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Translator, writer and tireless promoter of Czech literature Markéta Goetz-Stankiewicz passed away at the age of 95 in Vancouver on Sunday. During the 1970s and ‘80s, she became a crucial link for Czechoslovak dissidents with the West, smuggling forbidden books into Czechoslovakia and in turn smuggling dissident literature out of the country, helping to bring it into the Western consciousness.

Prague hosted the largest international fair of cannabis and medicinal herbs of its kind last weekend. Known as Cannafest, the 12th edition of the fair drew great numbers of Czechs of all ages to explore and try out the various legal cannabis products looking to break in or widen their share on the Czech market. Among them many international companies.

Written by Amal Al-Kheir (a story inspired by the life of my grandmother, Dana Svobodová)

Written by Gabby Gartner, aged fifteen (inspired by the story of my great-great-grandfather)

Written by Eva Nováková, aged 13 (inspired by my grandmother, Eva Nováková and great-grandmother Olga Szántová)

Written by Žaneta Málková, aged 14 (a story of resilience)

Written by Nathalie Rowe (inspired by an experience my father had as a soldier)

Written by Anushree Kshirsigar, aged 16 (the story of my great-great-grandfather)

Written by Jakub Liška, aged 15 (inspired by my great-grandfather)

Written by An-Li Frisk (set in the year 1981, Guangdong province of China)