Czech Wave '25 - literary festival by Host publishing house
What can we expect?
37 authors of fiction, non-fiction, and fantasy authors, kicking off the program with Dan Bárta, who published his prose debut Některé nevinnosti světa (Some Innocences of the World) with us, and we will conclude with a debate with the illustrator and eight authors of the short story collection Sudety — Petra Dvořáková, Marie Hajdová, Jaromír 99, Petra Klabouchová, Michaela Klevisová, Leoš Kyša, Kateřina Tučková, Michal Vrba, and David Jan Žák
15 presenters whom you know from social media, podcasts, newspapers, and our books
2 stages with parallel programs
1 exhibition of original paintings by Jaromír 99, which accompany the stories in the book Sudety; The exhibition will also include a pop-up stand with Jaromír's work
The authors will be signing autographs in the foyer, where you will also find a cloakroom and a counter with books at a 25% discount.
HALL 1
1:00 p.m. Opening
1:15 p.m. Dan Bárta: A world where anything is possible
Moderator: Klára Vičíková
2:00 p.m. AUTOGRAPH SESSION
2:30 p.m. Anna Beáta Háblová & Jakub Stanjura: Novels about the turbulence of fate
Moderator: Jakub Pavlovský (@bookscalling)
3:15 p.m. Petra Dvořáková & Alena Mornštajnová: On returns, happiness, wasps, and bees
Moderator: Hana Halfarová
4:00 p.m. AUTOGRAPH SESSION
4:30 p.m. Bianca Bellová & Simona Bohatá: The Short Story—A Royal Genre
Moderator: Radim Kopáč
5:15 p.m. Petra Klabouchová & Jiří Padevět: When Czechs destroyed Bohemia
Moderator: Oldřich Suchý (@zanicenyknihkupec)
6:00 p.m. AUTOGRAPH SESSION
6:30 p.m. Jan Němec & Jana Šrámková: 2 + kk in shared custody
Moderator: Petra Valterová (@zazie_v_metru)
7:15 p.m. AUTOGRAPH SESSION
7:30 p.m. The Sudetenland in stories and pictures
with Petra Dvořáková, Marie Hajdová, Jaromír 99, Petra Klabouchová, Michaela Klevisová, Leoš Kyša, Kateřina Tučková, Michal Vrba, and David Jan Žák
Moderators: Martin Groman & Michal Stehlík (@prepiste_dejiny)
8:30 p.m. AUTOGRAPH SESSION
HALL 2
1:30 p.m. Eight in One Go—Fantastic Quiz
with Jelou Abasovou, Marie Domská, Jarmila Kašparová, Jan Kučin, Michaela Merglová, Kateřina Šardická, Štěpán Tůma, and Kristína M. Waagnerová
Moderators: Kristýna Kořínková & Eva Mikešová (@knizni_rajdy)
2:30 p.m. Jiří Klečka & Michal Sýkora: Morde po česku (Murder in the Czech Style)
Moderators: Klára Nováková (@klariny.knihy)
3:30 p.m. Jan Němec: Na solar: povídky, co zasáhnou (On Solar: Stories That Strike a Chord)
with guests Ivana Myšková and Petr Borkovec
Moderator: Miroslav Balaštík
4:30 p.m. Ferdinand Lefler: The best antidepressant? The garden!
Moderator: Veronika Kloudová
5:30 p.m. Pavel Klusák: Music history written by women
Moderator: Emma Kausc
6:30 p.m. Radek Stavel & František Voldřich: Heroes or renegades?
Moderator: Jakub Pavlovský (@bookscalling)
7:30 p.m. Lenka Kapšová & Klára Kubíčková & Jana Srncová: From the Lives of Women—A Space for Sharing, Understanding, and Dark Humor
Moderator: Iva Hadj Moussa
Main partner: Dobré knihy
Media partners: Deník N, týdeník Respekt a časopis Vlasta
In cooperation with: Galerie Panská 1, ČB