Please make a note in your diary: the Prešeren Dinner of the British-Slovene Society will take place on Saturday 7 February 2015 at the Hotel Russell in London, as usual. More information closer to the date.
On 6 December we had another heart-warming Carol Service in the church of St. Andrews by the Wardrobe in London. The service was led by rector Guy Treweek. The readings were performed by our members (and a young helper). We sang British and Slovene hymns and carols and celebrated British-Slovene friendship.
We finished our evening with excellent potica (courtesy of the British-Slovene Society) and mulled wine (courtesy of the Embassy). The new Ambassador, Tadej Rupel, was present with his two daughters and embassy staff.
The evening was organised again by Keith and Slava Miles. We collected £149 for our Barka Charity in Slovenia.
Sobota, 6. december 2014 od 19 do 23 ure
Pepper Saint Ontiod, 21 Pepper Street, Crossharbour, London E14 9RP
Za dobro vzdušje bo poskrbela slovenska jazzovska skupina JAZOO ter Aydenne Simone.
VSI VLJUDNO VABLJENI!
One of the most important Austrian-Slovenian authors today, writing in German and Slovene, will be reading and discussing her work, which encompasses poetry, essays, translations and fiction.
Thursday 11 December 2014 at 7 pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
Event is free but seating is limited. Please book HERE
Maja Haderlap won the highly prestigious Bachmann prize in 2011 for her debut novel Engel des Vergessens (Angel of Forgetting). It tells the poignant story of a family from the Carinthian Slovenian population of Austria against the backdrop of the minority’s resistance against National Socialism.
Maja Haderlap is an accomplished author born in Eisenkappel (Austria). She studied theatre studies and German at the University of Vienna. From 1992 to 2007 she was Head of Dramaturgy at the Municipal Theatre of Klagenfurt.
To celebrate her 95th birthday, Lisa will jump into water and swim 8 lengths at her local full-size pool in Porthcawl, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales. The event is sponsored locally to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care in memory of her eldest son Richard who died of cancer 30 years ago.
Lisa is the oldest member of the British-Slovene Society. In her youth she swam in Slovenia in the waters that flow to the river Danube, and is now reaching a total distance swum in her life of 3,000 kilometres, the length of the mighty Danube.
Lisa will swim at 3pm on Sunday 30th November, at the Splashland swimming pool, Bay View Rd, Porthcawl, CF36 5N
Everyone is welcome to come along and dive into the fun.
To make an online donation to Marie Curie Cancer Care please go to: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/DavidHoultonAndFriends
Marie Curie Cancer Care gives people with all terminal illnesses the choice to die at home. Their nurses provide them and their families with free hands-on care.
The Anglo-Slovene Carol Service will be held on 5th December at 6.30 for 7 p.m. at St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, Queen Victoria Street and St. Andrew’s Hill, City of London, EC4V 5DE. The nearest underground station is Blackfriars. St Paul’s and Mansion House stations are not far away.
The Service will have readings and carols in English and Slovene.
Please feel free to bring any guests.
Christmas drink and potica will be served after the service.
On 5 November the English version of Marko Sosič’s book Ballerina, Ballerina was presented in the European Bookshop in London. Below, the author (right) with Guardian critic Joanna Walsh (left) who discussed the book with the author.
Literary One on One – Dalkey Archive writers with English critics:
Marko Sosič in conversation
with Guardian critic Joanna Walsh
Together with authors Jean-Philippe Toussaint (Belgium) & Aka Morchiladze (Georgia), and critics Juliet Jacques (New Statesman) and Lucy Popescu (The Independent).
Wednesday, 5 November at 7 pm
European Bookshop, 5 Warwick Street, London W1B 5LU
RSVP: neal@dalkeyarchive.com
Marko Sosič is a theatre and film director born in 1958 inTrieste. He began publishing fiction in the late 1980s, and is the author of several books, including a collection of short stories and an autobiographical novel about his time in theatre.
Ballerina, Ballerina, a highly praised novel won him the Vstajenje Award, listed him among the five finalists for the Kresnik Award, and included him in the European project ‘The 100 Slovene novels’.
“Drawing comparisons to William Faulkner in its expressionistic depiction of Ballerina’s interior world, this novel is a classic of contemporary Slovenian literature – a hugely popular exploration of a character whose world is totally divorced from what we think of as reality.” Dalkey Archive Press
British edition of Marko Sosič’s book Ballerina, Ballerina, translated by Maja Visenjak Limon, was recently published in the Slovenian Literature Series by Dalkey Archive Press.
The event is organized and supported by Dalkey Archive Press, European Bookshop, Slovene Writers’ Association, Ministry of Culture and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in London.
The Slovenian Embassy in London invites you to the screening of short films by:
FILM FACTORY
Slovenian film collective
Introduction and Q&A: Mitja Mlakar – co-founder of Film Factory
Tuesday, 28 October 2014 at 6pm
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, 10 Little College Street, London SW1P 3SH
RSVP: vlo@gov.si
Screening programme:
Busker, 9 min, drama, 2014, M. Mlakar
Food Fetish, 9 min, comedy, 2014, M. Šubic
Missing The Moment, 10 min, drama, 2012, M. Mlakar
Last Lunch, 4 min, animated film, 2011, M. Šubic
Film Factory is a young production company based in Maribor, Slovenia. The main area of their activity is production of fiction and animation. Reaching the desired vision and having the possibility for visualization of their personal artistic language is most important to them.
Mitja Mlakar (1988) is a young Slovenian director and screenwriter. He is co-founder and one of the leading team members of Film Factory together with Mojca Pernat, Miha Šubic and Simon Komar.
His films have been screened and received awards at many film festivals around the world. In 2013 he received the Award for important cultural achievements of University of Maribor and the Award for perspective young filmmakers from the Association of Slovenian Filmmakers.
He is a current Artist in Residence at the Slovene Arts & Culture Residency in London.
This event is first in a series of regular Artists in Residence Talks (AIR Talks) with Slovene artists, writers, translators, curators, critics, producers, etc., who are selected for Artist in Residence Programme which aims to contribute to the international mobility and visibility of Slovene artists.
Artist in Residence Programme is supported by Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Društvo V tujini izobraženih Slovencev (VTIS) in Veleposlaništvo RS v Londonu vabita na srečanje slovenskih študentov, raziskovalcev, akademikov in gospodarstvenikov v Združenem kraljestvu.
Sreda, 12. november 2014 18.00 – 20.30, Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU
Namen dogodka je spodbuditi povezovanje, medsebojno sodelovanje, delitev izkušenj in predstavitev Slovencev, ki delujejo na britanskih izobraževalnih institucijah in v gospodarstvu.
Srečanje bo sestavljeno iz kratkih predstavitev karier in dela štirih Slovenk oz. Slovencev, ki delujejo na akademskih, raziskovalnih oz. poslovnih področjih v Združenem kraljestvu.
Nadaljnje informacije o dogodku se nahajajo na spletni strani Društva VTIS
Vljudno prosimo, da udeležbo na dogodku potrdite do 7.11.2014 preko spletnega obrazca, ki ga najdete TUKAJ