British Library, Conference Centre

Peyton Events (Part of Peyton & Byrne Ltd), 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

The Czech Centre London is helping to organise the Literature Night, which, for the fourth time, will be held under the auspices of the British Library in its Conference Centre. Authors from nine countries will take part in this year’s literature marathon: Paulus Hochgatterer (Austria), Pia Juul (Denmark), Laurent Binet (France), Ludwig Steinherr (Germany), Noémi Szécsi (Hungary), Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro), Zygmunt Miloszewski (Poland), Robert Şerban (Serbia) and Anne Swärd (Sweden). A bookstall of the leading Foyles Publishers will complete the reading with also a moderated discussion of authors. It will offer books of the presenting authors as well as Czech translated literature, as part of the European literature project.
During the year 2012 Literature Night will tour British literary festivals, among others also the Cheltenham and Manchester festivals, where Literature Night debuted last year. Czech authors Michal Ajvaz and Radka Denemarková have been shortlisted for this literary tournament.