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SAND Visits Latvia
In June 2019, at the invitation of the Latvian Literature Program, our Editor in Chief traveled to Riga, Latvia, to learn more about Latvian literature and meet some of the country’s writers and publishers (as well as some fellow publishers from Germany who were also on the trip). We also got to tour our own printing house, Jelgavas Tipogrāfija, in the nearby city of Jelgava. As a result of this visit, we later published a poem by Alexander Semyon of the Orbita collective in SAND 20. Here are some highlights:
Riga
A view of the Vanšu Bridge crossing the Daugava River in Riga
National Library
With a cameo by SAND 19
National Library
Those books were transported from the old national libraries by a human chain in the middle of the Latvian winter
The National Library
The interior of the Latvian National Library, also known as the Castle of Light
Cabinet of Folksongs
The Cabinet of Folksongs at the Latvian National Library, containing thousands of folksongs collected by Krišjānis Barons in the late nineteenth century
Tiny Book
A tiny book at the Latvian National Library
Slideshow
During a presentation on Latvian literature, we learned how bleak Latvian classics are.
The lamination station at the Jelgavas Tipografija printing house, where we print SAND
Roberts Books
The courtyard of Roberts Books, an English bookshop in Riga
Mr Page
A book and magazine shop in Riga that treats its precious wares with kid gloves
Inside Mr Page
Customers at Mr Page must don these white gloves to touch the merchandise
Art Nouveau
Riga has one of the world's densest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture