Every year, an exciting Literary Festival, celebrating the joy of reading, is organised by the library team. The Festival lasts for a whole week and includes an exciting range of stimulating activities intended to introduce students to a wider variety of authors and genres and to help them develop a deeper interest in reading for pleasure. National and international authors are invited to speak and to lead workshops with the aim of inspiring our students and helping them to discover new ideas. Recent speakers have included: Martin Vopěnka (author), Štěpánka Jislová (comic illustrator), Jenny Valentine (author), Ash Dickinson (poet), Mara Menzies (storyteller), Seth Burkett (author), Karl Nova (poet), Kathryn Evans (author), Hana Ulmanová (translator) and many more… and many more….
World Poetry Day
Every year, we celebrate World Poetry Day on or around 21 March. This day was established by UNESCO in 1999 to celebrate “the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind.” Leading up to the day, students are encouraged to learn poems by heart and to record their entries for the International Poetry by Heart Competition. On the day itself, poetry readings and events are organised to encourage a love for poetry and an appreciation of its ability to express more profoundly the reality of the human condition.