Between 23 January and 18 February the third Fabula International Story Festival took place in Ljubljana, Maribor, Postojna, Izola and Koper. In three weeks the festival hosted ten world-famous writers, who presented their work at more than twenty literary events.
They are Milorad Pavić from Serbia and Montenegro, Miljenko Jergović, Krešimir Mićanović, Krešimir Bagić and Robert Perišić from Croatia, Claudio Magris and Diego Marani from Italy, Georgi Gospodinov from Bulgaria, Kader Abdolah from the Netherlands, and Toby Litt from the UK.
Festival readings were accompanied by screenings of short films based on literary works on TV Slovenia, and a public discussion entitled 'Dramatizacija romanov' (Dramatisation of Novels) in the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, followed by the play 'Severni sij' (Northern Lights) by Drago Jančar, performed by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, and directed by Mile Korun. Also accompanying the festival were a panel discussion about Slovenian and Croatian fiction entitled 'Jeziki mesta' (Urban Languages), and a conference on film stories.
The underlying concept of Fabula, organised by Študentska založba (Student Publishing House) in collaboration with the publishing house Dnevnik, Plc. and Postojnska jama turizem Plc., has been to promote readership and the culture of reading in Slovenia. This year’s festival introduced a few innovations that significantly contributed to its quality, adopting a broader concept and aiming for international acclaim, in comparison to the previous two events. The main focus of the festival is no longer on short stories but story-telling in general.
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