News | 15. 3. 2024
Petr Hruška’s Literary Tour of the US
The author will be appearing at ten poetry events
News | 10. 12. 2023
Short-story anthology The Book of Prague published in Britain
The book contains short stories by ten Czech writers.
News | 26. 11. 2023
EU to be Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara 2023 with Czechia actively involved
Czechia will be represented by 4 authors, 2 translators and 7 representatives of the literary market.
Grants, scholarships...,News | 26. 11. 2023
Czech Literary Centre Travel Grants – Results
Results of applications for the period from January 1, 2024 and August 31, 2024.
News | 2. 10. 2023
Czech Republic to be Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026
The official agreement was signed on 2 October in Prague.
Invitation,News | 29. 5. 2023
Czech Comics at COMICFESTIVAL MÜNCHEN 2023
A special guest of the festival is Jaromír 99.
Ondřej Štindl’s New Novel Nominated for the 2023 European Union Prize for Literature
The overall winner will be announced at the Leipzig Book Fair on 28 April.
Invitation,News | 20. 9. 2022
Online Conference on Translating
The conference will be held on September 30.
News | 17. 9. 2022
The Czech Literary Centre to Organise its First Group Residency for Translators
An extract from Jáchym Topol’s new novel will be translated.
Grants, scholarships...,News | 16. 9. 2022
Open Call: Residencies of the Czech Literary Centre (Spring 2023)
Deadline for applications: 31. 10. 2022
Invitation,News | 1. 6. 2022
The Czech Literary Centre at Book World Prague 2022
An invitation to a diverse programme at the Professional Forum
News | 2. 5. 2022
Expanding Horizons through Translation
The activities of the Czech Literary Centre in the first half of 2022
News | 19. 1. 2022
New Activities of the Czech Literary Centre in Support of Translators in 2022
Residencies, debates on translation, and book readings feat. authors and translators.
News | 22. 12. 2021
How Was the Czech Literary Centre’s Year of Poetry?
Video series, events in the Czech Republic and abroad, and new publications
Sometimes It Pays to Trust Your Intuition
An interview with Lucie Faulerová
News | 7. 10. 2021
Czech Republic in Focus at the 2021 Lakes Comics Festival
Five Czech comics artists to feature their work at the festival.
News | 30. 7. 2021
Czech Literature in the Spanish Literary Magazine Quimera
The monthly magazine has published a supplement devoted to contemporary Czech literature.
News | 9. 7. 2021
The Czech Republic the Main Guest Country at the Warsaw Book Fair 2021
Eleven Czech writers will present their work at the event.
Grants, scholarships...,News | 27. 5. 2021
Lucie Faulerová Wins the EU Prize for Literature
The writer has been awarded the prize for her novel Smrtholka (Deathmaiden).
Grants, scholarships...,News | 10. 2. 2021
The Moravian Library announces a new resident artist scheme to support Belarusian writers
Абвестка па-беларуску ніжэй / Объявление по-русски ниже
News | 13. 1. 2021
Poetry – The priority of the Czech Literary Centre for 2021
After comics, the CLC will focus on another often overlooked area: poetry.
A is for Antarctica – the hit of 2020 on the Czech and German book market
David Böhm’s book has won several literary awards.
The 2020 Premia Bohemica goes to the French translator Xavier Galmiche.
Premia Bohemica is a literary award handed out since 1993.
News | 5. 10. 2020
Czech Republic in Focus at 2021 Lakes Comics Festival
The Czech Literary Centre will present six comics artists at the Lakes festival.
News | 30. 7. 2020
Milan Kundera has donated his library and archive to the Moravian Library in Brno
Kundera’s decision was welcomed by the Minister of Culture, Lubomír Zaorálek.
News | 28. 7. 2020
Czech Poetry in the British Journal Modern Poetry in Translation
The journal has published poems by ten Czech poets translated into English.
News | 18. 6. 2020
World Literature in Czechia – Czech Literature in the World
International Conference (Call for Papers)
News | 16. 6. 2020
Comics – The priority of the Czech Literary Centre for 2020
The CLC supports Czech comics through artists’ residences, a digital programme, and events in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Grants, scholarships...,News | 1. 6. 2020
The Czech Literary Centre awarded scholarships to 16 writers
Scholarships should support Czech writers at a time when their residencies, author readings and participation in festivals have been cancelled.
News | 11. 5. 2020
The Czech Literary Centre has published five new brochures in two languages
The titles are intended mainly for foreign publishers and translators.
News | 3. 3. 2020
The Livre Paris 2020 book fair has been cancelled
The book fair in Paris has been called off due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
News | 28. 2. 2020
Bianca Bellová’s four-part tour of Spanish cities
The Czech writer appeared in Malaga, Seville, Madrid and Barcelona.
News | 29. 10. 2019
Two new brochures of the Czech Literary Centre
New Czech books in the autumn edition and Czech comics since 2000
The laureate of the 2019 Jaroslav Seifert Prize is Miroslav Petříček
The panel praised the continuity, readability and outreach of his philosophical work.
Grants, scholarships...,News | 24. 9. 2019
Vojtěch Mašek to spend four weeks at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Czech Literary Centre, a section of the Moravian Library, is launching a collaboration with the festival in Kendal.
News | 25. 6. 2019
Foreign publishers in Prague
On the occasion of the Book World and Knihex festivals, the Czech Literary Centre organized two tours for 20 foreign publishers.
News | 14. 6. 2019
The Czech Literary Centre will be led by Martin Krafl
The current head, Ondřej Buddeus, is leaving at his own request on 31 July 2019.
Invitation,News | 7. 6. 2019
12 Czech comic-book artists present their work in Brussels and Amsterdam
A special edition of the Belgian comic-strip magazine Stripgids is just coming out, focusing on the Czech scene.
News | 28. 5. 2019
After its success in Leipzig, the Czech Republic will be a guest of honour at the Warsaw Book Fair in 2020
The Moravian Library wants to bring 20 Czech authors to the Warsaw Fair next year.
News | 1. 4. 2019
New Czech Literary Centre brochures
New Czech Books: Spring 2019 and three other promotional brochures have been published.
Announcement of the 2018 Muriel Award winners for the best comic book
Most awards were “scooped up” by Vojtěch Mašek.
News | 18. 1. 2019
Marek Šindelka’s successes in Belgium and the Netherlands
Únava materiálu (Material Fatigue, 2016) voted one of the top books in these countries in 2018
News | 4. 12. 2018
Czech writers published in a new English-language magazine
Apofenie magazine focuses on Czech literary output
News | 12. 11. 2018
Poems by Kamil Bouška widely published in english-language journals
The Czech poet has recently appeared in Gulf Coast and eight other literary magazines.
News | 2. 11. 2018
A new production inspired by Patrik Ouředník’s Europeana
Heiner Goebbels’s Everything that happened and would happen is based on the most translated post-1989 Czech book.
News | 12. 10. 2018
Czech comics authors in the UK
Tomáš Kučerovský and Toy_Box at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and the British Library.
News | 7. 9. 2018
Bianca Bellová at Literaturfestival Berlin
On 13th September, there will be a reading from the German translation of Bellová’s novel Jezero (The Lake) with the support of the Czech Literary Centre.
News | 28. 3. 2018
Petra Hůlová in New York
The Czech writer will take part in the PEN World Voices festival on 20 April.
News | 26. 3. 2018
Czech poet and illustrator Tomáš Přidal at The European Poetry Festival in London
The festival brings together some of the finest literary and avant-garde poets of this generation.
News | 2. 2. 2018
Michal Ajvaz in the USA
The Czech author will take part in events in Washington DC and Los Angeles.
News | 22. 1. 2018
Petr Nikl nominated for 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
The Czech author and illustrator is one of 235 candidates from 60 countries.
News | 20. 12. 2017
World Literature Today’s notable translations of 2017 list includes two Czech novels
Petra Hůlová’s Three Plastic Rooms and Marek Šindelka’s Aberrant.
News | 11. 7. 2017
Short story by Jana Šrámková in English anthology of European short stories for children
The story by Šrámková is part of the Aarhus 39 anthology.
News | 7. 6. 2017
Online journal seeks Czech stories in English translation
Underpass.co is an online journal for modern literature in translation.
News | 5. 4. 2017
Apply for residencies in Prague and Brno organised by the Czech Literary Centre
The residencies are for foreign writers, translators, critics and literary scholars.
News | 29. 3. 2017
The Czech Republic guest of honour at the 2019 Leipzig Book Fair
Minister of Culture, Daniel Herman, signed the agreement confirming the Czech Republic as the guest of honour.
Czech authors Bellová, Maňák and Šindelka nominated for EU Prize for Literature
The award aims to put the spotlight on European contemporary fiction.
News | 23. 3. 2017
Bilingual ‘New Czech Literature’ brochure published
The English-German publication features 40 Czech books from 2016.
Magnesia Litera nominations revealed
The prestigious Czech literary award has announced its nominations for 2017.
News | 3. 2. 2017
German play and Czech film of Jaroslav Rudiš’s ‘National Avenue’
The German premiere of Nationalstrasse took place on 29th January at the Bremen Municipal Theatre.
2016 Czech IBBY Honour Lists
The annual awards are for Czech authors and illustrators of children’s books.
News | 9. 1. 2017
New centre for Czech literature in Prague
Diplomat, translator and journalist, Petr Janyška, was chosen as the director of the České literární centrum (Czech Literary Centre).
News | 5. 1. 2017
Jiří Hájíček in the Best European Fiction 2017 anthology
Short stories featured in the book receive international media coverage and are included in a number of readings in the US and Europe.
Josef Škvorecký Award for Zuzana Brabcová’s ‘Aviaries’
Brabcová’s last novel was published posthumously to widespread critical acclaim.
News | 10. 11. 2016
Catalogue of the best Czech books for children and young adults published
The selection of 53 titles released in 2015/2016 is available for free in English.
News | 24. 10. 2016
New additions to Karolinum’s Modern Czech Classics series
An English translation of Ladislav Fuks’, The Cremator, has just been published as a new addition to the series.
News | 28. 9. 2016
US feature ‘live-animation’ film of Hrabal’s Too Loud a Solitude seeks support
Actor Paul Giamatti will lend his voice to the novella’s main character Hanta.
News | 27. 9. 2016
The Czech Republic at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair
The focus of the Czech national stand this year is Václav Havel.
News | 15. 9. 2016
Feature film adaptation of Jiří Hájíček’s The Green Horse Rustlers
The film about frenzied illegal prospectors for the mineral moldavite premiered on 8th September.
News | 5. 9. 2016
English anthology of contemporary Czech speculative fiction released
The freely available e-book contains 10 stories by some of the best Czech sci-fi and fantasy authors.
News | 29. 8. 2016
Magdaléna Platzová and Tomáš Zmeškal at the Brooklyn Book Festival
The Czech authors will be speaking at events on 18th September.
Winners of the 2016 Susanna Roth Award announced
More than 130 contestants from 12 countries entered the competition for beginner translators.
News | 15. 6. 2016
2016 Authors’ Reading Month
The 17th annual literary festival will take place from 1st July to 4th August.
News | 2. 6. 2016
European Literature Night in Dublin included Martin Vopěnka’s ‘The Fifth Dimension’
The acclaimed Czech sci-fi novel was published in English in 2015.
News | 13. 4. 2016
Feature animated film based on Czech bestseller for children
The film adaptation of Oddsockeaters by Pavel Šrut will premiere in October.
News | 31. 3. 2016
Two Czech novels on the Reading Europe list published in The Guardian
The list of Europe’s best novels by independent UK publishers was compiled by Dedalus Books.
Invitation,News | 15. 3. 2016
The Czech Republic at the 2016 Leipzig Book Fair
Authors Jaroslav Rudiš, Petr Stančík, Milena Slavická, Jiří Dvořák and Jiří Padevět will present their latest books.
News | 8. 3. 2016
Radka Denemarková in The Guardian
The newspaper has published an excerpt from her latest novel, A Contribution to the History of Joy, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood.
News | 12. 2. 2016
The Czech Republic will be the guest of honour at the 2019 Leipzig Book Fair
This will be the first time since 1995.
News | 12. 1. 2016
Pluh agency in 2015
In 2015, the literary agency closed 30 translation rights deals with publishers around the world.
News | 11. 1. 2016
The Czech Book Award: an overview
In the four years since it was established, the award has helped publish ten translations in five languages.
News | 26. 10. 2015
Academic journals published by the Charles University Faculty of Arts are now available online
The journals also have new websites.
News | 15. 10. 2015
Support for publishing Czech literature abroad in 2015/2016
The deadline for grant applications is on 15 November 2015.
News | 13. 10. 2015
Czech literature in The Missing Slate
Extracts from novels by Jáchym Topol and Hana Andronikova featured in the Central European Issue of the online journal.
Invitation,News | 12. 10. 2015
Budapest Transfer International Festival
Marie Iljašenko, Pavel Maurer and Viktor Faktor from the Czech Republic will take part in the festival which begins on 15th October.
News | 7. 10. 2015
The Czech Republic at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair
This year, the Czech stand at the international fair will be organised by the Moravian Library in Brno.
Czech poet J. H. Krchovský on Lyrikline
Eleven of Krchovský’s poems are available in a number of languages on the German website, including German, French and Polish.
News | 11. 8. 2015
Three Czech books to be published in Filipino
The first will be a selection of poetry by Nobel Prize winning Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert.
News | 15. 7. 2015
Petr Bezruč in Asymptote
Three poems translated by Jacob A. Bennett appear in the July issue of the online journal.
News | 12. 7. 2015
Václav Cílek’s ‘To Breathe With Birds’ one of The Guardian’s best holiday reads of 2015
To Breathe With Birds was published this year by University of Pennsylvania Press and translated by Evan W. Mellander.
News | 15. 6. 2015
Literarischer Lenz in Centrope literary festival
Czech authors Kateřina Rudčenková and Martin Reiner took part in the eighth annual festival in Vienna.
News | 20. 5. 2015
M.Szczygiel establishes a series of books by Czech authors
The first to be published is Čapek’s The Absolute at Large.
News | 3. 5. 2015
European Literature Night 2015 — Celebrating Literature from Across the Continent
Kateřina Tučková, Jan Němec and Xavier Baumaxa will be featured at the events.
News | 9. 2. 2015
The Czech Ministry of Culture has published a new bilingual booklet on contemporary Czech literature
New Czech Fiction is being published in English and German for the fourth time.
News | 4. 11. 2014
Czech prose in Words Without Borders
The November issue of Words Without Borders, guest edited by translator Alex Zucker, is on contemporary Czech prose.
News | 3. 8. 2014
The Czech Agosto Foundation supports cultural projects and organises residency programmes
Established in 2013, the Agosto Foundation offers residency programmes near Tábor.
News | 24. 7. 2014
Bohemists experienced Czech literature with a Moravian twist
Translators, academics and friends of Czech literature met in the Czech Republic from 16-21.7.