Visitors to the “Book Square” can also look forward to a meeting with the writer Justinas Žilinskas, who will present his book “Tylenė”.
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In it, the writer tells about the painful experiences and choices of young people. Linas, a young musician, the son of “golden parents,” who wanted to become a rock star, dies. The police do not go into details: drugs, youth. But what secret does the last song with a coded message, the disappearance of a family relic, and the conflict of the boy’s parents’ divorce hide?
The presentation of J. Žilinskas’s book “Tylenė” will take place on September 5 at 2:00 PM near the National Drama Theatre.
One of the newest books from the Lithuanian Writers’ Union publishing house is Aldona Ruseckaitė’s novel “Night Conversations.” In it, the author describes imagined meetings of two prominent Lithuanian cultural figures – writers and priests Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas and Ričardas Mikutavičius.
The creators shared surprisingly many life parallels: both served as parish priests at the Kaunas Vytautas the Great Church, lived in the same apartment, were famous preachers, art collectors, and prominent figures in public and cultural life. They, sometimes interrupted by the Woman’s voice, discuss art, literature, the price of popularity, relationships with society and their hierarchs, books, and sermons.
One of the most important new releases from the publishing house is Ukrainian poet and soldier Artur Dron’s “Hemingway Knows Nothing.” This is the author’s debut prose book, written while recovering from a severe injury.
After the start of Russia’s large-scale invasion, Dron voluntarily joined Ukraine’s 125th Territorial Defense Brigade, chose the call sign Dovydas, and served until a severe injury. His book contains no romanticization of war – shelling, trenches, the deaths of friends, fatigue, prayer, and the search for faith become part of the new daily life.
The author raises the question of how today’s war in Ukraine differs from the one we know from the works of 20th-century literary classics. “Hemingway Knows Nothing” tells not about strategies or political decisions but about specific people and their fates beyond war statistics.
The publishing house also presents one of the most prominent Norwegian novels of recent years – Niels Fredrik Dahl’s “The Father’s Fate,” which won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2024. Based on letters, documents, and old photographs, the book’s narrator tries to reconstruct his father’s childhood – from Egypt and a boarding school in Geneva to hotels and temporary homes with strangers. It is a restrained and emotionally precise novel about family, loneliness, loss, and the circumstances that shape a person’s life.
An Italian literary novelty – one of the most highly regarded novels in its country in recent years – Nicoletta Verna’s “Glass Days.” The 2025 work won the European Union Prize for Literature Grand Prize.
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Based on the fates of two women – Redenta and partisan Iris – it tells about the rise of fascism in Italy, resistance, violence, love, and human choices in the face of historical upheavals. The novel, called a literary event in Italy, has won numerous literary awards in a short time.
Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s novel “Singing Mountains” tells about war, political upheavals, and survival through the fates of several generations of one family. In 1972 Hanoi, as American bombs fall, Huong hides in a shelter with her grandmother. But for the grandmother, this is just one of many upheavals her family has had to endure. The epic-scale novel allows Lithuanian readers to look into 20th-century Vietnam’s history.
A very different, intimate family world is revealed in American writer Sarah Damoff’s novel “The Braids Years.” Published in 2025, the book became a national bestseller, reached the “Goodreads Choice Awards” final, was recognized as the “Southern Literary Review” book of the year, and is currently being translated into fifteen languages.
Ryan and Liliana Braids love each other, but both bring their secrets into the marriage. Their daughter Georgette grows up watching her parents’ relationship slowly fall apart, and a family tragedy ultimately changes the lives of all its members. Told from the perspectives of three characters, the novel speaks about addiction, family ties, forgiveness, and the possibility of rediscovering love after many years.
Swedish screenwriter and thriller author Hans Rosenfeldt’s “Harvest Children” takes readers to Haparanda. After a year-long break, detective Hana Wester returns to work to investigate the case of a dead baby found in the old cholera cemetery. At the same time, hired assassin Katia is tasked with finding two escaped pregnant young women. At first glance unrelated stories begin to intertwine, revealing a crime network leading to the highest levels of power in Stockholm.
Fans of psychological thrillers will surely enjoy David Ellis’s book “Look Deeper.” Simon and Vicki are a wealthy and successful Chicago couple, but behind the impeccable facade lie infidelity, decades-old revenge, a twenty-one million dollar trust fund, and many lies. When a dead high-society woman is found in the neighborhood, the question haunting the couple “who is deceiving whom?” becomes much more dangerous. The novel’s author is a judge by profession, an Edgar Award winner, and a longtime co-author of James Patterson.
For readers looking for lighter but witty literature, the publishing house recommends British author and journalist Bryony Gordon’s novel “The People Pleaser.”
Olivia has spent her life trying to be “convenient,” so to speak, a “pleaser”: to her family, husband, colleagues, and everyone around her. She says “yes” when she wants to say “no,” and pushing her needs aside, she tries to please others. But after waking up from a party, she can no longer lie – neither to herself nor to others. From now on, Olivia says what she really thinks and chooses herself for the first time in her life. The witty, sharp, and provocative novel asks how a person changes when they finally stop being what others want to see.
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