XXIV National Scientific Conference with International Participation "Libraries - Reading - Communications" on "Preservation, Conservation, Digitization and Promotion of Movable Cultural Heritage
13-14 November 2025 - Public Library "Petko R. Slaveykov"
Veliko Tarnovo
"Petko R. Slaveykov" Regional Library received Accreditation in the field of adult education under the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission. This prestigious distinction is a recognition of her long-term contribution and the high quality of the services offered in the field of non-formal education for adults.
The library holds a collection of 600,000 paper and digital works and serves 10 000 visitors annually
On the occasion of the 840th anniversary of the Asen Uprising and the proclamation of Tarnovgrad as the capital of the restored Bulgarian state, the Municipality of Veliko Tarnovo, in partnership with the Union of Bulgarian Writers and the “Petko R. Slaveykov” Regional Library, announces a national literary contest for unpublished works in the genres of prose, poetry, and essay writing.
📅 Submission deadline: October 24, 2025
from 3 June 2025 to 15 September 2025
under the patronage of Mr. Ventsislav Spirdonov - Chairman of the Veliko Tarnovo Municipal Council
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На 14 януари 2026 г. в РБ "П. Р. Славейков" гост бе писателят Васил Попов, който завърши литературното си турне из страната със среща с читатели във Велико Търново.
The renowned Veliko Tarnovo veterinarian Dr. Zdravko Dimitrov has published a book with eight stories about real life—with its difficulties, hopes, smiles, and moments of unexpected kindness. The stories show how deep the connection between humans and animals can be and how sometimes it is the animals that heal.
A young woman with a dark past...
Milly desperately needs a job. After a long search and numerous rejections, luck finally smiles on her. She is hired as a maid by the wealthy Nina Winchester, who lives in a luxurious house with her husband Andrew and their spoiled and capricious daughter Cecilia.
Series: Robert Langdon
The author of the world's most famous thrillers returns with a stunning new novel—a stimulating, twist-filled, mind-bending masterpiece that will engage readers in a way only Dan Brown can.
The mysteries of Bulgarian folklore come to life in monstrous dimensions in the sequel to Mamnik - Lehus.
Ever since the Petko R. Slaveykov Regional Library launched a national competition for writing crime stories under the general title "The (Un)solved Case" in 2021, we have often been asked where, when, and how the submitted works could be read.
Fortunately, since mid-September 2025, we have been able to enjoy a printed book edition. This was made possible thanks to financial support from the Ministry of Culture under the program "Technological renewal, technological equipment, and promotion of reading, media, and information literacy in public libraries." The collection bears the same title, "The (Un)revealed Case," and contains all 23 stories by the participants who won prizes in the four editions of the competition held so far. Although some of the authors have had individual texts published previously, most of them are not professional writers in the true sense of the word. This undoubtedly adds even more significance to their intellectual efforts.
Rhinoceros in the Bathroom and Other New Stories from Hand Luggage contains four sections: "
I knew a man who, during the pandemic, had taken refuge and lived alone in the burnt-out Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. But he was not a fictional character like Quasimodo, he was real – flesh and blood. Before he died, he confided in me that he had left a secret mark somewhere in the depths of the temple, and now I would have to search for it, following Victor Hugo's example. In the prairies of North Dakota, where there is nothing but corn, bison, and the occasional nuclear power plant, I drove a pickup truck carrying barrels of bull semen in liquid nitrogen and a lifeless cowboy's body. In Luxembourg, I had to drink champagne at dawn, even though I remember that famous saying that only aristocrats or degenerates drink champagne in the morning. And I definitely don't have princely ancestry. Finally, on a sunny day in Botswana, just as I had lathered my face and was about to shave, a huge rhinoceros appeared before me in all its glory... The most unique places in the world are those where you can be sure that everything will go wrong from the very beginning. And "Rhinoceros in the Bathroom" is a book about precisely those stubborn surprises that heat up the water in the otherwise cold bathroom of life.
With the longest and most successful implementation is the annual competition "My hometown". Its first edition was in 2000 and has since become a favorite and recognizable for the participants from the city and the region.
The National Crime Writing Contest, under the general title of "/The/ Unsolved Case," will launch in 2021. The contest is held over a one- or two-month period, traditionally during the fall season of a given calendar year.
The Summer Campaign "Come to the Library" is an initiative, conceptually designed to provoke the students from I to XII grade from Veliko Tarnovo, who are readers of RL "Petko R. Slaveykov" to read more and more books during the summer holidays.
Regional Library "Petko R. Slaveykov" - Veliko Tarnovo over the last ten years has established an extremely prestigious cultural event, which is the "Foyer of the book with an autograph". The philosophy of this forum is related to the promotion of Bulgarian printed book production not only in the region, but also nationally.
В Художествена галерия „Николай Павлович“ беше представен юбилеен сборник с избрани творби на карикатуриста и сатирик Петър Борсуков – Бор
On January 6, 2026, a representative of the Department for Secondary School Students and Adult Readers "Snezhana Yaneva" at the Petko R. Slaveykov Regional Library visited the Nauka-1900 Community Center in the village of Maryan (Elena municipality) to deliver books donated by readers of the Veliko Tarnovo library.
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Уважаеми читатели,
работното време на Детски отдел и Отдел за възрастни читатели "Снежана Янева" на БИЦ "Славейче" в зимните месеци ще е от 9.00 до 17.30 ч.
