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Current Affairs22nd edition of Prague Writers’ Festival brings international literature greats like Hanif Kureishi to Czech capital
On Saturday, the 22nd edition of the prestigious Prague Writers’ Festival
kicks off in the Czech capital, under the theme of “Only the future
exists”. For five days, visitors will have the opportunity to attend
readings, discussion panels and film screenings featuring writers from
around the world. As every year, the festival brings writers of
international caliber to the city, with the British novelist and
screenwriter Hanif Kureishi probably the most famous guest this year. Sarah
Borufka spoke to the festival’s president, Michael March, about the
guests, the mission and the theme of the festival. More
Sunday Music ShowPetr Váša – avant-garde rocker turned ‘physical poet”
In Sunday Music Show, you have a chance to follow the career of Petr
Váša, one of the most original figures of the Czech musical scene. From
his early days of avant-garde rock to his ‘physical poetry’, Petr
Váša has explored some of the lesser known corners of popular music with
his energetic, disquieting and sometimes rather eccentric creations. More
Czech LifeThe black experience in the Czech Republic
In the past 20 years, the number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic
has increased dramatically as a consequence of the opening of the Iron
Curtain. Still, the country is far from being as diverse as most other
European nations, for example France or Germany, and the vast majority of
the Czech population remains Caucasian. During communism, the few black
people who lived here stuck out like a sore thumb. Nowadays, their number
has of course increased, but the size of the black community is still quite
small. More
PanoramaDo you know who cleans your house?
A video spot made by the Association for Integration and Migration
highlights the problems of foreign nationals working as domestic service
providers – cleaners, maids and nannies. Approximately 27 thousand women
from former Soviet bloc countries and Asia are currently employed in menial
positions in Czech households. Their poor grasp of the language and scant
knowledge of their rights –as well as fear of deportation -make them easy
targets of exploitation and maltreatment. More
Current AffairsDaily Telegraph: Prague fourth best city for young expat life
Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper has just published a list of the top
twenty places for young people to emigrate, and the Czech capital Prague
came in fourth. "Beautiful and only a short flight away from Britain,
Prague offers all the stability of Europe with not requiring a new
language, and it has the best beer in the world," that's according to
the Telegraph at least. So is Prague as an expat destination all it's
cracked up to be? More
Czech BooksTomáš Zmeškal: The Biography of a Black-and-White Lamb
When Tomáš Zmeškal’s first novel was published four years ago, one
critic described it in ecstatic terms as a “gold vein amid the deadwood
of contemporary Czech scribbling”. The book, A Love Letter in Cuneiform
Script, went on to win the coveted European Union Prize for Literature last
year and Tomáš Zmeškal has won international acclaim, although we are
still waiting for either of his two novels published so far to appear in
English. David Vaughan talks to the writer. More
Czech BooksDickens and the Good Soldier Švejk
Here is a question for the Dickens bicentenary. What is the connection
between the great 19th century English novelist and the best-loved Czech
literary anti-hero? The answer is, surprisingly enough, that without
Dickens we quite possibly wouldn’t have Švejk at all. David Vaughan
looks at this and some other Czech links with Dickens in this week’s
Czech Books. More
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