Katja Gasser
Journalist, moderator and literary critic. Head of literary productions for the cultural department of ORF television in Vienna. She is currently responsible for Austria as Guest of Honour at the Leipzig Book Fair 2022 and 2023.

Rosie Goldsmith
Multi-media journalist with specialist knowledge of the arts, literature and international affairs. She has worked across the world for BBC Radio and is currently the Director of the European Literature Network.

Rainer Moritz
Writer, German literary scholar, literary critic and translator. Director of the Literaturhaus Hamburg and Vice President of the Marcel Proust Society.

Jürgen Ritte
Writer, translator, literary critic and literary expert. Professor of Literary Studies and Intercultural Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris.

Romy Ritte
Translator. She lives in Paris and is the co-translator, with Jürgen Ritte, of the German translation of Hervé Le Tellier’s books.

Victoria Strobl
Literary scholar, copywriter and content designer. Coordinator, with Irene Zanol, of the literature podcast auf buchfühlung.

Veronika Trubel
Writer and moderator, head of the eljub European Youth Encounters. Publications include literary works and essays

Irene Zanol
Literary scholar at the Brenner-Archiv of the University of Innsbruck, moderator. Coordinator, with Viktoria Strobl, of the literature podcast auf buchfühlung.