embassy of Malta in Austria, Slovak Institute in Vienna and Czech Centre Vienna.
