Authors' Reading Month Explained

Authors' Reading Month (Měsíc autorského čtení)
Address:	Dominikánská 9, 602 00 Brno
City:	Brno, Moravia
Country:	Czech Republic
Coordinates:	49.1934°N 16.6065°W
Owner:	Větrné mlýny Publishers
Opened:	1 July 2000
Website:	Měsíc autorského čtení

Authors' Reading Month is the largest Central European literary festival running annually since 2000.^{[1] [2] [3]} The organiser is the Větrné mlýny Publishers, (Brno, CZ) and the festival takes place every July 1–31. Every day 2–3 readings take place performed by writers of the host country and writers from the festival guest country.

At present (as of 2016), the festival takes place in 5 cities simultaneously, spanning 4 countries: Brno and Ostrava (CZ), Wroclaw (PL), Košice (SK), and Lviv (UA).^{[4] [5]} In 2020 the festival guest country was Hungary.

History

In the years 2000–2004 the main festival venue was the Kabinet múz (formerly HaDivadlo). Since 2005 the venue has been the Husa na provázku (Goose on a String) Theatre in Brno, CZ. Since 2016 the festival runs parallel in 5 cities in 4 countries. The readings are also available online at the Publishers YouTube channel, and broadcast by radios.

In the years 2000–2004 the festival was dedicated only to Czech writers, featuring one performing author per day. Since 2005 the festival has hosted a guest country every year, offering 2–3 readings every day, one by the homeland author and another by a foreign writer from the guest country. The guest countries of the past years are these:

• 2005 Slovakia
• 2006 Berlin (Germany)
• 2007 Belarus
• 2008 Canada
• 2009 Austria and Stuttgart^[1]
• 2010 France (since this year the festival has run a parallel venue in Ostrava)
• 2011 Poland (since this year the festival has run parallel venues in Wroclaw and Košice)
• 2012 Slovenia
• 2013 German-language authors^[6]
• 2014 Scotland (10 TV documentaries of Scottish writers were made by the Czech TV.^[7]
• 2015 Ukraine^[3] (since this year the festival has run a parallel venue in Lviv; TV documentaries with Ukrainian writers were made by the Czech TV)
• 2016 Spain^{[8] [9]}
• 2017 Georgia
• 2018 Turkey
• 2019 Romania
• 2020 Hungary
• 2022 Iceland
• 2023 Norway
• 2024 Taiwan

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194310/http://www.effe.eu/festival/authors-reading-month

Notes and References

1. Web site: Začala největší literární přehlídka v Česku: Měsíc autorského čtení - Kultura. 1 July 2009. lidovky.cz. 9 February 2017.
2. Honajzrová, Jitka. "Literární festival Měsíc autorského čtení" [The Literary Festival Authors' Reading Month]. An unpublished master's thesis. Masaryk University, Brno, 2010.
3. Web site: Do mlýnů fouká z Východu. Měsíc autorského čtení přiváží ukrajinské spisovatele. Daniel. Konrád. 1 July 2015. ihned.cz. 9 February 2017.
4. Web site: Authors' Reading Month - EFFE. effe.eu. 9 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194310/http://www.effe.eu/festival/authors-reading-month. 9 October 2017. dead.
5. Web site: Authors Reading Month - sweny-studio. 23 August 2016. sweny-studio.com. 9 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081955/http://www.sweny-studio.com/authors-reading-month/. 11 February 2017. dead.
6. Web site: Marek Šindelka: S Měsícem autorského čtení do košer restaurace. Marek. Šindelka. 25 July 2013. ihned.cz. 9 February 2017.
7. Web site: Scottish Literary Airdrop into the Heart of Europe - Londýn. czechcentres.cz. 9 February 2017.
8. Web site: 17th Authors Reading Month. Guest of Honour: Spain on the anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes. accioncultural.es. 9 February 2017.
9. Web site: Přijedou číst Španělé. Na literárním festivalu vystoupí surrealista a Kunderův obránce Arrabal. 8 June 2016. ihned.cz. 9 February 2017.