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

Coming soon

Daria

​Ada D'Adamo

An autobiographical novel about the complicated relationship between a mother and a severely disabled daughter, describing everyday struggles, but also moments full of tenderness and joy.

New

Summer stood in the hot air

Lukáš Cabala

A realistic novel in which the author processes his own memories of time spent overseas and takes the reader on an adventurous trip with little Nina and her family.

New

Shy house

Barbora Hrínová

​The novel The Shy House by writer Barbora Hrínová, winner of the Anasoft Litera 2021 award for her short story debut Unicorn, will captivate you with its subtlety and wit.

Native diaries

Miroslav Mišák

​He is not liked by hunters or foresters. However, it is liked by deer, wolves, bears, foxes, oaks, beeches, oaks and brambles, ospreys and woodpeckers.

Yellow submarine

Jón Kalman Stefánsson

​On the way from Keflavík to Reykjavík in a small white Trabant with a red roof, the father bluntly informs his seven-year-old son about his mother's death. From that moment on, nothing is the same.

Baumgartner

Paul Auster

Sy Baumgartner found and then lost the kind of love you never recover from. He is learning to live alone - and in order to bear it, he interprets reality with memories and episodes from his marriage, from his childhood, from texts written by him and his w

Jefferson does his best

Jean-Claude Mourlevat

Jefferson the Hedgehog and his friends were enjoying a peaceful time after their previous exciting adventure, until their friend, the rabbit Simona, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Jefferson and Gilbert follow her trail.