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Nov 30, 2016

Last year, five additional works of Latvian literature were published by companies abroad – Inese Zandere's “Līze Analīze un citi slimnīcas skaitāmpanti” (“Medicine Maddy and Other Hospital Nursery Rhymes”) and  sele

Last year, five additional works of Latvian literature were published by companies abroad – Inese Zandere's “Līze Analīze un citi slimnīcas skaitāmpanti” (“Medi...

Nov 30, 2016

The novel "Svina Garša" ("The Taste of Lead") written by the Latvian a...

The novel "Svina Garša" ("The Taste of Lead") written by the Latvian author Māris Bērziņš for the "We. Latvia. The 20th Century" historical book series (publish...

Oct 31, 2016

This year’s annual meeting for members of the European network for the promotion of translations saw the official founding of ENLIT, the European Network for Literary Translation. The network will support the continued development of grant programme

This year’s annual meeting for members of the European network for the promotion of translations saw the official founding of ENLIT, the European Network for Li...

Oct 31, 2016

The Orbita collective of poets and artists will be performing poetry readings in several cities in the United States.

The Orbita collective of poets and artists will be performing poetry readings in several cities in the United States. The group will be touring from 14th unt...

Oct 31, 2016

The Latvian Publishers’ Association is currently running the second round of the competition.

Eight Latvian publishing houses with thirteen books altogether applied for the previous competition “Grants For Works Promoting Latvia’s Cultural Heritage and H...

Oct 31, 2016

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Nora Ikstena's novel “Mātes piens” [Mother's Milk], Māris Berziņš's “Svina garša” [The Taste of Lead], both published by “Dienas grāmata”, as well as Māra Zālīt...

Oct 31, 2016

Estonia, Latvia

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed on a common logotype to represent the Baltic Countries as the Market Focus countries in the London Book Fair 2018. The...

Oct 31, 2016

This fresh novel "The Cat King of Havana"

This fresh novel "The Cat King of Havana" is aimed at young adults, and tells a story about a young American teenager's journey to his motherland – Cuba. Romanc...

Oct 31, 2016

This year's final round of the competition for grants for foreign publishers publishing Latvian literature has now closed.

This year's final round of the competition for grants for foreign publishers publishing Latvian literature has now closed. Four projects were submitted, all ...

Sep 30, 2016

From 7th until 12th September, an international Poetry Translation Workshop was held in Riga. Eight poets from Latvia and Britain translated each other’s works during the workshop, and the project was concluded with a public poetry reading in the co

From 7th until 12th September, an international Poetry Translation Workshop was held in Riga. Eight poets from Latvia and Britain translated each other’s works ...