Literary Visits to Riga
Twice a year the platform Latvian Literature organizes foreign publishers, cultural journalists and literary festivals visits to Riga. The aim of these visits is to introduce participants with the Latvian literature, the Latvian book industry and to establish long-term relationships and partnerships.
During the visit, participants are introduced to various topics such as contemporary and children’s literature, the Latvian publishing and printing industry, the work of the Latvian Literature platform and available grant support programs for foreign publishers and translators, meet Latvian authors and publishers, as well visit the Latvian National Library, unique book shops and take part in guided tour around Riga city.
Foreign publishers who are interested to publish Latvian literature are invited to apply for the visit: juta@latvianliterature.lv
Foreign journalists and literary festivals are invited to apply to ildze@latvianliterature.lv
10 Works Published in 2020
Publications in Press
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2 February, 2021 IBBY Sweden 25 January, 2021 LCB diplomatique Literarisches Colloquium Berlin / Germany Osvalds Zebris 16 January, 2021 Semanal jornada / Mexico Eve Gill Biblioteca fantasma. La ciudad del rock 4 January, 2021 Pamišusi dėl knygų blog / Lithuania Laima Kota “Kambarys” 2 January, 2021 Radio WDR 5 Bücher / Germany Michael Brocker "Ich habe auf den Wal gewartet" von Krišjānis Zeļģis 2 January, 2021 Радыё Свабода / Belarus 2020
29 December, 2020 Read Ost / Germany Christiane Schäfer Kein stilles Buch – „Straumēni“ von Edvarts Virza 18 December, 2020 Le Grand Continent / France Nicolas Auzanneau 16 December, 2020 cronica.com.mx / Mexico Eleane Herrera Montejano
Traducen al español Jelgava 94, del escritor leton Janis Jonevs
8 December, 2020 Worldkidlit blog / UK Claire Storey 3 December, 2020 Deutschlandfunk / Germany Inga Ābele: „Flut 29 November, 2020 Saarbruecker-zeitung.de / Germany Susanne Brenner Fantastisches Wissen und skurrile Geschichten 15 November, 2020 SIRP.ee / Estonia Piile-Riin Larm 9 November, 2020 The Bookseller / UK Charlotte Eyre 3 November, 2020 The New York Times Books / USA Elizabeth Spires Dreaming of the future 2 November, 2020 Culturamas / Spain José de María Romero Barea November, 2020 Rivistatradurre / Italy Margherita Carbonaro 29 October, 2020 Nordisch.info / Germany Redaktion Internationales Interesse an lettischer Literatur stark gewachsen
26 October, 2020 Passage à l'Est! / France
20 October, 2020 KVF Radio / Faroe Islands Eilen Anthoniussen Lesikrókurin: Móðurmjólk 7 October, 2020 Przegladbaltycki / Poland Agnieszka Smarzewska Światła we mgle. Recenzja antologii poezji łotewskiej „Wszystkie ptaki, co we mnie…” 4 September, 2020 SIRP.ee / Estonia Piile-Riin Larm 4 September, 2020 SIRP.ee / Estonia Helena Koch Vabadus on kõige tähtsam nii pillimängu õppides kui ka ajalehti müües
16 August, 2020 15min.lt / Lithuania Monika Bertašiūtė Viena žinomiausių Latvijos rašytojų I.Gaile – apie tai, kaip rašytojai visuomenę ruošia nepatogiai tiesai 6 July, 2020 Merion West / USA Patrick Burr
1 July, 2020 Expressen.se / Sweden Per Wirtén 4 June, 2020 Korea.net / Korea Kate Kalinova 2 June, 2020 Sverigas Radio / Sweden Viveca Bladh May, 2020 Themodernnovel.org 27 May, 2020 didyoueverstoptothink.com / UK LH Johnson 15 May, 2020 walesartsreview.org / UK Glen James Brown
9 May, 2020 sinembargo.mx / Mexico Diana Ramírez Luna Otra mirada sobre la transición de la Letonia soviética a la capitalista en Polvo en el reloj de arena 8 May, 2020 Buchreport / Germany Judith Weber 7 May, 2020 Nyhetsmorgon / Sweden Jenny Lindh De bästa boktipsen May, 2020 rivistatradurre.it / Italy Margherita Carbonaro 24 April, 2020 Svenska Dagbladet / Sweden Kristina Sandberg 18 April, 2020 Goteborg Posten / Sweden Stina Nylén De bästa böckerna för barn och unga i april 2020 3 April, 2020 complete-review.com / USA Michael Orthofer Insomnia by A.Bels April, 2020 Журнал "Иностранная литература" / Russia
Владис Спаре «Пикник в тени крематория» 28 March, 2020 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Germany Jörg Plath Harmonie die Jahreszeiten/in print 27 March, 2020 Taz.de / Germany Eva-Christina Meier Da macht sogar Handy-Henri mit 23 March, 2020 Kultur-port.de/ Germany Marion Hinz Literarische Neuentdeckung aus alter lettischer Zeit: Das Prosapoem „Straumēni“
9 March, 2020 Sololibri.net / Italy Elisabetta Bolondi 8 March brisenstimmung.de / Germany Buchbesprechung: Rūdolfs Blaumanis: Im Schatten des Todes. Novelle 5 March, 2020 librerieindipendentiragazzi.net / Italy 22 February, 2020 NZZ am Sonntag / Switzerland Martina Läubli Lettlands Literatur erzählt eindringlich vom Überleben unter Moskaus Schatten
17 February, 2020 budzma.by / Belarus 4 February, 2020 przegladbaltycki.pl / Poland Agnieszka Smarzewska Introwertycy są ekstra! Kampania #iamintrovert promuje literaturę łotewską 26 January, 2020 Global literature in libraries initiative / USA Sophie Baggott 23 January, 2020 Satori.lv / Latvia Anda Baklāne 20 January,2020 ilrifugiodellircocervo.com / Italy “Il pozzo”: nelle profondità della vita interiore 9 January, 2020 Nazione Indiana / Italy Valentina Parisi Un pozzo in Lettonia 2019
28 December, 2019 booksandbao.com / UK Jessica Esa, Will Heath
26 December, 2019 15min.lt / Lithuania Lina Buividavičiūtė Ryškiausi 2019 metų verstinės grožinės prozos kūriniai 19 December, 2019 Algunos Libros Buenos / Spain 5 books to read from publisher Cazador de Ratas in Spain 13 December, 2019 Apofenie/ USA Various poets Latvian poetry 3 December, 2019 Helsingin Sanomat / Finland Jukka Rislakki 30 November, 2019 La Repubblica, Robinson / Italy Susanna Nirenstein Passioni ai tempi del socialismo 14 November, 2019 Fix Poetry magazine / Germany Gundega Repše 5 November, 2019 Arirang News / Korea The Diplomat, eposide 73 1 November Tupelo Quarterly / USA Kristina Marie Darling Denied Pasts and Invented Tethers: Artis Ostups’ Gestures 29 October, 2019 The Guardian podcasts / UK Richard Lea, Claire Armitstead, Sian Cain 22 October, 2019 Book Riot / USA LH Johnson 2 October, 2019 Putsch Media / France Matteo Ghisalberti 26 September, 2019 The London magazine / UK Christopher Mosley Essay | Foreword to Zigmunds Skujiņš’s Flesh-Coloured Dominoes
18 September, 2019 Nordisch.info / Germany Redaktion „Muttermilch“ von Nora Ikstena – Rezension des lettischen Bestsellers
8 September, 2019 BBC Radio 4 / UK Imtiaz Dhaker 25 June, 2019 Dagbladet / Norway Fredrik Wandrup Nora Ikstena, «Feiringen av livet» 24 June, 2019 labsoflatvia.com / Latvia On the not-so-easy topic of Latvia's branding 11 June, 2019 Putsch Media / France Matteo Ghisalberti Elina Braslina : « On essaie de briser les aprioris des Lettons sur la BD »
10 June, 2019 Putsch Media / France Matteo Ghisalberti 28 May, 2019 The Irish Times / Ireland Catherine Ann Cullen All Better! Rewriting a Latvian children’s book for an Irish audience
23 April, 2019 Blog Michael Deniss / USA Michael Deniss Having never met April, 2019 Moteris / Lithuania Jūratė Čerškutė 16 April, 2019
It Is Nice That / UK For Anete Melece “illustration is the easiest way to tell a visual story” 5 April, 2019 LSM.lv./Eng / Latvia April, 2019 dizainabalva.lv / Latvia 28 March, 2019 www.rochester.edu / USA Caitlin Davie
28 March, 2019 Nuvol Calandria / Spain (Catalan) Pol Guasch Les bèsties de Krišjānis Zeļģis 14 March, 2019 Story of Books / UK Salina Christmas Latvian introvert steals the limelight 11 March, 2019 World Translations Review The Seed of Nation, Pauls Bankovskis 7 March, 2019 Modern poetry in translation/ UK Jade Cuttle Real Fractures in Fake Marble
Jade Cuttle reviews Orbita: The Project, by Orbita2 March, 2019 Deep Baltic / Baltics Will Mawhood Revealing a City of Legends, Myths and Stories: The Book of Riga March, 2019 The Bookseller / UK Look Beyond Borders: Latvian Literature Supplement 21 February, 2019 SchoolReadinglist / UK Jan Tolkien The Girl Who Learned All the Languages in the World by Ieva Flamingo 2 February, 2019 Irish Times / Ireland Sara Keating Children’s books round-up: X-ray specs, trips, frailty, spies and a wall 1 February, 2019 European Literature Network / UK Rosie Goldsmith #RivetingReviews: Rosie Goldsmith reviews the EBRD Longlist 2019 January, 2019
Outside in the World / UK Dog Who Found Sorrow (The) 2018
17 December, 2018 Helsingin Sanomat / Finland Jukka Rislakki Latvian luetuimpiin kuuluva kirjailija katsoo romaanissaan neuvostolatvialaista kylää pienen tytön silmin – ja tekee sen taitavasti ja vakuuttavasti 17 December, 2018 Words Without Borders / UK Our Favorite International Reads from 2018 (and What We’ll Be Reading in 2019). Soviet Milk, Nora Ikstena 15 December, 2018 lejournalinternational.info / France Jean-Baptiste Roncari Les célébrations du centenaire de la Lettonie : une fière indépendance 11 December, 2018 World Literature Today / USA Michelle Johnson World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2018 22 November, 2018 France Télévisions, video Un livre un jour « Metal », de Janis Jonevs (Gaïa) 22 November, 2018 Tagesspiegel / Germany Gerrit Bartels Raumschiff Riga 18, November, 2018 Frankfurte Algemeine Zeitung / Germany Dr.Paul Ingendaay Mustereuropaer in hohen Norden 16 November, 2018 RFI /France Marielle Vitureau Cent ans d’indépendance November, 2018 ERR.ee (Estonian TV) Marek Kuul ERM-is tähistakse Läti Vabariigi 100. aastapäeva eriprogrammiga November, 2018 Vivavostok.de / Germany Anete Melece Interview 6 November, 2018 Stride Magazine Maria Stadnicka Reconfiguring contemporary dialogue. Orbita. The Project Autumn, 2018 Modern Poetry in Translation / UK Words about Words: a Digital Pamphlet on Latvian Poetry Autumn, 2018 Glasgow Review of books / UK Translations: Inga Pizāne, Aivars Eduards, Katrīna Rudzīte, and Henriks Eliass Zēgners August, 2018 The White review / UK Kevin Brazil Nora Ikstena's Soviet Milk 31 August, 2018 The Guardian / UK Claire Armitstead Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena review – a blistering Latvian bestseller
2 August, 2018 The Bookseller / UK Charlotte Eyre The Emma Press buys Latvian children’s books 18 June, 2018 Publishers Weekly podcast / USA Ghizela Rowe 12 June, 2018
BBC Travel / UK Christine Ro Latvia: Europes nation of introverts 6 May, 2018 beyondthebookcast.com Exploring Baltic Books/interview with E. Nawotka 30 April, 2018 Big issue north / UK Saskia Murphy Author Q&A: Nora Ikstena 25 April, 2018 eurolitnetwork.com / UK The Baltics Riveter 14 April, 2018 The Times / UK Alex O’Connell Review: Dog Town by Luize Pastore 13 April, 2018 BBC World News GMT (video) / UK Baltic Literature 11 April, 2018 The Bookseller / UK Tom Tivnan Latvia's leading light 11 April, 2018 The Bookseller / UK Tom Tivnan Pop art hits west London 10 April, 2018 BBC Radio London (audio) / UK Robert Elms Author Nora Ikstena chats about her book
‘Soviet Milk’3 April, 2018 British Library / UK Christopher Moseley Literature of the Baltic countries in English translation 23 March, 2018 Publishers Weekly / USA Edward Nawotka Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018:
All Our Coverage15 March, 2018 Unbound.com/boundless / UK Philip Connor Finn A new chapter in Latvian literature 28 February, 2018 theculturetrip.com / UK Matthew Janney Baltic Books to Look Out for in 2018, 100 Years Since Independence 6 March, 2018 The Times literary supplement / UK Catharine Morris Nobody wins 2 February, 2018 bookwitty.com Olivia Snaije Soviet Milk: an Interview with Latvian author Nora Ikstena 5 January, 2018 The Baltic course / Baltic Over 40 Latvian books translated in foreign languages in 2017 with help of government grants Stay At Home Reading List
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