6.-9.5. 2004
Theme: Literature as a source of inspiration
Central Exposition: Ireland, Scotland, and Wales—countries with a shared history and a dynamic contemporary culture
10th International Book Fair

 
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PRESS RELEASE


BookWorld 2004
10th International Book Fair



Organiser: Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers
Co-organiser: City of Prague, Literature Across Frontiers
Production: Svět knihy, Ltd. – an ACBP company
Date: 6 – 9 May 2004
Press & Trade Day: 6 May 2004 from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Opening Hours: 10.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m., 9 May (Sunday) to 6.00 p.m.
Venue: Prague Exhibition Grounds – Industrial Palace
Guest of Honour: Ireland, Scotland, Wales – Region of a shared history and a dynamic present
Theme: Literature as a source of inspiration
Auspices:Minister of Culture of the Czech Rep.,City of Prague Mayor
Internet: www.svetknihy.cz / www.bookworld.cz
Media Partners: Czech Radio, Lidové noviny Daily, Rencar, Svět tisku, Radio 1, Xantypa, Jaga Media (mag. HOME), KidsLand
Main Partner: Pilsner Urquell, a.s.
Partners: Prague 5 City District, Auroton, Alkometa (William Grant & Sons), Mövenpick Hotel Prague, Pemic

AWARDS AND ANTI-AWARDS


The Golden Ribbon
Worst Translating Achievement Award
Miroslav Ivanov Non-Fiction Prize
Premia Bohemica
Photography Publication of the Year
Dictionary of the Year
SF, Fantasy and Horror Academy

COMPETITIONS



DRAWING LEPRECHAUNS - prize-giving ceremony of the children’s artistic competition, focusing on the fairy-tale world of the leprechauns (Czech Radio 2 – Praha, Albatros publishers and BookWorld)
BOOKS IN MY LIFE - results will be announced of the literary and photography competition (Czech Radio 2 – Praha and BookWorld)


OTHER ACCOMPANYING EVENTS



BOOKWORLD ON SCREEN (3 – 9 May 2004) - featuring a total of 66 films The 3rd annual festival of film adaptations of literary works from Czech and world literature will be held in the Ponrepo (Bio Konvikt) and Oko cinemas
BOOKWORLD ON STAGE (1 – 8 May 2004) - – featuring a total of 26 performances 1st annual festival of dramatised literary works (Theatres Švandovo divadlo, Divadlo Na Prádle, Divadlo Na zábradlí, Viola, Divadlo Nablízko, Lyra Pragensis)


WRITERS AT THE BOOK FAIR



FOREIGN GUESTS
Neil Ascherson (Scotland), Ruth Bondy (Israel), Pat Boran (Ireland), Ron Butlin (Scotland), Moya Cannon (Ireland), Michael Collins (Ireland / USA), John F. Deane (Ireland), Inger Edelfeldt (Sweden), Peter Fallon (Ireland), Carlo Ginzburg (Italy), Kirsty Gunn (Scotland), Hugo Hamilton (Ireland), Tristan Hughes (Wales), Emyr Humphreys (Wales), Stanislava Chrobáková Repar (Slovakia / Slovenia), Alenka Jensterle-Doležalová (Slovenia / Czech Rep.), Brian Keenan (Northern Ireland), Daniel Kehlmann (Austria), China Keitetsi (Uganda), Declan Kiberd (Ireland), Barbara Korun (Slovenia), Endre Kukorelly (Hungary), Reiner Kunze (Germany), Gearóid Mac Lochlainn (Northern Ireland), Kevin MacNeil (Scotland), Robert Minhinnick (Wales), Jan Morris (Wales), Gábor Nemeth (Hungary), Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (Ireland), Iztok Osojnik (Slovenia), András Pályi (Hungary), Justin Quinn (Ireland / Czech Rep.), Primož Repar (Slovenia), Francesca Rhydderch (Wales), Keith Ridgeway (Ireland), Gabriel Rosenstock (Ireland), Andrej E. Skubic (Slovenia), Pedro Támen (Portugal), Miguel Sousa Tavares (Portugal), Ned Thomas (Wales), Louise Welsh (Scotland), Jacek Zakowski (Poland), Juli Zeh (Germany)


SELECTED CZECH AUTHORS AND PERSONALITIES
Adolf Born, Tereza Brdečková, Aleš Cibulka, Ivanka Devátá, Magdaléna Dietlová, Martin Fendrych, Daniela Fischerová, Emil Hakl, Iva Hercíková, Martin Hilský, Dušan Klein, Ivan Klíma, Natálie Kocábová, Ludvík Kundera, Benjamin Kuras, Zdeněk Mahler, Barbara Nesvadbová, Irena Obermanová, Halina Pawlowská, Eva Pilarová, Lenka Reinerová, Vladimír Renčín, Jaroslav Rudiš, Karol Sidon, Zdeněk Smetana, Jiřina Šiklová, Karel Šiktanc, Miloš Urban, Ludvík Vaculík, Michal Viewegh, Václav Vokolek, Jiří Žáček and others.

 


Final BookWorld Numbers:
Total built-up area – 3540 m²
Number of exhibitors – 571
of which foreign – 359
Number of stands – 216
Total number of programmes – 371
Number of programme guests – 379
Number of exhibitions – 27
Number of films – 66
Number of drama performances – 26
Number of accredited journalists – 353 (of which 34 foreign)
Preliminary number of visitors – approximately 29 000

Countries Represented (26):
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

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