Sources of information


These are some of the sources I use to learn about Romania and its culture, supplemented by Facebook groups and google alerts.

I’d be happy to hear of other useful sources (tomruffles@yahoo.co.uk).


Romanian Cultural Institute (London): http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ [‘Romania’s main arm of global diplomacy’ – the London branch is housed in a beautiful building in Belgravia]

Romania-insider: https://www.romania-insider.com/ [news and features]

Romania Experience: https://www.romaniaexperience.com/ [information on living in and travelling to Romania]

Contemporary Literature Press: https://editura.mttlc.ro/ [online publishing house of the University of Bucharest, promotes Romanian literature and the art of translation]

Romanian Literature Now: http://www.romanianliteraturenow.com/ [‘Everything you need to know about Romanian Literature’]

Istros Books: http://istrosbooks.com/ [publishes South-East European/Balkan fiction in translation, including from Romania]

Cinepub: http://en.cinepub.ro/ [Romanian films of all kinds, many subtitled, a new one on YouTube every Thursday]