In this solo episode, Storyline Sessions host Marko Bogdanović talks about his visit to the annual international Belgrade Book Fair and shares some key points from the talk with Simon Sebag Montefiore – British historian, television presenter and author of popular history books and novels.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Start

00:15 – Introducing the Belgrade Book Fair and its importance

01:32 – This year’s overview

02:12 – Simon Sebag Montefiore

02:50 – Simon on his writing process

04:04 – Simon on witnessing historical events and research

05:52 – Simon on his dreams coming true

06:42 – Simon on writing history books

07:16 – Simon on working with BBC

07:57 – Simon on the idea behind his World book

08:46 – Simon on great historians

09:07 – Jerusalem – City of stories

09:22 – Time travel – my question for Simon

11:19 – Publishing landscape in Serbia

11:58 – COMICS

12:20 – Board games and Brandon Sanderson

12:32 – Antique and used books

12:52 – Conclusion

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