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Border Crossings at Sokol Detroit Czech/Slovak “Festival of Beers”

Border Crossings at Sokol Detroit Czech/Slovak “Festival of Beers”

July 18, 2014

SATURDAY afternoon, July 19, 2014 – starting at 1:30 p.m., I’ll be exhibiting and selling Charles Novacek’s award-winning memoir, BORDER CROSSINGS: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance at Sokol Detroit’s CZECH and SLOVAK FESTIVAL, 23600 W. Warren, Dearborn Heights 48127. Come on out for the FESTIVAL of BEERS, Souvenirs, Crystal, Jewelry, Pastries, Music, Dancing, and …

Summer Reading Adventures – The Count(s) of Monte Cristo

Summer Reading Adventures – The Count(s) of Monte Cristo

July 13, 2014

Some people think that summer is over after the 4th of July, but I disagree. We have the rest of July and most of August with daylight until 9 p.m. There’s still time to venture into reading a long book (or two), especially a classic that you always said you were going to read, but …

Detroit Indie Publisher + Indie Bookstore Offer Slice of History with a Slice of Cake

Detroit Indie Publisher + Indie Bookstore Offer Slice of History with a Slice of Cake

July 9, 2014

DETROIT – The City of Detroit marks its 313th birthday on Thursday, July 24, 2014 and Midtown Detroit’s Source Booksellers and publisher 1021 Press will be celebrating with a slice of history and a slice of birthday cake. Stop by the bookstore at 11:00 am on the 24th for the walking tour “Book Marked on …

Summer+ Calendar of Events – Novacek’s Border Crossings

Summer+ Calendar of Events – Novacek’s Border Crossings

June 30, 2014

Summer is in full bloom and Sandra Novacek is enthusiastically presenting programs and participating in events focused on Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance, the award-winning memoir by her late husband Charles Novacek. Sandra presents book talks; book signings; and programs for libraries, book clubs, arts and history organizations, etc. She also does …

Winged Lion Memorial Unveiled in Prague Honors World War II Czechoslovaks for Courage

Winged Lion Memorial Unveiled in Prague Honors World War II Czechoslovaks for Courage

June 18, 2014

One of Charles Novacek’s assignments in the Czech resistance during World War II was to greet and find shelter for RAF-trained Czechoslovak paratroopers who were dropped into the Moravian hills to bring supplies and information from the Czech government in exile in England to their homeland resistance.   Yesterday, June 17, 2014, a monument was …

Award-Winning Book at Detroit’s Sunday Street Market

Award-Winning Book at Detroit’s Sunday Street Market

June 15, 2014

1021 Press and Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance are excited to announce that we will be a vendor at Detroit’s historic Eastern Market’s new SUNDAY STREET MARKET starting Sunday, June 15, 2014. Market hours are 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. every Sunday.  Special market pricing will be offered for Charles Novacek’s award-winning memoir. The SUNDAY …

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