The Slovak Literary Centre (SLC) is a public organisation  aimed at providing material and organisational support for literature  written in Slovakia, its authors and translators.

The most important objectives of the Centre are:

■ promoting Slovak literature abroad by means of literary  translation, events and international conferences and festivals of  literature,

■ participating in international book fairs in Slovakia and abroad, with the main goal of promoting Slovak writing,

■ organising of literary symposia, conferences and cross-border  cultural cooperation and the promotion of Slovak literature nationally  and internationally,

■ cooperating with foreign publishers of Slovak literature, and  financially supporting the publication of translated works of Slovak  authors abroad,

■ awarding grants for literary residencies for foreign translators and promoters of Slovak literature abroad,

■ cooperating with cultural and writers organisations at home and abroad,

■ creating a database on literary processes in Slovakia,

■ systematic updating of the databases of the writers and works of Slovak literature,

■ editorial activity reflecting contemporary changes in writing, the  history of Slovak literature, the history of Slovakia and the Slovaks,  and dictionaries of Slovak writers, including those living abroad,

■ publishing of periodicals (Knižná revue, Books from Slovakia, Slniečko).