Reading in the Time of Corona
Even during the epidemic, our authors do not run out of inspiration, nor of sense of humor!
Even during the epidemic, our authors do not run out of inspiration, nor of sense of humor!
At home without proper reading? Let us take you to the exciting literary journey with our 100 Slavic Novels series. Here is the first passage – Venko Andonovski’s Azbuka for the Insubordinate. Come along!
Members of the Professional Publishers’ Association of Serbia donated more than 1,000 books to set up a library at the Covid-19 field hospital at the Belgrade Fair. Publishers have decided to be with their readers when they need them most.
At its 15th anniversary, the FSC made Slavic literature even more accessible, most notably its flagship 100 Slavic Novels series. It has donated books from this series to several libraries.
The Slavic Groves (Slovanski gaji) project and accompanying programmes bring opportunities for active participation of local communities, civil society, state institutions and the FSC. At the initial meeting of the partners in the project, the mayors and representatives of the Pomurje municipalities got to know the project and gave green light for its beginning.
In cooperation with the Book Fair(y) in Istria the Forum of Slavic Cultures launched a new programme, Slavenski đardin (the Slavic Garden). At the 25th fair in Pula the programme featured contemporary Russian authors and presented the 100 Slavic Novels at one of the fair’s prestigious locations.
The 100 Slavic Novels collection is one title richer. Ervin and the Fools by Dalibor Cvitan was translated by Bogdan Gradišnik as the first novel translated into Slovenian from the Croatian list.
One of the features of the Forum of Slavic Cultures programme in the Russian capital was Slavic literature, its authors and the exhibition 100 Slavic Novels, as well as the women writers’ cultural route.
The FSC Programme Council members met at their 16th regular meeting in Bratislava. The Slovak capital was also the venue of the FSC Editorial Board meeting.
This year’s Vilenica Prize winner is Serbian writer Dragan Velikić, author of The Russian Window, a novel that was translated into Slovene and Macedonian as part of the 100 Slavic Novels collectio