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YOUR FAVOURITE EUROPEAN NOVELS
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
I recently conducted a survey on your behalf.
Steve Sem-Sandberg: Documentary fiction/ Dokumentarischer Roman
Posted by Vea Kaiser | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
At the European Literature Days 2013 Sandberg presented a short talk about the documentary novel and recounts anecdotes from his workshop. He spent a lot of time studying historical documents about ...
WHY DO WE DO IT? CHAIRING EVENTS ON EUROPEAN LITERATURE
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
Chairing events is a delightful part of my job as a journalist. Interviewing people ‘live’ on stage is similar to presenting on TV or radio, and if you like that public aspect of journalism – which ...
Throw-away Books, a Cultural Wasteland and Archives/ Wegwerfbuch, Brachland und Archiv
Posted by Walter Grond | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
A few days ago I took part in the Creative Europe event at the Urania Institute in Vienna. Will everything stay as it was? Or will everything change? The Austrian Federal Chancellery invited us to a ...
The ‘European Union Prize for Literature’ at London Book Fair 2014
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: Trends in European Contemporary Literature, 2014
I love literature festivals but – perhaps I’m odd – I also love book fairs! Admittedly, as a journalist and moderator, I don’t have to race around exhibition halls in flat shoes and a serious suit ...
Rich versus Poor/ Reich versus arm
Posted by Walter Grond | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
The European Literature Days 2011 presented me with some revealing insights. Under the banner of Europe: Fortress, Trauma and Dream, we discussed what possibilities there were for crossing political ...
