Arsem Agency

Contact

ArseM, storitve v kulturi, d.o.o.

Slovenska cesta 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.arsem.si/

info@arsem.si

Phone386 (0) 41 365 597

Nataša Cetinski, Director

natasa.cetinski@arsem.si

Phone386 (0) 41 365 597

Telo [The body] by Hanif Kureishi, published by Arsem Agency, 2012

ArseM Agency was established in 2009 with a view to organising and promoting various cultural projects, be them musical, theatrical, or literary in nature. Its activities were later further expanded to the field of publishing as well as language and music education.

Publishing programme

A newcomer to the field of publishing, ArseM Publishing House opened in 2010 with Saga o Hallgerd [The Saga of Hallgerd] by the prominent and popular Slovene writer Svetlana Makarovič. It was followed by Čuk na palici [Barn Owl on a Stick], a collection of poems for children by the same author. They also published Cvetka Bevc's Desetka [The Mighty Ten], a teen novel that was selected by the Slovenian Book Agency for the Growing up with a book project in the school year 2012/2013, with every first-year secondary school pupil receiving the book in their nearest public library. ArseM's publishing repertoire also features Slovenian translations of acclaimed foreign authors such as Virginia Woolf, Hanif Kureishi (The Body, Julian Barnes (The Lemon Table), Tatiana de Rosnay (Sarah's Key), and Bekim Sejranović (Ljepši kraj [More Beautiful Ending]). The works of the latter four authors were translated in 2011 with support from the EU's Culture Programme 2007—2013 for literary translation projects.

ArseM promotes and publicises its collection of books through literary readings, exhibitions of illustrations and by maintaining a presence at different fairs and events.

Other activities

ArseM cooperates with Café Teater in organising theatre productions and with the Academy of Music at the University of Ljubljana and the Radovljica Festival in the field of music. Events held by ArseM include literary readings and presentations, literary-musical events, symposia, and a series of lectures and talks on the connection between different humanistic disciplines (Literature and Philosophy, Literature and Music).

See also

• Café Teater
• Academy of Music
• Radovljica Festival

External links

• Arsem Agency website (in Slovenian)
• Arsem Publishing House web page
• Arsem Publishing Catalogue 2012 (in Slovenian)
• Cvetka Bevc' The Mighty Ten information in English
• Information about ArseM's 2011 translation project funded by the EU Culture Programme 2007–2013 on the CCP Slovenia database
• Biography of Bekim Sejranović on Cross Border Experience, promoting his reading in Ljubljana

Gallery

Literature in Focus with Svetlana Makarovič, moderated by Gašper Troha and organised by Arsem Agency. Trubar Literature House, 2010

A symposium dedicated to Svetlana Makarovič's literature, organised by Arsem Agency and held at the Trubar Literature House, 2010

Poster for literary-musical event "Zvezda nad goro", performing Svetlana Makarovič with Hungarian National Gypsy Orchestra, organised by Arsem Agency, 2011

Arsem Agency stand at the Slovene Book Days, Ljubljana, 2012

Presentation of the books published by Arsem Agency at Konzorcij in Ljubljana, 2012

Presentation of the four books published by Arsem Agency at Konzorcij bookstore, Ljubljana, 2012 (From left: Bekim Sejranović, Gašper Troha, Matej Juh)

A collage for the exhibition of Mateja Jager's illustrations for Svetlana Makarovič's literary works, organised by Arsem Agency at the House of Sun gallery in Logatec, 2013

Literature in Focus with Svetlana Makarovič, organised by Arsem Agency, held at the Trubar Literature House, Ljubljana, 2010