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
Dear readers, This is our last post in 2018. We hope you get to enjoy a well-deserved break, maybe even with a Christmas book flood of your own. We plan to enjoy both, the break and the books, and we’ll keep our eyes open for new books, authors, publishers and […] Read more
Before we go on a summer break, we would like to draw your attention to the #indiebookchallenge. Introduced in March 2018, it offers weekly challenges around books made by independent publishers. You can join in any time – why not over the summer break?! Read more
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
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
