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1 May 2010
31 Oct 2010
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
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.
Traditional and innovative literary events (reading corners, public readings ...) encourage the citizens of Ljubljana to change their habits and read more. Thus, readings take place in locations such as hospitals, refugee centres, senior citizens' homes and other unconventional spots.
In the frame of the Ljubljana Reads/Growing up with Books project every pupil receives 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.
The festival strived to revive the interest and knowledge on the movable type printing techniques, now widely replaced by digital technology. A 50-year-old printing press including a tonne of lead and wooden letters was installed in the Kresija Gallery to print business cards, letters and sample books. The festival took place in July and was conceived by Marko Drpić, designer and calligrapher.
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 2 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.
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 are the works of Slovene authors Boris Pahor, Svetlana Makarovič, as well as Slavoj Žižek, one of the best and most notorious yet perhaps not widely read or understood Slovene theorist, as well as internationally renowned fiction writers such as Richard Flanagan, Jonathan Franzen, David Grossman, and Herta Müller.
The World Book Capital in Ljubljana has been 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. With its print run of 60,000, Pogledi was distributed as a free supplement to the main Slovene daily Delo Newspaper till Autumn, later it became a self-sustained cultural newspaper.
Within the capital framework a new venue was opened in September 2010 in the very centre of the city. Trubar House of Literature serves as a cultural and intellectual centre with a book club, exhibiting space and information point.
Culture.si offers information on Slovene cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services, all in one place. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage. The portal and its content is owned and funded by the Ministry of Culture, funded by the European Union Recovery and Resilience Plan and developed by Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory.