Authors' Reading Month
Authors' Reading Month is the largest Central European literary festival running annually since 2000. The organiser is the Větrné mlýny Publishers, 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.
As of 2016, the festival takes place in 5 cities simultaneously, spanning 4 countries: Brno and Ostrava, Wrocław, Košice, and Lviv. In 2020 the festival guest country was Hungary.
History
In the years 2000–2004 the main festival venue was the Kabinet múz. Since 2005 the venue has been the Husa na provázku Theatre in Brno, Czech Republic. 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: