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Regional Library
Petko R. Slaveykov

Regional Public library „Petko R. Slaveykov”

The library holds a collection of 600,000 paper and digital works and serves 10 000 visitors annually

Virtual Tour
Summer
Regional Library
Petko R. Slaveykov

SUMMER CAMPAIGN "COME TO THE LIBRARY WITH FRIENDS"
2024

from 5 June 2024 to 15 September 2024
under the patronage of Mr. Ventsislav Spirdonov - Chairman of the Veliko Tarnovo Municipal Council

Conference 2024
Regional Library
Petko R. Slaveykov

"INFORMATION PROVISION IN FRONT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHALLENGES

XXIII NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
"LIBRARIES - READING - COMMUNICATIONS"

Annual Competitions

Part of the Library's rich cultural calendar are the competitions that take place throughout the year. Library professionals are involved in their organisation.

Digital Library

A collection of digital copies of unique old printed, rare and valuable books, periodicals and archival documents of local history.

Scientific Conference

Since 2002 the Regional National Biibliotheque "Petko R. Slaveykov" - Veliko Tarnovo has been the main organizer of the National Scientific Conference "Libraries-Reading-Communications"

Past Events

10 Dec 2024

On 9 December Victoria Beshliyska presented her latest novel "Nishka" at the Regional Library "Petko R. Slaveykov" in Veliko Tarnovo. The writer is in Veliko Tarnovo for the third time at the invitation of the library to meet her fans.

21 Nov 2024

On November 21, the Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and in the Bulgarian national calendar it is designated as the Day of the Christian Family.

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Event Calendar

 Regional Library Petko R. Slaveykov in Veliko Tarnovo city is the largest public information centre in Northern Bulgaria.

 

Recommended Books

fire in the flesh

  • Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Egmont
  • ISBN: 9789542732310
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Cover: soft
  • Pages: 704

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One thing has the power to save worlds, and it's the only thing stronger than Orisii.

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Thread

  • Author: Victoria Beshliyska
  • Language: Bulgarian
  • Publisher: SoftPress
  • ISBN: 9786192740689
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Cover: soft/hard
  • Pages: 480

A new novel from the author of Clay and Heart! Seven Women. Three different centuries. One thread that connects everything and everyone. In Victoria Beschliyska's third book, 130 years are locked into a single day, unlocking themes of the origins of female power and the indivisibility of time.

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Hai hai, Japan

  • Author: Juliana-Antonova Murata
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Книгомания
  • ISBN: 9786191953950
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Cover: soft
  • Pages: 220

As a long-time diplomat and wife of a Japanese, Juliana Antonova-Murata has had the opportunity to live in various places around the world - Germany, Russia, England, China, which she explores with curiosity and describes with love.

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In two voices

  • Author: Ivan Stankov
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Хермес
  • ISBN: 9789542623939
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Cover: soft
  • Pages: 112

It's not just humans who have favourite animals.
Animals also have favourite people.
Especially those who live close to humans.

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Roads of fire

  • Author: Maria Laleva
  • Language: bulgarian
  • Publisher: Книгомания
  • ISBN: 9786191953998
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Cover: soft/hard
  • Pages: 544

This is a book about war, love and teachers. The war inside and outside the man.

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Annual Competitions

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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"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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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

Доц. Калина Иванова е новият директор на Националната библиотека „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“

Доц. Калина Иванова е новият директор на Националната библиотека „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“. По време на Дирекционния съвет проф. д-р Красимира Александрова й предаде поста.

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Празнично работно време

Уважаеми читатели,

във връзка с предстоящите коледно-новогодишни празници Ви уведомяваме, че в дните 23, 27 и 30 декември Централна сграда и всички фиалиали на библиотеката ще работят с работно време от 9.00 до 17.30 ч.

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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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