Authors' Reading Month

Authors’ Reading Month (ARM), the largest literary festival in Central Europe, was first held in Brno in the year 2000. While starting out as a Brno-only event, it soon spread to other cities: in 2011 to Ostrava, in 2012 to Wrocław and Košice and, most recently, in 2015, to Lviv.

The focus of the festival is twofold. On one hand, it concentrates on presenting the national literature of the hosting countries; on the other, it also selects a fifth country each year to become the ‘Guest of Honour’, and presents its literature as well.

The festival starts on July 1st every year, and the participating cities host various events for the following 31 days. Two authors are introduced each day – one visiting and one local.

All in all, every city will host sixty-two writers throughout the month of July, as well as over three hundred authors' readings and accompanying programme.