Artforum is a small publishing house in Slovakia. We first had a network of small bookshops in few cities in Slovakia and there we saw that there are some important titles missing on the market. So we started a publishing house in order to offer quality books to our customers, but also all the slovak readers. We want to keep a variety in our publishing plans so in the 10-15 titles published in a year we offer translations of older and contemporary fiction, slovak authors that were not published due to censorship in the years of totality, but also contemporary slovak prose and poetry. We also try to publish one or two non-fiction titles per year and lately also one or two children's books. Our aim is to publish books that have both literary and visual quality. Thats why we cooperate with few very good, mostly young designers and illustrators that help us to fulfill this vision.
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News

The Man Booker International Prize Longlist Announced

Two of our books appeared between the shortlisted finalists: Fish have no feet and A horse walks into a bar. We are happy and crossing our fingers! More information

The Fifth Ship sails again

The Fifth Ship was put to the sea of readers, and now also to the sea of viewers.

Selected books

New

Prašina: Chalk Figure

Vojtěch Matocha

Prašina is back! Changed, with new heroes and in the comics, but it is still it. Seven separate comic books are published as a collective book edition in Slovak.

Identity

Milan Kundera

The book offers reflection on our place on Earth, self-knowledge, mortality, loyalty, love. About the aging of each of us, but also about the aging of modern European culture as a whole.

Faces and dates in the rearview mirror

Martin Bútora

The present can best be understood if we know the past. In his book, Martin Bútora provides brief reflections on the turning points in history of the past decades. These texts will enable the reader to better understand what happened in 1918, 1939, 1968,

The man who sold the air in Holy land

Omer Friedlander

​The debut collection of stories by Israeli-American author Omer Friedlander is a fantastic and imaginative trip to the narrow streets of Jerusalem, the desolate Negev desert and the picturesque orange groves of Jaffa, Israel.

Elizabeth Finch

Julian Barnes

​Elizabeth Finch is a professor, Neil is a failed actor and a student in her Culture and Civilization course. Neil is charmed by the stoic, withdrawn and inspirational woman, and her passion for thinking resonates with him long after he loses her forever.

Inside Information

Eškol Nevo

​The latest novel by one of Israel's most important contemporary writers contains three interconnected stories that explore the different positions and forms of love at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

Do you remember Trenčín?

Lukáš Cabala

A book in which the main character Vincent (well known to fans) returns from his travels.