Literature

European Festival of the First Novel In 2010, ARS BALTICA has accredited two new projects: BalticComic and The Virtual Baltic Sea Library which officially start in 2011.

Click on the project descriptions below and read more about these projects as well as about the European Festival of the First Novel and about Nordic Summer!

  • Current projects

    BalticComic

    Baltic Comic
    BalticComic aims on establishing a network committed to the promotion of comics in an area not yet primarily known for its exciting potential in the field.
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    The Virtual Baltic Sea Library

    The Virtual Baltic Sea Library
    The Virtual Baltic Sea Library aims on exploring the literary heritage of the Baltic and the Nordic region and on establishing an online anthology of a literary corpus from the whole Baltic Sea Region.
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    European Festival of the First Novel

    European Festival of the First Novel
    The European Festival of the First Novel, which takes place in Kiel (Germany), is a combination of an expert conference on European first novels and a public reading by all participating authors.
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    Nordic Summer

    Nordic Summer
    The International Contemporary Literature Forum "Nordic Summer" aims on provoking a discussion about the relations between the Nordic, Baltic and other countries' contemporary literature.
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Projects

"ARS BALTICA is not a bureaucratic construction for political posturing, but a concept that stands for unconventional and committed collaboration in real cooperative projects." (Rainer Haarmann, former ARS BALTICA Coordinator, 1997)

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(!) New partners wanted

The ARS BALTICA granted "Virtual Baltic Sea Library" is looking for partners, sponsors and other co-financing, at the prospect of a planned application for means of the EU culture programme.

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The Virtual Baltic Sea Library