Charles University Hard to Miss at the Book World Fair












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            As usually, the 16th annual trade fair and literary festival Book World Prague 2010 featur

            University. The Karolinum publishing house and the Faculty of Arts presented their publish
            the university publishing section. The Roma studies seminar, a part of the Institute of So
            Asia of the Faculty of Arts, had its own stand, taking part in the Year for the Rapprochem

            programme.
            Visitors could flip through the pages of 34 foreign exhibitors from all over the world, in
            traditional European guests (France, Hungary, Germany, Spain etc.), as well as some more e

            such as Wales, Taiwan or Saudi Arabia, which will be the honorary guest of the next instal
            this role was reserved for Poland, which offered the view of the current Polish literary s

            title “Have We Read Poland?”.                                                             
                                                 The seminar of Roma studies was represented in the fo
                                                 a view at the Roma culture. As 2010 is the UNESCO's Y
                                                 Culture, the book fair introduced ethnic minorities l
                                                                                                      
                                                 Among other events, a discussion with Roma authors to
                                                 Hall, moderated by Mr. Jan Červenka, the director of 
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                 The Faculty of Arts presented its publishing output i
                                                 palace, in the university publishing stand. It introd
                                                 “Frederick V, Elector Palatine As Seen In Contemporar
                                                                                                      
                                                 and “In Pursuit of Harmony. Studies in Chinese Cultur
                                                 Černá. In addition to that, visitors could buy new pu
                                                 and Trivium editions and new issues of journals publi
                                                                                                      
                                                 reduced prices.                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                 The red stand of the Karolinum publishing house was i
                                                 attracted great interest, partially because of the si
                                                 Friday, visitors could meet the three authors of the 
                                                                                                      
                                                 Life”, along with Kateřina Charvátová, who wrote the 
                                                 Bohemia”, and Petr Wittlich, the author of “The Horiz
                                                 František Koukolík introduced his new book “Obsessed 
                                                                                                      
                                                 the biological and psychological nature of power.    
                                                                                                      

                                                              
            Literary festival in numbers                      
            writers featured         438                      
            number of events         391                      
                                                              
            number of exhibitions    21                       
            Trade fair in numbers                             
            exhibitors feature       414                      
                                                              
            number of stands         194                      
            total area               2 930 m2                 
            registered professional  642                      
            participants                                      

            (Lucie Kettnerová)


            Translation: Jaroslav Švelch