- high sprofessional ethos in the publishing community;
- dialogue with the community of readers;
- cooperation with the academic community in humanities, belles lettres, and arts.
Our Society welcomes any ideas and partnerships.
PROJECTS:
State Subsidies for Media in Bulgaria –
Are They Transparent Enough,
and Do They Defend the Public Interest?
Penalties For (Non)Culture
Translation House / Politics in Translation
Bulgarian Book Project
Book Review Supplement Project
Current Book Review Web-site
State Subsidies for Media in Bulgaria –
Are They Transparent Enough, and Do They Defend the Public Interest?
- ongoing
The project aims at initiating a public discussion about Bulgarian media legislation, and especially its principles of subsidizing so-called "public media".
A few renowned media experts are helping BSPH in working on the project. It is supported by the Open Society Institute - Sofia.
The project starts in May 2008 and its first phase is planned to be accomplished till the end of the year.
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Penalties For (Non)Culture - in preparation
The project is meant to start in September 2008; it is dedicated to 150th anniversary of book publishing in Bulgaria, and to 130th anniversary of Sofia as capital city of BG.
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Translation House / Politics of Translation - in final stage of preparation
In co-oparation with publishers and partners from Greece and Hungary, BSPH prepares an international performance under the title "Politics of Translation". It is meant to start a fundraising campaign for establishing a Translation House.
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Bulgarian Book Project - fundraising
Project would aim at:
- developing Books in Print catalogue;
- improving dissemination of quality books of small publishers;
- providing practical training for publishers, book distributors, and booksellers.
The project has been prepared in close collaboration with the Fund for Central & East European Book Project (CEEBP), The Netherlands, and in consultations with the Bulgarian Book Association, the Faculty of Journalism & Mass Communication at the Sofia University, the Union of Translators, Ministry of Culture, and the Next Page Foundation.
Potential partners in developing the project are: Bulgarian Book Association, National Library, Pingvinite bookshop chain, Bulgarski knizhici bookshop, Nissim Books, Magelan Bookshop, as well as more than a dozen of small quality publishers.
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Book Review Supplement Project - in preparation
The book review supplement is designed to be published once a month (starting in 2008). It would aim at holding a consistent and representative policy of widely presenting newly appearing high quality titles in humanities, fiction, and arts to a broad public. Such an information policy has to seek a good balance between availability of information and high professional standards of its presentation.
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Current Book Review Web-site - in preparation
It is designed to start in 2008 as another media serving the same goal (See Book Review Supplement Project) but with a different target. It aims at embracing the active people mostly from the younger generation in the Internet space.
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