ABCZ, or H Like Havel
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 12, 2019, 19:00 – 21:00
ABCZ aneb H jako Havel (ABCZ, or H like Havel) is a Czech-English illustrated alphabet book for all ages that maps Czech cultural identity in a playful form. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by key watchwords and supplemented by illustrations. The book, which received a prize for most beautiful Czech textbook of 2018, is being presented to the Czech public for the first time in the presence of the author and illustrators. Erik Tabery will introduce the publication.
Writer Denisa Šedivá has worked in the non-profit sector and in the state administration, mainly on projects in the fields of culture and ethnic minorities. For the last seven years she has lived in Brussels with her husband Jiří Šedivý, the Czech ambassador to NATO. Her first book My a jóga aneb klidná cesta k mateřství (Yoga and Us, or A Serene Path to Motherhood) (2013) was also judged most beautiful Czech book of the year in the textbook category.
Adam Macháček and Sébastien Bohner are graphic designers and work alongside Petr Bosák and Robert Jansa in the studio 20YY Designers. They are chiefly focused on designing publications, exhibitions, visual identities and illustrations.