Translations are like fashion: what’s popular at one moment can change later on.

In a presentation at the European Literature Days 2013, the Slovenian author Andrej Blatnik focused on the absurdity of the translation world.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Auf den Vortrag von Christian Gasser bei den Europäischen Literaturtagen 2013 freute ich mich schon seit zwölf Stunden. Auf dem nächtlichen Weg von der Eröffnungsveranstaltung ins Hotel zog er ein ...

For once we in the UK share something positive with the rest of Europe: we’re enjoying a heatwave! But in spite of our generally Eurosceptic tendencies in the UK, I am happy to announce that we are ...

Chris Meade, Director of if:book – The Future of the Book in London. Für das „Zukunftsatelier Buch_Text” der Solothurner Literaturtage 2014 schrieb er folgenden Beitrag, der hier in Kooperation und ...

The Studio on the Future of Books and Texts at the 2014 Solothurn Literature Days featured a series of lectures and discussions on the future of the book, which will be collected in the “Observatory ...