Gesa Stedman rounds up the most recent news from the literary field in the UK and in Germany, from Corona-affected bookshops Read more
Women in Publishing
Brigid Meets Berlin – Irish Women Writers Festival
Sonya Permiakova gives an account of the recent Irish women writer’s festival in Berlin Read more
Caution. Reading in Progress. Scotland!
Gesa Stedman comments on recent publications from Scotland, ranging from novels to Read more
“Das Buchorchester” – Women in Publishing and the Making of Books
It is a truth universally acknowledged that you need more than an author in order to create a book. While translators are at least sometimes mentioned on the cover or imprint, other people and their tasks are even less visible: editors, graphic designers, editors, typesetters and many more. On top […] Read more
Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 – No Time to Sit Back and Relax
Last week, the literary world seemed to revolve once more around the Frankfurt Book Fair. France was Guest of Honour, visitor numbers rose compared to 2016, over 4,000 events informed and entertained the visitors. Sandra van Lente discovered great authors, publishers and mediators at the fair, but some events left […] Read more
World Book Day
Many countries all over the world celebrate World Book Day on 23 April. Many, but not all of them. The British, those little rebels, celebrated it on 2 March this year. Why? I don’t know and couldn’t find out. Explanations are very welcome. The United Nations ‘invented’ this day in […] Read more
Happy New Year!
Dear readers, we hope the new year has started well for you! We are planning on taking a creative break and then get back to you with reviews, interviews, event reports, critical articles about developments in the literary field, public readings, reports from book fairs, and many more… Coming up […] 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
Interview: Anita Djafari, managing director of Litprom and “Woman in Publishing of the Year 2016”
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
