The Centre for Information on Literature

The Slovak Literary Centre (SLC) is a public organisation aimed at providing material and organisational support for literature written in Slovakia, its authors and translators.

The most important objectives of the Centre are:

promoting Slovak literature abroad by means of literary translation, events and international conferences and festivals of literature,
participating in international book fairs in Slovakia and abroad, with the main goal of promoting Slovak writing,
organising of literary symposia, conferences and cross-border cultural cooperation and the promotion of Slovak literature nationally and internationally,
cooperating with foreign publishers of Slovak literature, and financially supporting the publication of translated works of Slovak authors abroad,
awarding grants for literary residencies for foreign translators and promoters of Slovak literature abroad,
cooperating with cultural and writers organisations at home and abroad,
creating a database on literary processes in Slovakia,
systematic updating of the databases of the writers and works of Slovak literature,
editorial activity reflecting contemporary changes in writing, the history of Slovak literature, the history of Slovakia and the Slovaks, and dictionaries of Slovak writers, including those living abroad,
publishing of periodicals (Knižná revue, Books from Slovakia, Slniečko).