Visit Slovenia: this year's upcoming fellowship saw a record number of...
Between 21st and 24th November the Slovenian Book Agency is organizing a fellowship programme for foreign editors and publishers with a focus on Slovenian children's and YA literature. This year we...
View ArticleSlovenian Authors Published Abroad – 2018 Autumn Highlights
Goran Vojnović’s Fig tree, translated by Klaus Detlef Olof, was published by Folio Verlag under the title Unter dem Feigenbaum. Goran Vojnović will be presenting the new translation at the Frankfurt...
View ArticleThis Autumn meet us at the Belgrade Book Fair and Vienna Book Fair!
Belgrade Book Fair Between 21 and 28 October you can find the Slovenian national stand in hall 2A, stand 2224/2 and visit events with Slovenian authors at the fair and in the city:a poetry reading of...
View ArticleRecent Fellowship for Book Professionals in Slovenia
At the book fair in Ljubljana the publishers got an opportunity to visit the stands of the publishers, who introduced them to their highlights at a B2B meeting, and meet some of the acclaimed Slovenian...
View Article11 Translators and 3 Days of Intensive Work – the Slovene-German Translation...
The translators worked with mentors and experts on three different texts: a novel by a young Slovenian poet and writer Katja Perat titled The Masochist (Beletrina, 2018) and two children’s books by...
View ArticleNew Translations of Slovenian Literature – upcoming highlights
On 11th December we commemorated 100th death anniversary of Ivan Cankar, one of the most important Slovenian authors of all times, a modernist in the European literary tradition. The date marks the end...
View ArticleSeason’s Greetings from the Slovenian Book Agency’s Team
It's a tough job, but we're loving it!
View ArticleSpring Book Fairs: Meet us in Paris, Leipzig and Bologna
In Paris there will be two events with Slovenian authors, who have new French translations: What it means to live and write in Slovenian language? – Friday, 15 March at 17.00, the European Stage – a...
View ArticleNew Translations of Slovenian Literature
The titles, which we announced in our last 2018 Newsletter have all been published and some new are out and about as well. The first one to mention is a German translation of the poetry collection by...
View Article2nd Children’s Book Salon welcomed also one of the Slovenian publishing houses
Among 26 publishers from 13 countries who participated there was a Slovenian representative too: Anže Miš, CEO of Miš publishing house, one of the very few publishing houses specialized for children’s...
View ArticleOpen call for applications for the CEI fellowship for writers in residence
The CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence is an award aimed at encouraging cross-border cooperation and promotion in the field of literature for young writers from Central European countries not yet...
View ArticleOpen applications for this year’s fellowship in Slovenia - foreign...
During the fellowship participants will have the opportunity to meet various translators from Slovenian into foreign languages, who will be taking part in the translation seminar in Maribor (21-24...
View ArticleSave the date - Slovenian and German-speaking publishers’ afternoon on 23 May...
An intense afternoon will bring an overview of Slovenia’s publishing industry and its book market, including detailed information about funding opportunities. German-speaking participants will have the...
View ArticleSupport for foreign publishers - Slovenian Book Agency is scheduled to issue...
The estimated value of the public tender for translations into foreign languages for this year is 100.000 EUR. The estimated value of the public tender for publications in German language is 60.000...
View ArticleAnnouncement of The public call for the selection of cultural projects in the...
The subject of the public call JR6-P-2019 is selection of contractors and subsidizing their cultural projects in the field of translation into foreign languages in 2019. The goal and purpose of the...
View ArticlePhotos from the Leipzig Book Fair 2019
Our partners: Traduki, Slovenian Cultural Centre Berlin, Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Wallstein Verlag, Schruf & Stipetic, AvivA Verlag, bahoe books, Mladinska knjiga publishing house,...
View ArticleSlovenia at Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2019
Our partners of the programme in Bologna were: Mladinska knjiga publishing house and Pro Helvetia from Switzerland. Our co-exhibitors were some of the finest Slovenian publishers of children’s and YA...
View ArticleHighlights from Paris, Leipzig and Bologna
We have been busy this Spring, visiting three of the biggest book fairs in Europe at this time of the year. Take a look at some of the highlights from the Paris Book Fair, Leipzig Book Fair and Bologna...
View ArticleNot to be missed: Slovenian Book Agency’s tenders for foreign publishers open!
As we wrote in our previous newsletter there are several opportunities for foreign publishers, journalists and festival organizers not to be missed. By 15 May applications are open for: Public call for...
View ArticleSlovenian Authors around the world
16 April 2019 at 17.30 in Biblioteca Europea, Rome: Poet Bina Štampe Žmavc will participate in the event Europa in circolo, Incontri con i scrittori europei contemporanei. Italian edition of her poetry...
View ArticleTranslation seminar of Slovenian literature – springboard for translators...
Four days of intensive programme included translating selected excerpts from the books and lectures by a translating expert, Dr. Štefan Vevar, editor at Mladinska knjiga publishing house, Andrej Ilc,...
View ArticleSlovenian Literary Fellowship 2019: three days of traveling, enjoying and...
During the 3-day programme the group met Slovenian authors Bronja Žakelj, this year’s recipient of the Kresnik award (best novel of the year) for her debut novel Whites wash at ninety, Veronika...
View ArticleEvery Story Matters – the Slovenian Book Agency cooperates in a new...
The project aims to nurture the cultural sensitivity of all young European citizens, while also handing book professionals (e.g. publishers, librarians, …) the tools and strategies needed to become...
View ArticleAutumn highlights: new translations, a brand-new book about Slovenian...
German translation of Drago Jančar's novel Wenn die Liebe ruht, translated by Daniela Kocmut, was published in July by Zsolnay Verlag. The author will be on tour this autumn, visiting Graz (16 October,...
View ArticleSee you in Frankfurt!
To enjoy brand new translations of Slovenian literature, meet our authors and translators and have a taste of the Slovenian cuisine, visit the following book fair events organized in kind cooperation...
View ArticleFarewell Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 – it’s been exciting!
This year there were nine events with Slovenian authors in Frankfurt – from Drago Jančar with his brand-new German translation of And Love itself at das Blaue Sofa to sourdough bread-baking at Gourmet...
View ArticleThe Week of Slovenian Literature in Vienna (4-10 November 2019)
The events revolve around recently published German translations of Slovenian authors: Mojca Kumerdej: Chronos erntet, 2019, translated by Erwin Köstler (Wallstein Verlag), Aleš Šteger: Logbuch der...
View ArticleInternational Symposium “Art and its Institutions in the Fight against Populism”
6 and 7 November 2019, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, auditorium This November, Modern Gallery in Ljubljana, the Goethe Institute and the Slovenian Book Agency are organizing a symposium “Art and Its...
View ArticleSlovenian Book Agency to Host two International Meetings in November:...
11 to 13 November, Ljubljana Literaturhaus.net network from the German-speaking area unites 14 literary houses from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Their meeting in Ljubljana is the first one outside...
View ArticleNew Translations and Events with Slovenian Authors this autumn
An English translation of Dušan Šarotar’s Billards at the Hotel Dobray and Dino Bauk’s The End. And Again., a Dutch translation of Drago Jančar’s And Love itself as well as some new children’s books in...
View ArticleSlovenian Book Agency’s Translation Tip for Foreign Publishers: Ivana before...
A beautiful novel about family secrets and three generations of Slovenian women during the turbulent 20th century. A masterpiece on 173 pages. Veronika Simoniti (1967) began her career as an author of...
View ArticleSlovenian Book Agency at the China Shanghai International Children’s Book...
The Slovenian Book Agency will attend the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF). A representative of the Slovenian Book Agency will attend the fair and take part in the SHVIP Book...
View ArticleEvery Story Matters – making books more inclusive
From November 1st, Slovenian Book Agency is a part of the project Every Story Matters – making books more inclusive, which is financially supported by the Creative Europe programme. Besides the...
View ArticleSlovenia: Its Publishing Landscape and Readers
An informative brochure about Slovenian publishing – from authors to publishers, book-sellers and readers – was prepared for our foreign partners and all interested audience in Summer 2019. The...
View ArticleVAT for Books to be Reduced on 1 January 2020 in Slovenia
On 1 January 2020 the VAT for books and other printed and e-publications in Slovenia will be reduced from 9,5% to 5%. The Slovenian parliament was unanimous on this proposal made by the Slovenian...
View ArticleFive Female Authors from Slovenia in One Short Film
Anja Golob, Ana Schnabl, Anja Mugerli, Nataša Kramberger and Katja Perat are five outstanding awarded female authors of prose and poetry from Slovenia. Last Spring a short film about them and their...
View ArticleSlovenian Literature in Translation – What’s New?
New deals Nataša Kramberger’s latest novel Commensurate Acres will be published in German by a renown independent publishing house Verbrecher Verlag in 2021. Kramberger will also be writer in residence...
View ArticleFrom Record-breaking Bestsellers to Radical New Book-forms: Awarded Slovenian...
Kresnik Award (best novel of the year): Bronja Žakelj: Belo se pere na devetdeset (Whites Wash at Ninety, Beletrina publishing house, rights-contact: petra.kavcic@zalozba.org) – a warm, witty and...
View ArticleTwo Open Calls for Residency Programs: Reading Balkans and Traduki Fellowship...
The Literary Residence Programme ‘Reading Balkans 2020’ is open to welcome fiction writers, poets, essayists, playwrights, screenplay writers and comic book writers from Southeast Europe (Slovenia,...
View ArticleSeason’s Greetings and Where to Meet Us in Early 2020
The Slovenian Book Agency will be taking part in three international book fairs next Spring:Brussels Book Fair (5-8 March), with guest author Agata Tomažič and her short story collection Ce qu’on ne...
View ArticleUrgent notification regarding our international public calls and tenders
All public calls and tenders for foreign publishers planned for this Friday, 20 March 2020, are postponed for foreseeably 14 days. The deadlines will be prolonged accordingly. List of public calls and...
View ArticleWith all the spring book fairs cancelled – where to meet us?
In hope that the extraordinary pandemic circumstances will be over by summer, we announce the following invitations (with additional information to be followed): June 3rd 2020, Berlin, Germany: A B2B...
View ArticleDiscover “Slovenia’s Best for Young Readers 2020”!
A new promotional catalogue of contemporary Slovenian children’s and YA literature in English language, which introduces 44 Slovenian authors for all age groups is available here. With afterwords by...
View ArticleFabjan Hafner Prize 2020 goes to Erwin Köstler
The bi-annual prize for best translation from Slovenian into German was awarded to Erwin Köstler, an acclaimed translator of Slovenian literature, for his translation of the great historic novel The...
View ArticleDrago Jančar wins the Austrian State Prize for European Literature 2020
Drago Jančar, one of the leading Slovenian contemporary writers, has been awarded this year’s Austrian State Prize for European Literature, which is a life-time achievement award endowed with 25.000€....
View ArticleSupport for foreign publishers – three public calls to be issued later this year
Three calls for foreign publishers were scheduled to open this spring, but due to a new national law on temporary measures during the COVID-19 epidemic, introduced on 27th March 2020, the calls are...
View ArticleHighlight of the month: Plan B - How Not to Lose Hope in the Time of Crisis...
After Boštjan Videmšek, an award-winning crisis and war reporter for the main Slovenian daily newspaper Delo and author of many books, published his latest book Dispatches from the Frontlines of...
View ArticleSlovenian Literature in Translation – What’s New?
If you thought the rights market for Slovenian books stopped during the pandemic, think again! Many new deals and published books in no less than ten languages are listed below: New deals Vinko...
View ArticleSupport for foreign publishers – three public calls issued on 19th June
On 19 June we published three public calls: - Call for Proposals for the translation and publication of books by Slovenian authors in the German language for the year 2020 (deadline: 20 July 2020); -...
View ArticleJoint Decision of Canada, Spain, Slovenia and Italy to postpone their GoH...
Originally planned for 2020, Canada’s presentation as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse (14-18 October 2020) has been postponed until 2021 due to the changed conditions caused by COVID-19. The...
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