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Mareike Fallwickl: From Literary Blogger to Author (and Back)

/ Mareike Fallwickl, Tilman Winterling, Rachel Ward

Until the publication of her acclaimed debut novel this year, Austrian author Mareike Fallwickl was known primarily for her book blog. Here, fellow blogger Tilman Winterling explores what happens when a blogger who ‘delights in hatchet jobs’ turns to print.

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Kaffeehaussitzer (n.): A person who sits in coffee houses

/ Uwe Kalkowski, Bradley Schmidt

In 2018 the German Book Prize – the German-language Booker – invited a blogger onto its jury for the very first time. So ‘Kaffeehaussitzer’ Uwe Kalkowski has spent even more time sitting in coffee houses than usual – but now always with a book in hand. Kalkowski talked to Bradley Schmidt about the judging experience, and what it means to be a literary blogger today.

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All the Fun of the Fair

/ Adam Hill

In our autumn issue we celebrated the winners of ‘Trends in Translation’, a masterclass for students of German and French. Adam Hill, then studying German at Cambridge University, won the German competition and was awarded a visit to the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2017.

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Hollywood Calling

/ Iris Brandt, David Schalko, Christof Weigold

Two novels out this season are the perfect showcase for these transmedial times: both written by authors with extensive film experience

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Hyper Text: Digital Media and the Printed Word

/ Sarah Hemens, Ulrike Draesner

Take a stroll through the village of Unterleuten, explore the North Friesland coast or take the seventh leap into another dimension: Sarah Hemens explores how German-language novels are navigating the Internet.

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Novel Transformations: From Page to Screen

/ Rebecca DeWald

As London Book and Screen Week approaches, Rebecca DeWald takes a look at the relationship between the page and the silver screen in German- language culture, finding that this is not always a one- way street.

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In Profile: Bernhard Schlink

/ Sophie Buchan, Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink is arguably Germany’s most successful literary export to the Anglophone world. His covers will always bear the tagline ‘from the author of The Reader’. But there is more to his work than the novel which made his name.

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Jörg Fauser: Addict, Crime Writer, German Beatnik

/ Adam Hill

Mention the Beat generation and most will think of Jack Kerouac, sexual liberation and mad dashes across the American West. Few would utter the name Jörg Fauser. But the Beat poets’ spirit of rebellion found expression too in the punks, political radicalism and squatting scene of Germany in the 1970s, with Fauser its literary pioneer.

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