Date with the Book

The project is marked by ten excellent literary works, ranging from picture books for the youngest readers to works for YA readers. With the project DB we want to reach three objectives. Expand excellent literary works written and published in smaller languages that are less frequently translated into Slovene or English. In the Slovenian school curriculum, there are no contemporary European authors included, or very few of them. We want to enable domestic author’s works to reach foreign markets and increase the print runs of the books by using a new business model and thus enable our publishing house to become more independent from state financial support. From project 10 authors, 9 illustrators, 8 translators, 17 project team members (editors …), 2 distributors, 2 printing houses will benefit.

List of works:
* Andreja Peklar: Luna in jaz (Moon and Me). Translation from Slovene into English by David Limon.
* Bart Moeyaert: Brothers (Bratje). Translation from Dutch into Slovene by Mateja Seliškar Kenda.
* Benas Berantas: Baubaime (Bav Bav). Translation from Lithuanian into Slovene by Klemen Pisk.
* Luigi Ballerini: Myra sa tutto (Mira ve vse). Translation from Italian into Slovene by Dušanka Zabukovec.
* Petr Stančik: H2O and secret Water Mission (H2O in skrivnostna vodna misija). Translation from Czech into Slovene by Peter Svetina.
* Reeli Reinaus: Maarius maagia ja libahunt Liisi (Marij Magija in volkodlakinja Vera). Translation from Estonian into Slovene by Julija Potrč Šavli.
* Sinikka and Tiina Nopola: Ruby&Ficelle and the sassy schoolgirl (Zarja in Živa: Nabrita šolarka). Translation from Finnish into Slovene by Julija Potrč Šavli.
* Stefan Boonen: The Finding of Wammerswood (Najdenka iz Puhljevega gozda). Translation from Dutch into Slovene by Stana Anželj.
* Susanna Mattiangeli: Matita HB (Mina HB). Translation from Italian into Slovene by Dušanka Zabukovec.
* Tamara Bakran: Rosica and Pheasant and other stories (Rosica in fazan ter druge pripovedke). Translation from Croatian into Slovene by Vasja Bratina.

KUD Sodobnost International

(Leader) Ljubljana

Funded projects

Architecture With an Approach to Regeneration and Empowerment (AWARE)

Upsala – SUITCASES

Invisible painting (IP)

Building, Revising, Including - Diaspora and Gender Equality (BRIDGE)

Studio Virc – Mini Slate 2025: Izzvenelo bo, Dolasilla, princesa usode, Tujek, Pobeglo srce

NOSOROGI – Mini Slate 2025: Three Waters Meet, The Healers, Liar, Thief, Flea-Eater

Mono O – Mini Slate 2025: The Happiest Day, The Last Roast, After Sunday

Cvinger – Mini Slate 2024: Before the Eyes Turn Black, Reckoning by the Sea, Project North

Venice Eastern Gate

ECHOES from Invisible Landscapes

PORT OF DREAMERS

ACuTe: Culture Testbeds for Interactivity, Performance and Technology

Rail2Dance (Rail to Dance)

Innovation through media collaboration: Digital assets exchange platform (MEDEXCHANGE24)

Animation HUB (A-HUB)

Word: Enhancing European Graphic Novel Perception, Circulation and Market Development

Roma Soul Food (ROMASOUL)

Tying the European Cultural Landscapes with Knots and Patterns (Knots and Patterns)

Hiking Heritage Trails (INHERIT)

Sensory Artistic Experiences for the Blind (Multisensory Art)

PASS – Pass the Street (Art), Shake the Hand

Slow Performing Arts Festivals for Improved Wellbeing, Mental Health and Social Inclusion (Festival SPA)

Staragara – Slate 2024 (The Colour of the Doubt, Black Swan, Removal, We would have told each other everything, Kozmonavti)

PAGE: Project for Advancing coGnitivE accessibility in publishing

NEB COOLTOURS: Transforming Tourism Through Cultural Innovation and Environmental Stewardship in Alpe-Adria

Bridges

Transition to 8: European societies in flux

ENACT – Easy-to-understand News for Collaborative Transformation

THRIVE – Talent Harvest: Rural Intangible Heritage and Value Empowerment

Land of Lace

CAFE: Redefining Historic Cafés as European Cultural Heritage

ArtElevate – Fostering Inclusive Cultural Expression in Europe

CARE – Culture for Mental Health

Glassmaking Between Tradition and Innovation (GTMI)

WONDERCUT – Collaboratively Exploring the Public Value of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Next Level Cultural Experiences

Heroes Unleashed: Implementing a Sensory Reading Program in European Public Libraries (HERUN)

DATAS – The Data and the Sovereign

TALKING HEADS – Conversation with the art of the past

Libraries of Emotions for Good – LOE for Good

GreenHeritage – Nurturing a sustainable future in the gardens of time

G-BOOK 3 – Audience engagement activities for the social and emotional education of EU teens through gender-positive literature and digital technology

DIGITAL on STAGE – Unleashing the Performing Arts Experience through Digital Innovation

OASis – Open Art Spaces in Synergy

Transport: Sustainable puppet co-creations for European young audiences

Danube Dance Alliance for Development of Contemporary Dance Scene in the Danube Region

Mind the GAP

Beletrina Digital

WOMEN interACT – participatory theatre against the double exclusion of women

TECH(ing) TALES WITH A TWIST for the children of the present

DoSEL – Drama of Smaller European Languages

MUSICVILLE – Green European Opera

Operation Nova - OPE.N

Kino x Games

FASIH - Future Art and Science Industrial Heritage

CULTURAL BEES: Promotion of entrepreneurship skills in the Cultural and Creative Industry among youth

Is this us?

Climate Art Fusion Caravane (CARAVANE)

Moving Balkans

Youth Art for the Earth (YAFE)

Shadow Pandemic: Hidden Voices

Open House Europe (OHEu)

Third Stage

VERSOPOLIS – WHERE POETRY LIVES

December: Uncomfortable Beings, Azra, Best Imaginary Friends Forever

LINA - Learn, Interact, and Network in Architecture

reCITYing – Reactivating Unused Urban Spaces Through Architecture and Arts 2024–2028

Art Nouveau: a new EUtopia

Creative Industries Development Centre (KUL)

Web 3.0 Accelerator for Sustainable Cultural Tourism (Web3Tour)

Studiotopia: Enter the Symbiocene with Arts and Science (Studiotopia 2)

Bio Awakening - developing bio-art practices in Western Balkan (Bio Awaking)

TestArt

GREENSTAGE

Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA)

Transmedia stories of insularity (TRAST)

Female Digital Creativity (FLUX)

Planet Hope (New European Fiction) – PH

More than a Story (MTaS)

Our Little Library: Through literary bridges to reading adventures (OLLLB)