Marjetka Hrovatin

In 2007, she and her co-author Ivan Esenko published the first book about a garden pond in Slovenia, Vodni vrt (‘The Water Garden’), which delighted many nature lovers. She has a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering. From her visits to gardens and parks around the world, she brought fresh ideas to Slovenia and shared them in pictures and words with the readers of her works. Managing a home vegetable, fruit and ornamental garden with a water motif in the midst of unspoilt nature along the Kolpa River is an important part of her life, and her profession is thus intertwined with her way of life.

Marko Hočevar

Marko Hočevar, PhD (1991), postdoctoral researcher and assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. He is the author of numerous academic articles, and his first book, Neoliberalism and Theories of the State, was published in 2021 (Faculty of Social Sciences Press).

Marko Sosič

Marko Sosič (1958-2021) was a theatre and film director as well as novelist and short story writer, born in Trieste, Italy. He worked for various Slovenian and Italian theatres and television stations and started publishing fiction in the late 1980s. He wrote four novels and two short story collections. His work has been honoured with a string of literary and theatre awards, and he has been translated into several languages.

Marta Bartolj

Marta Bartolj was born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, in 1979. After graduating from the Arthouse College of Visual Arts, Ljubljana, in 2011, she pursued her postgraduate master’s studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, where she immersed herself in illustration. Marta loves to put on my illustrator’s shoes — they are the ones she feels most comfortable in. Awards, special mentions: 2021 Finalist for the 55th Illustrators Exhibition Bologna. 2020 Finalist for the BIBF Ananas Illustration Awards/International Illustration Exhibition. 2020 The Golden Pear Label for the book "Will everything be all right?" (Cvetka Sokolov, Miš Publish.). 2020 The White Ravens for "Will everything be all right?" (Cvetka Sokolov, Miš Publish.). 2019 IBBY Silent Books Collection: from the world to Lampedusa and back - "Kje si?" on the Honour list 2019. 2019 The Golden Pear Label, "Kje si?". 2019 The White Ravens, "Kje si?". 2018 The nomination and Special prize for the book "Kje si?" ("Where are you?") as an outstanding wordless picture book at the 2018 Kristina Brenkova Awards. 2016 UL ALUO Student's Award for my Master's Thesis. 2015 7th Brumen (shortlisted).

Marta Gregorčič

Marta Gregorčič (1977) holds a PhD in sociology. She is an associate professor of cultural studies, researcher, editor and activist. She has published several academic books and articles in international academic journals. She co-authored a novel A Girl with Candy with Jasmina Ahmetaj.

Martina Ozbič

Dr. Martina Ozbič is a speech therapist - deaf pedagogue and rehabilitation pedagogue. Since 1995, she has been working in the field of providing assistance to people with special educational and communication needs. At various times, she was employed or collaborated with: the Faculty of Pedagogy of the University of Ljubljana (first- and second-degree programs in Speech Therapy and Deaf Education and other programs at the faculty), with the Faculty of Applied Social Studies Nova Gorica (first-degree program Psychosocial Support), with IRCCS La Nostra Famiglia - Pasian di Prato (Udine), with the University of Trieste and in Udine - Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (first-level program Speech Therapy), with the Mitja Čuk Foundation, with the Cooperative Center for Social Activities Trieste, with the KRUT club, with RAI - Radio Trieste A and with other institutions such as kindergartens, schools, student dormitories in Italy and Slovenia. She currently has her own private studio and offers help to children, adolescents and adults with speech, language, communication barriers, learning difficulties and special educational needs. She was also active in the field of voluntary work. She is the author of numerous articles and contributions in Slovenian as well as in English and Italian, the initiator and author of adaptations of tests and questionnaires in Slovenian, a member of domestic and international professional associations and actively collaborates with internationally recognized experts in the field of clinical linguistics and speech therapy.

Mateja Gomboc

Mateja Gomboc is a writer, translator, professor and publicist. She successfully participated in various literary competitions, receiving several awards and recognitions.

Matejka Javornik

Matejka Javornik encountered paper flower making at a handicraft workshop 14 years ago. She made her first bouquet there, but didn’t pay much attention to it. Two years later, when she read an article about paper flower making being part of our traditions and cultural heritage, she saw the added value in it, combining craftsmanship, our past and tradition. These are the things she values and respects. Walks in nature have always relaxed her, and now nature is the inspiration for her work. Her paper flowers are such a close approximation of the real thing that only touch betrays that these are flowers that do not wilt. Paper flowers do not require a lot of tools, but they do need a lot of time, precision and patience. She is passionate about getting people to decorate their homes with paper flowers again and wants to introduce them to this skill in her manual.

Miha Hančič

Miha Hančič graduated from the Faculty of Education in 2012 with a major in the authorial comic. His art has appeared in a number of Slovenian periodicals as well as Stripburger, the only Slovenian alternative comics magazine.

In addition, he has participated in the 10th and 12th Biennials of Slovenian Illustration, as well as in a survey exhibition of Slovenian comics in Celje, Slovenia. He is the author or co-author of numerous books, and he has recently been collaborating with Maša Ogrizek, a well-known Slovenian writer. For his work, he was given the Golden Pear sign (zlata hruška), which represents quality Slovenian books for children and young people.

Miha Mazzini

Miha Mazzini was born in 1961. He works as a writer, director, columnist, screenwriter, director and lecturer. He completed his postgraduate studies in writing at the University of Sheffield in The United Kingdom and obtained his PhD in Anthropology of Everyday Life at the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis in Ljubljana. Mazzini has written more than 30 literary books, which have been published in 11 languages. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious Kresnik Prize for the 2016 novel Otroštvo (Childhood). His short stories are part of the international anthology (Best European Fiction, Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology). He won the Pushcart Prize in 2012 for a short story for his collection of short stories Duhovi (Ghosts). He also won awards in the film field as a director and screenwriter. He also participates in interactive and multimedia projects.