Gesa Stedman rounds up the most recent news – for once, with a German focus. The German literary field has been rocked by two events which have generated an unprecedented amount of news and debates in newspapers and social media. This is going to be an unusual post, as […] Read more
Gesa Stedman listens to the radio, worries about giving up air and review space in favour of infotainment, questions the relation between politics and aesthetics, and once again looks at bookselling during the pandemic. Read more
Gesa Stedman rounds up the latest news from the literary field, including prizes, bookselling during the pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and the climate crisis. Read more
Gesa Stedman suffered from acute reader’s rage, when she explored three female authors promoted by The Bookseller in recent months. Read more
Gesa Stedman goes on a round-trip and gives you the latest on sales figures, endemic racism in the literary field, bookselling during a pandemic, and more. The next Book News will be published after the summer break. Read more
Isabella Kremer and Taylor Hebert, two of Gesa Stedman’s students at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, spent their cultural immersion experience at Literature Wales. For Literary Field Kaleidoscope they talk about their experience. Read more
Gesa Stedman rounds up the most recent news from the literary field in the UK and in Germany, from Corona-affected bookshops Read more
Gesa Stedman rounds up the most important news from the literary field from in-house audio production to more or less Read more
Gesa Stedman’s annual round-up looks at last year’s topics and Read more
While it was already doubtful whether Bernadine Evaristo as the first black woman ever to win The Booker Prize Read more
