Czech
"The best writing the world will have in the coming generations will come from translocal writers..."
An interview with the Prague-based author Thor Garcia on the occasion of the recent publication of his new book of short stories.
Interview with John a'Beckett, Managing Editor of New Europe Writers
“Hide them in a cupboard, pull them out once a year, peruse them and put them back again?”
Interview with Martin Vopěnka
“In the Czech Republic there are double standards and a hypocritical moralism,”
says Czech-born writer Kateřina Janouch, who lives in Sweden and writes about love, relationships, sex and emigration.
“The Leipzig Book Fair is filled with an exceptionally positive literary energy,”
Michal Viewegh: “There has been a major breakdown if not destruction of the basic foothold of democracy.”
In an interiew with Salon Práva (12. 10. 2011), the bestselling Czech author Michal Viewegh, whose books have been published in German, Slovenian and other translations, described the current mood in Czech society and politics.
Bringing various cultures together is one of the greatest tasks of contemporary times, says Lucie Němečková.
Theatre dramaturge, translator, journalist and head of the festivals Tvůrčí Afrika aneb Všichni jsme Afričani a Nad Prahou půlměsíc Lucie Němečková collaborated on this year’s Book World fair focusing on the preparation and organization of its Arabic programme.












