Smarties Tour with Ivona Březinová
10.6.2013Ivona Březinová stopped at ten schools to present her book, Smarties for Grandpa Ed (Lentilka pro dědu Edu), which introduces children to issues
surrounding Alzheimer’s. The discussions involving both students and teachers met with such success that the author has decided to embark on another
school tour this fall.
“At first glance the book seems shocking in that it deals with such a theme as Alzheimer’s and that it is
intended specifically for children around the age of six....
Albatros wins two Golden Ribbons
1.6.2013The Golden Ribbon, the most prestigious award in children’s books, has been awarded to two books published by Albatros.
The anthology of
19th Century poetry, Clouds, Claws, Clutter, Hrábky drábky odpadky, won the Golden Ribbon for design in the preteen and young adult category. This
is not its first award. Its illustrator, Chrudoš Valoušek, won the Hollar Award in the Most Beautiful Book 2012 contest, as well as an Albatros
Publishing award for design.
For the...
Amelie II and its Competition
28.5.2013Amelie and the Darkness, Petra Neomillnerová’s first children’s book, was a tremendous success with readers and critics alike. This year the book was nominated for IBBY’s prestigious Golden Ribbon in the young adult category. The book hit shelves in December 2012 and within two months the first printing sold out. Albatros immediatelly issued a reprint, and agreed with the author to publish another story about the mysterious Amelie and her friend Markéta. September of this year will see the...
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Book World 2013: a Success
14.5.2013The Albatros Media booth was a roaring success at Book World 2013. Crowds constantly filled our bookshop that offered titles from each publishing imprint of Albatros Media; something was always happening at the hall next to us; our playroom became one of the most popular attractions in the East Wing of The Industrial Palace; and our café was the site of many warm and productive meetings. We cannot wait until next year!
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Albatros Media Partners with eReading.cz
12.5.2013Albatros Media corp. has become the majority shareholder of eReading.cz, a leading provider of electronic books in the Czech Republic. This
partnership enables Albatros Media to break into the electronic book market, while ensuring that eReading.cz offers the widest selection of electronic
books on the Czech market.
The Postman Wind in White Ravens 2013
21.3.2013The Postman Wind included in the catalogue of the 250 most outstanding international books of children's and youth literature, chosen and annotated by the International Youth Library: „Put the currently reigning Czech children’s poet and one of the most captivating illustrators of the country together and have them make a children’s book about autumn – the result is sure to be a hit. In fact, in 2012 »Listonoš vítr« won the most significant Czech literary awards in the children’s book...
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Michaela Klevisová Wins the Jiří Marek Award for the Second Time
7.11.2012Michaela Klevisová became a second time prize-winner of the prestigious Jiří Marek Award for Best Detective novel for The Solitude House, released
by Motto Publishing. The Jiří Marek Award is granted by Czech branch of AIEP for the best detective novel of the previous year. Michaela Klevisová
won her first Jiří Marek Award in 2008 at the age of only thirty-two.
The Solitude House: After Nela breaks up with her boyfriend, the
designer stays in the old mill she wanted to...
Vladimír Mikeš Earns a Nomination for the Josef Škvorecký Award
4.9.2012Translator and writer Vladimír Mikeš and his book The Bad Place, published by Plus, belongs to five finalists nominated for the Josef Škvorecký
Award.
The Bad Place mixes elements of Kafka’s humor with an oppressive atmosphere, that may remind some of the books by Egon
Hostovský. It was released by Plus in March of this year as a second volume of a new Czech series. Known as one of the most respected translators
from Romance languages, Vladimír Mikeš wrote his novels into the...
Three Golden Ribbons for Books from our Publishing House
7.6.2012Our publishing house received an impressive three Golden Ribbons for books this year – Radek Malý’s The Postman Wind and Knots and Oranges by Iva
Procházková, both published by Albatros; and for Hana Bořkovcová’s I'm Writing With the Notebook Resting on My Knees, published by Plus.
Radek Malý, recent winner of a Golden Ribbon for Children’s Literature, won a number of awards this year—including the most prestigious
Czech literary award, the Magnezia Litera in the category of...
Two Prizes from Academy of Sci-fi, Fantasy and Horror
19.5.2012Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang won the prize in the Storybook category, and Pulse of Infinity, edited by Ivan Adamovič was awarded book of the
year. Both prizes were awarded by Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror at the Book World Fair on Saturday May 19. Both books were released
by Albatros Media’s Plus Publishing.
Pulse of Infinity: An anthology of Czech sci-fi stories from 1948 through the 70s. The selection
focuses not only on stories by established authors and...
Tourmap 2012 Award for Trips With Strollers
1.5.2012Pavlína Koktavá’s traveller’s guidebook for active families Trips With Strollers – Moravia, from CPress, received a Travel Guide award at the
TOURMAP 2012 international competition for cartographical products. The show was organized by CzechTourism—the Headquarters of Czech Tourism. The
show compares and evaluates the world’s best maps and guidebooks. Cartographical materials are evaluated by an international jury.
Thirteen Golden Ribbon Nominations for Albatros Media
20.4.2012With 10 nominations, Albatros Publishing dominated the 2012 Golden Ribbon the best writers, translators and illustrators of children’s and young
adult literature. Albatros Media imprints CooBoo and Plus also scored great success. The winner will be announced at the Museum of Czech Literature in
Prague, on July 6.
Albatros books met with success in nearly all of the graphic and literary categories—especially in the area of
graphic works for older children and young adults, where...
Magnesia Litera for Radek Malý
5.4.2012Radek Malý won the most prestigious Czech literary award for his collection of poems, The Postman Wind. The book, illustrated by Pavel Čech, was
published by Albatros last spring. Iva Procházková’s novel for young adults, Knots and Oranges (also published by Albatros), made it to the finale
as well.
The Postman Wind
Synopsis: Radek Malý, one of the most respected young Czech poets, has teamed up with the
award-winning illustrator Pavel Čech to create a moving,...
Dragon Soup became White Raven 2012
30.3.2012Eleven-year-old Long has adjusted well to his situation: he is growing up as an immigrant child with his mother and grandfather in Prague. At home, he watches Vietnamese television and loves the dragon legend his mother tells him. At school, Long is called »Lada« and well integrated. When suddenly the boy’s estranged father shows up, everything changes. Overwhelmed, Long runs away – to search for his own identity. A master of the fairytale genre, Alena Ježková weaves together in this novel...
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CPress Dictionary Receives Prestigious Awards
17.2.2012A CPress publishing house dictionary succeeded in not one, but two categories of the prestigious Dictionary 2011 contest, held by the Union of
Interpreters and Translators. The English-Czech / Czech-English Universal Dictionary for Science, Economic and Technical Terms was given third place
in the Jury Award for Translating Dictionary. It won another third place Jury Award for Electronic Dictionary.
The dictionary includes
100,000 vital entries from 96 different fields. Adequate...
Merger with Daughter Companies
1.1.2012As to this day, the companies Computer Press a.s. and R+H, spol. s. r.o., were merged with the parent company, Albatros Media a.s, thus completing the
integration of the companies within Albatros Media a.s., initiated in 2010 after the acquisition of the aforementioned companies. The company R+H
s.r.o. had been the operator of the publisher Motto, and Computer Press a.s. had been an important non-fiction publisher.
A traditional
publishing house, Motto will remain unchanged within...
Illustrator Zdenek Miler Deceased
1.12.2011The illustrator Zdenek Miler died but Little Mole and other his characters live on. For the larger part of his professional life Zdenek Miler
cooperated with Albatros publishing house. He died on November 30 at the age of 90.
“Mr. Miler was very thorough and he loved being in touch
with the process of making books. He always checked the cover designs and illustration press proofs. We used to bring them home and later to the
sanatorium for him. He loved being part of the process up to...
Grandpas awarded the Muriel Prize
7.11.2011Graphic novel Grandpas (Dědečkové) written and illustrated by Pavel Čech gained a prestigious Czech comics award Muriel 2011.
This book was
written and illustrated as a tribute to grandfathers past, present, and future—and as a memorial to their tales, strolls, and games. Graphic novel
is composed of nine stories without words, presents unusual protagonists: old men.
Pavel Čech is one of the most respected comics authors in the
Czech Republic.
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The Water of Life: K. J. Erben
1.11.2011K. J. Erben (1811 – 1870) was one of the most important Czech writers of 19th century, who inspired a number of later works of art and cultural
activities.
He was fascinated by the alleged mysteries hidden in folklore. As a folklore collector, he concentrated on narrative poems, legends
and ballads and like the German romanticists (Grimm brothers) Erben also collected fairy tales. He looked for elements of ancient myths in living folk
narratives. When editing fairy tales, Erben tried...
Five Golden Ribbons for Albatros Media
25.5.2011Books from Albatros Media appeared in all categories of the prestigious Golden Ribbon Book Award 2010 (awarded by the Writers' Association,
Illustrators´ Club and the Czech section of IBBY to the authors of a book for children and young people). In total Albatros Media get five Golden
Ribbons:
Illustrations for children:
And Then It Happened (A pak se to stalo), text Ester Stará, illustrator Martina Matlovičová,
imprint Albatros
Fiction for children and youth:
Little Mole on board of space shuttle Endeavour
22.3.2011Astronaut Andrew Feustel decided to bring Little Mole along as one of the handful of personal items crew members are allowed to carry into space. The
special lighter and smaller version of plush Little Mole has been engineered to meet NASA specifications.
The Endeavour flight will be Little
Mole's first voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere. But it won't be his first trip on a rocket ship. In "Little Mole and the Spaceship," from 1965,
Little Mole flies around the world before...
Diary 1952 nominated for Magnesia Litera
24.2.2011Diary 1952, published last year in imprint Plus, was nominated for annual book award Magnesia Litera for a Publishing Deed.
Diary 1952 is one
of the most striking artistic expressions of anxiety felt under an oppressive regime. It has been compared to Goya’s Los Caprichos – and such
comparisons are by no means exaggerated as Vladimír Fuka’s drawings and collages have a unique power that can only be achieved through sublime art;
a power that literally draws the reader/viewer into the...
"And Then It Happened" became one of the White Ravens 2011!
24.2.2011This book published in 2010 was included in the catalogue of the 250 most outstanding international books of children's and youth literature, chosen
and annotated by the International Youth Library.
Synopsis: Ten tales about little things that kids don’t mind and parents can’t stand.
Uncombed hair, unwashed ears, unwiped noses, unbrushed teeth, untied shoelaces, messy toys, messy eating, tattling—these are things kids don’t
even want to hear about. But then something unbelievable...
ZDENĚK MILER CELEBRATED HIS NINETIETH BIRTHDAY ON FEBRUARY 21ST
23.2.2011On February21st, 2011, illustrator Zdeněk Miler celebrated his 90th birthday. For five decades his creation, Little Mole, has been the most
belovedcharacter in Czech children’s literature and film. Hugely successful here andabroad, Albatros has sold more than five million copies of
Miler’s books andpublished fifty of his titles in nineteen foreign languages.
ZdeněkMiler studied at the National School
of Graphics in Prague and in the GraphicDesign department of the...
Tales of Czech princes and kings on IBBY HONOUR LIST 2010
5.11.2010Alena Ježková was included on Ibby Honour List 2010 for her text of Tales of Czech Princes and kings (Příběhy českých knížat a králů).
"This book includes nine stories from Czech history and brings to life many more. The most important events in the life of princes and kings in the
early days from Boleslav II to Karel IV, are pictured in modern style full of action and retold poetically. Every detail is presented with precision
allowing the reader to learn about history, from the dawn...
Mr. McWurst and Mr. Toothpickson
27.9.2010When these two first met, they just had to laugh. They both laughed at themselves because one looked like a barrel and the other like a bean-pole. But they liked each other right off the bat, and headed off to Rosemary’s restaurant to cement their friendship. The first man was named McWurst and, true to his name, he ordered a dozen plates of bratwurst and bread; the second, Mr. Toothpickson, ordered linden tea and a cracker. As they dined Mr. Toothpickson had a brilliant idea. He had read in...
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“Other boys my age climbed trees, shot sparrows with a slingshot and stole cherries from the neighbours’ garden. I, on the other hand, lived in my
own fantasy world of princes and princesses, magicians and dwarves.” This is how MILOS MACOUREK (1926-2002) once described his childhood. All the
Elep...
An anthology of 13 fairy tales from all over the world whose heroes are courageous and smart young women. Not just the poor daughters of farmers and
fishermen, but also fearless princesses. Includes: Molly Whuppie (British), White Caroline (Flemish), Little Mette and the English Prince (Danish),
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Luke and his friends discover an old brickworks chimney, with a great window in the middle. Luke uses the window like the lens of a telescope—and he
can see all the way to Africa. In Africa, of course there are giraffes, elephants, and lions, but there is also Luke’s dad. He’s been gone for
ages ...
