There is no need to wander lonely as a cloud in Rīga this weekend, as poetry-lovers will be able to flock together and hear a strong line-up of modern verse on offer from some of the brightest poetic talents in Latvia and the United Kingdom.
Having conquered the London Book Fair earlier this year, the Latvian Literature team heads this week to Europe's largest book fair in Frankfurt.
Following on from the soaraway success of their "I am introvert" campaign about Latvian writers and their loathing of human interaction, our friends at Latvian Literature have a new strategy - namely, to make everyone weep bitter tears at the hopelessness of it all.
The 'I Am Introvert' information campaign about the withdrawn nature of Latvia's literary set was one of the surprise hits of this year's London Book Fair, as reported by LSM at the time.
An acclaimed group of Rīga poets and artists has a new floating exhibition opening May 16.
A new U.S. based podcast takes a look at the Baltic literary scene.
Independent publishing house Vagabond Voices has published a new English-language podcast featuring acclaimed Latvian man of letters Pauls Bankovskis talking about his work and the experience of seeing your work in translation.
Latvian literature greats Nora Ikstena and Kārlis Vērdiņš were recently interviewed by the BBC as the Baltics were center stage at the 2018 London Book Fair. Watch the interview above.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
As well as LSM, a team from the British Embassy in Riga is also stalking the halls at the London Book Fair. They have produced this interview with Latvia's Culture Minister, Dace Melbārde.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The Baltic states are center stage at the London Book Fair taking place in the English capital April 10-12. As well as the trade fair itself, a wide program of linked events at various locations are promoting Latvian culture and business. LSM editor Mike Collier will bring you a series of audio reports from participants and visitors.
The leading United States publishing industry title, Publishers Weekly, has released a special supplement previewing the participation of the Baltic states as the center of attention at April's London Book Fair.
Sixteen new translations of Latvian books, including three translations into English, are to be published in the future, reported Latvian Literature.
Our friends at Latvian Literature have published a new, downloadable online guide to the Latvian book and publishing industries as the season of book fairs kicks into gear.
Our friends at Latvian Literature have informed us of two book launch events taking place this week that are likely to be of particular interest to the English-reading audience.
Independent Latvian publisher Liels un Mazs has been shortlisted for an award at the prestigious Bologna book fair as best children's publisher of the year for Europe, the Latvian Literature organization has announced.
To introduce British readers to Latvian literature, the English translations of 34 books by Latvian authors will be published in the UK ahead of this the London Book Fair, which this year will take place from April 10 to 12, Inga Bodnarjuka-Mrazauskas, the head of Latvian Literature platform, said at a news conference on February 21.
Jeļena Glazova, the final poet to be featured in our mini poetry festival, is a very modern Russian-language writer and musician. Her cutting-edge poems clearly show a theoretical and exploratory interest in the modern world. She's a master jeweler putting together disparate points of view. The resulting poems are like compound eyes, which help us grasp the madness and folly of our times.
Vasilijs Karasjovs is a Russian-language poet of the youngest generation. Of the very youngest generation - he's only sixteen, but it seems, both from talking to him and from his poems, that he's read a library and a half. He's also seen some recognition, having been nominated for the Arkadii Dragomoshchenko prize awarded to the best Russian poets under 27.
The young poet and artist Marija Luīze Meļķa thinks it's important to reach her readers and listeners directly. She often reads to the public, and does it eloquently. When you hear her voice, it becomes clear why the place is packed with eager listeners. Her poems are not only amusing and intuitive--their intimacy is disarming. Listening to her perform, you want her self-assurance to overcome you and fill you. You want to become a little more like her.