Arsem Agency
Publishing programme
A newcomer to the field of publishing, ArseM Publishing House opened in 2010 with Saga o Hallgerd [The Saga of Hallgerd] by the prominent and popular Slovene writer Svetlana Makarovič. It was followed by Čuk na palici [Barn Owl on a Stick], a collection of poems for children by the same author. They also published Cvetka Bevc's Desetka [The Mighty Ten], a teen novel that was selected by the Slovenian Book Agency for the Growing up with a book project in the school year 2012/2013, with every first-year secondary school pupil receiving the book in their nearest public library. Their repertoire also features acclaimed foreign authors such as Virginia Woolf, Hanif Kureishi, Julian Barnes, Tatiana de Rosnay and Bekim Sejranović. ArseM received funding from the EU’s Culture Programme 2007—2013 for a literary translation project in 2011.
They promote and publicise their collection of books through literary readings, exhibitions of illustrations and by maintaining a presence at different fairs and events.
Other activities
ArseM cooperates with Café Teater in organising theatre productions and with the Academy of Music at the University of Ljubljana and the Radovljica Festival in the field of music. Events held by ArseM include literary readings and presentations, literary-musical events, symposia, and series of lectures and talks on the link between different humanistic disciplines (Literature and Philosophy, Literature and Music).
See also
External links
- Arsem Agency website (in Slovenian)
- Arsem Publishing House web page
- Arsem Publishing Catalogue 2012 (in Slovenian)