The ambition of the Chania Book Festival is to become an annual institution, gathering contemporary Greek literature and intellectual thought, while also having an international character with invitations to significant foreign authors, academics, and intellectuals. The festival will focus on books of all kinds: prose, poetry, essays, children's books, and all genres without limitations. Not only book presentations will take place at the festival, but also discussions on current thematic axes from the fields of literature, society, international politics, and more. The nature of the festival is purely festive. There is no book exhibition; only the books of the invited authors are sold at relevant points within the festival spaces, in collaboration with interested bookstores in the city. The goal is to extend the festival throughout the city of Chania, with readings and events taking place in bookstores, libraries, as well as open spaces so that gradually, during the festival days, the city will come alive for it. A deeper goal is to expand the love for reading, familiarizing everyone with the object of "book," so that it becomes part of the daily lives of as many citizens as possible.