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4. 11. 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 – the Special Edition was Special for Slovenia too!
This year, when the Frankfurt Book Fair announced its mostly digital edition, the Slovenian Book Agency decided not only to digitalize all Slovenian e...
13. 10. 2020 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 ...
10. 7. 2020 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 light of changed conditions due to Covid-19 pandemic. In solidarity with Canada the countries have reached an agreement, which means Slovenia will be GoH in Frankfurt in 2023 and at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2022.
22. 6. 2020 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 langua...
22. 6. 2020 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 ...
22. 6. 2020 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 l...
26. 3. 2020 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 ep...
26. 3. 2020 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...