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SUMMARY:Modern Poetry in Translation – The Antidote to Agony: Focus on the Poetry of Greece and Cyprus
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the presentation of Modern Poetry in Translation’s latest issue\, The Antidote to Agony: Focus on the Poetry of Greece and Cyprus\, featuring 30 contemporary poets who expand the boundaries of Modern Greek\, Bulgarian and Arvanitika in English translation. The event will include poetry readings by issue contributors Kostya Tsolakis\, Calliope Michail\, Phoebe Giannisi and Brian Sneeden\, and will be introduced by guest editor Jessica Sequeira. \nThe Antidote to Agony features 30 selections of poems by contemporary poets\, translated into English\, expanding the linguistic boundaries of Modern Greek\, Bulgarian and Arvanitika\, reflecting on migrant crossings in the Mediterranean\, female friendship\, the transcription of orality\, imagined plagues\, the encounters of bodies\, the AIDS pandemic\, and artistic ruin\, among other themes. \nJoin us for an evening of poetry readings from issue contributors\, including readings by Kostya Tsolakis of his translations of Nikolas Koutsodontis and George Le Nonce\, Calliope Michail of her translations of Argyris Chionis and Iliassa Sequin\, and Brian Sneeden and poet Phoebe Giannisi will perform poems from Giannisi’s recent collection Goatsong\, as featured in this issue of MPT. \nModern Poetry in Translation was founded by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort in 1965. They published poetry that dealt truthfully with the real contemporary world. For 60 years\, MPT has continued and widened that founding intent. To see more\, please visit: modernpoetryintranslation.com \nImage: Aegis – Design\, texts\, drawings by Phoebe Giannisi\, leather processing by Argyris Kappas \n 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/modern-poetry-in-translation-the-antidote-to-agony-focus-on-the-poetry-of-greece-and-cyprus/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre London\, 18\, 16 Paddington St\, ONLINE\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art,Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:Erev Yom HaShoah: ‘People Without History Are Dust’: An In Conversation with Dr Anna Hájková and Rabbi Kamila Kopřivová
DESCRIPTION:MON 13 APR 2026 18:30 Westminster Synagogue\, London \nWhere are the stories of great queer love in the Shoah? There are almost none. Dr Anna Hájková examines why the history of same-sex desire during the Shoah – queerness among Jews persecuted by the Nazis for their race – is largely absent from history books\, and how restoring these narratives can contribute to a more inclusive understanding of the Holocaust. \nBased on extensive archival research and oral histories\, her book\, recently awarded the 75th National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category\, offers a concise and accessible insight into the queer history of the Holocaust for both general readers and specialists. On Monday 13th April\, Anna will discuss her research in conversation with Rabbi Kamila Kopřivová on the occasion of Yom HaShoah\, the annual day of Holocaust remembrance in the Jewish calendar. \n\n\n 	6.30pm – Erev Yom HaShoah Service\n 	7pm – In Conversation\, followed by Q&A and refreshments\n 	Early Bird Tickets: £15 members / £20 non-members\nEarly bird ends Monday 6 April\nBOOK NOW\n\nDr Anna Hájková is Reader of modern European continental history at the University of Warwick. She is the author of\, among others\, The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt (2020) and People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust (2025) which won the 75th National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category\, in February. Hájková is the pioneer of queer Holocaust history.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/erev-yom-hashoah-people-without-history-are-dust-an-in-conversation-with-dr-anna-hajkova-and-rabbi-kamila-koprivova/
LOCATION:Westminster Synagogue\, Rutland Gardens Mews\, Rutland Gardens\, London\, SW7 1BX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:Why women’s stories of war matter. Ukraine in a global context.
DESCRIPTION:Location:\n\n\n\n\nInstitut français\n17 Queensberry Place\nLondon\nSW7 2DT \n\n\nJoin us for a conversation on women’s experiences of war\, inspired by stories from Ukraine collected by the Ukrainian writer Yuliia Iliukha in her book My Women. These are diverse\, often unseen and silenced experiences:painful\, intimate\, sometimes even funny. They rarely make newspaper headlines\, yet they are no less important than frontline reports or updates from sites of destruction. \nTogether with Christina Lamb OBE\,Chief Foreign Correspondent at The Sunday Times\, one of Britain’s leading foreign journalists and bestselling author of Our Bodies Their Battlefields and What War Does to Women\, we will discuss why women’s stories matter and how they resonate within a broader global context. \nStories of women’s wartime experiences allow us to better understand the trauma of contemporary war and the ways it shapes daily life. They stay with us. They are remembered\, retold\, and carried forward. They bear witness\, cultivate solidarity\, and help us endure. \n\nSpeaker \n\n\nYuliia Iliukha \n\nYuliia Iliukha is a poet\, prose writer and journalist\, born in 1982 in Kharkiv oblast\, Ukraine. She is the author of several books for adults and children. Her poems and prose stories have been translated into over fifteen languages. Iliukha has received awards\, including the Oles Honchar International Ukrainian-German Literary Prize\, the Smoloskyp Prize\, and the Rotahorn Literaturpreis. My Women won the BBC Book of the Year 2024 in Ukraine and was shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize 2025. The book has been published in the US\, France\, Sweden\, Slovakia\, Austria\, Poland\, Greece\, Lithuania and Italy\, with translations forthcoming in Bulgaria\, Latvia\, Spain and Finland. Illukha is currently working on a novel. \n\nModerator \n\n\nChristina Lamb \n\nCovering conflicts across the globe for the past 38 years\, Christina Lamb is recognised as one of the world’s leading foreign correspondents and is Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times as well as a bestselling author. \nHer dispatches with the Afghan mujaheddin fighting the Soviet Union saw her named Young Journalist of the Year at the age of 22. She has since reported everywhere from Israel to Ukraine\, Syria to Zimbabwe and been awarded Foreign Correspondent of the Year seven times as well as Europe’s top war reporting prize\, the Prix Bayeux\, the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from both the Society of Editors and Women in Journalism as well as the Chesney Gold Medal for promoting the understanding of war\, previously awarded to Henry Kissinger and Winston Churchill. Christina’s work has earned her international renown not only as a ground-breaking journalist but as a campaigner for women impacted by war.  She has authored ten books\, including Our Bodies Their Battlefields\, What War Does to Women and co-writing I Am Malala with Malala Yousafzai. \nShe is a Global envoy for UN Education Cannot Wait\, on the board of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting\, and an Associate of the Imperial War Museum and was awarded an OBE in 2013 as well as an honorary doctorate from Oxford in 2026. \n  \n 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/why-womens-stories-of-war-matter-ukraine-in-a-global-context/
LOCATION:Cinema Lumiere\, 17 Queensberry Place\, London\, London\, SW7 2DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:Concert "A Musical Tale: El Niño y la Bestia (The Boy and the Beast)"
DESCRIPTION:Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Oxford Literary Festival\, presents El niño y la bestia (The Boy and the Beast)\, a performance based on the short story of the same name by author Elvira Lindo. \n\nIn this performance\, Lindo narrates a story inspired by her father’s childhood\, when he was sent to live with an aunt in a Madrid devastated in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. She is accompanied by musicians Olatz Ruiz de Gordejuea on violin\, Salvador Bolón on cello\, Ander Perrino on double bass\, and María Lindo—artistic director of the project—on English horn.\n\nElvira Lindo is a journalist and writer. Her children’s books featuring the character Manolito are considered classics of Spanish children’s literature and include Manolito on the Road and Manolito Four-Eyes: The 1st Volume of the Great Encyclopedia of My Life. She is a recipient of Spain’s National Prize for Children’s Literature. Her works for adults include Open Heart.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/concert-a-musical-tale-el-nino-y-la-bestia-the-boy-and-the-beast/
LOCATION:Oxford University Mathematical Institute: Lecture Theatre 1\, Oxford University Mathematical Institute: Lecture Theatre 1\, Oxford\, OX26GG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Music
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SUMMARY:The Matchbox Girl: Alice Jolly in Conversation with Rosie Goldsmith
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome prize-winning novelist Alice Jolly\, author of The Matchbox Girl\, in conversation with award-winning journalist Rosie Goldsmith. \nSet in 1930’s Vienna\, The Matchbox Girl brilliantly brings neurodiversity to light. \nJoin us for a conversation offering insight into the story of a young non-verbal girl’s battle for survival and search for the truth. \n\nAbout The Matchbox Girl \nAdelheid Brunner does not speak. She writes and draws instead and her ambition is to own one thousand matchboxes. Her grandmother cannot make sense of this\, but Adelheid will stop at nothing to achieve her dream. She makes herself invisible\, hiding in cupboards with her pet rat\, Franz Joseph\, listening in on conversations she can’t fully comprehend. Then she meets Dr Asperger\, a man who lets children play all day and who recognises the importance of matchboxes. He invites Adelheid to come and live at the Vienna paediatric clinic\, where she and other children like herself will live under observation. But the year is 1938 and the place is Vienna – a city of political instability\, a place of increasing fear and violence. When the Nazis march into the city\, a new world is created and difficult choices must be made. Why are the clinic’s children disappearing\, and where do they go? Adelheid starts to suspect that some of Dr Asperger’s games are played for the highest stakes. In order to survive\, she must play a game whose rules she cannot yet understand. \n\nAlice Jolly is a novelist and playwright. Her writing has been awarded the PEN/Ackerley Prize\, an O Henry Prize and the V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize\, and been longlisted for Ondaatje Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. She teaches on the Creative Writing Masters at Oxford University. \n\nRosie Goldsmith is an award-winning journalist and presenter\, specializing in arts and foreign affairs. As a BBC broadcaster for twenty years\, she travelled the world. Today she combines journalism with presenting and curating cultural and literary events. As well as being Director of the European Literature Network and Editor-in-Chief of The Riveter magazine\, Rosie is also the Artistic Director of the European Writers’ Festival in the UK\, a books podcaster and book prize judge.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/the-matchbox-girl-alice-jolly-in-conversation-with-rosie-goldsmith/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Wolves\, Folklore\, and Family: Reading and Discussion with Zuzana Rihova
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed Czech writer and scholar Zuzana Říhová joins Dr Kathryn Murphy (University of Oxford) for an informal evening of readings and discussion of her novel Playing Wolf\, a contemporary tale set in the Czech countryside. \nA couple move from Prague with their young son to a remote village in the hope of repairing their failing marriage. As they attempt to settle in\, they encounter a closed community shaped by unspoken rules\, strange coincidences\, and fragments of local folklore. Using the familiar tale of Little Red Riding Hood\, subtly woven into the narrative\, the story illuminates themes of vulnerability\, trust\, and hidden menace. \nBlending psychological insight with folkloric resonance\, Playing Wolf explores how myths and inherited stories continue to influence behaviour and relationships in the present day. The conversation will reflect on the role of folklore and fairy-tale motifs in the novel\, and on how quiet tensions within families and communities can slowly transform lives. \nZuzana Říhová studied Czech language and literature and comparative literature at Charles University in Prague. She has published a collection of poetry\, Pustím si tě do domu (I’ll Let You in My House)\, and a novella\, Evička (Little Eve). \nAlex Zucker’s translations include novels by Magdaléna Platzová\, Jáchym Topol\, Bianca Bellová\, Petra Hůlová\, and Tomáš Zmeškal. He has also translated plays\, subtitles\, young adult and children’s books\, poems\, philosophy\, art history\, and an opera. \nKathryn Murphy is Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oriel College\, Oxford\, where she writes about and teaches seventeenth-century literature. Her book\, Robert Burton: A Vital Melancholy is forthcoming from Reaktion. She studied Czech literature at the University of Glasgow\, and reviews Czech fiction for the Times Literary Supplement. \nAdmission: £5 (+ Eventbrite fee)\nBook Here \nZuzana Říhová will also appear in Oxford the day before\, on Wednesday 4 March 2026\, for a special event at The Queen’s College exploring poetry in translation alongside a reading from Playing Wolf. The Oxford evening will include discussion\, a book signing and refreshments. Free entry. More info
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/wolves-folklore-and-family-reading-and-discussion-with-zuzana-rihova/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens  \, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Tibor Fischer - My Bags are Big - Book launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of literary conversation as Tibor Fischer\, the acclaimed British-Hungarian novelist\, discusses his latest book My Bags Are Big with prize-winning writer and creative writing tutor Peter Benson. This special London book launch event takes place at the Liszt Institute London.\nSet against the surreal\, sun-drenched landscape of Dubai\, My Bags Are Big is a darkly comic novel exploring wealth\, reinvention and regret. With his trademark wit and philosophical sharpness\, Fischer follows Dan – a man burdened by money\, memories and a past that refuses to stay buried. Moving deftly between ambition and reflection\, bravado and vulnerability\, the novel examines desire and the uneasy cost of pretending you have moved on\, all delivered with biting humour and unmistakable style.\nAbout the Author \nTibor Fischer is the acclaimed author of Under the Frog\, The Thought Gang and several other celebrated novels. His work has been praised for its originality\, intelligence and audacious comedy by critics ranging from The Guardian to Christopher Hitchens. My Bags Are Big has been named by New Statesman as “the best fiction to read this year” and selected by Shortlist Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of 2026\, confirming Fischer’s reputation as a writer who continues to surprise\, provoke and entertain.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/tibor-fischer-my-bags-are-big-book-launch/
LOCATION:Hungarian Cultural Centre\, 10 Maiden Lane\, London\, London\, WC2E 7NA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:EATING ASHES BY BRENDA NAVARRO
DESCRIPTION:Brenda Navarro in conversation with Silvia Quin Rothlisberger\n\n\n\nCervantes Institute of London and Manchester\, in collaboration with the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at Trinity College\, University of Cambridge\, present the tour introducing the English translation of the book Cenizas en la boca – Eating Ashes by author Brenda Navarro. \nBrenda will take part in talks in Manchester\, Cambridge\, and London\, where she will discuss the writing process of her book\, its themes\, and her career as a writer. \nThe London event will be chaired by journalist Silvia Quin Rothlisberger. \nAfter the talk\, copies of the book will be available for purchase. \nSynopsis of Cenizas en la boca \nDiego jumps from a fifth-floor window\, and since then\, that image keeps drilling into his sister’s mind: six seconds and a body crashing to the ground. She is the one who looks back and tells the story of the two siblings. Their arrival into a world where life was never fair. The years they spent in Mexico with their grandparents while their mother tried to make a living in Spain\, and she\, still a child\, was the one who took care of Diego. The stage in Madrid\, a city they didn’t understand and that didn’t understand them either. The first separation\, when she left for Barcelona to make her way and her brother stayed behind in the place he hated most. And her return\, carrying Diego’s ashes\, to a Mexico very different from the one she remembered. \nThis novel narrates the emotional journey of a young woman who senses the reasons behind her teenage brother’s suicide and experiences her own “Ulysses syndrome\,” where neither departure nor return is truly a destination. A story of separations and abandonments\, of longing and rage\, of loss and initiation into life\, in which Brenda Navarro tackles elusive issues such as inequality\, xenophobia\, and uprooting with enormous courage\, confirming her as one of the most powerful and daring voices in contemporary literature. Intense\, visceral\, and devastating\, Cenizas en la boca is a book that burns and poses the painful question of what life is worth living. \nBRENDA NAVARRO is one of the most critically acclaimed authors writing in Spanish. Her first novel\, Casas vacías (Empty Houses)\, won the Tigre Juan Prize. Cenizas en la boca received the Cálamo and CEGAL awards\, as well as the Madrid Booksellers’ Prize\, and was a finalist for the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Prize. Brenda is a screenwriter and a regular contributor to El País and other media outlets. Originally from Mexico City\, she lives in Madrid. \nMEGAN McDOWELL has translated many of today’s most important Latin American writers. Her work has received the National Book Award for Translated Literature\, the English PEN Award\, the Valle-Inclán Prize\, and two O. Henry Awards\, and she has been nominated for the International Booker Prize four times. Her short story translations have appeared in The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, Granta\, and others. She lives in Chile. \nSilvia Quin Rothlisberger\, Colombian journalist\, writer and broadcaster based in London. Her work has appeared in Wasafiri Magazine\, The White Review\, Songlines Magazine\, The Guardian\, among others. As a journalist Silvia has been telling the stories of the Latin American community in London for the past 14 years in print\, radio and documentary. Her short stories have been published in anthologies for emerging writers by El Ojo de la Cultura and Comma Press. She currently works for the Guardian. \nEvent in English.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/eating-ashes-by-brenda-navarro/
LOCATION:Instituto Cervantes London\, 15-19 Devereux Court\, London\, WC2R 3JJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Tribute to Miguel Ángel Asturias
DESCRIPTION:50th anniversary of the passing of Nobel Laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)\n\n\n\nInstituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Embassy of Guatemala in the UK pays tribute to Miguel Ángel Asturias\, the Guatemalan Nobel Prize-winning writer whose work bridged indigenous heritage and universal literature. Celebrated for masterpieces such as El Señor Presidente and Men of Maize\, Asturias gave voice to social justice and cultural identity\, earning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967. \nThis homage honors his enduring legacy as a poet\, diplomat\, and novelist\, whose words continue to inspire readers worldwide. Through his writing\, Asturias transformed memory and myth into powerful narratives that resonate across generations. \nThe talk will be hosted by Juan Toledo. \nEvent organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Guatemala in the UK.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/tribute-to-miguel-angel-asturias/
LOCATION:Instituto Cervantes London\, 15-19 Devereux Court\, London\, WC2R 3JJ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Masterclass: How to Write a City
DESCRIPTION:Join writer Elena Medel for a creative writing masterclass focused on cities and the built environment.  \n\n\n\nAbout the workshop:\n\n\n\nA city is made up of avenues and squares\, parks and buildings. Cities are inhabited by people: some live all their lives in the same neighbourhood\, others pass through them every day. And a city is also built by the memory of those streets\, those buildings\, those people. \n\n\n\nOver the course of the day\, Elena will guide you through writing prompts and group feedback sessions to develop your creative writing practice\, drawing on her own research and writing processes. Together you’ll think about the place you live and the lives of the people around you to inspire your poems\, stories or novels. \n\n\n\nThis masterclass is led by award-winning author Elena Medel. Elena was shortlisted for the 2025 Eccles Institute and Hay Festival Global Writers Award. Her book The Wonders was published by Pushkin Press in 2022 and translated by Thomas Bunstead and Lizzie Davis. \n\n\n\nSuitable for beginners. The workshop will be delivered in English. Each participant will receive a copy of Elena’s book\, The Wonders\, at the start of the workshop. Please email adultlearning@bl.uk with your accessibility requirements. \n\n\n\nA vegetarian sandwich lunch is provided. Please email adultlearning@bl.uk with your dietary requirements. \n\n\n\nElena Medel\n\n\n\nElena Medel (1985) is a writer based in Madrid.  \n\n\n\nShe was the first woman ever to win the prestigious Francisco Umbral Prize for her debut novel\, The Wonders (2020)\, which was also longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2023 and has been translated into fifteen languages. She was shortlisted for The Eccles Institute and the Hay Festival Global Writer’s Award 2025\, and writer-in-residence at MALBA\, Arvo Pärt Centre and Passa Porta. Her essays on culture and politics have been published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and The New York Times\, among others.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/creative-writing-masterclass-how-to-write-a-city/
LOCATION:Foyle Suite\, British Library Conservation Centre\, British Library\, London\, 96 Euston Road\, London\, NW1 2DB
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Stories and Tasters from Evie Harbury’s Bohemian Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Join Evie Harbury\, food stylist\, chef\, and debut author\, and Lou Kenney\, a fellow cookbook author and food stylist\, for a festive evening of Czech flavours and storytelling to celebrate the launch of Evie Harbury‘s first cookbook\, My Bohemian Kitchen. \nEvie’s Bohemian kitchen bridges the Czech Republic of her heritage with her home in East London\, inspired by long summers at her grandmother’s mill in South Bohemia. Her book celebrates Czech food and culture through seasonal\, sustainable\, and simply delicious recipes – from beer snacks to goulash and cakes – all infused with the warmth of Czech hospitality. \nAt this special pre-Christmas event\, Evie will demonstrate three traditional recipes: Marinated Cheese (Nakládaný Hermelín)\, Rum Truffles (Rumové Kuličky)\, and Hot Spiced Wine (Svařák). Guests will enjoy tastings\, take part in a Q&A\, and have the opportunity to purchase signed copies of the book. \nExperience the flavours and stories of a Bohemian Christmas – a perfect seasonal celebration of food\, family\, and culture. \n\n“Your book is terrific. As someone whose family history is a little similar to yours\, I found your grandmother’s story extremely interesting. I have reconnected with my Czech roots\, bought a flat in Prague\, am learning the language\, and am learning to “cook Czech”. Your book will guide and inspire me and it is beautifully written and produced. Congratulations and I wish you every success with your future Bohemian endeavours!” \n\n\n “I am really looking forward to your upcoming cookbook\, finally a book about Czech cuisine. My family comes from Czechia and we live in Sydney\, Australia. I cannot wait to explore your recipes” \n\nMy Bohemian Kitchen\, A nostalgic guide to modern Czech cooking\nby Evie Harbury\, Murdoch Books\, 2025\, 208 pg\nGBP £20.00 \nAbout Evie Harbury\nEvie Harbury is a Bohemian-British food stylist\, chef and recipe writer. Brought up between Bath\, England and Tábor\, Czech Republic\, by an eccentric epicure of a father and an avant-garde\, baking British mother\, Evie is now an East London-based Bohemian. Evie divides her time between her London Fields home where she bases herself for filming and commercial work and her “chalupa” (cottage) in South Bohemia\, where she grows vegetables\, cooks for neighbours\, eats goulash and writes. Her television and cookbook credits include work with household names such as Dame Mary Berry\, Mary McCartney\, Rosemary Shrager and Tom Kerridge. \n\nAdmission: £7 (+Eventbrite fee)\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/stories-and-tasters-from-evie-harburys-bohemian-kitchen/
LOCATION:Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, Select a State\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Book Presentation & Discussion with Thomas Harding – The Maverick - George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Hella Pick Lecture Series with the Weidenfeld Institute\, University of Sussex\nThe Austrian Cultural Forum invites you to the third event in the Hella Pick Lecture series in cooperation with the Sussex Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies. \nThe evening will feature a book presentation of The Maverick – George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing by renowned author Thomas Harding who will present his remarkable biography of the namesake of the Weidenfeld Institute – famed publisher Lord George Weidenfeld. \nThe presentation will be followed by a discussion with the director of the Weidenfeld Institute\, Professor Gideon Reuvenui. \nThe Sussex Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies\, launched in 2019\, is an interdisciplinary research hub that places the Jewish experience in a broader context. Aimed to act as an agent of change\, their work is focussed on the present and making past experiences relevant in a world increasingly divided by disinformation and prejudice. \nThe Institute is home to the Centre for German-Jewish Studies\, which for over two decades has been at the forefront of academic enquiry into the history\, culture and thought of Jewish refugees from German-speaking lands. The Institute also works with Digital Holocaust Memory and Education Projects and sponsors prestigious Fellowship programmes. \nThomas Harding www.thomasharding.com is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into twenty languages. His publications include Hanns and Rudolf which won the Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction and Blood on the Page which won the Crime Writers’ Association’s Golden Dagger Award for Non-Fiction. His other books have received wide acclaim including The House by the Lake (shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and extracted in BBC Radio 4’s Book Of The Week)\, Future History (nominated for the German Youth Literature Award ‘Best Youth Book’ and performed by Berlin Youth Ballet) and White Debt (longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and dramatised on BBC Radio 4). In addition\, his book The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing was chosen as a New York Times Critics’ Pick for 2023. His most recent book\, The Einstein Vendetta\, was published in 2025. \nThomas has written for the Sunday Times\, the Washington Post and the Guardian\, among other publications. In 2024\, he was elected as a visiting fellow of Jesus College Cambridge. For ten years (2014-2024) he was president of the Alexander Haus project outside of Berlin. \nAbout The Maverick \nAfter arriving in London just before World War II as a penniless Austrian-Jewish refugee\, George Weidenfeld went on to transform not only the world of publishing but the culture of ideas. The books that he published include momentous titles such as Lolita\, Double Helix\, The Group and The Hedgehog and the Fox\, with authors he championed ranging from Joan Didion\, Mary McCarthy\, JD Salinger\, Edna O’Brien\,  Henry Miller\, Harold Wilson\, Saul Bellow and Henry Kissinger. His role as publisher brought him into the orbit of influential figures such as George Bush\, Ann Getty\, Donald Trump and LBJ. \nIn this first biography\, Thomas Harding provides a full\, unvarnished\, and at times difficult history of this complex and fascinating character. Throughout his long career\, he was written about in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, Time Magazine\, Vanity Fair\, and other publications. Was he\, as described by some\, the “greatest salesperson\,” “the world’s best networker\,” “the publisher’s publisher\,” and “a great intellectual”? Was his lifelong effort to be the world’s most famous host a cover for his loneliness? Who\, in fact\, was the real George Weidenfeld and how did he rise so successfully within the ranks of New York and London society?
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/book-presentation-discussion-with-thomas-harding-the-maverick-george-weidenfeld-and-the-golden-age-of-publishing/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:Book Presentation & Discussion with Susanne Gregor and Eleanor Updegraff – Halbe Leben
DESCRIPTION:The ACF London is delighted to welcome Austrian-Slovak novelist Susanne Gregor and translator Eleanor Updegraff for a special evening celebrating Gregor’s latest novel Halbe Leben (Half lives). \nThis incisive and gripping book about two families\, one in Slovakia\, one in Austria\, explores the dynamics of two interdependent families. A Slovakian woman puts her life on hold to support her children by working as a carer for a family in Austria. Starting out with a possible crime\, the novel navigates shifting power dynamics and veiled exploitation with narrative skill as well as irony. Susanne Gregor explores major themes that affect us all\, telling a story of inequality—between two women and their families\, between two lives. \nThis very topical novel was recently dramatised and staged by the Volkstheater in Vienna using Slovakian surtitles and touring the city’s quarters in a variety of locations. \nThe event will be chaired by Andrea Capovilla\, Director of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature and Culture and will conclude with an audience Q&A session. \nThis bilingual event is accessible to non-German speakers. \n\nSusanne Gregor https://susannegregor.com/ was born in 1981 in Žilina\, Czechoslovakia. In 1990\, she moved to Austria with her family. She studied German studies and journalism in Salzburg and later taught German as a foreign language at the University of New Orleans. She now lives in Vienna. Gregor has received multiple awards for her literary work\, including the Elias Canetti Scholarship\, the Writing between the Cultures Award and the City of Vienna Advancement Award. Her novel Wir werden fliegen was nominated for the Austrian Book Prize. \n\nEleanor Updegraff https://www.eleanorupdegraff.co.uk/about is a writer\, editor\, and translator of contemporary German and Austrian literature. Born in London and raised in Hampshire\, she lived for several years in Vienna and Carinthia before returning to the UK. Her recent translations include Teresa Präauer’s Cooking in the Wrong Century\, Tanja Paar’s The Trembling World and Annabelle Hirsch’s A History of Women in 101 Objects.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/book-presentation-discussion-with-susanne-gregor-and-eleanor-updegraff-halbe-leben/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Semafor: The Birth of Pop Culture in Prague’s 1960s
DESCRIPTION:Bursting into the 1960s with wit\, charm\, and a rebellious spirit\, Prague’s Semafor Theatre became a beacon of creativity behind the Iron Curtain. The unforgettable duo of Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr brought Czechoslovakia its first wave of modern pop\, offbeat humour\, and a form of rebellion that spoke a language different from that of official power and the media. Their songs became the soundtrack of a generation and a symbol of cultural resistance. In this special event\, music historian and author of Suchý & Šlitr\, Semafor 1959–1969\, Pavel Klusák\, and Jiří Šlitr’s daughter\, Dominika Křesťanová\, share stories\, rare insights\, and the cultural legacy of a duo who defined an era\, and the rebellion that stole a language for its own game. \n\n\n\n\nThis event also marks the recent release of Pavel Klusák’s book Suchý a Šlitr: Semafor 1959–1969 (Host\, 2024\, 456 pages\, ISBN 978-80-275-1813-5)\, which explores the rise of Semafor and its cultural impact during a decade of change. The book\, awarded the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for non-fiction\, offers a vivid portrait of the duo’s creative world and their lasting influence on Czechoslovak popular culture. \n\n\nAdmission: £7 (+ Eventbrite fee)\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/semafor-the-birth-of-pop-culture-in-pragues-1960s/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens  \, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:The Dervish Bowl: The Many Lives of Arminius Vambéry Book launch with Anabel Loyd
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the London launch of The Dervish Bowl: The Many Lives of Arminius Vambéry by Anabel Loyd. This new biography paints a compelling portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures of the nineteenth century\, whose restless travels and self-fashioned legends made him both a celebrated explorer and a controversial character. \nArminius Vambéry (1832–1913) was a Hungarian-born linguist\, orientalist adventurer\, writer\, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences who rose from poverty to become a regular guest at the courts and parlours of Victorian England. Disguised as a dervish\, he crossed Persia and Central Asia on foot\, publishing tales that thrilled European audiences and earned him a reputation as an intrepid traveller. His story is far from straightforward: Zionist sympathiser\, inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing\, and even a British agent in the “Great Game” with Russia\, Vambéry embodied the shifting identities and ambiguities of Europe’s imperial century. \nIn her book\, Anabel Loyd draws on Vambéry’s own memoirs alongside newly uncovered sources\, letters\, and contemporary accounts to reveal the complex reality behind the myths. From hero to trickster\, patriot to opportunist\, he emerges as a man who was always both insider and outsider – fitting in everywhere and nowhere at once.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/the-dervish-bowl-the-many-lives-of-arminius-vambery-book-launch-with-anabel-loyd/
LOCATION:Liszt Institute Hungarian Cultural Centre London\, 17-19 Cockspur St.\, London \, SW1Y 5BL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War
DESCRIPTION:Book launch conversation with Daniela Spenser\, chaired by Jana Burešová \n\n\n\n \n\nJoin us for a compelling evening with historian and anthropologist Daniela Grollová Spenser\, as she discusses her new book Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War.\n\nBlending personal history with political insight\, Spenser traces three generations of her family across some of the most turbulent chapters of the 20th century: from the devastation of the Holocaust and wartime imprisonment\, through the vibrant intellectual and political life of 1960s Czechoslovakia\, to the trauma of exile after the 1968 Soviet invasion. At the heart of the story are her mother\, translator Ruth Tosková\, and her stepfather\, editor and journalist Vladimír Tosek\, whose lives intertwined with prominent figures such as Jiří Pelikán and the émigré journal Listy.\n\nThe book—published in Czech by Argo (2025) and in English by the University of Alabama Press (2025)—offers a deeply human perspective on survival\, displacement\, and the shifting relationship between political exiles and Czech society after 1989.\n\nThe conversation will be chaired by Jana Burešová and will open a window into how private lives intersect with history on a global scale.\n\nAbout the author:\nDaniela Spenser is a fellow at CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social) in Mexico City. She is also the author of The Impossible Triangle: Mexico\, Soviet Russia\, and the United States in the 1920sand Stumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the Communist International.\n\nSupported by the BCSA.\n\n 	Admission: 5 (+ Eventbrite fee)
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/echoes-of-exile-a-familys-odyssey-through-the-holocaust-and-cold-war/
LOCATION:Czech Cente at the Czech Embassy Cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, Select a State\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Stories of Resistance: Olivier Norek in Conversation with Andrey Kurkov
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful evening of conversation between bestselling French author Olivier Norek and acclaimed Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov\, as they explore war\, resistance\, and the endurance of the human spirit through their latest works. \nIn The Winter Warriors\, Olivier Norek revives the icy silence of the Finnish forests during the Winter war of 1939—a forgotten front where rifles froze\, but not the will of a nation. Against all expectations\, Finland resisted the Soviet onslaught with nothing more than skis\, cunning\, and courage. At the heart of this stark and haunting narrative stands Simo Häyhä\, the legendary sniper known as the White Death\, who becomes a chilling symbol of one man’s ability to shift the tide of history. \nMeanwhile\, in Our Daily War\, Andrey Kurkov writes from today’s frontiers—not of history\, but of life itself. With piercing humanity and quiet defiance\, he documents the everyday surrealism of Ukraine under siege: children doing schoolwork in metro stations\, winemakers repurposing war detritus\, and soldiers scribbling messages of remembrance on their ammunitions. \nTogether\, these two authors offer a unique and moving reflection on what is means to resist. Across time and geography\, The Winter Warriors and Our Daily War speak to the same truth: when history tries to erase a people\, resistance becomes not just survival\, but identity. \nAs war redraws maps and tests identities\, Norek and Kurkov remind us that it is not always the grand strategies that shape destiny\, but the unbreakable thread of resilience—from the snows of Karelia to the skies above Kyiv.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/stories-of-resistance-olivier-norek-in-conversation-with-andrey-kurkov/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250604T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Presentation and Discussion with Anne Sebba and Rosie Goldsmith – The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
DESCRIPTION:The ACF London is delighted to welcome acclaimed historian and biographer Anne Sebba for a special evening celebrating her latest publication The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz – A Story of Survival. \nThis event will feature an introduction to the orchestra\, whose main conductor was the Viennese-born Alma Rosé\, and a discussion with Anne Sebba and award-winning journalist Rosie Goldsmith\, followed by a Q&A. \nIn 1943\, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a hurriedly assembled band that would play marching music to other inmates\, forced labourers who left each morning and returned\, exhausted and often broken\, at the end of the day. While still living amid the most brutal and dehumanising of circumstances\, they were also made to give weekly concerts for Nazi officers\, and individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances of an officer’s favourite piece of music. It was the only entirely female orchestra in any of the Nazi prison camps and\, for almost all of the musicians chosen to take part\, being in the orchestra saved their lives. What role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? \nFrom Alma Rosé\, the orchestra’s main conductor\, niece of Gustav Mahler and a formidable pre-war celebrity violinist\, to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch\, its teenage cellist and last surviving member\, Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to tell the full and astonishing story of the orchestra\, its members and the response of other prisoners for the first time. \nAnne Sebba is a historian and an award-winning biographer who began her career as a Reuters correspondent based in London and Rome. She has written eleven works of non-fiction\, mostly about iconic 20th century women\, translated into a variety of languages including French\, Polish\, Czech\, Japanese and Chinese\, makes regular television and radio appearances and has presented two BBC radio documentaries about musicians. She is the author of the international bestseller That Woman\, an acclaimed biography of Wallis Simpson\, Duchess of Windsor\, and the prize-winning Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived\, Loved and Died Under Nazi Occupation. Her most recent book was Ethel Rosenberg\, the Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother\, shortlisted for the Wingate award. Anne is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research and trustee of the National Archives Trust. \nRosie Goldsmith is an award-winning journalist specializing in arts and foreign affairs. A BBC staff Senior Broadcast Journalist for twenty years\, she travelled the world and presented several flagship programmes. Today she combines journalism with chairing and curating arts and literary events in the UK and across the world. Known also as a champion of international literature\, translation and language learning\, she promotes them whenever she can. She is Founder and Director of the European Literature Network\, Editor-in-Chief of The Riveter magazine\, Artistic Director of the European Writers’ Festival and was Chair of the Judges of the EBRD Literature Prize 2018-2020\, a prize that she helped set up. She is presenter of the Slightly Foxed books podcast.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/book-presentation-and-discussion-with-anne-sebba-and-rosie-goldsmith-the-womens-orchestra-of-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Beyond Words
DESCRIPTION:From 5 to 17 May\, the Institut français goes Beyond Words and takes us on a literary journey through discussions\, readings\, and screenings. \n\n\n\n\n\nAudiences can expect the best of contemporary French literature in English translation\, the latest and most inspiring publications from both sides of the Channel and a great line-up including acclaimed authors and new voices. \nWith special thanks to Florence and Vincent Gombault\, and to the Friends of the French Institute Trust for their support to the festival.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/beyond-words/
LOCATION:Institut français in London\, 17 Queensberry Place\, London\, SW7 2DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film,Literature,Talks
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