The Donauforum at the European Literature Days 2011 - Reading in the digital village

Emerging and following on from our experiences at the first two European Literature Days, on 24 September 2011 at Schloss Spitz/Wachau the Donauforum will be established as an annual conference to be held at subsequent meetings. The Donauforum involves discussions with international authors and literary agents about topics of current relevance in European literature and is set in the context of the globalization of the book and media market. The focus will be the social and political dimension of literature, its communication beyond linguistic limits, the role of electronic media in this process and the idea of a European literary marketplace.

An internet forum will introduce the participants to annual key themes for the Donauforum. Speakers will introduce short presentations at the Schloss Spitz venue. Interpreters at the event will facilitate discussion in both German and English. The discussions will also be reported in the internet forum where there will be an opportunity for interactive discussion and comment. The results of the conference will also be published in an eBook at readme.cc.

In addition to the invited authors and literary agents, all those interested in joining the Donauforum are welcome to participate (registration is required and places are subject to availability).

Programme 2011 - Reading in The digital village

Sat. 24.9. 2011
Schloss Spitz
9.30 to 16.00

Moderation of proceedings: Rüdiger Wischenbart, Journalist, Vienna

9.30
Real people read virtual books. Part 1

Practical experience with ebooks
Introductory remarks and presentation of a survey on digital reading with Austrian students, by Rüdiger Wischenbart

Apps - more than a book
Introductory presentations by
Jürgen Neffe, Author, Producer for Libroid Hamburg
Christopher Frahm, Agentur artundweise Bremen


10.30
Behind the scenes of the translation market

Diversity Report 2011 – Which European authors are and are not translated?
Introduction of the study Rüdiger Wischenbart and
Yana Genova, Next Page Foundation Sofia

Books in the Global Village, for example Beograd
Reports on online-bookshops, online-writing, online-reading by
Alexander Drakulic, Knjizara.com Beograd
Barbi Markovic, Author Belgrade


12.00 Lunch

13.00
Real people read virtual books. Part 2: The digital book market here and now
Introductory presentationsby
Max Kaiser, Google project/ Nationalbibliothek Vienna
Nathan Hull, Penguin Books London
Miha Kovac, University of Ljubljana, and publisher, Mladinska knjiga group

15.00 The new questions
Participants suggest topics they regard as particularly critical. This debate will form the basis of the Donauforum 2012.

Participants

Uwe Schuette, Aston University Birmingham; Lucien Leitess, Unionsverlag Zürich; Jürgen Ritte, Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris; Hana Stojic, Traduki Sarajewo; Heinrich von Berenberg, Berenberg Verlag Berlin; Rainer Moritz, Literaturhaus Hamburg; Heike Müller, Literaturhaus Bremen; Christopher Frahm, Agentur artundweise Bremen; Dieter Sperl, Author Wien; Indra Wussow, Kunstquelle Sylt; Jurij Andruchowytsch, Author Kiev; Tarik Bary, Ain Shams University; Cairo; Altaf Tyrewala, Author Mumbai/ India; Katharina Narbutovic, Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD; Hans Koch, University of Wuppertal; Sjón, Author Reykjavík; Gwendoline Riley, Author Manchester; Silke Hassler, Author Retz; Peter Turrini, Author Retz; Claus Beck-Nielsen, Author Copenhagen; Barbi Markovic, Author Belgrade; Dana Grigorcea, Author Zürich; Beat Mazenauer, Networker Lucerne; Walter Grond, Author Aggsbach Dorf; Finn Ole Heinrich, Author Hamburg; Jürgen Neffe, Author Hamburg; Jagoda Marinic, Author Heidelberg; Perikles Monioudis, Author Zurich; Katja Lange-Müller, Author Berlin; Anne Zauner, Literaturhaus Wien; Gesine Boesken, University Cologne; Miha Kovac, Mladinska knjiga  Ljubljana; Yana Genova, Next Page Foundation Sofia; Alexander Drakulic, Knjizara.com Beograd; Peter Inkei, The Budapest Observatory; Martin Scharfe, volksLesen.tv Berlin