Ljubljana, svetovna prestolnica knjige 2010
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| − | This project involves 21 selected titles that have been supported by the [[Urban Municipality | + | This project involves 21 selected titles that have been supported by the [[Ljubljana Urban Municipality]] and the [[Slovenian Book Agency]] with a print run of 8,000 copies and available for purchase for as little as 3 EUR per copy. Among some of the capital's most ambitious publishing projects will be the works of Slovene authors [[Boris Pahor]], [[Svetlana Makarovič]], and [[Slavoj Žižek]], one of the best and most notorious yet perhaps not widely read or understood Slovene theorists, as well as internationally renowned authors such as Richard Flanagan, Jonathan Franzen, David Grossman, and Herta Müller. |
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Past Events
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Slovene Pavillion at Expo 2010 Shanghai featuring Herman Potočnik Noordung, Starck with Riko, Primož Trubar and World Book Capital Ljubljana 2010, with contributions by Oskar Kogoj, Matej Andraž Vogrinčič, and Slavoj Žižek
Programme
The activities during the World Book Capital year involve several different projects aimed at increasing readership, developing a culture of reading, improving access to books and literature, and promoting the richness of literary genres and world literature.
The Book and the City
Traditional and innovative literary events (reading corners, public readings ...) will encourage the citizens of Ljubljana to change their habits and read more. Thus, readings will take place in locations such as hospitals, refugee centres, senior citizens' homes and other unconventional spots.
Ljubljana Reads/Growing up with Books
In the frame of the Ljubljana Reads/Growing up with Books project every pupil will receive a book by a Slovene author as a gift. Three books have been selected, based on the age population of the students, by the authors Anja Štefan, Matjaž Schmidt, and Slavko Pregl.
World Book Summit 2011
Until March 2011 the Ljubljana Urban Municipality will work on the Ljubljana Resolution on the Book, proposing to UNESCO the improved measures for the public funding of books. The resolution will be presented at the World Book Summit Books as Promoters of Human Development (held from 31 March to 1 April 2011). The summit will address the challenges of digitisation for the publishing industry and the issues related to translating from the world's minor to major languages.
Publishing projects
Several publishing projects accompany the World Book Capital programme in order to encourage the citizens to buy and read books as well as to enhance the role of culture in their everyday lives.
Books for Everyone
This project involves 21 selected titles that have been supported by the Ljubljana Urban Municipality and the Slovenian Book Agency with a print run of 8,000 copies and available for purchase for as little as 3 EUR per copy. Among some of the capital's most ambitious publishing projects will be the works of Slovene authors Boris Pahor, Svetlana Makarovič, and Slavoj Žižek, one of the best and most notorious yet perhaps not widely read or understood Slovene theorists, as well as internationally renowned authors such as Richard Flanagan, Jonathan Franzen, David Grossman, and Herta Müller.
Pogledi [Views] Newspaper
The World Book Capital in Ljubljana will be accompanied by a newly-established bimonthly cultural newspaper Pogledi published by Delo Publishing House. It is the leading (and, in fact, the only) print media in Slovenia dedicated to arts and culture. Its planned print run is 60,000, to be distributed as a free supplement to the main Slovene daily Delo Newspaper till Autumn. In the future Pogledi is expected to become a self-sustained cultural newspaper.
Trubar House of Literature
Within the capital framework a new venue is due to open in September 2010 in the very centre of the city. Trubar House of Literature will serve as a cultural and intellectual centre with a book club, exhibiting space and information point.
See also
- Ljubljana Urban Municipality
- Chamber of Publishing, Bookselling, Graphic Industry, Radio and TV Media (GZS-ZKGM)
- Pogledi Newspaper
- Trubar House of Literature
External links
- General information on the World Book Capital on the Municipality of Ljubljana website
- World Book Capital City on UNESCO website
- The nomination of Ljubljana for the World Book Capital City, official information on the UNESCO web site
- Candidature of Ljubljana for the UNESCO title (pdf, March 2008)
Gallery
![Niccolò Ammaniti's Jaz in ti [You and Me] book cover, 2010](/en/File:Fabula_Festival_-_11.jpg)
![Prešeren's Coat, by Andreja Brulc, art installation using passages from the poet's longest poem Krst pri Savici[Baptism at Savica] on a new robe dressing Prešeren's monument, World Literatures - Fabula Festival, 2010](/en/File:Fabula_Festival_2010_Preseren%27s_Coat_Photo_Mojca_Pisek.jpg)
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Since 2001 UNESCO has been nominating cities to be the annual World Book Capital City and the city of Ljubljana was already the tenth. +
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