Literary Diary of the European Literature Days 2013: Vea Kaiser (Writer, A)

5th European Literature Days
24 to 27 October 2013

24 October

20:00
Intro 1
20 Uhr Heuriger ? Spitz an der Donau 

Lecture
Paul Gravett (Publicist, GB): “Why comics expand literature”

25 October

10:00
European Writers “Go to School”
Lower Austrian schools

Workshop, dialogue, reading
Priya Basil (Writer, GB), Dorothee Elmiger (Writer, CH), Leonie Hodkevitch (Writer, BG/ A), Michal Hvorecký (Writer, Slowakei), Ulli Lust (Comic book author, A/ D), Nicolas Mahler (Comic book author, A),  Steve Sem-Sandberg (Writer, SE),  Stanislav Struhar (Writer, CZ/ A)

10:00
Intro 2
Backflow – Cultural transfer in Europe
Hotel Wachauerhof Spitz an der Donau

coming soon

20:00
Symposium - Opening lecture
Schloss Spitz an der Donau

Marica Bodrožić (Writer, HR/ DE):“Vitality Emerges from Change”

Moderators for the Symposium: Rosie Goldsmith (BBC London), Peter Zimmermann (ORF Wien)

26 October

09:00 bis 13:00
Symposium Plenum
Schloss Spitz an der Donau

Documentary novel
Short presentation: Steve Sem-Sandberg (Autor, SE)
versus Deborah Levy (Autorin, GB)
Discussion

Graphic Novel
Short presentation: Christian Gasser (Autor, C)
versus ?  
Discussion

What is a Book?
Reading, presentation und talk
with Rüdiger Wischenbart, ??

16:00
Literary Wine Harvest
? Spitz an der Donau

Dialoge
Stella Kane (Literary and wine expert, GB) und Rainer Moritz (Writer, DE): „Der Wein in der Literatur"

followed by wine tasting

20:00
European Revue
Schloss Spitz an der Donau

Performance: Alexander Hauer (Producer, A)

Reading
Deborah Levy (Writer, GB),  Matthias Politycki (Writer, DE),  Jaroslav Rudis (Writer, CZ)  
and a performance with all writers participating in the ELIT 2013

27 October

10:00 bis 13:00
Symposium - Dialoge at the Museum
Karikaturmusum Krems

Gottfried Gusenbauer (Director of Karikturmuseum) in conversation with Achdé (Comicsautor, F)
followed by a tour of the exhibition “Lucky Luke”

11:00 bis 13:00
Symposium - Summary
Kunsthalle Krems

Vea Kaiser (Autorin, A) in conversatiion with Hans Koch (Literatury expert, DE)
followed by a tour of the exhibition "Yoko Ono"