Books Between Censorship and Sensitivity
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: March 25, 2025, 19:30 – 21:30
A debate on Czech book culture and its clashes with political and social power in recent decades.
How did we deal, or not, with the nationalisation of private publishing houses after 1948? What could we have read prior to 1989, if censorship had not intervened at the last moment? What do authors and publishers have to deal with today?
These and similar questions will be answered by Štěpán Lars Laichter, who today is building on the famous First Republic publishing house of Jan and František Laichter; Lukáš Broul, one of the driving forces behind the Knihovraždy (Book Murders) project, which maps books published and unpublished between 1948 and 1989; and journalist Jiří Peňás.
The debate will be chaired by Saša Michailidis (Artzóna, Akcent).