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[ 11.08.08 ] We’re in the middle of Britain’s National Year of Reading , and the events and initiatives are so numerous it’s impossible to report on them individually or in depth. There’s a lot happening in the United Kingdom of readers - on all levels, even in Parliament! This year the All-Party Parliamentary Writers Group (APWG) was formed to represent the interests of writers in the House ... læs videre
[ 08.08.08 ] It’s the latest site with hype. Though, one might add, not just since yesterday. “What are you doing right now?” That’s the central question and people have been devoting themselves to it for some two years now, and not just in private, but right there, visible to the whole world. At the Twitter website, this very question is currently being answered again and again by over two ... læs videre
[ 28.07.08 ] Finding out first, having an opinion first, or hearing about and reading everything before everyone else - in the information age, knowing first has become symbolic, cultural capital. And sometimes it can even be turned into hard cash. For ultimately cultural journalists make a living from nothing but a slight edge in information. In the era of blogs and citizen journalism, website ... læs videre
[ 21.07.08 ] France enjoys being the navel of the universe, though often this attitude turns into mere navel-gazing. This fact regularly leads to criticism, as can be seen in a book just published by Gallimard, „Pour une littérature-monde.” In it, twelve authors - under the aegis of Michel Le Bris and Jean Rouaud - explore the role and meaning of the French language and literature in the globalised ... læs videre
[ 14.07.08 ] „Garbage for All”. Such was the provocative title used by German writer Rainald Goetz ten years ago for his almost daily instalments to a novel - and they were posted at a website for anyone who wanted to read them. The title anticipated the preconceptions that it was sure to encounter as a text claiming to be literature but presented in such a fast moving and changing medium. Though ... læs videre
[ 07.07.08 ] One morning when Franz Kafka woke up after some disturbing dreams, he found himself metamorphosed into one of the most important authors of world literature. Perhaps it was exactly this outrageous fact that stopped Kafka from publishing the greater part of his oeuvre while he was still alive. After he died in 1924, others saw to it that his literary estate, written in those famous school ... læs videre
[ 28.06.08 ] Even if this year, here in Northern Europe, summer has been slow to put in an appearance: the next summer is sure to come. The big English newspapers, like the Independent , have already disclosed their very special lists of „50 Best Summer Reads”. In first place is Sophie Dahl, granddaughter of Roald Dahl, king of modern black humour, with her „Playing with the Grown Ups”. Vendela ... læs videre
[ 23.06.08 ] There’s always something new to report about readme.cc. This time there’s so much it seems best to present it in ticker style. First we’d like to report about an award we’re going to receive. At Ars Electronica, an international media art festival in Austria, readme.cc will be awarded an Honorary Mention in the category Digital Communities in September 2008. News of this award ... læs videre
[ 18.06.08 ] Since Librarians’ Day 2008 was last week, I’ve decided to use the occasion to unravel the mysteries of Library 2.0 a bit. At first glance this kind of participatory network doesn’t really seem to fit the image we have of librarians. Or at the very least, we suspect it would cause - much like with professional literature critics - a rivalry between laypeople and experts. Yet ... læs videre
[ 09.06.08 ] Our congratulations, Anselm Kiefer! The German painter and sculptor will receive the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in autumn 2008. In this context, Anselm Kiefer is the exception: for the first time a visual artist, and not a writer, has been singled out for this distinguished award. The jury explains its decision by referring to ... læs videre