Goga Publishing House

Contact

Založba Goga

Glavni trg 6, SI-8000 Novo mesto

http://www.goga.si/

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Phone386 (0) 7 393 0811

Founded byNovo mesto Student Association

Past events

16 Oct 2019

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20 Oct 2019

GermanyFrankfurt am MainFrankfurt Trade Fair grounds (5.0. C103)Frankfurt Book Fair

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A presentation of Slovene books, authors and translations by the Slovenian Book Agency on the national stand (presenting Miš Publishing House, Sodobnost Publishing House, Goga Publishing House, Sanje ('Dreams') Publishing House, Pivec Publishing House, Beletrina Publishing Institute, Mladinska knjiga Publishing House, and Morfem Publishing); with authors Drago Jančar, Aleš Šteger, Glorjana Veber, and Jurij Hudolin, and translators Tanja Petrič, Amalija Maček, and Nina Medved attending,

21 Mar 2019

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24 Mar 2019

GermanyLeipzigLeipzig Book Fair

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19 events with 9 authors (Jana Bauer, Janez Bogataj, Tadej Golob, Mojca Kumerdej, Lila Prap, Marijan Pušavec, Zoran Smiljanić, Ana Schnabl and Anja Štefan) and 9 new titles in German as well as the national stand dubbed The Slovenian Literary Forest organised by the Slovenian Book Agency with partners Mladinska knjiga Publishing House, Beletrina Publishing Institute, Goga Publishing House, Forum Ljubljana and Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Berlin)

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10 Oct 2018

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14 Oct 2018

GermanyFrankfurt am MainFrankfurt Trade Fair grounds (5.0. C103; 6.1. D36; 5.0. A22)Frankfurt Book Fair

programme

A presentation of Slovene books, authors and translations by the Slovenian Book Agency on the national stand (presenting Miš Publishing House, Sodobnost Publishing House, Goga Publishing House, Sanje ('Dreams') Publishing House and Pivec Publishing House), as well as a presentation of Mladinska knjiga Publishing House and Beletrina Publishing Institute,

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EU funded projects (Culture, MEDIA)

• Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA), 2023
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• Literary Agent Platform: Capacity building (LAP-CB), 2023
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• MIRROR - Mirroring the World: European Literary Lifeline, 2021
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• REALIS - Reading and Listening to Contemporary European Literature, 2021
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• Literature vs. Nationalism (III), 2020
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• CELA – Connecting Emerging Literary Artists, 2019
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• Reading Balkans: Borders vs. Frontiers, 2019
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• Literature vs. Nationalism (II), 2019
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• Literature vs. Nationalism. Contemporary Literature Moving Borders (I), 2018
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• South and East reaches West (iSE2W) – Reading Balkans, 2017
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• Contemporary Literature Across Europe, 2015
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Goga Publishing House on Slovene Book Fair, 2013

Established in 1998 by the Students' Society of Novo Mesto (DNŠ), the Goga Publishing House is involved in a wide spectrum of activities, from publishing Slovene and foreign literary works, music CDs, and journals (Rast) to organising different cultural events, literary workshops, and residency programmes.

As of 2000 Goga also runs the Goga Bookshop, a popular venue for literary, musical, and other cultural events in Novo mesto.

Založba Goga je vključena v širok spekter dejavnosti, od objavljanja slovenskih in tujih literarnih del, glasbenih zgoščenk in revij, do organizacije različnih kulturnih prireditev, literarnih delavnic in rezidenčnih programov.

Publishing programme

The first publication in line was the Anton Podbevšek 100 Supernatural Years, a book on a Slovene avant-garde poet and a participant of the Novo Mesto Spring [Novomeška pomlad] movement in the 1920s that marked the beginning of Slovene modernism.

Goga's literature publishing programme tries to enable new perspectives on local literature (intermingling renowned authors with upcoming writers), as well as publish translations of first-class literature from abroad. It deals with both poetry as well as prose, and since 2003 also with occasional theoretical and historical works. The latter are published under the name Anagoga editions, with Latin Literature by Pierre Grimal as its first piece. There is also the edition Lunapark, established in 2007, which specialises in youth literature. The Goga Music programme is focused on audio CDs, mostly of Slovene artists playing jazz, folk, chanson, world music and also classical works.

Rast, a quarterly review for literature, culture and social issues, is published by Goga in collaboration with the Municipality of Novo mesto. There is an accompanying web portal called eRast.

International collaboration and residence programmes

Goga is a part of several European (formal and informal) networks, active in exchanging authors, works, and various residency opportunities (it actively organises the exchange of Slovene authors to other residencies across Europe).

It is (or was) involved in several projects financed by the EU's Culture programme, with one of recent such projects called South and East reaches West – digital platform for promotion of writers in post-conflict societies (2017–2019), shorter Reading Balkans. The project, basically, aims to ease the entry of Eastern and South-Eastern writers to the wider European markets. In 2018 the open call for residencies was open for Ukrainian authors, one of them will stay at the Goga Literary Residency in Novo mesto.

Such and other projects, as well as for some time a collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, enable Goga to run a regular stream of residencies. See also Goga Literary Residency article.

See also

• Goga Literary Residency
• Goga Bookshop
• Maruša Krese Award
• Goga Music
• Rast Magazine

Read also

• Beyond_the_Sale_of_Book_Rights, interview with Mitja Ličen, the director of Goga Publishing House (2025)

External links

• Goga Publishing House website
• Goga's residence programme webpage

Gallery

The interior of the Goga Literary Residency.

The interior of the Goga Literary Residency.

The interior of the Goga Literary Residency.

The interior of the Goga Literary Residency.

The living room at the Goga Literary Residency.

The working room at the Goga Literary Residency.

Goga Publishing House on Slovene Book Fair, 2013

Goga Publishing House on Slovene Book Fair, 2013