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Are you paying attention? How social networks are changing how we read
Posted by Sam Sedgman | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
Reading a book is refreshingly anti-social. It’s hard to read a book when someone is talking to you. It’s hard to read a book when you’re thinking about something else. It’s one of the few artforms ...
Angoulême 2015 – Breath of nostalgia/ Windhauch der Nostalgie
Posted by Christian Gasser | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Comic and Graphic Novel
The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the mecca of the comic scene.
Blooming deserts in need/ Die Not der blühenden Wüsten
Posted by Walter Grond | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
After Amazon’s takeover of the US website “Goodreads”, the owners of the Holzbrinck-financed online books website “Lovelybooks” reacted extremely calmly. This is a typical reaction in this sector. ...
Anticipating the Leipzig Book Fair/ Vor der Leipziger Buchmesse
Posted by Rainer Moritz | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
When the Leipzig Trade Fair’s impressive Glass Hall was officially opened in the mid-1990s, it was in the stars what this investment would mean for the Leipzig Book Fair.
What we buy – what we read – and (perhaps) future writing style/ Was wir kaufen – was wir lesen– und wie (vielleicht) künftig geschrieben wird
Posted by Dirk Rumberg | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
Unread (or unfinished) books sit accusingly on the bookshelf – “Ulysses” and “Moby Dick”, Büchner’s “Lenz” and Tellkamp’s “Turm” (“The Tower”). These titles may appeal to some buyers mainly as ...
Sweet Reader’s Prejudices/ Sladki bralski predsodki
Posted by Ana Schnabl | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
Quite recently, a young poet sent me one of his poems, a poem which drew a lot of attention in his home country and was likewise noticed in Ljubljana’s artistic corridors. He wished to share it with ...
CLICK AND READ: NEW MEDIA WRITING PRIZE
It’s been a pleasure being one of the judges The New Media Writing Prize, now in it’s fifth year, run by Bournemouth University who are leaders in the field of animation in the UK, and awarded ...
Angela Merkel and Paul Celan move (themselves in) Budapest/ Angela Merkel und Paul Celan bewegen (sich in) Budapest
Posted by Wilhelm Droste | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
SNOW OF TOMORROW. Currently a minor miracle is happening in Budapest. The city is celebrating the poet Paul Celan with numerous events and an exhibition that runs until 20 February.
Angoulême 2015 – Charlie Hebdo
Posted by Christian Gasser | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Comic and Graphic Novel
The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the mecca of the comic scene. For the 42nd festival, illustrators, writers, publishers and journalists from around the world and over 200,000 comic fans ...
War in Comic-books/ Der Krieg im Comic. Part/ Teil 3: Rutu Modan
Posted by Christian Gasser | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Comic and Graphic Novel
Rutu Modan: A Suppressed War
