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12 SWISS BOOKS 2014
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
For the past 3 years I’ve been part of the editorial team on a magazine called ‘12 Swiss Books’ produced annually by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. Over 6 months we lovingly select 12 Swiss ...
Rasende Lektüren!
Posted by Beat Mazenauer | Permalink | filed under: 2014, Innovations in the Digital Field
Der Wille ist stark, allein die Zeit ist kurz. Wer kann schon alles lesen, was er oder sie lesen möchte! Eine neue Technik verspricht nun Rettung: Spritz „Spritz’s mission is to change the way people ...
Ever Closer Unions
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
Im Sperrfeuer: Deutscher Buchpreis 2014
Posted by Rainer Moritz | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
Quality of literature/ Qualität der Literatur
Posted by Vea Kaiser | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
Translations are like fashion: what’s popular at one moment can change later on.
Absurdity of the translation world/ Absurdität der Übersetzungswelt
Posted by Vea Kaiser | Permalink | filed under: 2014, Innovations in the Digital Field
In a presentation at the European Literature Days 2013, the Slovenian author Andrej Blatnik focused on the absurdity of the translation world.
An Indian Summer For Book Lovers
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
Life is always good for book-lovers. We live in a state of constant excitement. There are always new books, always some gossipy book news and always old books to read anew.
Wie kapitalintensiv ist Lesen?
Posted by Beat Mazenauer | Permalink | filed under: 2014, Innovations in the Digital Field
In seinen Frankfurter Poetikvorlesungen “Der Leser. Das Erzählen” (1982) zeichnet Peter Bichsel ein verführerisches Bild des Lesers. Lesende sind subversiv, lautet die Quintessenz, weil sie sich von ...
Reading Parlour/ Lesestube ELit 2014
Posted by Rüdiger Wischenbart | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
How we read – or how we write, too – is subject to continuous change, just as the social and cultural environment that is framing our habits and approaches.
‘Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business’. (Winston Churchill)
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
If you’re a politician in Britain today everything is political. Even your holidays. Whether you even go on holiday. Who with (Silvio Berlusconi is not a good idea. Cf. Mr Blair). What you wear ...
