This year we will participate at the Paris Book Fair (15-18 March) – for the first time with a national stand at the European Pavilion, stand K114. After Paris we are heading to Leipzig Book Fair (21-24 March), where you can find us in hall 4, stand D503. And last, but not least: Bologna Children’s Book Fair (1-4 April) in hall 29, stand C34-D33. Check out more than 20 events with Slovenian authors and illustrators, their new translations into foreign languages and some interesting brand-new titles in Slovenian!Schedule a meeting, write to: anja.kovac@jakrs.si
In 2018 the Slovenian Book Agency supported 62 translations from Slovenian into 23 foreign languages. The top 5 languages for translations were German, Croatian, English, Czech and Italian. The 2019 tenders for support of translation and publication will be available from March on - we'll keep you updated!
Between 21st and 24th November the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators along with the Slovenian Book Agency organised a specialised translation seminar for translators from Slovene into German language. Eleven participants gained insight into the current state of Slovenian contemporary literature and the possibility to work with Slovenian authors, critics, publishers, lecturers and other agents in the field of books.
Children’s Books Publishers from around the World discovered the rich world of Slovenian Children’s Literature and IllustrationsIn late November the Slovenian Book Agency organised a specialised study trip – for foreign publishers of children’s and YA literature. 15 participants from 10 countries, editors of such renown publishing houses as the British Walker, German Moritz Verlag and French Actes Sud Junior, who stayed in Slovenia for three days during the Slovenian Book Fair, got familiar with trends in the Slovenian children’s literature and illustration, as well as with the country itself, since most of them haven’t been to Slovenia before.
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...
Between 21st and 24th November the Slovenian Book Agency is organizing a fellowship programme for foreign editors and publishers with a focus on Slove...
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