The Association of Slovene Publishers (DSZ) was founded in 1993 to bring together publishers from different fields, to promote collaboration among the members and further education in the field of book publishing, while at the same time securing the professional reputation of publishers.
DSZ organises the Book in Slovenia Congress and provides an active voice when it comes to social questions involving publishing and reading culture.
The Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia (DGKTS) was established in 1973. A period of stagnation was followed by its revival in 2008. The Association strives to bring forward professional critical valuation of contemporary theatre, keeps pace with development of theatrical practices and theoretical reflection of theatre, among other things.
It also organises professional debates and other events, while its members annually bestow an award for the best theatre performance of the previous season at the occasion of the Maribor Theatre Festival.
The Union of Cultural-artistic and Literary Associations Modra ptica (Blue-White Bird) was established with the intent of connecting non-profit and independent associations and publishers in order to facilitate their existence on the market. It runs the online Blue-White Bird Union Bookshop. As distributor it connects the most compelling Slovenian publishers with high-quality production of books and magazines. It supports readers by co-organising literary events and projects aimed at promoting reading culture.
The Chamber of Publishing and Bookselling (ZKZK) is part of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. Its mission is to promote the visibility of the publishing-bookselling sector, thus solidifying the function of a book as a key social medium. The chamber focuses on connecting both sectors and strives for the uniformity of their goals and interests.
The Divja misel Institute conceives programmes that successfully invite different audiences to the field of literature. 15 years ago, the Institute conceived the summer programme Knjižnica pod krošnjami (Library under the Treetops), which brought reading to public parks, squares and other public spaces in Slovenia. In 2015 the Institute took over the management of the Vodnik Homestead, which has since evolved into an urban literary space, the House of reading, writing and story-telling. Part of the homestead is dedicated to the Vodnik Homestead Gallery, which focuses on illustration. Since 2017, the Institute has been running the Ljubljana UNESCO City of Literature’s office, which is also located in the Vodnik Homestead.
The Moje ulice (My Streets) project has been established and run for many years in collaboration with the City Museum of Ljubljana and based on personal recollections of older inhabitants of the city of Ljubljana.
Literary association IA took its name after the last verse of the famous poem Kons 5 written by Srečko Kosovel. The association has ample experience in organisation of poetry and translation workshops, scientific symposia, seminars, international festivals, readings by authors, tours and other events in the field of international literary activities both in Slovenia and abroad (programmes Golden Boat, Slavic Bridge, European Bridge and IGNOR Festival). The association is also active in the field of publishing.
The association includes the renowned artistic music-literary collective IGNOR, which focuses on the development of an independent platform for literature, production of sound, visual and performance arts, additionally opening the space for young authors by publishing their debut poetry.
The Bralna značka (Reading Badge) of Slovenia Association - ZPMS has been an independent association since 2002, although it still works within the frameworks of the national programme run by the Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth (ZPMS). It promotes reading as a leisure time activity and works toward enhancing reading literacy.
The Reading Badge is based on working with the young generation, and has been run by expert mentors in schools, kindergartens and libraries from the very beginning. The pre-school Reading Badge has become increasingly popular in recent years, encouraging parents to read to their children. Intergenerational Readings are connecting different generations through reading and also gaining in popularity. The Association organises the annual Reading Marathon, which takes place all over Slovenia as part of the Reading Together programme. In addition, the Association organises various seminars, publishes educational materials for mentors and issues reading recommendations. It publishes the Gold Reader collection, gift books for the best Slovenian readers from all of Slovenia and abroad, who have completed the annual Reading Badge throughout their primary education.
The movement has been part of the national register of the intangible cultural heritage since March 2019.
JSKD publishes the well-established Mentor magazine of longstanding tradition, the Prvenke (First-timers) collection featuring literary debuts by winners of the Urška literary competition, the V zavetju (In the Shelter) collection, a multilingual publication Paralele (Parallels), as well as translations stemming from annual translation workshops called Prevajalnice (Translation Spots).