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Is technology a help or a hindrance for writers?
Posted by Sam Sedgman | Permalink
The internet can be a real problem. Or at least that’s how many writers, including Zadie Smith and Nick Hornby, sometimes feel. They are two of a cohort of writers who confess to keeping their ...
On the diary as a literary genre/ Über das Tagebuch als literarische Gattung
Posted by Peter Zimmermann | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
Awake. Get up. Snow outside.
About Change and Digital Oblivion/ Változás – A frissítés mint felejtés
Posted by Szilárd Borbély | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
I am searching on the internet. I am searching for the word “change.” The most important change to shape the technology of research is the fact that now we always start with the internet. Myself ...
Media Tax, Not TV Licence Fees/ Mediensteuer statt Fernsehabgabe
Posted by Beat Mazenauer | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
Swiss citizens recently voted about new regulations for their radio and television licence fees. The result was an extremely close vote for a licence fee that, similar to the German model, is not ...
Wrong and right – right or wrong?/ Falsch und richtig – richtig oder falsch? (3)
Posted by Anna Kim | Permalink | filed under: 2015, The Migrants
Finally, I would like to speculate on three (almost) non-polemical (non-partisan) thoughts:
WOMEN ON THE EDGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Posted by Katja Perat | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
I never belonged to the big fans of crime stories. I never knew the collected works of Agatha Christie by heart. When Stieg Larsson became a big thing, I did not even try hard enough to go to the ...
Wrong and right – right or wrong?/ Falsch und richtig – richtig oder falsch? (2)
Posted by Anna Kim | Permalink | filed under: 2015, The Migrants
Can a ‘wrong’ Austrian produce ‘right’ Austrian literature? I haven’t escaped this question so far. It seems to be a genuine ‘questionable case’ (Fragefalle), or a ‘trap’ question (Fallenfrage).
The E-Book Market: How English is Displacing Smaller Languages
Posted by Renata Zamida | Permalink | filed under: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
Used in item listings and search results. What do e-books mean in the context of preserving “lesser used languages”? Practically nothing. Whoever works in the book industry knows what the wider used ...
