Linking 2 #literary cities #Tainan #台南 #Prague, 2 gifted authors #HuangChongkai #黃崇凱 and #RadkaDenemarkova for a discussion on the power and need of literature to be absolutely political in the best sense of the word. Live on Feb 25 #台灣文學研究所 #台灣文學博物館 #Czechliterature #Taiwanliterature

"Bullfight", Miroslav Holub
Czech; trans. by Ian Milner & Jarmila Milner
Van Dieman x Soe and Soe - Strawberry Lime Cheesecake
Bank Paper a5
Kaweco Ice Sport <B> red

Who do you think the "And then someone (blood-spattered, all in)" is?

#poem #miroslavholub #czechliterature #fountainpensandink

Don't forget! Tomorrow night in the bookstore Marek Torcik and his new book, Memory Burn, translated from the Czech by Graeme and Suzanne Dibble. 630 pm here in Kensington! #czechliterature #lgbt

In loving memory of Zdena #Salivarová [°Oct. 21, 1933 – Aug. 25, 2025]🕯️😔

#Nakladatelství68 #68Publishers #CzechLiterature #1976EgonHostovskýAward #MilanKundera #VáclavHavel #JaroslavSeifert #BohumilHrabal #LudvíkVaculík #JanKřesadlo #AlanLevy #KarelKryl #ErazimKohák #JosefŠkvorecký #ZdenaSalivarová

A map of fictional Prague, based on the topographies mentioned in the annotated novels.

#DH2025: Fascinating #CLS work on mapping fictional #toponyms in #CzechLiterature by Richard Změlík (Palacký University Olomouc). Check it out: www.korpusprozy.com/03_ARBES/Cartography_Mod...

A map of fictional Prague, based on the topographies mentioned in the annotated novels.

#DH2025: Fascinating #CLS work on mapping fictional #toponyms in #CzechLiterature by Richard Změlík (Palacký University Olomouc). Check it out: www.korpusprozy.com/03_ARBES/Car...

"The Door", Miroslav Holub
Translated by: Ian Miler
#KittyInkpot Caramel Almond Waffles
Leuchtturm a5
Purple snake pen (??) <M>

#poetry #miroslavholub #czeckliterature #czechliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia #30inks30days

Cover of the original Czech version of the book Trýznivé město by Daniela Hodrová

Cover of the English translation of the book City of Torment by Daniela Hodrová

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (19/20)

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge #czechliterature #magicalrealism #pragueinliterature #danielahodrova

Cover of the book Jak jsem potkal ryby (the name of the book in the original Czech) by Ota Pavel. The cover depicts multiple carp swimming unerwater.

Cover of an English-language edition of the same book, titled How I Came to Know Fish. It shows an outstretched hand holding strings with fish bait.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20)

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge #czechliterature #naturewriting #autofiction #czechmemoirs #otapavel

The cover of the book Devatero pohádek by Karel Čapek. The cover features line work illustration.

The cover of an English-language edition of Karel Čapek's Firy Tales.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (11/20)

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge #czechliterature #fairytales #childrensliterature #KarelCapek

Ooh, that's very difficult. On consideration it's probably City of Torment by Daniela Hodrová. It got under my skin like nothing else. It's so dense, vivid and disturbing.

#books #booksky #literature #czechliterature #pragueinfiction #novels

Čapek villa to be renovated to resemble time of the First Republic Karel Čapek's villa, located in Prague's Vinohrady, is undergoing restoration. The goal is to restore the villa to the atmosphere of the Friday gatherings once held there.

#KarelČapek - who invented the word #robot will have his #prague villa redone and open to the public: “The goal is to restore the villa to reflect the atmosphere of the Friday gatherings once held there.” english.radio.cz/capek-villa-... #praha #vinohrady #czechliterature

The cover of the book Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal in the original Czech

The cover of the book Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (5/20)

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge #czechliterature

Czech - Příliš hlučná samota
English - Too Loud a Solitude

Today we commemorate the birthday of Karel Havlíček Borovský, one of the most significant Czech writers and thinkers, considered the founder of Czech journalism

#karelhavlicekborovsky #czechliterature #czechjournalism #czechhistory