Pálava Publishing

Pálava Publishing is a recently established publishing house that focuses on unique works of fiction by contemporary Czech authors in English translation. It is based in Brno in the Czech Republic, and the moving spirits behind the project are Dana Blatná (at the Dana Blatná Literary Agency) and Oldřich Pavlovský (at PAVLOVSKÝ s.r.o.), who have been friends since their student days, as well as lovers of good books and book projects. The publisher also has a close ”philosophical” connection with the agency – as the agency’s objective for over ten years has been the high-quality publication of first-class book translations. At present the publisher only plans to bring out authors represented by the agency.

In summer 2016 the publisher brought out the first two titles – Irena Dousková’s bestseller Hrdý Budžes (B. Proudew, translated by Melvyn Clarke) and Martin Fahrner’s novel Steiner aneb Co jsme dělali (The Invincible Seven, translated by Andrew Oakland).

These books are uniformly designed by well-known graphic artist Bedřich Vémola, while the illustrations on the cover are by ”allied” artists (Lucie Lomová and Věra Kovářová), based on the author’s choice.

Both books come together with a preface, which in the case of B. Proudew is by the author, and which for The Invincible Seven was written by Martin Reiner, the publisher of the Czech original and award-winning author, too.

Tuto knihu a anglické vydání knihy Ireny Douskové Hrdý Budžes (psalí jsme o něm asi před týdnem) je možné si objednat na emailové adrese orders@palavapublishing.com..

I hope you will enjoy it.

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