Category Archives: Literary Events

Magnificent Rebels-The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf.

Posted on January 13, 2024 by mandywight

Andrea Wulf has written a terrific book about the writers, thinkers and philosophers based in the German town of Jena at the end of the 18th century. From around 1794, for a decade or so, these brilliant and creative thinkers … Continue reading →

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German Literature Month X11 is nearly here!

Posted on October 31, 2022 by mandywight

It’s the end of October and German Literature Month XII is happily almost upon us. Now, though I may be tardy in setting out my reading stall, I have in fact been mulling over my selected reads for a little … Continue reading →

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Festilitt 2022-10th anniversary of Parisot’s literary festival!

Posted on October 24, 2022 by mandywight

I felt so fortunate to visit Festilitt again this year: the wonderful literary festival that takes place in the village of Parisot in France in October. I last visited in pre-pandemic 2018, so this year felt very special, given the … Continue reading →

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Riveting Germans: Writers and translators reflect 30 years after the fall of the Wall.

Posted on December 2, 2019 by mandywight

I was thrilled to hear about this event, Riveting Germans: After the Wall, hosted by Rosie Goldsmith of the European Literature Network and featuring, among others, one of my favourite German writers, Julia Franck. ( Her novel The Blind Side … Continue reading →

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The Radetzky March Spring Readalong- Part 2

Posted on April 8, 2019 by mandywight

Well, I’ve marched through Part Two this weekend and enjoyed much of the novel. I’m going to ramble on a bit in general and then answer some of the questions. This section covers the period when Carl Josef has been … Continue reading →

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The Radetzky March Spring Readalong- Part 1

Posted on April 6, 2019 by mandywight

What fun to be reading along for #germanlitmonth with Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March! Now this book, in the elegant Penguin Classics Edition translated by Joachim Neugroschel, was already on my shelves. I’d read it before and it only clicked … Continue reading →

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A gem of a festival in South West France- Festilitt at Parisot.

Posted on October 31, 2018 by mandywight

What could be more delightful than to spend a warm golden October weekend in the south of France amongst books and book lovers? This is what the small village of Parisot in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne has offered for the … Continue reading →

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Meike Ziervogel and Hamid Ismailov- ‘The Art of Translation’ at Off the Shelf, Sheffield

Posted on November 13, 2015 by mandywight

One of the many treats on offer at this year’s Off the Shelf Festival of Words in Sheffield was an evening with Meike Ziervogel and Hamid Ismailov.  Meike Ziervogel  is the founder  of Peirene Press, a small  independent publishing house in … Continue reading →

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Sunjeev Sahota- The Year of the Runaways

Posted on October 5, 2015 by mandywight

As a Sheffielder I was intrigued to see that Sunjeev Sahota’s Man Booker shortlisted ‘The Year of the Runaways’ is set in Sheffield, but after reading it walking round the Botanical Gardens will never be the same again : three … Continue reading →

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Hooray for Independent Bookshops

Posted on July 18, 2015 by mandywight

I’ve been delirious with delight at finding another brilliant Independent bookshop-Review Bookshop in Bellenden Road, Peckham, London-which has a remarkable selection of foreign fiction in translation, eg My Documents, a collection of short stories by the Chilean writer, Alejandro Zambra, … Continue reading →

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