New competition for foreign publishers

January 17, 2017

The Latvian Writers’ Union announces a new competition, offering a grant for publishing and promoting Latvian literature abroad. The...

Foreign translators share impressions about the...

2017, January 11

As previously reported, in early December 2016, an international prose translation workshop was held as a part of the Prose Readings...

Latvian books published in Italy, Ukraine,...

2017, January 6

Last year, six more books were published abroad – works by Juris Kronbergs, Knuts Skujenieks, Nora Ikstena, Juris Zvirgzdiņš...

Orbita group comments after the US tour

2017, January 2

Orbita group comments after the US tour: Apparently our poetry collection is nearly sold out already The Orbita creative collective...

Novel "The Taste of Lead" included among the best...

2016, December 28

The novel "Svina Garša" ("The Taste of Lead") written by the Latvian author Māris Bērziņš for the...

Five more Latvian books published abroad

2016, December 8

Last year, five additional works of Latvian literature were published by companies abroad – Inese Zandere's “Līze Analīze...

When Latvian authors be read abroad? Discussion.

2016, December 6

In 2018, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will be celebrating the centennial of their independence with a common exhibition stand and a special...

International prose translation workshop to be...

2016, December 5

From 5th until 9th December, an international prose translation workshop is going to take place in Latvia as a part of the “Prose...