Congratulations to Ivan Štrpka, one of the most acclaimed Slovak poets - sadly, not yet known to Anglophone readers - for winning the 25th Golden Wreath at the 64th Struga Poetry Evenings festival in Ohrid (North Macedonia). svp.org.mk/en/poet/ivan....
August 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Congratulations to Ivan Štrpka, one of the most acclaimed Slovak poets - sadly, not yet known to Anglophone readers - for winning the 25th Golden Wreath at the 64th Struga Poetry Evenings festival in Ohrid (North Macedonia). svp.org.mk/en/poet/ivan....
Come and join us at @uclssees.bsky.social on 6 May as we launch Nicol Hochholczerová's book and kick off her UK tour. If you miss us there, you can also catch Nicol in Oxford on 7 and 8 May, Crickhowell, Cardiff, Hay over the weekend, at Translated By, Bristol on 13 May and again in London on 15 May
May 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Come and join us at @uclssees.bsky.social on 6 May as we launch Nicol Hochholczerová's book and kick off her UK tour. If you miss us there, you can also catch Nicol in Oxford on 7 and 8 May, Crickhowell, Cardiff, Hay over the weekend, at Translated By, Bristol on 13 May and again in London on 15 May
The three editors of the first major history of Slovak literature to be published in ages will introduce their book at the Slovak Institute in London on 26 March. Everyone welcome though registration at si.london@mzv.sk. required.
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The three editors of the first major history of Slovak literature to be published in ages will introduce their book at the Slovak Institute in London on 26 March. Everyone welcome though registration at si.london@mzv.sk. required.
A sneak peek (officially out from McGill-Queen's University Press on 4 March), this fantastic volume introduces the most interesting figures, genres and themes in Slovak writing in the context of recent political and cultural history from Stalinism through the fall of Communism to the present-day.
February 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A sneak peek (officially out from McGill-Queen's University Press on 4 March), this fantastic volume introduces the most interesting figures, genres and themes in Slovak writing in the context of recent political and cultural history from Stalinism through the fall of Communism to the present-day.
A special feature on Slovak literature coming out soon! www.parthianbooks.com/collections/... @isabeltranslates.bsky.social @parthianbooks.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A special feature on Slovak literature coming out soon! www.parthianbooks.com/collections/... @isabeltranslates.bsky.social @parthianbooks.bsky.social
Two latest additions to Seagull Books' #SlovakList, both beautifully produced: Peter Macsovsky's Making Skeletons Dance (trans. John Minahane) and On the Threshold, selected short stories by the late Dušan Mitana (trans. Magdalena Mullek)
February 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Two latest additions to Seagull Books' #SlovakList, both beautifully produced: Peter Macsovsky's Making Skeletons Dance (trans. John Minahane) and On the Threshold, selected short stories by the late Dušan Mitana (trans. Magdalena Mullek)
Excerpt from "Towards Whiteness" in Seagull's 2023 Catalogue
February 3, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Excerpt from "Towards Whiteness" in Seagull's 2023 Catalogue
Here's what's new in #SlovakLit in English in 2023 (and some bonus stats looking back at the past 23 years)
December 16, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Here's what's new in #SlovakLit in English in 2023 (and some bonus stats looking back at the past 23 years)
All your Czech lit lovers in London who didn't come to Torriano Meeting House on Monday, you missed a great evening with poets Milan Děžinský and Petr Hruška, the latter launching his new collection in English, trans. Jonathan Bolton, with publisher and poet Rob Mackenzie and Jan Zikmund
October 25, 2023 at 5:29 PM
All your Czech lit lovers in London who didn't come to Torriano Meeting House on Monday, you missed a great evening with poets Milan Děžinský and Petr Hruška, the latter launching his new collection in English, trans. Jonathan Bolton, with publisher and poet Rob Mackenzie and Jan Zikmund
What better way to get started here than with the cover reveal of "The Bonnet" due out from Seagull Books in June 2024, with Irena Blühová's historic photo a perfect match for Katarína Kucbelová's writing
October 16, 2023 at 12:25 PM
What better way to get started here than with the cover reveal of "The Bonnet" due out from Seagull Books in June 2024, with Irena Blühová's historic photo a perfect match for Katarína Kucbelová's writing