Regional Library Petko R. Slaveykov

Veliko Tarnovo

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We at the "Petko R. Slaveyov Library" have the pleasure of informing you about the activities of the library. Slaveykov Library attaches great importance to your privacy and are extremely committed to protecting your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are proud to inform you that we are in full compliance with all the requirements and standards set out in the GDPR and that your privacy is our priority.

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  1. Any registered library patron is entitled to free use.
  2. Computers are available to patrons during established library hours.
  3. The usage time for computers with Internet access is 60 minutes per patron.
  4. Internet use is for educational and reference purposes only.
  5. The library does not provide personal e-mail support. It is possible to use a web-based one (gmail.com, mail.bg, abv.bg, etc.).
  6. Printing of materials (own or downloaded from the Internet) is possible after notifying the librarian on duty. The service is charged according to established prices!
  7. Not allowed:
    1. Downloading software, movies, music, etc. materials in violation of copyright;
    2. Modification of software on patron computers;
    3. Use of personal software and/or hardware products (exceptions are flash drives and headphones);
    4. Use of library-provided equipment for advertising, commercial, or political purposes.

Computers with Internet access may be used at all library branches, subject to these rules.

Violation of these rules is punishable by suspension of the right to use the equipment provided for a period of one to three months, depending on the violation.

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Recommended Books

"The Maid"

  • Author: Freida McFadden
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Bard
  • ISBN: 9786190302537
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Cover: soft
  • Pages: 336

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.

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"The Secret of Secrets" - Dan Brown

  • Author: Dan Brown
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Bard
  • ISBN: 9786190303770
  • Year of publication: 2025
  • Cover: soft/hard
  • Pages: 608

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.

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"Lehusa" - Vasil Popov

  • Author: Vasil Popov
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Colibri
  • ISBN: 9786190217374
  • Year of publication: 2025
  • Cover: soft/hard
  • Pages: 516

The mysteries of Bulgarian folklore come to life in monstrous dimensions in the sequel to Mamnik - Lehus.

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The (Un)Solved Case

  • Author: Authors
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Public library "P. R. Slaveykov"
  • ISBN: 0
  • Year of publication: 2025
  • Cover: soft

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.

A rhinoceros in the bathroom and more new stories from hand luggage

  • Author: Georgi Milkov
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Knigomania
  • ISBN: 9786191954285
  • Year of publication: 2025
  • Cover: soft
  • Pages: 536

Rhinoceros in the Bathroom and Other New Stories from Hand Luggage contains four sections: "

  • With Hand Luggage Between Lisbon and Tokyo";
  • Journeys Through History";
  • "Sketches of Portraits of Some Political Figures";
  • "Three Places in Bulgaria."

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.

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Annual Competitions

"My hometown"

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.

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"/Un/solved case"

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.

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Summer campaign "Come to the library"

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.

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Foyer of the book with an autograph

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.

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Latest News

Представяне на юбилеен сборник с избрани творби на карикатуриста и сатирик Петър Борсуков – Бор по повод 163 години от рождението на Алеко Константинов

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В Художествена галерия „Николай Павлович“ беше представен юбилеен сборник с избрани творби на карикатуриста и сатирик Петър Борсуков – Бор

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Donation of books to the "Science - 1900" Community Center in the village of Maryan (Elena municipality)

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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Regional Public Library

Petko R. Slaveykov

5000 Veliko Tarnovo

2, Ivanka Boteva

prs@libraryvt.com

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kalina Ivanova

Director

+359 62 620208

+359 88 9 297 269

director@libraryvt.com

Dr. Ivan Aleksandrov

Deputy Director

+359 62 628098

+359 88 8 790 104

prs@libraryvt.com

Branch 'Buzludzha'

8, Denyo Chokanov st.

+359 62 648 803

buzl_dep@libraryvt.com

Main Building

2, Ivanka Boteva st.

+359 62 627 901

zaemna@libraryvt.com

Art Department

8, Krakov st.

+359 62 630 410

art_dep@libraryvt.com

Department for Senior Readers 'Snejana Yaneva'

7, Simeon Veliki st.

+359 62 641 856

slav_dep@libraryvt.com

Branch 'Slaveiche'

7, Simeon Veliki st.

Children's Department

+359 62 641 856

slav_do@libraryvt.com

Foreign Language Centre 'Eagle'

7, Simeon Veliki st.

+359 62 646 916

eagle_dep@libraryvt.com

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