Vesna Lemaić
Vesna Lemaić (1981) lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She formed the reading initiative Anonymous Readers. In her free time she works on her melancholy. Her first book Popular Stories was published in 2008. The book got the award Zlata ptica 2009, the award of Slovenian book fair and Fabula award. She has also received award of Radio Slovenia and Lapis Histriae award for two short stories. In 2010 her new novel Dumping ground will be published. She believes in solidarity and the supernatural, she claims to be a fan of horror and is always out hunting for new ideals.
News
Word Express writer Ognjen Spahić from Montenegro will be visiting London for events with his UK publisher, Istros Books, from the 15th - 18th of May. See the Istros Books website for more details.
This year's Prague Book Fair - Svet Knihy - is focusing on literature the Black Sea region. Word Express writers Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia) and Pelin Özer (Turkey) will talk about their Balkan literary journey and read their work at the gala evening. Go to the Literature Across Frontiers website for more details.
Word Express interviews Georgian poet Zaza Koshkadze, and talks to Owen Martell and Milan Dobricic about translating and publishing Owen's novel into Serbian after meeting on the Word Express journey. All on the Travel Blog.