Sat, 14. 8. 2021

Summer on Screen and Between the PagesFamily matters

Film screenings
Talks on literature and film
Pop-up bookstore
This Could Be a Movie: Connecting writers and filmmakers


Along with the Slovene Cinematheque, the Ljubljana, UNESCO City of Literature Office invites you for a summer get-together with books and film screenings, taking place at the Slovene Cinematheque’s Open-Air Cinema (in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova) between 10 and 15 August
 

Tue, 15. 6. 2021

The Open-Air Book Fair is back in town!As a part of the Slovene Book Days Festival

The popular Open-Air Book Fair is returning to the wonderful garden of the Slovene Writers' Association. For three days, 50 publishers will offer their best and newest editions at affordable prices, with the accompanying program allowing visitors to furher delve into the work of both authors and publishers.

In addition to Ljubljana, the book fair will take place in Koper, Celje and Novo mesto (between 15 and 19 June). 
 

Tue, 6. 4. 2021

Let’s gift books on World Book Day!The Couch Fair, online book fair 

Between 22 and 25 April, the Couch Fair – an online bookstore, available at www.sejemskavca.si – will open its doors, with more than 50 Slovenian publishers offering more than 500 carefully selected books at affordable prices. The purchasing process is made simple by a single shopping basket and the possibility of a single shipment.

 

Wed, 31. 3. 2021

Sebastijan Pregelj’s A Chronicle of Forgetting listed among 49 Dublin Literary Award novelsCongratulations to Sebastijan Pregelj, whose novel A Chronicle of Forgetting has been longlisted for this year's Dublin Literary Award!

A Chronicle of Forgetting was translated by Rawley Grau and published by The Slovene Writers' Association in 2019 (the original was published by Založba Goga in 2014), with the translator and critic Tanja Petrič contributing the foreword. The book was nominated by the Ljubljana City Library.

More at: https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/

Fri, 15. 11. 2019

Welcome to the new website!This is Ljubljana, UNESCO City of Literature

Here you will find an overview of literary spaces, faces and events in Slovenia’s capital