Women Writers Route

07/03/2026

March 8 – International Women’s Day

On this day, the Women Writers Route celebrates the legacy of Zofka Kveder. In the Year of Zofka Kveder, let her words remain an inspiration and a guiding thought for us all.🌸

02/03/2026

Zofka Kveder skozi fotografski objektiv. 📸
Vabljeni k udeležbi na fotografskem natečaju Misterij ženske!
Več informacij najdete tukaj: http://www.fk-gorica.org/klub/

17/01/2026

Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910) turned her life into an act of courage. She left an unhappy marriage, raised six children on her own, and made her voice heard through poetry, short stories, and fearless activism. From Warsaw’s social movements to decades of travel across Europe, often alongside artist Maria Dulębianka, Konopnicka refused to shrink herself to fit the rules of her time.

Save this for your Women Writers Route map — and tell us: which woman writer should we feature next?

16/01/2026

Marcelle Tinayre (1870–1948) wrote love stories that didn’t behave. From La Rebelle to her travel writing, she explored women’s autonomy, desire, and the rules society tried to impose. A co-founder of what became the Prix Femina, she helped reshape who gets to define “great literature.”

Save this post for your Women Writers Route list — and tell us: which woman writer should we feature next?

19/12/2025

We wish you a peaceful Christmas, joyful moments with your loved ones, and a New Year filled with inspiration, health and new opportunities.
We look forward to continuing our journey together in 2026.
With our warmest wishes,
The Women Writers Routes Team

24/11/2025

Kako nastaja kolesarska pot Biciklistinja? Več o novi kolesarski poti, posvečeni Zofki Kveder, v četrtek 27. novembra v Loškem Potoku s predsednico znanstvenega sveta Poti pisateljic dr. Katjo Mihurko.

Prijazno vabljeni!

24/11/2025

14/11/2025

✨ From 28 to 30 October 2025, the Women Writers Route – certified by the Council of Europe – together with Ivana’s House of Fairy Tales in Ogulin (Croatia), hosted the international conference “Women’s Path through Fairy Tales.”
Over three inspiring days, writers, scholars and cultural professionals explored how the fairy-tale tradition has shaped women’s voices, identity, and the shared cultural imagination of Europe. 🌍📚
A powerful gathering celebrating storytelling, memory, and the creative legacy of women.

12/11/2025

💐 “Through music, suffering, and poetry, she turned her nation’s wounds into song.”

Ljubka Šorli Bratuž (1910–1993) — poet, teacher, and symbol of quiet resistance.
Born in Tolmin, she lived through exile, war, and loss, yet kept composing verses filled with love, faith, and homeland. Her melodic poems became the voice of a people who refused to forget.

05/11/2025

Zofka Kveder was more than a writer — she was a movement.
Through her stories, essays, and editorial work, she gave voice to women who refused to remain silent.
A pioneer of Slovene literature and one of the earliest advocates for women’s rights in Central Europe, she believed in education, equality, and creative freedom as the foundations of liberation.

Her life crossed borders — from Ljubljana to Prague and Zagreb — and so did her ideas.
Nearly a century later, her call for women’s autonomy still resonates.