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ELit 2014 – seized by literature
Posted by Brittani Sonnenberg | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
The reason we create and consume literature is to feel suddenly seized by story. It’s never a given. But during the evening’s reading and discussion on 24th of October 2014 (with Marica Bodrožić and ...
Reading Parlour/ Lesestube ELit 2014
Posted by Rüdiger Wischenbart | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
How we read – or how we write, too – is subject to continuous change, just as the social and cultural environment that is framing our habits and approaches.
Durch die Abwehrreihen tänzeln
Posted by Rainer Moritz | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
Nicht nur die Literatur ist schön … Fußball auch.
WHY DO WE DO IT? CHAIRING EVENTS ON EUROPEAN LITERATURE
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
Chairing events is a delightful part of my job as a journalist. Interviewing people ‘live’ on stage is similar to presenting on TV or radio, and if you like that public aspect of journalism – which ...
Throw-away Books, a Cultural Wasteland and Archives/ Wegwerfbuch, Brachland und Archiv
Posted by Walter Grond | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
A few days ago I took part in the Creative Europe event at the Urania Institute in Vienna. Will everything stay as it was? Or will everything change? The Austrian Federal Chancellery invited us to a ...
Rich versus Poor/ Reich versus arm
Posted by Walter Grond | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
The European Literature Days 2011 presented me with some revealing insights. Under the banner of Europe: Fortress, Trauma and Dream, we discussed what possibilities there were for crossing political ...
Building Bridges – the wrong moment?/ Brücken schlagen – unzeitgemäß?
Posted by Walter Grond | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
When the ELit Literaturhaus Europa (Literature House Europe) was first launched, we undertook a small experiment with our authors, an idea called readme: ‘You tell me what you read and I’ll tell you ...
Looking Ahead: European Literature 2014
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
I often chair and curate events on European Literature in the UK, where I’m often asked: ‘Does European Literature exist?’
Rosie On The Danube
Posted by Rosie Goldsmith | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
Where better place to be in October but on the Danube, discussing great literature, drinking stunning Wachau wines and surrounded by vineyards? Not a blue Danube now but a golden, autumnal Danube; ...
Five Years On: the Idea for an Observatory/ Im fünften Jahr: die Idee eines Observatoriums
Posted by Walter Grond | Permalink | filed under: 2014, History
In the five years that we’ve been coming together in Spitz for the European Literature Days, something unashamedly European has developed...
