News and Events Archive
Slovenia in Frankfurt – this year with our first ever virtual stand!
This week the Frankfurt Book Fair - special edition is taking place and the Slovenian Book Agency is joining it with our first ever virtual Slovenian…
Joint Decision of Canada, Spain, Slovenia and Italy to postpone their GoH Presentations at Frankfurter Buchmesse
Canada, this year's Guest of Honour, asked Frankfurter Buchmesse and all future GoH Countries to postpone their GoH presentations for one year in…
Support 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…
Slovenian 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…
Highlight of the month: Plan B - How Not to Lose Hope in the Time of Crisis by Boštjan Videmšek
After Boštjan Videmšek, an award-winning crisis and war reporter for the main Slovenian daily newspaper Delo and author of many books, published his…
Support 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…
Drago 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…
Fabjan 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…
Discover “Slovenia’s Best for Young Readers 2020”!
With 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…