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Making Sense of the Book World in 2020 and 2021

2. July 2022Gesa StedmanAllgemein, Festival, Overview, Public readingbook fair, bookselling, creative writing, events, publishing

Gesa Stedman takes a look at the main trends of the key pandemic years when shops were closed, readers turned to fiction again, festivals went online and bookfairs were cancelled. Read more

The Power of Fiction and Poetry: Multi-lingual Workshops and Readings at the Centre for British Studies

24. November 2019Gesa StedmanCreative Writing, Events, News, Public readingcreative writing, Ireland, poetry, public reading, Scotland, Wales

The audience was riveted in spite of the hot weather, when Alys Conran read at the Centre for British Studies in June this year. Read more

Students’ Corner

14. January 2019Sandra van LenteStudents' Cornercover design, creative writing, map, poem, report, reviews, rewriting, students

The students of the Centre for British Studies, Berlin, get exposed to a number of agents in the literary fields in the UK and Germany. They also have to complete several creative tasks during the Master course, such as developing an idea for a book, writing blurbs and other marketing […] Read more

#BritLitBerlin 2017: Diverse Voices, New Directions

4. February 2017Sandra van LenteEvents#BritLitBerlin, Bernardine Evaristo, Catherine Johnson, creative writing, discrimination, diversity, Hari Kunzru, Irenosen Okojie, Malika Booker, Nikesh Shukla, representation, The Good Immigrant, UK

On 26-28 January, the 32th British Council Literature Seminar opened its doors at the ever-inspiring Werkstatt der Kulturen (link). Seven authors and many seminar participants discussed the topic “Diverse Voices, New Directions”. This is the attempt of a summary plus links for further reading (at the end of the post). Read more

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Interview with Sophie Hannah, Bethan Roberts and Kate Summerscale

30. September 2016Sandra van LenteCreative Writing, Events, Interview#BritLitBerlin, Bethan Roberts, creative writing, interview, Kate Summerscale, promotion, Sophie Hannah

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

Sarah J. Singer: Domes

29. June 2016GuestCreative Writing, Students' Cornercreative writing, Sarah J. Singer

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

#BritLitBerlin: an interview with a German editor

16. February 2016Sandra van LenteInterviewcreative writing, crime fiction, indie, interview, KiWi, public readings

During the Berlin Literature Seminar on “Brit Crime – A New Golden Age of Crime Writing?”, organized jointly by the British Council and the Centre for British Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sandra van Lente conducted a short interview with Helga Frese-Resch, editor at the independent German publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch. […] Read more