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Mar 31, 2017

Ineses Zandere’s

Latvian author Ineses Zandere’s stories about Shammies, made especially vivid and unique with the wonderful illustrations by Reinis Pētersons, are loved by chil...

Mar 31, 2017

Liāna Langa’s

The number of translations of Latvian literature is growing. Liāna Langa’s collection of poems has been published in Sweden, an anthology of contemporary Latvia...

Mar 31, 2017

The Annual Latvian Literature Award ceremony

The Annual Latvian Literature Award ceremony was held this Friday, 21st April 2017, in the "Daile" music hall where winners in five categories were announced an...

Mar 31, 2017

Latvian Writers' Union is happy to announce that the Consortium consisting of three organizations – the European Writers' Council, the European and International Booksellers Federation and the Federation of European Publishers – has se

Latvian Writers' Union is happy to announce that the Consortium consisting of three organizations – the European Writers' Council, the European and Internationa...

Feb 28, 2017

14 - 16 March, Latvia will be participating at the international London Book Fair with the national literature exhibition and various topical events. One of the main occasions at the fair this year is the acceptance ceremony of the Market Focus status whi

14 - 16 March, Latvia will be participating at the international London Book Fair with the national literature exhibition and various topical events. One of the...

Feb 28, 2017

Seven more works were published by foreign publishing houses last year – books by Inga Ābele, Zigmunds Skujiņš, Eva Mārtuža, Leons Briedis, and two poetry collections by the Orbita collective are now available to a wider audience.

Seven more works were published by foreign publishing houses last year – books by Inga Ābele, Zigmunds Skujiņš, Eva Mārtuža, Leons Briedis, and two poetry colle...

Feb 28, 2017

“Grants For Works Promoting Latvia’s Cultural Heritage and History in English”.

The Latvian Publishers’ Association and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia have announced the third round of the competition for “Grants For Work...

Feb 28, 2017

This February, the English translation of Māra Zālīte's novel “Five Fingers” was published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive Press.

This February, the English translation of Māra Zālīte's novel “Five Fingers” was published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive Press. Māra Zālīte's novel “Five Fi...

Feb 28, 2017

Publisher

On 10th of March, the Commission of experts gathered and assessed applications from foreign publishers for publishing literary works of Latvian authors abroad. ...

Feb 28, 2017

23 – 26 March, Latvia will be participating at the international Leipzig Book Fair (Leipziger Buchmesse) with the national publishing and literature exhibition. Readings in German of the fairytale cookbook, created jointly by writer Uldis Dauga

23 – 26 March, Latvia will be participating at the international Leipzig Book Fair (Leipziger Buchmesse) with the national publishing and literature exhibition....