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readings in english in central europe
Prague:
Alchemy, once a month, featured reader plus open mic.
Check the Globe for a list of upcoming events.
Budapest:
The Budapest Bardroom
An English-language poetry and music show organized by poet David Hill.
Berlin:
Lady Gaby's bi-monthly Fuel
extravaganza.
Beat Street Poetry
Borderline Party
Krakow:
Cafe Szafe: regular readings and open-mic music, plus a great cafe.
Vienna:
Labyrinth
An open-mic poetry reading organized by the Association of English-Language Poets in Vienna; first Friday of
the month.
Vienna Lit
Vienna Lit is a newly-founded organisation that aims to provide a platform for live literature and spoken
word in English.
festivals
Under the Linden
takes place August 20-25 in lovely south Bohemia.
Days of Poetry and Wine
Medana, Slovenia
The Poetry Hearings in Berlin.
Prague Biennale 3
Tina b.
The Prague contemporary art festival.
Sziget Festival
Ars Litera
Ars Poetica
London Lit +
An open literary festival for London.
Prague Writers' Festival
publications (print & virtual)
BLATT
An ecletic mix of fiction, poetry, essays, and art reviews
(formerly the Prague Literary Review).
CESLIT
The site for what's happening now in Central / East European literature.
no man's land
no man's land will feature first-ever English translations of fiction and poetry by some of the finest
young writers working in German today. More than just an online literary magazine, the no man's land website
is conceived as a forum for dialogue between German- and English-speaking readers, writers and translators.
Bordercrossing Berlin
Magazine publishing Anglophone writers from around Europe.
Pilvax
An occasional review published in Budapest dedicated to writers working in English in Central and Eastern Europe.
Absinthe
A biannual journal of new European writing.
Umelec International
English version of the excellent Prague journal of contemporary art and culture.
Ready Steady Book
A great literary site for reviews, interviews, news.
Provokator Magazine
On-line review of Prague happenings.
Poetry Salzburg
A biannual journal of English poetry published at the University of Salzburg
Hungarian Literature Online
An excellent site of current happenings in Hungarian literature, with reviews and interviews.
The Hungarian Quarterly
According to The Irish Times: "Central Europe's best English-language journal."
Plotki: rumors from around the bloc
A magazine about culture and society in Middle- and Eastern Europe.
Blesok | Shine - literature & other arts
An online journal in English and Macedonian with translations
of poetry and prose from writers this side of Europe. Also a publisher of
e-books by Macedonian writers in both the original and English.
TransFusion
TransFusion is an online journal of literary translation dedicated to making works from Eastern Europe
and Central Asia available to an English-speaking audience for the first time.
Words Without Borders
Words Without Borders undertakes to promote international communication through translation of the
world's best writing—selected and translated by a distinguished group of writers, translators, and
publishing professionals—and publishing and promoting these works (or excerpts) on the web.
The Prague Revue
Back on the rack.
Cafe Irreal
An online journal of imaginative writing.
bookstores
Anagram
Located behind Tyn Chruch in the Ungelt, a great selection not found elsewhere in the city, especially art books.
Big Ben Bookshop
The best bookstore staff in Prague. Read an interview with Miro, the owner, here.
Shakespeare and Sons
Lively bookstore(s) and cafe. The Mala Strana store has expanded into a magnificent cellar space.
The Globe
Bookstore and cafe restaurant. Good happy hour, expanding menu and selection of books.
Massolit
A cozy cafe and English-language bookstore in Krakow. The best selection of books east of London.
East of Eden Bookshop
Berlin bookstore with a large selection of used books.
Saint Georges Bookshop
In Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district, a wide selection of used and new with an emphasis on independent presses.
Treehugger Dan's Bookstore Cafe
Budapest bookstore with a global conscience hosting regular events.
Behemot Bookshop
The place for English-language books in Ljubljana.
prague art galleries
DOX
Meet Factory
Gallery Art Factory
Futura
C2C
Skolska 28
Jiri Svestka Gallery
Entrance Gallery
am180
berlin:
Kolektiv-Berlin
Gallery project that stages large scale exhibitions in innovative and interesting spaces, offering an alternative art
experience from the common and sterile "shop-front" gallery.
Gallery Mitwoch
A group of 8 galleries, unique exhibition halls and project spaces spread across the Friedrichshoehe, Berlin's
newest culture center located within a disused brewery.
regional interest
The Czech Literature Portal
A site to promote Czech literature abroad by making available information on living Czech authors and their published works (novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists,
childeren's authors).
Czech Literature Now
Translations of Czech literature.
Polish Writing
A website devoted to Polish literature in English translation, with a particular focus on new writers.
Polish Book Institute
Villa Decius
Located in Krakow, programs supporting the translation of Polish literature as well as other cultural activities.
The Observer Translation Project
The Observer Translation Project is an international magazine of Romanian writing in translation. Featuring a pilot
author each month, OTP appears in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish.
Prague.tv
Comprehensive listings and postings on what's going on in Prague.
The Prague Monitor
A daily digest of news headlines and links.
Central Europe Online
News about the region, online and updated daily.
Prague.tv
Comprehensive listings and postings on what's going on in Prague.
Expats.cz
Prague's leading English-language expatriate resource for those living in and relocating to the Czech Republic.
Expats.tv
Covering the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.
XPAT Loop
Hungary's daily portal in English.
Radio Prague
Online digest with audio of current events in the Czech Republic.
Transitions Online
Essays and reports about currents events in Central/East Europe.
The Warsaw Voice
Online and print English-language guide to events in Poland.
The Krakow Post
English-language monthlyß.
Borderlands Poland
Located in the small town of Sejny, near the Polish border with Lithuania, this innovative institution fosters and
coordinates a variety of projects related to the multicultural regions of Central and Eastern Europe.
Bohemica
An excellent resource site for anything having to do with Czech language, literature, history, culture, and so forth.
Maintained by Dominik Lukes.
Slavophilia
A complete listing of everything having to do with Slavic literature, culture, and slavic studies in general.
The Czech Center
For upcoming events in London and New York City.
Polish Cultural Institute
For upcoming events in London and New York City
(with its excellent blog).
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York.
The Clearing House for Literary Translation
A non-profit project developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
in order to encourage literary translation as a tool for intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity.
of related interest
Jan Svankmajer at myspace
Czech Decadence
Surreal Virtuality
Martin Stejskal's concept: Chronicle (Prague) for the
End of the Millennium
Phosphor
Publications from the Leeds Surrealist Group
The Group of Czech and Slovak Surrealists
The Surrealist Movement in the U.S.
London Surrealist Group
Photomorphose
S.U.R.R.
The journal of the Paris Surrealist Group, as well as other publications and info
AHRB Research Centre for Studies of Surrealism and its Legacies
Julian Semilian's films
Alchemy Museum
The site of the Alchemy Museum in Kutna Hora
The Kafka Project
Paul Leppin
Dierk Hoffmann's site on Leppin and his work
UbuWeb
avant-garde all the time
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