On 20th September Biber 03 short story collection was promoted in Šibenik/Croatia in the City Library „Juraj Šižgorić“. The book was presented by:
- Tamara Kovačević from Belgrade/Ljubljana who won the third prize on the third Biber contest with the story Machete You Me, Machete Me You (English translation available)
- Ante Storić from Šibenik who won the second prize with the story Summer (English translation available)
- Lejla Kalamujić, writer from Sarajevo and member of the jury and
- Ivana Franović for the team Biber and the Centre for Nonviolent Action
The discussion was moderated by the writer Emir Imamović Pirke, who lives in Šibenik.
City Library in Šibenik is a gorgeous place and its employees are very kind and friendly.
Biber is a contest for socially engaged short stories written in Albanian, Macedonian and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrin. It is organised by the Biber Team of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo-Belgrade.
The third Biber contest was launched in January 2019. We received 464 stories. The jury was made up of Rumena Bužarovska, Lejla Kalamujić and Shkelzen Maliqi.
The book is available for download at Biber web page. Many stories are translated into English and published in a special collection Biber: Short Stories on Reconciliation.
See the photo gallery here.