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Illustrators from Latvia – Special Guests at the Berlin Children's Literature Festival

May 15, 2017

10th – 19th May, Berlin (Germany) is holding a children's literature festival “Berlin Book Islands” (Berliner...

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Interview with this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner Uldis Bērziņš

2017, May 4

Poet and translator Uldis Bērziņš is a prolific figure in Latvian literature, an idol to many poets, writers, and readers...

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Osvalds Zebris receives EU Prize for Literature

2017, April 25

Latvian Writers' Union is happy to announce that the Consortium consisting of three organizations – the European Writers'...

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Annual Latvian Literature Award Winners Announced

2017, April 23

The Annual Latvian Literature Award ceremony was held this Friday, 21st April 2017, in the "Daile" music hall where winners in...

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Latvian poetry published abroad, other works available in Latvian bookstores

2017, April 18

The number of translations of Latvian literature is growing. Liāna Langa’s collection of poems has been published in Sweden, an...

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Inese Zanderes’ books about the adventures of Shammies now available for children in Estonian and Arabic

2017, April 12

Latvian author Ineses Zandere’s stories about Shammies, made especially vivid and unique with the wonderful illustrations by Reinis...

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New contest for foreign publishers

2017, April 11

The Latvian Writers’ Union is announcing an OPEN CALL for applications for foreign publishers offering an opportunity to receive a...

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Latvia Participates in the Bologna Children's Book Fair

2017, April 4

3 – 6 April, Latvia will be participating in the international Bologna Children's Book Fair (Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi) with the...

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Last Year's Most Beautiful Books Receive Awards

2017, March 30

In an award ceremony hosted by the National Library of Latvia, on 28th March, the most beautiful books published last year in Latvia were...

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