Vilnius Review

Vilnius Review Vilnius Review is an English-language magazine of contemporary Lithuanian literature in translation — fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and video content.

Follow us to discover Lithuanian voices. Here you will find extracts from novels, poems, and short stories from recent Lithuanian literary collections, as well as essays and excerpts from notable works of Lithuanian non-fiction. Vilnius Review also publishes interviews with prominent Lithuanian writers, book reviews, and articles on Lithuanian literature, along with related audio and video material. While there is no open submissions policy, interested parties — including translators — are welcome to contact the editors at [email protected]

Vilnius Review in Kraków!Our latest issue has found a place at Massolit Books & Cafe, an independent bookshop and café i...
05/10/2026

Vilnius Review in Kraków!

Our latest issue has found a place at Massolit Books & Cafe, an independent bookshop and café in Kraków.

Thank you to the Massolit team for welcoming Vilnius Review to their shelves.

Our poetry video series continues with Birutė Grašytė-Black, reading her poem in English translation by Markas Aurelijus...
05/10/2026

Our poetry video series continues with Birutė Grašytė-Black, reading her poem in English translation by Markas Aurelijus Piesinas.
Video by Eugenius Tichonov.
Organised by Saulius Vasiliauskas.

Watch the video here: https://vilniusreview.com/poetry-videos/birute-grasyte-black-poetry-video/

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Birutė Grašytė-Black was born in the midsummer of 1992, and grew up in Grašiai village, Utena district. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Lithuanian philology from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, and with a master's degree in literary anthropology and culture from Vilnius University. In 2022, her book I Paid with Lilac Leaves won the Lithuanian Writers’ Union’s first book competition. In 2023, she received the Young Jotvingian Prize for this collection.

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Funded by the Vilnius City Municipality / Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė.

We’re very happy to see Vilnius Review included in the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) reading list f...
02/10/2026

We’re very happy to see Vilnius Review included in the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) reading list for National Translation Month 2026 📜

CLMP is a US-based organisation supporting independent literary magazines and presses, and we’re glad to be part of this community.

Our collaboration is already opening up new possibilities: thanks to CLMP, 10 copies of the 2026 issue are now making their way to PORTLAND, Oregon, where they will be available at CLMP’s table at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference, 21–24 October.

CLMP invited Vilnius Review as a magazine focusing on translation and international writing, hoping to introduce it to translators and other literary professionals attending the conference.

And now, our Lithuanian literature is travelling a little further 🌎 🚀

Today is International Translation Day, so we’re looking back at a great conversation with the “Three Musketeers of Balt...
30/09/2026

Today is International Translation Day, so we’re looking back at a great conversation with the “Three Musketeers of Baltic Literature” – three remarkable translators working across Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian literature: Adam Cullen, Jayde Will and Rimas Uzgiris.

The conversation, moderated by Ugnė Žemaitytė, touches on translation, literary communities, the Baltic region, and the peculiar position of the translator – who, as the title puts it, “takes the blame, always”.

Read the full conversation: https://vilniusreview.com/interviews/three-musketeers-of-baltic-literature-translator-takes-the-blame-always/

Happy International Translation Day to all translators – and thank you for making literature travel 🌍 ⌯✈︎

We're sharing the open call for the April Writing Residency Programme: April writing residency invites local and interna...
23/09/2026

We're sharing the open call for the April Writing Residency Programme:

April writing residency invites local and international writers, editors, critics and artists whose practice is centred on writing to apply for the inaugural season of its residency programme. Applications are open for residencies lasting from two weeks to two months, taking place between November 2026 and June 2027.

More info here: https://aprilresidency.lt/en/open-call-for-authors/

🪶 Atviras kvietimas „April“ rašymo rezidencijoms
2026 m. lapkritis–2027 m. birželis
Paraiškų laukiame iki spalio 18 d. 23.59 val. (EEST)

„April“ rašymo rezidencija kviečia rašytojus, redaktorius, kritikus ir menininkus, kurių veikla susijusi su rašymu, teikti paraiškas dalyvauti pirmajame rezidencijų programos sezone. Dviejų savaičių–dviejų mėnesių trukmės rezidencijos vyks nuo 2026 m. lapkričio iki 2027 m. birželio.

Rezidencijoje laukiami tiek Lietuvos, tiek užsienio autoriai, profesionaliai pasitelkiantys pasakojimą kaip kūrybinę priemonę ir nevengiantys eksperimentuoti su teksto formomis, kalba ar žanrais. „April“ suteikia galimybę rašytojams dirbti unikalioje Trakų aplinkoje, gilintis į savo tyrimų ir kūrybos temas bei vietos kontekstą, susipažinti su šiuolaikine Lietuvos kultūra, pripažintais ir pradedančiais jos kūrėjais, taip pat kurti naujus darbus – ar tai būtų būsimos knygos skyrius, savo ar kitų autorių tekstų vertimai, eilėraščiai ar esė, scenarijai, dienoraščiai, tobulas naujo kūrinio pavadinimas, žurnalo numeris ar daugybė kitų, dar niekieno nesugalvotų dalykų.

🪶 Šis kvietimas skirtas tiek finansuojamoms, tiek savarankiškai finansuojamoms rezidencijoms. Šio kvietimo metu „April“ atrinks keturi(a)s autorius (-es) finansuojamoms rezidencijoms ir iki šešių autorių savarankiškai finansuojamoms rezidencijoms.

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P a r a i š k o s f o r m a ir d a u g i a u i n f o r m a c i j o s mūsų tinklapyje aprilresidency.lt

Rezidencijų programos partneriai: Lietuvos tarpdisciplininio meno kūrėjų sąjunga (LTMKS), „Vilnius, UNESCO literatūros miestas“, žurnalas „Vilnius Review“, Trakų rajono savivaldybės viešoji biblioteka

Rezidencijų programą iš dalies finansuoja Lietuvos kultūros taryba.

Saulės Gerikaitės nuotr.
Jurgio Griškevičiaus grafinis dizainas

We are glad to share a selection of poems by Dovilė Bagdonaitė from her collection “Lesbiariumas” (Lesbiarium), translat...
21/09/2026

We are glad to share a selection of poems by Dovilė Bagdonaitė from her collection “Lesbiariumas” (Lesbiarium), translated into English by Egle Elena Murauskaite.

Exploring q***r experience, relationships between women, intimacy, desire and loneliness, these poems move between tenderness, dark humour and emotional vulnerability. The selection also includes graphic poems, where text and visual form come together.

Read the poems here: https://vilniusreview.com/poetry/dovile-bagdonaite-lesbiarium/

Photo by Sofija Filipovič.

I’d like to write a poem so tender that a kitten would enter it to lap up some milk

NEW POETRY VIDEOMarius Burokas reads “Улица Пылесос” (“Vacuum Cleaner Street”), a poem from his collection “Seismografas...
09/09/2026

NEW POETRY VIDEO

Marius Burokas reads “Улица Пылесос” (“Vacuum Cleaner Street”), a poem from his collection “Seismografas” (Seismograph, Leidykla LAPAS). Translated by Rimas Uzgiris.

Burokas is a poet, translator and the former long-time editor of Vilnius Review.

Filmed by Eugenius Tichonov.
Organized and photographed by Saulius Vasiliauskas.
Funded by Vilnius City Municipality.

See the video here: https://vilniusreview.com/poetry-videos/marius-burokas-vacuum-cleaner-street/

Thanks to Geležinkelių muziejus for letting us in!

Copyright: Vilnius Review. All rights reserved.

We have two new laureates of the Druskininkai Poetic Fall, one of Lithuania’s most important literary festivals: Agnė Ža...
08/09/2026

We have two new laureates of the Druskininkai Poetic Fall, one of Lithuania’s most important literary festivals: Agnė Žagrakalytė has won the Jotvingiai Prize, the festival’s main award, while Dominykas Norkūnas received the Young Jotvingiai Prize for his poetry translations. Let’s congratulate them both! 🎉🍾

Sveikiname 2026 m. Jotvingius!

Šiemet Jotvingių premija įvertinta poetė Agnė Žagrakalytė – už poeziją be depresijų, lyrinės tradicijos deromantizaciją, eilėraščių nonsensą knygoje „Liekamieji reiškiniai“ (Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2024).

Jaunojo jotvingio premijos laureatu išrinktas Dominykas Norkūnas už kantrią ir tylią vertimo meistrystę, jautrią klausą skirtingų kalbų poezijai ir subtilų lietuvišką skambesį, juntamą pastarųjų dvejų metų poezijos vertimuose iš latvių ir anglų kalbų (knygos: Jack Gilbert, „Didžiosios ugnys“, vert. kartu su Mariumi Buroku, leidykla „Baziliskas“, 2025; Kerry Shawn Keys, „Sapnų alfabetas“, leidykla „Baziliskas“, 2025; Arvis Viguls, „Blusų cirkas“, leidykla „Baziliskas“, 2025; Toms Treibergs, „Tankmė“, leidykla „Baziliskas“, 2025).

Laureatai bus apdovanoti rugsėjo 26 d. Druskininkuose, baigiamajame 37-ojo tarptautinio literatūros festivalio „Poetinis Druskininkų ruduo“ vakare.

Fotokoliažui panaudotos Edgaro Platelio ir Dainiaus Dirgėlos nuotraukos.

A new issue, a full room, and a wonderful evening.Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Vilnius Review – and to Films...
08/09/2026

A new issue, a full room, and a wonderful evening.

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Vilnius Review – and to Films and coffee for welcoming us.

Photos by Sofija Filipovič.

The event was supported by the Vilnius City Municipality.

We’re pleased to share a deeply personal essay by Eglė Elena Murauskaitė, a Lithuanian text artist, poet and translator....
02/09/2026

We’re pleased to share a deeply personal essay by Eglė Elena Murauskaitė, a Lithuanian text artist, poet and translator. The essay explores what it means to return to a country that is both familiar and strange.

❝What does it feel like to arrive anew in a country one was born into? To try on its seas of water and wheat for size, to trade a conifer forest for towering concrete, the present capital (Vilnius) – for a historic one (Kaunas) and to go back on that deal again? Let me tell you a secret. A country is a fiction. Belonging is a fiction. But who wants to browse in a fictionless library?❞

Read the essay here:
https://vilniusreview.com/essays/egle-elena-murauskaite/

Photo by Sofija Filipovič.

The photo and essay series are supported by the Vilnius City Municipality.

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