Between August 12 and 14, and after a year of hiatus in 2010, the Living Library project is returning to the annual Sziget Festival, one of Europe’s largest and best-known musical festivals.

Organized by the European Youth Centre Budapest of the Council of Europe, the Living Library has been a staple of the Sziget Festival since 2003, attracting hundreds of festival goers of many nationalities and showcasing its unique approach to challenging harmful and widespread stereotypes about various social groups, such as gays, immigrants, Roma, Jews, women, policemen or alcoholics, among many others.

This year, the Living Library will be open to visitors on the three final days – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – of the weeklong festival and it is open to all interested visitors who are ready for the sometimes challenging, sometimes surprising, but always interesting and illuminating discussions with our books.