Eye of the Word Festival

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Oko besede

https://www.okobesede.org/oko-besede

Frequencyannual

Festival dates2.10.2025 - 4.10.2025

Established in 1995, the Eye of the Word Festival (Oko besede) is an annual traditional gathering of Slovene writers of children's and youth literature, as well as literary theorists, critics, librarians, and pedagogues. During the festival, writers pay visits to schools and participate in symposia, round tables, and readings. The festival was managed by Franc-Franc Publishing until 2015. Since 2016, the festival organizer has been Argo, Society for Humanities (NGO). Traditionally, it is held in autumn in Murska Sobota in Prekmurje.

Programme

Every year, a different theme is put into focus, with the aim of underlining and discussing an array of issues related to youth literature. By inviting foreign authors, the festival stimulates the exchange of experiences and promotes Slovene literature on an international scale. Papers, reports, and interviews with the Večernica Award nominees and winners are then published in the journal The Child and the Book (Otrok in knjiga).

Poster for the festival Eye of the Word (Oko besede) in 2022, made by Slovenian painter and illustrator Alenka Sottler.

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Literarna matineja prejemnikov večernice - srečanje Oko besede 2021 / Vinarium by Feri Lainšček on YouTube

See also

• Večernica Award
• Franc-Franc Publishing

External links

• Eye of the Word Festival website