Launching SlovakLiterature.com
A curated site for Slovak literature in English.
Archive of Past News
Slovak Literature
Since 1989
Registration is now open for the one-day conference at UCL SSEES, London, on November 5th, 2019.
Andreea Scridon's review of Big Love and The Night Circus and Other Stories in
Interview with Ivana Dobrakovová
Featured as Author of the Week on BookBlast Diary
Slovak Literature
makes a splash on the
Two translations and five Riveting Reviews
Three Slovak authors
featured in
Uršuľa Kovalyk, Dušan Mitana, and Richard Pupala
in the Central European Short Story Issue
Asymptote: A report
from Slovakia
An overview of what's new in Slovak literature.
Raising the Velvet Curtain
in words, sounds and pictures
Looking back at the season of Slovak literature and arts in the UK in October and November 2019.
in memoriam
On February 10th, 2020, Pavel Vilikovský,
one of Slovakia’s most prominent writers,
passed away at the age of 78.
Bellevue nominated for prize
Ivana Dobrakovová’s book has been longlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize 2020.
Eternal Traffic book release
Congratulations to Mila Haugová and her translator,
James Sutherland-Smith, on their latest collection
of poetry in English, released by Arc Publications.
New podcast
Julia Sherwood now hosting a biweekly podcast of conversations about Slovak literature
Asymptote: Literary News
from Slovakia
Book of the Year, Slovakia's take on European Literature Night, and more
Balla “On the Pandemic”
in Asymptote
In This Together: Writers From Around the World Respond to the COVID-19 Outbreak
LIC now in English
The Centre for Information on Literature has a new website in English called Books from Slovakia
Congratulations to Mila Haugová
Slovak poet Mila Haugová is this year’s winner of the Vilenica Prize for Central European Literature.
Pavel Vilikovský featured
in Asymptote
"A Sentimental Education in March" by Pavel Vilikovský, translated and with an introduction by Charles Sabatos.
LitCast with Jonathan Gresty
In Lit_cast Slovakia #6, translator Jonathan Gresty talks about going native in Slovakia, and much more.
Corine Tachtiris reviews Bellevue
Read the latest review of Ivana Dobrakovová’s award-winning novel in World Literature Today.
LitCast with Katarína Gephardt
In Lit_cast Slovakia #7, literature scholar Katarína Gephardt discusses her plans for a Companion to Contemporary Slovak Literature.s