Don't miss the 25th Debuts. They will celebrate the power of sensitivity and disarming imagination in an era of increasingly hollow social and economic prospects, when humanity and hope are being pushed to the very margins of everything. Two poets from different generations will come together—both of whom are not afraid to address uncertainty, vulnerability, and the desire for change in their work.

Gabriela Poláková (*2008) is a poet and slam poet whose debut book Nuzný lože (2026) offers an intense generational statement full of imagination, defiance, and the search for hope. In 2025, she won the Ortenova Kutná Hora literary competition.

petya stach (*1996) is from Ostrava and has strong ties to the local literary scene. She has also worked as a literary dramaturg at Fiducia. She has published poems in the magazines Host and Tvar as well as on literary platforms. In 2023, she made her debut with the collection TETAM, and her second poetry collection, Since Coming Out, I Only Wear Shoes I Can Fight or Run Away In , captures experiences related to transgender coming out and internal and social transition.

The event will be moderated by poet Roman Polách.