Hannah Pardey, lecturer and researcher at Leibniz-Universität Hanover, is an expert on the digital aspects of the contemporary literary field. She explores in what way digitalisation enables or hinders literary diversity and takes a close look at the intersection of AI, emotion, and diversity. 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
When I wrote about the indie bookshop week in the UK this year (link to blog), I thought it would be great to have something similar in Germany. Two minutes after my post on Twitter, a fellow blogger and disseminator told me that it already existed! It’s called WUB: Woche […] Read more
During my last stay in Paris, I had the great pleasure to meet Marie-Claire Pleros, bookseller at the bookshop “l’arbre à lettres”, the book tree, in my quartier in Paris. The bookshop is situated in 62 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine, just a couple of minutes from the Bastille. I […] 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
