Promotion
A Serbian woman known in the USA, but not in Serbia
The promotion of the novel "Echoes of Silence" will also be the promotion of its author Diana Elizabeth Martinović, an opera and jazz singer known in the USA.
Reward
Igor Perišić joined Nin's jury even though he publicly criticized him
With a delay of several months, the competition for Nino's award was announced. At the same time, a new member of the jury was appointed, Igor Perišić, who was highly critical of the jury's decisions regarding previous laureates
Reward
Why was the competition for Nino's prize not announced?
The competition for Nino's prize has been appearing since the spring, and this year there is still no competition. There is no official explanation from the editorial office
Proposal for translation
Russian emigration in the whirlwind of history
Dana Hašková and team, Personalities of émigré z územi Ruské řiše v meziválečném Československ Biographical dictionary,
Slovanský ústav Akademie véd České republiky, Praha, 2023
In memoriam: Slobodan Schneider (1948-2026)
He asked literature to change the world
Slobodan Šnajder, a timeless European, Yugoslav and Croatian writer, a great connoisseur of our world and all its ideals, dreams and illusions, has passed away. His novel "Mara Leib" will soon be published in both Serbia and Croatia.
Publishers
The new bookstore begins with a novel by Milica Vučković
To promote the new space, Delphi bookstores and Laguna offered readers a meeting with Milica Vučković, who will be signing the new novel "Parents of pets, in which she asks "how did we allow ourselves to become so incurably alone?"
Recommendation
Srđan Valjarević has a new/old novel
Everything is true in the novel "People at the Table" by Srđan Valjarević. But nothing of everything written down is there anymore. It appeared now, to testify
Interview: Carol Five, writer
A revolution does not start at a psychiatrist's examination
My generation carries too heavy a parental burden. We all want to treat our children the best, we often overdo it, we exhaust ourselves... Charlene's advice - which roughly boils down to this: let him do his homework on his own, let him watch a series for a while - manages to lighten the atmosphere precisely by being out of place
Literature
A book against the evil of time
Drago Mazar, Two couriers,
The Serbian People's Council from Zagreb and the Archives of the Republic of Srpska from Banja Luka, 2025.
Interview: Rene Karabash
About the daughter who wanted to be a son
"By taking a vow of virginity and dressing in men's clothing, a woman gains the freedom to bear arms, own property and make her own decisions, even though the price of this is giving up a woman's identity and the right to love. But is that real freedom - to give up yourself in order to survive?"
newsletter
"Vreme" takes readers to the cinema and gives away a novel
With a bit of luck, you can see the new cinema hit "The Devil Wears Prada 2" or Stefan Chapaliku's novel "Closed for vacation".
Literature
The narrator as a crack
Srđan Valjarević, The narrator finally spoke i A novel about agony and serenity; Laguna, 2024 and 2025.
Interview: Miljenko Jergović, writer
The book thief and his memories
In language are our individual consciousnesses, in language is all my (and your!) self. We ourselves do not exist outside of language, or we exist at the level where there are viruses and bacteria. Unfortunately, I am not religious, or not to the extent that would provide me with comfort, but I could, for example, believe that language is God. So, not that the language is from God, but that it is God
About the book
Simple as a bean, dangerous as a bullet
Literary authorities do not know what to do with literature that does not accuse, does not grieve and does not save, that has neither clear labels nor moral lessons on a plate, that is neither left nor right
Contemporary BH literature
In the minefield of literature
Adisa Basic, The Book of Almir; Buybook, Sarajevo/Zagreb 2024.
Agatha Christie's Pharmaceuticals
The poison comes at the end.
Agatha Christie didn't like messy murders - the crime scenes in her books didn't involve spilled brains or bloody walls - everything was clean, white and tidy. Perfect knowledge of medicines was necessary for such scenes
Novel
What is reality?
Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, translation from English by Aleksandar Milajić, Booka, Belgrade 2024.
Foreign literature
Struggles with myself, women and reality
Nina Like, We are not here to have fun; translation from Norwegian by Radoš Kosović; Geopoetics, Belgrade 2024.
World promotion
Death and the Horsewoman
Last week, the world premiere of Dan Brown's new book The Secret of Secrets took place in Prague. This novel is also set in that city, and the "Vremena" reporter was in the right place at the right time.
Interview: Klara Vlasakova, writer
Change is the only certainty in our lives
Often readers tell me that the book gives them discomfort, sometimes nightmares. My goal, of course, is not to make anyone feel bad, but at the same time, I don't know the purpose of writing that just slips away and leaves no impression, no scent, no memory. In that sense, I'm glad that Cracks they arouse emotions, questions. Discomfort