What is on

June 2012

30. 5. 2013

Don’t Forget Jaromír Šavrda! (Prague)

News

Czech

/23. May 2013/ - News

Polish student uncovers Milena Jesenská's previously unknown correspondence

The letters of the journalist, writer and translator Milena Jesenská (1896–1944) were sent from prison and concentration camp Ravensbrück to her father, daughter and former husband.

/26. April 2013/ - Invitation

Book World Prague unveils its complete schedule

Create your own itinerary of the 19^th International Book Fair and Literary Festival day by day, hour by hour.

/24. April 2013/ - Jobs and stipends

Czech Literature Portal is looking for an English editor

The Arts and Theatre Institute is looking for an editor of the English version of its online website Czech Literature Portal

/16. April 2013/ - Interview

"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.

/11. April 2013/ - Interview

Interview with John a'Beckett, Managing Editor of New Europe Writers

An interview by Christian Mailoux, Co-editor of Červená Barva Press with John a’Beckett, Co-Founder of New Europe Writers.

/3. April 2013/ - News

Writer Milan Kundera Celebrates His 84th Birthday, Allegedly at Work on a New Novel

Czech writer Milan Kundera celebrated his 84th birthday on April 1.

/22. March 2013/ - News

Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death Reviewed

Prof. Otto Dov Kulka's book on his Auschwitz experience, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, has been favourably reviewed in both The Guardian and Independent.

/22. March 2013/ - Awards, contests...

The Magnesia Litera Prize Nominations Announced

From over 300 books entered into the Magnesia Litera 2013 competition, 24 titles have been selected by the jury, divided up into seven categories.

/7. March 2013/ - News

Literatu_rar - A selection

A digest of online new periodicals, interviews and texts pertaining to Czech literature, in English.

/6. March 2013/ - News

This year's Prague Writers' Festival is going to be shorter, but also taking place in Pittsburgh

Due to the reduced subsidy from Prague municipal authorities, this year's Prague Writers' Festival is going to run for only two days.

International

/6. March 2013/ - News

Halík's work to be included in the Vatican library

Another honour and recognition for Czech theologian and philosopher Tomáš Halík.

/24. February 2013/ - News

"Kudos" for Young EU Translators

The names have been publicised of 27 winners of the annual young EU translators competition called "Juvenes Translatores," a young Czech woman among them.

/15. February 2013/ - Grants, scholarships...

The US Embassy in the Czech Republic - Small Grants for 2013

The US embassy in the Czech Republic has announced the opening of the grant application processes for small grants for culture and non-state non-profit organisations (NNO).

/11. February 2013/ - News

Budapest Forum on Trauma with Czech Participation

Hungary is organising a two-day Forum for young Central- and Eastern-European authors with the participation of Czech poets Adam Borzič and Jonáš Hájek

/11. February 2013/ - Grants, scholarships...

Guidelines for the Literature Scholarship - Writer of the City of Graz

Call for applications for the "Writer of the City of Graz" scholarship for the period of September 2013 until August 31, 2014.

/29. January 2013/ - Interview

Interview with John O'Brien of the Dalkey Archive Press

An interview with publisher John O'Brien about his visit to Prague last September, about Dalkey Archive's further plans in promoting Czech authors, and about the blessings and pitfalls of publishing innovative literature in translation.

/24. January 2013/ - News

Jachym Topol and New Kafka Books Featured as some of Conservationalreading's Interesting New Books for 2013

The influential website mapping some of the 2013 forthcoming titles can be visited here.

/23. January 2013/ - News

A New English Kafka Translation Reviewed in Three Percent

Chad W. Post reviews Mark Harman's translation (published by Schocken Books) of Kafka's Amerika: The Missing Person.

/22. January 2013/ - News

Louis Armand's Novel Reviewed in the Iowa Review

Clair Obscur, a novel by the Prague-based Australian visual and literary artist, Louis Armand, has been favourably reviewed by Erik Martiny writing for the Iowa Review.