Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is co-organizing the initiative “Literature in Present Tense”, launched by the Faculty of Slavic Studies at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, which will bring together students from across Bulgaria in a nationwide reading on May 11.
On the Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, students from six Bulgarian cities will read contemporary Bulgarian literature in partnership with regional libraries and schools. The aim is to turn reading into a shared national act that encourages engagement with literature.
The readings will take place at BTA’s national press clubs in Sofia, Shumen, Varna, Stara Zagora, Dobrich and Pleven. The event will be opened by BTA Director General Kiril Valchev at 10 a.m. on May 11 at the agency’s press club in Varna. The literary session will be streamed live on BTA’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, with live links from the participating cities over the course of one hour.
The initiative builds on the Faculty’s earlier campaign “Literature Is Not a Museum”, which reached more than 420,000 people through a national forum, a travelling exhibition and educational formats. It also entered classrooms through a pilot programme developed jointly with the 203rd Profiled Language High School “St. Methodius”, placing 20th- and 21st-century literature in active dialogue with classical works.
The new phase, “Literature in Present Tense”, shifts the focus to reading as a contemporary cultural habit, a personal choice and an essential part of modern education. The nationwide reading on May 11 marks the first step in this direction, the university said.
The initiative is carried out in partnership with the 203rd Profiled Language High School “St. Methodius”, the platform Az Cheta, Storytel, Queen’s, regional libraries in Burgas, Stara Zagora, Pleven, Haskovo, Varna and Ruse, the community centre “Dobri Voynikov – 1856” in Shumen, and the Yordan Yovkov House-Museum in Dobrich.
“It is important to bring Bulgarian schools into the 21st century, and this should happen through literature education. This is how we can win children as readers,” Prof. Amelia Licheva, Dean of the Faculty of Slavic Studies, said at a roundtable discussion in March 2025. BTA Co-Organizes National Reading Initiative “Literature in Present Tense” on May 11 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-30 21:24:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law