Venceslav Starkov is a famous Bulgarian iconographer. The holy images of his icons are some of the best examples of the contemporary religious art. The best of his works are owned by many picture galleries all over the world- Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, USA, Venezuela, Japan, Australia and Bulgaria.

 This is a summary of my first interview with Ibrahim Golestan, one of the forerunners and most influential figures of the New Wave cinema in Iran. This interview was conducted in July 2003. I have selected the main points and translated them into English. This summary contains the main points of the interview including Golestan's political background, his literary activities, his work for Iranian-British Oil Consortium, the setting up of Studio Golestan and his documentary film productions, and his cooperation with Farrokh Ghaffari in organizing the programmes of the first Film Club of Iran.

 Jennifer Langer is the founder of EXILED WRITERS INK! - a lively London based organisation which promotes the work of poets from wartorn and repressive countries. She was interviewed by Raqi Smith.

Jennifer Langer is the founder of EXILED WRITERS INK! - a lively London based organisation which promotes the work of poets from wartorn and repressive countries. She was interviewed by Raqi Smith.

 Ivaylo Petrov, the prominent Bulgarian novelist, was born on 19 January 1923 in the village of Bdintzi, Bulgaria. Ivaylo Petrov is his pseudonym, his real name is Prodan Petrov Kyuchukov. There is a very interesting story why the writer chose that pseudonym: be brought his stories to the editors of a literary magazine in Varna, a big Bulgarian town at the Black Sea coast. The editor said the story was no good.