Every year, thousands of books are written around the world. Several hundreds of them are truly masterful, but only some become loved and...

For the fifth time in its 10 years of existing, the International Writers' and Translators' House along with Ventspils city council...

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

Artist Vivianna Maria Staņislavska has just received the Jānis Baltvilks Prize in the Young Growth subcategory for her illustrations in...

Photo: Katažina Rudčenkova This has been a successful year for Kārlis Vērdiņš. He has received most of the main Latvian...

Photo by Ģirts Raģelis, Satori.lv Author, poet, translator and publisher Lawrence Schimel was born in the USA, in New York City, and...

July 24, on what would have been Jānis Baltvilks' (1944-2003) 72nd birthday, jury of the International Baltic Sea Region Jānis...

From 8th until 11th June, the International Writers' and Translators' House hosted the annual meeting of the network of European...