Srdečně zveme 27. 11. na večer věnovaný edici Modern Slovak Classics. V Bratislavě budou diskutovat překladatelka Julia Sherwood a naší kolegové Martin Janeček a Michael Stein. Moderuje literární vědec Peter Darovec.

‘The Last Thing’ by Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been longlisted for the inaugural 2026 Freuedenheim Translation Prize!

@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social

jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026

On September 29, literary scholar Tim Beasley-Murray, translator Julia Sherwood and Karolinum Press editor Jan Zikmund discussed two Slovak classics, Alfonz Bednár’s "The Hours and the Minutes" and Leopold Lahola’s "The Last Thing", at Hatchards Piccadilly @hatchards.bsky.social.

On International Translation Day, we are delighted to introduce our collaborator in the Modern Slovak Classics series, the London-based @juliasherwood.bsky.social. She is not only active as a translator but also as a tireless promoter of Slovak and Czech literature abroad.

A Czech literature Starter Pack: The book reviewer Jennifer Jelinkova presents the classic novel „We Were a Handful“ by Karel Poláček from our Modern Czech Classics series!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaWD...

We warmly invite you to the UK launch of two newly translated Slovak classics from Karolinum Press: "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár and "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola at Hatchards Piccadilly on 29 Sept, 6:30pm with Tim Beasley-Murray, Julia Sherwood and Jan Zikmund. Join us!

Today we remember Libuše Moníková, Prague-born German-language author, who would have turned 80. Her works earned her major literary awards.
In 2023 we published her novel Transfigured Night (tr. Anne Posten): karolinum.cz/en/books/mon...

We’re thrilled to share that THE CULTURE OF NEURAL NETWORKS by Karel Piorecký and Zuzana Husárová, translated by Isabel Stainsby, has won the N. Katherine Hayles Award! Published by Karolinum Press with the Institute of Czech Literature.

eliterature.org/elo-awards/

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🎭 A milestone in theatre theory — „Aesthetics of the Dramatic Art“ by Otakar Zich is now available for the first time in English!

🎬 Watch the editors explain why this book still matters: youtu.be/0aKA2uDbTcs

More info at: www.theatretheory.cz

Looking for summer reads?

Try these titles from Karolinum Press:

🌦️ Summer of Caprice by Vladislav Vančura
🧱 Adventures in the 'Stone Age' by Leopold Pospíšil
🏡 The Country House Revisited by Tereza Topolovská

@charlesuni.cuni.cz

On Sunday, May 18 at the Book World Prague, the panel „Slovakia in the Shadow of WWII“ will present translators and scholars of Slovak literature discussing Slovak writing in translation along with presenting the two latest books in our Modern Slovak Classics series.