The literary and artistic programme provides for literary events, festivals, readings, book presentations, creative workshops and visits of foreign writers and poets. Apart from well-established literary events, such as literary evenings, this public institution promotes innovative approaches combining literature with music, fine arts, puppet theatre and other artistic expressions. The Literature House also provides support for projects promoting the reading culture through the use of new technologies, such as the Internet, electronic books and blogs. The Trubar Literature House thus brings together writers, poets, authors and artists of different profiles and with a variety of creative approaches. There is a special programme dedicated to cultural education promoting the reading culture and literary, as well as media and information literacy among the young population.

Critical reflection on literature, culture and society is particularly needed when the media are influenced by an increasing pressure of commercialisation, coupled with a tabloidization and trivialisation of cultural and media contents. Therefore, the Trubar Literature House gives the floor to the public, theoreticians, critics and intellectuals, particularly those of younger generations, so that they can express their views on the changing cultural and social reality.

There are morning, afternoon and evening programmes. In the morning, the Literature House functions as a reading room (with a variety of professional journals and newspapers). During this time, it is open to school visits, with students benefiting from a guided tour of an installation dedicated to Primož Trubar and a multimedia video presentation of Primož Trubar’s time of residence in Ljubljana. The afternoon programme is a combination of workshops and gatherings of programme groups, while the evening programme is dedicated to projects aimed at the general public.

The programme is carried out by programme groups and is divided into prose, poetry, theory, a children’s programme, etc. These programme groups are established through an invitation to the public and through direct invitations to established authors, intellectuals and educators. Apart from the selected programme groups, a variety of other providers (publishing houses, cultural societies, literary groups, etc.) are given the possibility to present their literary creations and organise workshops and round tables, as well as promote their activities.

The Trubar Literature House is the headquarters of a new book club, a web portal on literature and the book and an exhibition space.

Members of the book club, organised in various groups and sections, are responsible for the programme. A non-commercial web portal features reports on all events with multimedia content and offers expert reviews, critiques, theoretical views, critical articles, etc. Writers and poets, especially those belonging to the younger generation, are given the opportunity to present their creations to the broader public. The Trubar Literature House provides free access to a selection of electronic books for which copyrights have been purchased. Registered visitors to the web portal have the possibility to co-create online contents, such as blogs and commentaries. The Literature House is equipped with free wireless Internet access. The gallery hosts occasional exhibitions and installations. During the Ljubljana World Book Capital City Year, the Trubar Literature House functions as an information centre hosting many promotional and other events, such as press conferences and talks.

With this first literature house in Slovenia, Trubar’s legacy is finally protected, while at the same time available to the public. The diversity and innovativeness of the programme, aimed at various societal groups and all generations, represent the foundation needed for the attainment of a most ambitious goal: to make the Trubar Literature House the centre of Ljubljana's literary, cultural and intellectual activities.

Photogallery of the openning of Trubar Literature House>>

Trubar Literature House Opening Hours

Monday – Friday (10.00-18.00)
Saturday (10.00-14.00)
•    visits to the memorial room and viewings of the multimedia presentation dedicated to Primož Trubar;
•    reading room (professional journals and newspapers)

Monday – Friday (18.00-22.00)
•    cultural events (programme in the monthly bulletin)


All events are free of charge.

Programme - January 2011

10 January, Monday
14.00 - 15.00
Visit of Elementary School Pupils: a tour of the Trubar Literature House and a viewing of a multimedia presentation dedicated to Primož Trubar
18.00   
DPU ( Delavsko punkerska univerza) Seminar on Self-Government – presentation of theories on workers' self-government, followed by a discussion
 
11 January, Tuesday
18.00
Evening of Intermedia Art: DIVA Station, presentation and demonstration of the physical and web-based video art archive, developed since 2005 by SCCA Ljubljana. The web archive presentation will be held by Barbara Borčić and Ida Hiršenfelder, directors of the archive, and will be followed by the screening of a video essay entitled Diva v Galeriji Škuc (Diva in the Škuc Gallery).
 
12 January, Wednesday
18.00
Likovne besede (Art Words) Magazine: Ljubljana osebno (Ljubljana Personal) – presentation of the two latest volumes in the Alternative City Guide series: Ljubljanski imenik (The Ljubljana Directory) by Lucija Stepančič, interpreted by Jerca Mrzel, and Infantilno mesto, od znotraj-od zunaj (Infantile City – From Within and Without) by Daniel Jewesbury, followed by a screening of his short film
20.00   
LUD Literatura Association: Turned 15 Times, Fresh 50 Times – autopoetics of the Prišlek series writers in two parts (Part I); an anniversary event cellebrating the 50th book in the Prišleki series – former and current editors will talk about the book series with the following authors reading excerpts from their works: Andrej Blatnik, Primož Čučnik, Veronika Dintinjana, Karlo Hmeljak, Milan Kleč, Miklavž Komelj, Dušan Merc, Iztok Osojnik, Gregor Podlogar, Barbara Pogačnik, Robi Simonišek, Veronika Simoniti; musical accompaniment Jure Tori & Ewald Oberleitner.
 
13 January, Thursday
20.00   
LUD Literatura Association: Turned 15 Times, Fresh 50 Times – autopoetics of the Prišlek series writers in two parts (Part II); an anniversary event cellebrating the 50th book in the Prišleki series – former and current editors will talk about the book series with the following authors reading excerpts from their works: Andrej Blatnik, Primož Čučnik, Veronika Dintinjana, Karlo Hmeljak, Milan Kleč, Miklavž Komelj, Dušan Merc, Iztok Osojnik, Gregor Podlogar, Barbara Pogačnik, Robi Simonišek, Veronika Simoniti; musical accompaniment Jure Tori & Ewald Oberleitner.
 
14 January, Friday
19.00   
Ars Radio Evening in the Trubar Literature House: the Cultural Programming Board of Radio Slovenia 3 – Ars Programme is organising the Ars Poetry and Music Evening entitled MUSIC OF VOICE – VOICE OF MUSIC; performances by poets Lucija Stupica and Milan Dekleva and harpist Eduardo Raon; moderated by Gregor Podlogar.
 
15 January, Saturday
19.00   
Impro Theatre: improvisational show Ž.A.N.R. Can your book be the star of the evening? Can the most hated character become the hero of a scene? – Improvisational actors will search for inspiration for their scenes in books brought to the show by visitors and books which can be found in the Trubar Literature House reading room; actors: Uroš Ažman, Ajda Bračič, Andrej Pervanje, Luka Seliškar, Sara Šoukal, Natan Žabkar.
 

Monday to Friday, 10.00 – 18.00

Guided tours of the Trubar Literature House and programme presentations, organised by the Department for Culture, Municipality of Ljubljana.