How do contemporary authors perceive their position in a Europe that is being transformed under the increasing influence of populists and threatened by the Russian imperial war in Ukraine? If culture is society’s principal means of self-reflexion, should writers and artists be supported by the state? Should Europe nurture writing in minor and minoritised languages in particular? What to write about, and how, when facing the diminishing ability of readers to focus on extended texts, as well as decreasing book sales?

Sharing their experience and reading from their works will be Jan Carson, a writer and arts facilitator from Northern Ireland, a province negotiating the legacy of long-term clashes of nationalisms; Irish-language novelist and publisher Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin; Pavla Horáková, Czech author and radio broadcaster whose latest novel is Srdce Evropy (Heart of Europe); and bilingual author and script writer Jan Novák, who frequently engages in his work with the legacy of the Václav Havel, Milan Kundera and Miloš Forman generation.

Hosted by Ondřej Pilný.

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The debate will be held in English and simultaneous interpretation into Czech will be provided.

Gulliver Airship
Poupětova 1, Praha 7