From May 6 to 14, the author will present her debut novella This Room is Impossible to Eat in London, Oxford, and other British cities.
The book tour is organized by Parthian Books with the support of the Literary Centre.
Nicol Hochholczerová will embark on a two-week tour across the UK with her successful debut novel This Room is Impossible to Eat (Táto izba sa nedá zjesť, KK Bagala, 2021). She will appear at nearly ten events, including readings, discussions, and translation workshops in London, Oxford, Bristol, Cardiff, Crickhowell, and more.
The autobiographical novella by Nicol Hochholczerová tackles the harsh subject of abuse and has been published in English as This Room is Impossible to Eat (Parthian Books, 2025), translated by experienced translators and longstanding champions of literature abroad, Julia and Peter Sherwood.
This poetic and metaphorical book, written in a minimalist style with psychological depth, explores the theme of an unequal and manipulative relationship between a teenage girl named Tereza and an older man who is her teacher.
The UK book tour will kick off on May 6 with a discussion at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London (UCL). On May 7, a debate about writing, translation, and contemporary literature will take place at The Queen's College in Oxford, where the author will be joined by her translators Julia and Peter Sherwood. On May 8, a translation workshop will be held at St. Anne’s College, Oxford, where students will work on translating a short story by Hochholczerová into English.
After the university events, Nicol Hochholczerová will continue on to Wales. On May 9, a discussion titled Found in Translation will take place at the Book-ish bookstore in Crickhowell. The author and literary translator Emyr Wallace Humphreys will talk with Richard Davies, one of the founders of the independent publishing house Parthian Books.
On May 11, the author will be interviewed by writer and artist Joshua Jones at an event at the Book Space bookstore in Cardiff. On May 13, she will take part in the literary translation festival Translated by in Bristol. As part of the festival, she and her translator Julia Sherwood will speak at Gloucester Road Books with translator, author, and festival founder Polly Barton.
Nicol Hochholczerová will conclude her UK tour on May 15 in London with a discussion at Hatchards, the oldest bookstore in London, where she will be joined by author and editor Lucy Popescu.
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