Information about the publishing house

Barrister & Principal is an independent, non-profit organization (a civic association) founded in 2000 in Brno, Czech Republic. Barrister & Principal’s focus is on the production and dissemination of high-quality literature, chiefly specializing in the humanities, but also delving into non-fiction, investigative political publications, and some select fiction. The titles are often issued under collaboration with Czech and foreign foundations and other sponsors.

Many books are published in long-term projects enabling the association to present the individual titles outside the standard distribution network (e.g. at exhibitions, presentations, conventions and conferences, international meetings, etc.).

The projects that are currently under way include:

• Central Europe
• Selected Writings by H. G. Adler
• Selected Writings by Marie Ebner-Eschenbachová
• Selected Writings by Karel Kaplan – The Chronicles of the Communist Czechoslovakia

Funds and sponsors: The Czech German Fund for the Future, Prague, The Central and East European Book Publishing Project, Amsterdam, The City of Brno, The Region of South Moravia, The Goethe Institute, Prague, The Foundation for Holocaust Victims, Prague, The Czech Ministry of Culture, Prague, The Italian Cultural Institute, Prague, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Krakow, the Culture 2000 Programme of the European Commission, Brussels, The Ministry of Health, Prague, The Czech Literary Funds Foundation, Prague, The State Cultural Fund, Prague, The Austrian Fund for the Future, Vienna.

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