Sep 26, 2022
Libri Prohibiti is a nonprofit, independent,
archival research library located in Prague, Czech Republic that
collects samizdat and exile literature. Founded by Jiri Gruntorad
after the fall of the communist regime its holdings include some
40,000 monographs, periodicals, reference resources, and
audiovisual materials....
Sep 18, 2022
Naomi Bacon is a
seasoned book marketer, and founder of The Tandem Collective. She
has worked with JK Rowling’s agency, The Blair Partnership, as well
as Pottermore, Pan Macmillan, Penguin and Hachette. Her ambition
has always been "to be at the forefront of digital innovation,
creating meaningful connections between...
Sep 12, 2022
Michael Žantovský is a
Czech diplomat, author and translator. He is a former Czech
Ambassador to the United Kingdom, as well as to Israel and the
United States. He has translated more than fifty works of fiction,
drama and poetry, mostly by contemporary American and British
writers including James Baldwin, Norman...
Sep 5, 2022
John Owen is a
bookseller who runs the events program at the English Bookshop at
Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus in Berlin. That English Bookshop?
Probably the best I've ever been in, in my life.
We talk about, among other things:
being blown away; bookshop lighting; window seating; how to display
books; mixing things up...