Jessica Fischer reads a “light poem” by Robert Montgomery Read more
Literary Field Adventskalender:
2 December
Maria Exarchou reads “Abracadabra” from Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary Read more
Literary Field Adventskalender:
1 December
Catherine Julie Smith reads “From a Railway Carriage” by Robert Louis Stevenson “From a Railway Carriage” by Robert Louis Stevenson was first published towards the end of the 19th century (1885) in a children’s poetry book “A Child’s Garden of Verses”, an age when a train ride would still have […] Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
… and the Literary Field Kaleidoscope brings you an “Adventskalender” filled with the joys of literature! Authors and readers from different countries will read to you every day until Christmas. Subscribe to our blog (upper right hand corner) and receive an email whenever a new post is available! Discover our […] Read more
Coming up: reading with Denise Mina in Berlin (5.12.)
Please join us for the next Literary Field Kaleidoscope reading with the brilliant Scottish author Denise Mina. Best known for her crime fiction, Denise Mina also wrote plays for TV, radio and theatre, short stories and graphic novels. She will read from a selection of her works and engage in […] Read more
Frankfurt Bookfair 2016
Just like every year in October, thousands of people travelled to Frankfurt to buy, sell, network during the book fair. The börsenblatt (similar to The Bookseller) announced 7,100 exhibitors from more than 100 countries. The organisers seemed to have worried about declining figures in terms of exhibitors and visitors, but […] Read more
Interview with Sophie Hannah, Bethan Roberts and Kate Summerscale
This is a slightly abridged version of an interview conducted with the British authors Sophie Hannah, Bethan Roberts and Kate Summerscale in Berlin during the #BritLit seminar about “Brit Crime – A New Golden Age of Crime Writing?”. We talked about the involvement of authors in events and the promotion […] Read more
Representation of Women in the Literary Field – Can Blogs make a Difference?
On Wednesday, 14 September 2016, the German Women in Publishing – BücherFrauen e.V. – in Berlin invited their audience to discuss the opportunities that blogging offers in terms of participation and representation of women in the atmospheric Literaturhaus in Berlin. The two bloggers Zoë Beck (www.zoebeck.net and www.herlandnews.com) and Sabine […] Read more
Coming up: Event about Blogs and Women in Publishing (14.9.)
After a well-deserved summer break, we’re already planning the next reviews, articles and events – stay tuned for more details. Today, we’ll start with a short event notification about a literature blog event which is hosted by the Berlin BücherFrauen, the Women in Publishing, who were founded 26 years ago […] Read more
Sharon Dodua Otoo and the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Prize
The Ingeborg-Bachmann-Prize is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the German-speaking literary field. It is awarded during the festival “Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur” in Klagenfurt, Austria. The prize money – 25,000€ – is as high as the endowment of the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) and the Peace […] Read more
