Michal Ajvaz's novel ‘The Other City’ is a literary success story: published in Czechia in 1993, the book has since been translated into 24 languages. After more than 30 years of u...
Three months have passed since the premiere of the video spot for the Czechia's guest of honour appearance at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025. Video producer Jakub Kouřil played a key...
A Czech title has this year made the international list for Books at Berlinale for the first time. This is Eli Beneš’s novel Nepatrná ztráta osamělosti [A Slight Loss of Loneliness...
For the first time in its twenty-year history, a Czech book has been included in the „Books at Berlinale“ selection, a joint project of the Berlinale film festival and the Frankfur...
We wish you a wonderful, enjoyable Christmas and a successful New Year. And ideally, holidays spent alongside the people you love and in the good company of books and literature.
Three notable Czech literary achievements in 2025: an award for Magdaléna Platzová, a comic book selection for Štěpánka Jislová, and an international literary prize for Jaroslav Ru...
Czech literature abroad this autumn – it was not just the Frankfurt Book Fair, but also many other events in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, attended by Czech authors with the s...
Author Claudia Rikl (real name Liv Marie Bahrow) spent October as a literary resident in Brno. She was captivated by the city’s architecture, youthful spirit, and unexpected sense ...
Over the last decade, Czech books for children and young adults have been gaining more and more recognition abroad, while also strengthening their place on the home market. A close...
At the handover ceremony of the “GuestRole” from the Philippines to the Czech Republic (the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026), the poet Petr Hruška recited several p...
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