The Alma Evenings Series, taking place in the Alma Karlin Hall, is dedicated to talks with writers-cum-travellers, honouring the author after whom the venue is named, as well as the literary genre through which Karlin gained world renown and which she popularized among the general public – the genre of travel literature.
Originally from Radovljica, Alenka Vreček moved to the US several decades ago to teach skiing and start a family. Diagnosed with a serious illness, she has lent a new sense of purpose to her life through a cycling tour from Lake Tahoe, her home, to her second home on the north-west coast of Mexico. An account of this journey, titled She Rides, came out in the US in 2023, and was published in Slovenian (translator Lili Potpara) in spring 2024 under the working title Naj se vrti.
Alma's Evenings
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