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Renato Bratkovič

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An advertising creative, fiction writer and blogger from Slovenia. I write in Slovene (my mother tongue, of course, I do) and in English (a bridge to global readers).

I've published a short story collection Ne poskušajte tega doma (Don't Try This At Home) in 2012, my story High Midnight has appeared in Noir Nation 3 (VegaWire Media), and The Tribe is one of the stories in Exiles: An Outsider Anthology (Blackwitch Press), Minus 1 was published in BalkaNoir Anthology (Kastaniotis Editions) and The Big Splash in Dark Yonder: Tales & Tabs (Joyride Press). It's All True is my second collection.

I'm also the creator of the International Crime&Noir Literary Festival, Alibi (https://www.facebook.com/AlibiFest/).

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	BalkaNoir by Γιάννης Ράγκος (Editor), Βασίλης Δανέλλης (Editor), Ανδρέας Αποστολίδης 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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V okviru promocije antologije BalkaNoir, ki je izšla junija letos v grščini pri založbi Kastaniotis Editions, je Grški kulturni sklad na letošnjem največjem knjižnem sejmu na svetu organiziral okroglo mizo o balkanskem noirju.

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May 06, 2012 02:46AM

Zoë wrote: "Hi Renato. Thanks for Friending me. So, what are you reading at the moment?"

Hi, Zoë!
My nose is dipped into Craig Stone's The Squirrel that Dreamt of Madness and the stories in Brit Grit Too. There is a certain Zoë Sharp on my to-read list, as well. :)

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