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• A Tardy German Literature Month Wrap-up and Radetzky March Readalong Announcement

  

  Does anyone else feel November went fast? I only just wrote a welcome post to German Literature Month and now it’s already over. That’s not why I’m late... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Long Blue Monday by Erhard Von Büren – Swiss Week Readalong

  

  Published in 2013, A Long Blue Monday, is Erhard von Büren’s third novel. His earlier novels Wasp Days and Epitaph for a Working Man were published in 1989 and... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet the Translator of A Long Blue Monday – Helen Wallimann

  

  Helen Wallimann and Erhard von Büren working on a translation (Photo credit Silvia Reitz – Solothurner Woche) As many of you now, our next readalong, on... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Thoughts on Joseph Roth’s The Emperor’s Tomb – Die Kapuzinergruft

  

  Published in 1938, Die Kapuzinergruft – The Emperor’s Tomb, was one of Joseph Roth’s last novels and the last that was published during his lifetime. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Simone Buchholz – Blue Night – Blaue Nacht – German Literature Month Crime...

  

  Blue Night – Blaue Nacht is the sixth book in Simone Buchholz’ Chastity Riley series and the first to be translated into English. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mechthild Gläser’s The Book Jumper – Die Buchspringer – German Literature Month...

  

  The Book Jumper is a children’s book by German author Mechthild Gläser.Amy and her mother flee Bochum to take refuge on a forgotten Shetland island. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Welcome to German Literature Month 2018

  

  November is here and German Literature Month begins.Normally I do share my plans with you at this stage, not so this year. I will be focussing on our readalong... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Very Short Review – Belinda Bauer: Snap (2018)

  

  I’ve wanted to read Belinda Bauer for ages because I’ve heard so many good things about her books. Even so, I was surprised to see her on the Man Booker... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcing German Literature Month VIII – November 2018

  

  German Literature Month is eight years old this year, and part of the literary calendar. Lizzy and I know that because of the chatter that continues throughout... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• To Cull Or Not to Cull? – A Book Lover’s Dilemma

  

  Like most book lovers, I own far too many books. Unlike most, I haven’t reduced their number in a very long time. In my teens, I went through a radical culling... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dorthe Nors: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal – Spejl, Skoulder, Blink (2016) Danish...

  

  Dorthe Nors is a Danish writer who has written novels, novellas, and short stories. Her short stories have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, the Boston Review,... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Maggie O’Farrell: Instructions For a Heatwave (2013)

  

  I’m so behind with book reviews that it’s highly unlikely, I’ll ever catch up. This would have been one of many I was going to put aside “for later”, but the... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Paris in July 2018 – Willy Ronis’ Cats – Les Chats De Willy Ronis

  

  I always try to participate in Thyme for Tea’s Paris in July event but I don’t always get the time. This year, time was just as scarce and so I was glad the... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Susan Hill: The Shadows in the Street (2010) Simon Serrailler 5

  

  I read and reviewed several of Susan Hills books; her WWI novel Strange Meeting, the ghost stories The Woman in Black and The Small Hand, the memoir Howard’s En... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #LiveFromSofia – A Short Story Collection by Alexander Shpatov

  

  I just reviewed Alexander Shpatov’s fascinating short story collection #LiveFromSofia for #BulgarianLiteratureMonth hosted by the Global Literature in... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amélie Nothomb – Barbe Bleue – Blue Beard (2012)

  

  In 1992, Belgian author Amélie Nothomb entered the literary scene with a bang. Her first novel, Hygiene and the Assassin – L’hygiène de l’assassin, was so... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nicci French: Sunday Morning Coming Down (Frieda Klein 7)

  

  Those who know this blog, know how much I like the writer duo Nicci French. The standalone novels as much as the Frieda Klein series. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Magical Place – The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland

  

  There aren’t many places that enchant me as much as the Goetheanum, in Dornach, Switzerland. Luckily, for me, it’s only about a ten minute drive from Basel,... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Devotion – Die Widmung by Botho Strauss – A 1977 Club Review

  

  I’m notoriously bad these days when it comes to participating in blogging events, but I always try to read at least one book for Karen and Simon’s “Club” – no... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)

  

  Before reading The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, I could have sworn I’ve read it already. It’s one of those tales most of us are so familiar with that... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE