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
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
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
Sandra van Lente interviewed Dr Saskia von Hoegen on her work as a literary agent agency, different legal cultures and changes in the work of agencies through e-publishing. LFK: Could you briefly explain what your main tasks as an agent are and where your chief areas of activity lie? SvH: […] Read more
The Literary Field Kaleidoscope and the Centre for British Studies at Humboldt University Berlin invited the poet Frances Leviston for a reading (link to the report) and a creative writing session for the centre’s students. We would like to thank Sarah J. Singer very much for sharing the poem she […] Read more
Anita Djafari, managing director of Litprom, was elected “Woman in Publishing of the Year 2016” (“BücherFrau des Jahres 2016”). The author, translator, and publisher Zoë Beck interviewed Anita Djafari for the online publication CulturMag. Zoë Beck and Anita Djafari kindly allowed us to translate their interview for our international “Literary […] Read more
Countless bookshops on in the UK and Ireland are celebrating the Independent Bookshop Week! The Indie Bookshop Week is part of the Books Are My Bag campaign and celebrates independent bookshops from 18th to 25th June 2016. Events range from readings, celebrations, reading groups, storytelling, author signings, literary lunches and […] Read more
Tuesday night saw our first public “Literary Field Kaleidoscope” reading at the Centre for British Studies in Berlin (link). We decided to invite the poet Frances Leviston for this special occasion, as we both fell in love with her poetry when we first met her at a British Council Literature […] Read more
We are delighted to announce our first Literary Field Kaleidoscope event in Berlin: a reading with the British poet Frances Leviston. The reading takes place at the Centre for British Studies in Berlin Mitte. All are welcome to the reading and discussion. Admission: free. Date: 14 June 2016 Time: 17.00 […] Read more
Charlotte Mendelson, Almost English. London: Mantle/Picador, 2013. (Paperback: London: Picador, 2014.) In Charlotte Mendelson’s fourth novel, Almost English, protagonist Marina Farkas leaves her Central-European relations with whom she shares a tiny flat in London behind to embark on her sixth-form year at Combe, a minor boarding school which has recently […] Read more
