The Velvet Violin founds up five works of literature and prose that have been used in songs by major artists.

Most film fans will know that Stanley Kubrick’s final project A.I. Artificial Intelligence was only half-finished before he died, Steven Spielberg subsequently taking the reigns. However, another of Kubrick’s films never even made it to the filming stage. This, despite meticulous research, planning and writing.

Napoleon was to be “at once a character study and sweeping epic replete with grandiose battle scenes featuring thousands of extras”. Alas, it never saw the light of day.

As The Prague Post reported Feb. 23, a transnational project entitled “Letters to Milosz” is underway throughout Europe under the auspices of HALMA, the European Association of Writing Centers. But just what is Milosz’s legacy, and is the Nobel Prize winning Polish poet, who died in 2004, still relevant today?

The Prague Post discussion “Are Books Dead?” took place Nov. 17 before a crowd of nearly 100 people at the National Gallery. The event stretched into the night, with plenty of questions from the audience and animated debate taking place after the panel discussion had concluded.

There has been a great deal of discussion lately about the future of print media, especially books and newspapers. How can books and print newspapers compete with digital media and the Internet? This topic will be taken up at a discussion hosted by The Prague Post Thursday, November 18 at 7pm at the National Gallery in Holešovice. This is the third in a series of prefatory notes leading up to the discussion.

There has been a great deal of discussion lately about the future of print media, especially books and newspapers. How can books and print newspapers compete with digital media and the Internet? This topic will be taken up at a discussion hosted by The Prague Post Thursday, November 18 at 7pm at the National Gallery in Holešovice. This is the second in a series of prefatory notes leading up to the discussion.

There has been a great deal of discussion lately about the future of print media, especially books and newspapers. How can books and print newspapers compete with digital media and the Internet? This topic will be taken up at a discussion hosted by The Prague Post Thursday, November 18 at 7pm at the National Gallery in Holešovice. This is the first in a series of prefatory notes leading up to the discussion.

This year’s Poetry Hearings, an annual English language poetry festival in Berlin, had a strong Prague contingent, with one performing poet and several audience members making the trek to Germany.

Full Metal Poem, the most interesting and well-executed English language literary journal to emerge in Europe in recent memory, saw its first issue released earlier this year. The journal is something of a combined, satellite effort, involving poet Cralan Kelder, based in Amsterdam, and poet Mark Terrill, based outside of Hamburg.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Czech Romantic poet Karel Hynek Macha. The event is being celebrated with a series of concerts, exhibitions, performances and book launches which will take place throughout the year. Especially notable is the release of a new edition of Macha’s poem in English translation, published by Twisted Spoon Press.