Literature Festivals Worldwide

From Culture.si

See below the list of book fairs, literature festivals, comic art festivals and art book festivals that featured also authors from Slovenia. The data source is the Culture.si database of worldwide events, collected since 2010.

Participation at a few book fairs round the world has been regularly supported by the Slovenian Book Agency that provides also grants for authors’ mobility. A network of Slovenian embassies as well as Slovenian language lectureships/departments at the 60 universities round the world offer support for literary events, too.

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Click on a country name to get the list of literary events taking place in that country.

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  1. Albania: Tirana Book Fair 1 event
  2. Albania: Tirana Gate International Literature Festival 1 event
  3. Argentina: Buenos Aires Book Fair 2 events
  4. Argentina: Buenos Aires International Poetry Festival 1 event
  5. Argentina: Feria de Editores 1 event
  6. Argentina: Festival Internacional de Poesia de Buenos Aires 1 event
  7. Argentina: Festival VAPoeisa 1 event
  8. Argentina: International Poetry Festival of Rosario 1 event
  9. Austria: BuchQuartier Book Fair for Independent and Small Publishers 1 event
  10. Austria: Buch Wien 1 event
  11. Austria: Buch Wien 1 event
  12. Austria: Buch Wien Book Fair 1 event
  13. Austria: Buch Wien Book Fair 5 events
  14. Austria: Dicht-Fest 1 event
  15. Austria: Ecologies of Care 1 event
  16. Austria: European Festival of Poetry Vienna 1 event
  17. Austria: Frankfurt Book Fair 1 event
  18. Austria: Frankfurt Book Fair 1 event
  19. Austria: Labyrinth höfleiner donauweiten poesiefestival 1 event
  20. Austria: Literatur & Wein, Das Kulturenfestival 3 events
  21. Austria: Nextcomic Festival 2 events
  22. Austria: Schamrock, Festival of Female Poets 1 event
  23. Austria: World Festival of Ivan Cankar 1 event
  24. Austria: World Festival of Ivan Cankar 1 event
  25. Belgium: Balkan Trafik Festival 1 event
  26. Belgium: Brussels Book Fair 1 event
  27. Belgium: Festival L'espace des possibles 1 event
  28. Belgium: Les Voizines 1 event
  29. Belgium: Pa/Per View Art Book Fair 1 event
  30. Belgium: See Festival Bozar 1 event
  31. Belgium: Transpoesie Festival 1 event
  32. Belgium: Transpoesie Festival 4 events
  33. Bosnia_and_Herzegovina: International Literary Festival Bookstan 1 event
  34. Bosnia_and_Herzegovina: Poligon Literary Festival 1 event
  35. Bosnia_and_Herzegovina: Sarajevo Winter Festival 3 events
  36. Bosnia_and_Herzegovina: Sarajevski dani poezije 1 event
  37. Bosnia_and_Herzegovina: World Festival of Slovenian Culture 1 event
  38. Brazil: Festival Artes Vertentes 1 event
  39. Bulgaria: Literary Talks 1 event
  40. Bulgaria: Literature Night 1 event
  41. Canada: Blue Metropolis Festival 1 event
  42. Canada: International Poetry Festival Trois-Rivières 1 event
  43. Canada: Toronto International Festival of Authors 1 event
  44. Canada: Toronto International Festival of Authors 2 events
  45. China: Beijing Cookbook Fair 1 event
  46. China: Beijing International Book Fair 1 event
  47. China: Beijing International Poetry Festival 2 events
  48. China: Bookworm Literary Festival 2 events
  49. China: Chengdu Poetry Festival 1 event
  50. China: China - Central and East European Literature Forum 1 event
  51. China: China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) 1 event
  52. China: EU-China International Literary Festival 1 event
  53. China: EU-China Literary Festival 1 event
  54. China: Qinghai Lake International Poetry Festival 2 events
  55. China: Taihu International Poetry Festival 1 event
  56. China: Yangzhou Poetry Festival 1 event
  57. Colombia: Festival Internacional de poesía de Medellín 2 events
  58. Colombia: Festival Internacional de Poesía Luna de Locos 1 event
  59. Colombia: PoeMaRío Festival Internacional de poesía en el Caribe 1 event
  60. Croatia: Animafest Zagreb 1 event
  61. Croatia: Book Fair(y) Istria Festival of Books and Authors 2 events
  62. Croatia: Festival of European Short Stories 1 event
  63. Croatia: Festival of World Literature 1 event
  64. Croatia: Festival of World Literature 3 events
  65. Croatia: Gornji grad Literary Festival 1 event
  66. Croatia: Istria Festival of Books and Authors 1 event
  67. Croatia: MaFest Comic Book Festival 1 event
  68. Croatia: Mediteraneo, Mediteranski lutkarski festival 1 event
  69. Croatia: Stih u regiji (SUR) International Festival 2 events
  70. Croatia: Subversive Festival 2 events
  71. Croatia: Tko čita? Festival 1 event
  72. Croatia: vRIsak Rijeka Book Fair and Author Festival 1 event
  73. Cyprus: Famagusta Poetry Days 1 event
  74. Czech_Republic: Author's Reading Month 1 event
  75. Czech_Republic: Book World Prague 1 event
  76. Czech_Republic: Festival Stranou, European poets live 1 event
  77. Czech_Republic: Festival Stranou, European poets live 2 events
  78. Czech_Republic: Golden Boat Festival 3 events
  79. Czech_Republic: International Book Fair and Literary Festival Book World Prague 1 event
  80. Czech_Republic: Lustr Festival 1 event
  81. Czech_Republic: LUSTR Festival 1 event
  82. Czech_Republic: Microfestival 1 event
  83. Czech_Republic: Prague Microfestival 1 event
  84. Czech_Republic: Stranou International Poetry Festival 2 events
  85. Czech_Republic: World Days of the Slovenian Language Festival 1 event
  86. Czech_Republic: World Festival of Ivan Cankar 1 event
  87. Czech_Republic: Young Moon, Festival of Slovene Poetesses 3 events
  88. Egypt: Cairo Literature Festival 1 event
  89. Finland: Baltic See and Nordic Literacy Conference 1 event
  90. Finland: Helsinki Comics Festival 1 event
  91. Finland: Lahti International  Writer's Reunion 1 event
  92. Finland: World Villages Festival 1 event
  93. France: Angoulême International Comics Festival 1 event
  94. France: Festival Formula Bula 1 event
  95. France: Festival franco-anglais de poésie 1 event
  96. France: Le Cercle d'Ottokar Poetry Festival 1 event
  97. France: Le Printemps des Poètes 2 events
  98. France: Les Poètes n'hibernent pas Festival 2 events
  99. France: Marché de la poésie 5 events
  100. France: MidiMinuitPoésie Festival 1 event
  101. France: Paris Book Fair 1 event
  102. France: Salon Vendetta 1 event
  103. France: Translate Europe, European Festival of Literature Strasbourg 1 event
  104. France: Voix Vives de Méditerranée en Méditerranée 2 events
  105. Georgia: Tbilisi International Festival of Literature (TIFL) 1 event
  106. Germany: Berlin Literature Festival Stadtsprachen 1 event
  107. Germany: European Festival of the First Novel 1 event
  108. Germany: European Festival of the First Novel 1 event
  109. Germany: Festival for World Literature Cologne 1 event
  110. Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair 2 events
  111. Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair 2 events
  112. Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair 1 event
  113. Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair 1 event
  114. Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair 9 events
  115. Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair 1 event
  116. Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair 1 event
  117. Germany: Friends with Books Art Book Fair 2 events
  118. Germany: International Comic Salon 1 event
  119. Germany: Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin 1 event
  120. Germany: Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin 2 events
  121. Germany: Leipzig Book Fair 1 event
  122. Germany: Leipzig Book Fair 10 events
  123. Germany: Leipziger Buchmesse 2 events
  124. Germany: MISS READ, The Berlin Art Book Fair 2 events
  125. Germany: Poesiefestival Berlin 3 events
  126. Germany: Poesiefestival Berlin 1 event
  127. Germany: Schamrock Festival 1 event
  128. Germany: Schamrock, Festival of Female Poets 1 event
  129. Germany: Stadt-Land-Buch Literature Festival 2 events
  130. Germany: The Millionares Club Comics & Graphics Festival 2 events
  131. Germany: Vorspiel Transmediale & CTM 1 event
  132. Germany: Week of Slovenian Drama 1 event
  133. Greece: Athens City of Fairy Tales Festival 1 event
  134. Greece: Athens World Poetry Festival 1 event
  135. Greece: Athens World Poetry Festival 1 event
  136. Greece: Athens World Poetry Festival 1 event
  137. Greece: Break the Chain Festival 1 event
  138. Greece: Thessaloniki Book Fair 1 event
  139. Greece: Thessaloniki Book Fair 1 event
  140. Greece: Thessaloniki International Book Fair 1 event
  141. Hungary: European First Novel Festival 4 events
  142. Hungary: International Book Festival Budapest 4 events
  143. India: Chandigarh Literature Festival 1 event
  144. India: Jaipur Literature Festival 1 event
  145. India: Kerala Literature Festival 1 event
  146. India: New Delhi World Book Fair 1 event
  147. India: Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2 events
  148. Ireland: Cork Spring Poetry Festival 2 events
  149. Ireland: Cuisle Limerick City International Poetry Festival 3 events
  150. Ireland: Gerard Manley Hopkins Literary Festival 1 event
  151. Ireland: International Literature Festival Dublin 1 event
  152. Israel: Nissan International Poetry Festival 1 event
  153. Italy: Bologna Children's Book Fair 1 event
  154. Italy: Bologna Children's Book Fair 7 events
  155. Italy: CRACK fumetti dirompenti - Rome Festival of Drawn and Printed Art 1 event
  156. Italy: Florence Queer Festival 1 event
  157. Italy: Forum Tomizza 1 event
  158. Italy: International Literature Festival of Venice 1 event
  159. Italy: La mente artistica 2018 1 event
  160. Italy: Let's Play Festival 1 event
  161. Italy: Letterature Festival Internazionale di Roma 1 event
  162. Italy: Milano Architecture Week 1 event
  163. Italy: Note nel porticciolo 1 event
  164. Italy: Piú libri piú liberi book fair 1 event
  165. Italy: Treviso Comic Book Festival 1 event
  166. Italy: Trieste Estate 1 event
  167. Italy: Vicino/Lontano Festival 1 event
  168. Italy: Voci lontane, voci sorelle Firenze Poesia Festival 1 event
  169. Japan: Poetry and Wine Festival 1 event
  170. Japan: Tokyo Poetry Festival 1 event
  171. Kosovo: Rahovec/Orahovac Poetry and Wine Festival 1 event
  172. Lithuania: Druskininkai Poetic Fall 6 events
  173. Mexico: Guadalajara International Book Fair 3 events
  174. Mexico: International Congress of the IBBY 1 event
  175. Montenegro: Grad Theatre City Budva 1 event
  176. Montenegro: Herzegnovski Strip Festival 1 event
  177. Montenegro: International Literary Festival "Where I'm Calling From" 1 event
  178. Montenegro: Kalimera Poetike Festival 1 event
  179. Montenegro: Ratković's Evenings of Poetry 1 event
  180. Montenegro: Where am I calling from? International Literary Festival 1 event
  181. Montenegro: Where I'm Calling From Festival of the Short Story 3 events
  182. Netherlands: Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 1 event
  183. Netherlands: Striptember Amsterdam 1 event
  184. Nicaragua: Festival internacional de poesia de Granada 3 events
  185. North_Macedonia: Ditët e Naimit International Poetry Festival 1 event
  186. North_Macedonia: International Book Fair 1 event
  187. North_Macedonia: Ohrid Summer Festival 1 event
  188. North_Macedonia: PRO-ZA Balkan 1 event
  189. North_Macedonia: PRO-ZA Balkan International Literature Festival 1 event
  190. North_Macedonia: PRO-ZA Balkan International Literature Festival 4 events
  191. North_Macedonia: Skopje City Festival 1 event
  192. North_Macedonia: Struga Poetry Evenings 1 event
  193. North_Macedonia: Struga Poetry Evenings 1 event
  194. Norway: Comics Expo Oslo 1 event
  195. Poland: Author's Reading Month 1 event
  196. Poland: Children's Literature and Play Conference Wroclaw 1 event
  197. Poland: European Poet of Freedom Literary Festival 1 event
  198. Poland: Golden Boat Festival 7 events
  199. Poland: Góry literatury Festival 1 event
  200. Poland: Warsaw Book Fair 1 event
  201. Portugal: RAIA Festival 1 event
  202. Romania: Anim'est, International Festival of Animated Film Bucharest 1 event
  203. Romania: Curtea de Argeș Poetry Nights 1 event
  204. Romania: Gaudeamus International Book and Education Fair 1 event
  205. Romania: Gaudeamus International Book and Education Fair 1 event
  206. Russia: International Cultural Forum 1 event
  207. Russia: International Festival of Slavic Poetry Tver 1 event
  208. Russia: Moscow International Book Fair 1 event
  209. Russia: Moscow International Book Fair 1 event
  210. Russia: World Days of the Slovenian Language Festival 1 event
  211. Serbia: Festival of European literature 1 event
  212. Serbia: Festival Pokretnica 1 event
  213. Serbia: Ilustrofest Belgrade 1 event
  214. Serbia: International Belgrade Book Fair 2 events
  215. Serbia: Night of Literature Novi Sad 1 event
  216. Serbia: Trgni se, poezija! Belgrade Poetry and Book Festival 1 event
  217. Serbia: Viminacium Fest 1 event
  218. Serbia: World Festival of Ivan Cankar 1 event
  219. Slovakia: Ars Poetica International Poetry Festival 2 events
  220. Slovakia: Author's Reading Month 1 event
  221. Slovakia: Golden Boat Festival 1 event
  222. Slovakia: Nová dráma Festival 1 event
  223. Spain: Bologna Children's Book Fair 1 event
  224. Spain: Centre d'Art de Santa Mònica 1 event
  225. Spain: GrafMad Festival 1 event
  226. Spain: Granada Book Fair 1 event
  227. Spain: Gutter Fest 1 event
  228. Spain: International Congress of the IBBY 1 event
  229. Spain: LIBER International Book Fair 1 event
  230. Spain: Madrid Book Fair 3 events
  231. Spain: Sindokma Festival of Books 1 event
  232. Spain: Tenderete Festival de autoedición gráfica y sonora por excelencia de Valencia 1 event
  233. Sweden: AltCom Comics Festival Malmö 2 events
  234. Sweden: Littfest 1 event
  235. Sweden: Poetry Days in Malmö 1 event
  236. Sweden: Stockholm International Comics Festival 1 event
  237. Switzerland: Fumetto Internationa Comix Festival 1 event
  238. Switzerland: reART:theURBAN 1 event
  239. Tunisia: Festival International de Poésie de Sidi Bou Saïd 1 event
  240. Turkey: Festival Istanbulensis 1 event
  241. Turkey: ITEF - Istanbul Tanpinar Literature Festival 2 events
  242. Turkey: KIBATEK International Poetry Festival 1 event
  243. Turkey: Şiir ile Bariş - Peace and Poetry International Festival of Mediterranean Poets 1 event
  244. Turkey: Unesco Istanbul Festival of the World Poetry Day 1 event
  245. Ukraine: Lviv International Literary Festival 5 events
  246. Ukraine: World Days of the Slovenian Language Festival 1 event
  247. Ukraine: World Festival of Ivan Cankar 1 event
  248. Ukraine: World Festival of Slovene Documentary Film 1 event
  249. United_Kingdom: Bologna Children's Book Fair 1 event
  250. United_Kingdom: Edinburgh International Book Festival 2 events
  251. United_Kingdom: European Literature Festival UK 2 events
  252. United_Kingdom: European Poetry Festival London 1 event
  253. United_Kingdom: European Writers Festival 1 event
  254. United_Kingdom: European Writers' Festival 1 event
  255. United_Kingdom: Golden Boat European Bridge 1 event
  256. United_Kingdom: Ilkley Literature Festival 1 event
  257. United_Kingdom: Ledbury Poetry Festival 2023 1 event
  258. United_Kingdom: LLIF European Writers 1 event
  259. United_Kingdom: London Book Fair 1 event
  260. United_Kingdom: PA/PER VIEW Art Book Fair 1 event
  261. United_Kingdom: Poetry Parnassus Festival (London Olympics 2012) 1 event
  262. United_Kingdom: Shakespeare and the Slovenian School of Philosophy & Psychoanalysis 1 event
  263. United_Kingdom: World Days of the Slovenian Language Festival 1 event
  264. United_Kingdom: World Festival of Ivan Cankar 1 event
  265. USA: Brooklyn Book Festival 1 event
  266. USA: ComiCon San Diego 1 event
  267. USA: Lambda Literary Awards 1 event
  268. USA: NY Art Book Fair 5 events
  269. USA: Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair 1 event
  270. USA: Prose Pros Reading 1 event
  271. USA: United Solo Festival 2 events


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