Festivals of literature

This bachelor thesis is dedicated to mapping of the current situation of literary festivals and filling the definition of the word connection of the literary festival. The objective is to describe chosen festivals of literature from the arts management view and try to find common characters. I´ll describe every festival inception, the target market, the manner of publicity, financing and the current stage. Simultaneously I attend to the situation of book fairs, which are supporting the present program as a festival of literature. I also consider questions of financing literature actions in the Czech Republic with the emphasis on the part of Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic. This thesis Festival of literature should help readers to understand the way of realization festivals of literature and theirs specifics. It could accommodate also as an instruction manual for the preparation of festival, where the potential organizer could introduce by various approaches to performance his own festival