Awad, Rashid and Osarabo. Three names, three individuals, three protagonists in German author Jenny Erpenbeck’s new novel. Three men from Africa of the many thousands who flee their countries, endure loss of family, friends, jobs, violence, danger, boat trips across the Mediterranean; who survive
In spite of the glorious fact that these days the European Literature Network also creates occasional country-focus print editions of The Riveter, I am nonetheless secretly delighted when we return to our regular online #RivetingReviews – as we do this month. Who would believe that producing a mag
Two days of events, over 30 speakers, authors and thinkers from different backgrounds, established writers and younger radical ones. Italian, British, and international voices will discuss literature and topics such as migration, politics, Italy, the present and future of London, and how Brexit is
Experimentation is not something new in poetry and cannot only be confined to the early 20th Century European avant-garde. Every experiment in different literary contexts is a new experience. What distinguished, for instance, Burroughs and Gysin’s cut-up method from the Dadaist montage was not i
In Pretending is Lying the Belgian comic artist Dominique Goblet illustrates the abysses of her childhood and comes up with some striking images. For twenty years, the Belgian comic artist (b. 1967) has been acclaimed as one of the most important comic book illustrators. In her comics, drawings a
On the last weekend of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Claudia Ott of the European Writers’ Tour had the chance to sit down with Nick Barley, director of the festival and chair of the Man Booker International Prize 2017, to talk about the importance of inviting European and interna
