The festival today got under way at the central Vienna library with a concert and the launch of an exhibition on Slovenian illustration since 1976.

The highlight of the week will be Thursday’s presentation at Buch Wien, the international book fair. Taking place on Thursday, it will feature Drago Jančar and his award-winning bestseller novel titled And Love Itself (In Ljubezen Tudi in Slovenian or Wenn die Liebe Ruht in German).