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SUMMARY:Poetry and Independent Publishing in Scotland | Reading & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invities everyone interested to a discussion panel and a poetry reading with three acclaimed poets based in Scotland: Annie Brechin\, Rob A. Mackenzie\, and Medha Singh. The panelists will share their experiences with writing and publishing and read from their own works. As Blue Diode Press\, founded by Rob A. Mackenzie\, has published several collections by Czech poets in English translation\, the discussion will also touch on the links and exchanges between Czech and Scottish poetry. \nFaculty of Arts\, Charles University\, Room 111\, Jan Palach Square 2\, Prague 1\, Wednesday 13 May 2026\, 14:15-15:45 \nThe event is a great opportunity for everybody interested in contemporary poetry\, be it as a reader or a writer. Free entry\, all welcome! \nPARTICIPANTS \nFollowing periods in Prague\, Paris and Dubai\, Annie Brechin now lives\, writes and performs in Edinburgh. Her first collection\, The Mouth of Eulalie\, was published by Blue Diode Press in March 2022. Her new collection\, How To Make Love\, a romantic tour of five cities\, came out in October 2025. \nRob A. Mackenzie is a Glaswegian poet\, editor and reviewer\, who lives in Leith. His four full poetry collections are The Opposite of Cabbage (2009)\, The Good News (2013)\, The Book of Revelation (2020) and Woof! Woof! Woof! (2023)\, all published by Salt. He has also had poems and articles published in many magazines and anthologies. He runs the literary publisher Blue Diode Press. \nMedha Singh is a poet from Delhi\, based in Edinburgh. She is the author of Afterbody (Blue Diode Press\, Edinburgh). She is a winner of the New Writers Award 2023 (Scottish Book Trust). Her works appear or are forthcoming in Poetry London; Irish Pages; The Dark Horse; Bad Lilies; The Bombay Literary Magazine; Indian Quarterly and The Robert Graves Review\, among numerous others. She took her MSc in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. Her work has been translated into Hindi\, Spanish and French. She is editor-at-large at Pen and Anvil Press\, Boston.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/poetry-and-independent-publishing-in-scotland-reading-discussion/
LOCATION:Filozofická fakulta\, náměstí Jana Palacha 2\, 116 38 Prague\, Czech Republic\, Filozofická fakulta\, náměstí Jana Palacha 2\, 116 38 Prague\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Discussion,lecture
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SUMMARY:Honoring William Luers
DESCRIPTION:Friend of the Czech Republic\, Václav Havel\, and many other Czech and Slovak fighters for democracy\, William Luers\, who passed away a year ago\, would have turned 97 on May 15th. During his more than thirty-year long diplomatic career\, Bill Luers held\, among other positions\, the positions of Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and US Ambassador to Venezuela. In the years 1986-1999\, he served as the president of the world-renowned Metropolitan Museum in New York City. \nBill Luers played a particularly significant role as the ambassador during President Reagan’s administration. With the help of his wife\, Wendy Luers\, he initiated a cultural diplomacy program which enabled the greatest American writers and artists of the era to visit Czechoslovakia. He made the intimate environment of the American Embassy residence into a place that fostered meetings and discussions between his American visitors and prominent Czech and Slovak opposition intellectuals. It was thanks to these meetings that a vast cultural front of support for persecuted Czechoslovakian dissidents was created in the United States. The Luers continued to support the Czechoslovakian democratic transformation even after November 1989. \nThese events and others unforgettable stories will be recounted and remembered by the Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Prague\, David Wisner\, Michael Žantovský\, Alexandr Vondra (online)\, Martin Palouš (online)\, Cameron Munter\, Jolyon Naegele\, and\, in-person\, Wendy Luers. \nThe event will be conducted in English without interpretation.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/honoring-william-luers/
LOCATION:Knihovna Václava Havla\, Ostrovní 13\, Praha\, Knihovna Václava Havla\, Ostrovní 13\, Praha
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Discussion,lecture
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