Ales Steger

Ptuj – Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian town, will be the main venue of the 26th Days of Poetry and Wine, an international literary festival that will host 20 poets from ten countries. The guests of honour will be Carolyn Forche of the US and Poland’s Tomasz Rožycki.

Stuttgart – Slovenian writer Aleš Šteger’s novel Neverend has made it to the top of the June list of books recommended by SWR, a regional TV channel targeting the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The list is compiled based on ratings by 30 acclaimed German literary critics.

Ptuj – The city of Ptuj will host the 25th Days of Poetry and Wine from 24 to 28 August. Czech and Portuguese poets Petr Borkovec and Ana Luisa Amaral will be the guests of honour and the Open Letter to Europe will be written and read by German poet Durs Grünbein.

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting the Third Athens World Poetry Festival in its garden, starting on Monday, September 18, with presentations of work by Ali Calderon, Kyriakos Charalambides, Dimitra Christodoulou, Zefi Daraki, Milovan Marcetic, Eleni Marinaki, Boris A.