The successor of the Fairy Tale Marathon, which was conceived by writer and storyteller Anja Štefan and held for the first time in 1998, the Storytelling Festival hosts a wide array of Slovene and foreign storytellers who deliver tales hailing from the folklore of various peoples and regions. In doing so, the festival forefronts the ancestral oral tradition and fosters the art of narration. It encompasses storytelling performances for children, storytelling evenings for adults, and accompanying events.
The Fabula Festival – Literature of the World is the biggest and most visited literary festival in Slovenia and the wider region. Produced by the Beletrina Publishing Institute in collaboration with Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre and Celje Central Library, the festival brings together world-class authors through well-considered curatorship. The festival selects distinguished authors each year and devotes attention to promising, up-and-coming writers. In addition to hosting renowned writers and establishing contact between international literature and Slovenian audiences, translated works of the selected authors are also published as part of the festival. The festival also features an annual theoretical focus on a relevant social issue, raising sociocritical issues and addressing contemporary challenges.
