Silent book news & events
At this page, you will find the newest features and reviews on the website,
and a list of exciting silent book events to enjoy.
News
Hungary has become the country to watch if you are interested in silent books. But how did this happen - a few years ago there was almost no interest?
Read all about the changes and how it happened in our interview with silent book publishing house Weeskinders
If you want to take a look at a few Hungarian silent book titles through history, click here!
Hooray for Hungary!
- two articles on this exciting silent book scene!
Eggsistence by Kati Bodi
Greg by Szofi Száraz
Taming Hearts by Ágnes Kleman
Wishy Fish by Czilla Köszeghy
Pigeon Post by Ági Korbuly
Paper Wings by Eszter Anna Rácz
New book reviews!
We have visited Pagony, a book store as beautiful as the city of Budapest!
Can a silent book help create peace? The makers of Echo strongly believes so!
If you want to learn more about silent books, there is no better way than to listen to the voices of the artists that make them.
In this article we present "books on books" on or by four very important artists.
The books described are:
The border triology by Suzy Lee (Korea)
Iela Mari by Babalibri (Italia)
Sketches from a nameless land. The art of The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Australia)
David Wiesner & The art of wordless storytelling on David Wiesner (USA)
Anita at Readsilentbooks was very honored to give the opening speech at the international silent book exhibition September 8th:
Picture Tales - the story within you
The exhibition runs from September 9th 2026 in Budapest.
The exhibitions feature amazing artists:
Myriam BABARCZY, Kati BÓDI, Eva DELASERRA, Staffan GNOSSPELIUS, Zsuzsanna IVÁN, Ágnes KLEMAN, Ágnes KORBULY, Réka KORCSOG, Csilla KŐSZEGHY, Mariann MÁRAY, Roger OLMOS, Gabriel PACHECO, Blanka RADNÓTI, Eszter Anna RÁCZ, Kinga ROFUSZ, Tímea SZÁLER, Dániel SZINVAI, Beatriz Martin VIDAL
The silent book publishing house Weeskinders publishing is organizing this event in cooperation with curator Zsuzsanna Blaschke, Zebra Pen EU Kft and #fairytailprojects
Events
A list of events for silent book enthusiasts, both online and physical.
If you know about an event you think might be of interest, please send us a message about it!
