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| maintainer   = Simon Smole
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{{Infobox
| name               = Pivec Publishing House
| local name         = Založba Pivec, založništvo in izobraževanje d.o.o.
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| street             = Na Gorci 20
| town               = SI-2000 Maribor
| website            = http://www.zalozba-pivec.com/
| email              = info@zalozba-pivec.com
| telephone          = 386 (0) 2 250 0828
| fax                = 386 (0) 2 250 0829
| founded by         =
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| contacts     = {{Contact
  | name        = Milena Pivec
  | role        = Director and Editor in Chief
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  | email       = milena@zalozba-pivec.com
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https://www.facebook.com/zalozba.pivec
https://twitter.com/zalozbapivec
https://www.instagram.com/zalozbapivec/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlhDLipOwGfA02Dm-pBkfw
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[[Pivec Publishing House]] was established in [[established::2003]] in Maribor with the aim of promoting reading and education. They publish over 40 book titles annually, thus becoming one of the largest publishing houses in the region of north-east Slovenia. 
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== Publishing programme ==

Their publishing programme ranges from scientific monograph publications, original and translated literary works for children and adults, handbooks and works from the various areas of interest, such as humanities, sociology, linguistics, medicine, history, law, and business, as well as dictionaries, textbooks and coursebooks. Recently they also started publishing audiobooks and music albums. Their titles can be purchased online on their website. 

== Reading copies ==

Pivec Publishing House provides reading copies and further information, corresponding in German, English, and French. Cf. links below.


== Events and the Poetry Tournament ==

The publishing programme is enhanced by literary evenings, readings, book presentations, and talks with authors.

Pivec Publishing House annually organises the [[Poetry Tournament]], where the best Slovene unpublished poem of the year is chosen. In 2012, on the occasion when Maribor held the title of the [[Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012|European Capital of Culture]], the tournament was expanded into the European Poetry Tournament, joining poets from 6 European countries.    

== See also ==
* [[Poetry Tournament]] 

== External links ==
*[http://www.zalozba-pivec.com/ Pivec Publishing House website]
*[https://zalozba-pivec.com/datoteka/ANGKatalog%20za%20otroke_jesen%202019_splet.pdf Založba Pivec catalogue of ''Children's Fiction''] (PDF)
*[https://zalozba-pivec.com/datoteka/ANGKatalog%20za%20odrasle_jesen%202019_splet.pdf Založba Pivec catalogue of ''Fiction and Non-fiction''] (PDF)


[[Category:Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012]]

[[Category:Literature publishers]]
[[Category:Publishers]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Literature festival organisers]]
[[Category:Festival organisers]]

[[Category:EU funding of Slovene organisations (Culture and MEDIA Programmes)]]
[[Category:EU Culture funding recipient]]
[[Category:EU Creative Europe, Culture funding recipient]]

[[Category:Updated 2019]]