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Awards | 6. 4. 2016

Czech guide to Prague awarded special mention at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Illustrator Michaela Kukovičová and author Olga Černá received the special mention for This is Prague.

Awards | 5. 4. 2016

2016 Magnesia Litera winners announced

The two main awards go to Daniela Hodrová and Anna Bolavá.

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.

Awards | 29. 3. 2016

Jiří Theiner Award goes to Dr Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz

The professor emerita at the University of British Columbia will receive the award in May at Book World Prague.

Awards | 26. 3. 2016

‘The Pilot and the Little Prince’ shortlisted for the UK Literacy Association Book Award

Petr Sís’s biography of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for children is nominated in the 7-11 category.

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.

Awards | 11. 3. 2016

Czech Book Award longlist announced

The award aims to increase the number of translations of Czech literary fiction abroad.

Invitation | 9. 3. 2016

Reading and panel discussion with translator Alex Zucker in London

Alex Zucker will be discussing his new translation, Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life by Josef Jedlička, on 14 April.

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.

Grants, scholarships... | 4. 3. 2016

The Czech Ministry of Culture has announced its supported translations for 2016

The Ministry has allocated more than €190,000 for 111 translations of Czech literature.