The Ulysses' Shelter: Building literary residencies network 3

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The Ulysses' Shelter: Building writers-in-residence (phase 3) is a literary residency network which was initiated in 2017 by Sandorf, independent publisher from Croatia, together with two partners from Greece and Slovenia. Now, in its third phase, the network includes seven partners from seven different countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Serbia, Malta, Spain and Czech Republic and collaborates with many institutions and NGOs in each participating country. The objective of the project is transnational creation and circulation, in this project specifically in the literary field. The idea of the project is to combine literary residencies for emerging writers, literary translators and from this year also for screenwriters of younger generation with a strong supportive programme from which benefit not only participating authors but also the local community where the activities will be held. The residency programme addresses international dimension as its priority by giving the young emerging authors an opportunity to work, perform and present themselves in different social and cultural contexts. The programme will try to reach that by giving the participants new international experiences and motives for their work by: • enabling young writers, literary translators and screenwriters to gain an insight into cultural and literary scenes of (partner) country of their choice; • encouraging collaboration between authors from different countries • encouraging networking with stakeholders in the cultural and more specifically literary field – active participation in literary festivals in partner countries • connecting participants with local communities through supporting activities such as public presentations of participants (literary evenings, festivals, workshops etc.). In the context of sector specific priorities, this initiative is crucial for capacity building both of partners and authors through professional support and encouraging various literary activities.