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Susanne Ledanff; © University of Canterbury

Germany’s Capital in Print: Susanne Ledanff on the Contemporary Berlin Novel

The fall of the Berlin Wall has also given the “Berlin novel” a new drive, means Susanne Ledanff. In an interview she says how the capital city is being reinvented in the literature of Germany. ...

From Utilitarian Publisher to Household Name: 50 Years of dtv

In the autumn of 1961, German publishing company dtv (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) presented its first range of books at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Today, it is one of Germany’s biggest publishing houses. ...

Mirjam Pressler; © Beltz und Gelberg/Karen Seggelke

“I do not give any thought to whether something might be a risk.” An Interview with Mirjam Pressler

In 2010, Mirjam Pressler received the German Children’s Literature Award for her complete works. ...

Reviews of new books acquired by the Goethe-Institut

In the following you can find a link list to reviews of books recently acquried by the Goethe-Institut in 2010. This list accompanies a publication of selected reviews available at the Goethe-Institut Wellington. The reviews are in German. ...

“Distrusting one’s own language”. An Interview with the Translator Oliver Le Lay

Olivier Le Lay has translated not only Peter Handke but also Elfriede Jelinek and Arno Geiger into French. In an interview, he explains why translation is a craft. ...

Cover of “Fälle für Freunde”; © Hanser Verlag

Stories Without Age Limits: An Interview with Helme Heine

The picture books of Helme Heine have fans young and old all over the world. The storyteller and illustrator talks about the elemental force of stories and the power of pictures. ...

Herta Müller; © Annette Pohnert / Carl Hanser Verlag

Poetry and Labor Camp: Literature Nobel Laureate Herta Müller

Thematically incarcerated in the dictatorial past of her homeland Romania, Herta Müller’s novels and poems live from the poetry of their German mother tongue. ...

1989/2009 – Literature and the Fall of the Wall

Is the distance to the historic event after 20 years making new avenues of approach possible? Selected works and author profiles


Readings, Concerts, Films February - October 2012	Temporary Literaturhaus - Launch Week Programme	Wellington
Travel Blog and Readings March - April 2012	On the Road with Inka Parei	countrywide
Bookfair January - October 2012	An Aotearoa Affair: A Blog Fest from Kiel to Kaitaia	New Zealand and Germany
Writing Competition Deadline: 1 July 2012	Once Upon a Time: Grimm Fairy Tales for Aotearoa New Zealand	countrywide
Discussion and Readings 13 June 2012, 6pm	Cultural Encounters: Passages - Readings around the Transit	Adam Art Gallery Wellington
Reading, Presentation, Conversation 14 June 2012, 5pm	Berlin Poetry Night	New Zealand Film Archive Wellington
Reading, Frankfurt Book Fair June until October 2012	Transit of Venus Poetry Exchange	New Zealand and Germany

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