ELNet Director Rosie Goldsmith and I are thrilled to present ELNet’s first month-long exploration of the best German literature, in this case, from three countries – Germany, A
German month isn’t all about us – it’s about our followers too! Fourteen readers from around the world have made 30 second (ish) video reviews of their favourite German b
It’s hard not to envy the staff at the Hachette publishing group who have their offices in the London headquarters. The views from the light-filled, top-floor café in this glass
There must be quite a few writers in Germany who find it at least a little unfair that Joachim Meyerhoff’s books have climbed the bestseller lists despite the fact that ‘author
Dementia now tops heart disease as the leading cause of death in several European nations, including in the UK. It has robbed us of Iris Murdoch and Terry Pratchett, its tra
Sascha Arango is best known in his native Germany as a screenplay-writer for the TV detective series Tatort (Crime Scene), for which he’s twice won the Grimme Prize. Television t
As we approach the end of 2016 there are very few things to be grateful for and a visit from an angel of oblivion seems like a perfect alternative to the alarming reality all aroun
Anglophone readers were introduced to Austrian novelist Robert Seethaler’s work in 2015 with A Whole Life, his short novel about a man of the Austrian mountains, which was shortl
A man who has spent years exercising and dieting to create a sculpted physique, thousands of pounds on the finest attire, and who has been blessed with straight white teeth and spo
Literature is a site of dreams. It’s also where dreams dissolve, where the writer imagines reality for what it really is. Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, two of the greatest gifts
