From 21st to 24th September 2010, Litteriada (second year of the international literary festival) will take place in Košice. Contemporary Slovak, Lithuanian, Polish, Austrian and German literary scene will be presented on this occasion. Artistic association and publishing house Pectus has prepared in partnership with Conservatory in Košice the presentations of native and foreign authors for the public.

Poster of 2nd year of Litteriada for download (in format A3).

 The authorial discussion with Ľudovít Petraško and Peter Karpinský will take place on April 29th 2010 at 5.00 p.m. in the Photo Gallery Nova on Hlavná Street 28 in Košice. The authors will present their latest literary works to public. Ľudovít Petraško will present his novel Bygone Times (Lanské snehy) on the line between fiction and reality observing the variability of the previous century by the form of period family chronicle and Peter Karpinský his short story book Antisumption (Nanebonevzatie). By his novel not only from Slovak environment, Petraško literally links to German tradition of “father novels” and Karpinský links to the best what in contemporary Slovak short story exists. Presentation of both authors is connected with autographs giving.

 From 10th to 12th November 2008 Košice was the venue for the first edition of the Litteriada literary festival, this time presenting the contemporary Slovak, French and Polish literary scene. The Pectus Civic Association and Publishing House in cooperation with the Slovak Writers’ Society and the Slovakian PEN Centre prepared multi-media presentations for the public of Slovak and foreign authors.

Poster of 1st year of Litteriada for download (in format A5).