German Literature Month November 2011 – The Participants

This is just a quick update to let you know I’ve added a new page to the top of my blog in which you can find the names and blog addresses of the participants of our German Literature Month. There are some more who have no blog, they have not been forgotten and are as appreciated as the others.

The list is the same as the one you can find below. All those who have been highlighted have reviewed a considerable amount of German books or already done an introductory post. You might want to visit them to find something to read and review in November. If I have forgotten or not highlighted someone, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail and I will include it as soon as possible. The list will be updated on a regular basis. Please also let us know when you do an introduction or anything else, I will include it. It might help others to find reading suggestions.

AS OF NOVEMBER 1 2011 THE LINKS TO PEOPLE’S POSTS WILL BE ADDED ON THE GERMAN LITERATURE MONTH PAGE BUT I STILL ADD THE BLOGS 

1morechapter – Michelle

50 Year Project – TBM

A Book Sanctuary – Tracey

A Common Reader – Tom C Effi Briest Review

A Hot Cup of Pleasure – Neer Introduction

Andrew Blackman – Andrew Blackman

Ardent Reader – Christina

A Work in Progress – Danielle Announcement, Introduction with 13 choices

Beauty is a Sleeping Cat – Caroline

Book Around the Corner – Emma – Introduction with choices

BookeyWookey – ted

Books Without Any Pictures – Grace – Introduction

Caravana de Recuerdos – Richard

Ceri

chasing bawa – sakura

Curious Incidents in the North East – Katie Introduction

Dr Ruth Martin – Ruth Martin

Dr. K  – ludogutten

Everybookhasasoul – Sara Introduction with choices

Farm Lane Books – Jackie Introduction

His Futile Preoccupations – Guy Savage Introduction with choices

in lieu of a field guide – Rise – Introduction with choices and links to older posts

Iris on Books – Iris

Leben, Kochen, Bier u. Fussball – Harvey

Leroyhunter

Lizzy’s Literary Life – Lizzy Siddal

Mar gheall ar a léim – Eibhlin – Introduction

Polychrome Interest – Novroz

Reader in the Wilderness – Judith Introduction with choices

Read, Ramble – Fay – Introduction with proposed reading

Rikki’s Teleidoscope – Rikki – Introduction

seraillon – Scott W.

sub rosa – Sigrun Introduction with choices, Preparations on Handke, Who is Thomas Bernhard?

Susanna

Susie Bookworm – Susanna P

Tabula Rasa – Priya Introduction with possible choices

The Argumentative Old Git  – Himadri

The Children’s War – Alex Baugh

The Parrish Lantern – Parrish

The Reading Lives – Mel u

Time’s Flow Stemmed – Anthony – Introduction and reading plans,  Introduction Part II

Tony’s Reading List – Tony  Introduction with choices

Tortoisebook – Liz

Vishy’s Blog – Vishy Introduction with choices

Who Killed Lemmy Caution? – Daryl – Introduction

Winstonsdad’s Blog – Stu Introduction with list and reading plans

Wuthering Expectations – Amateur Reader (Tom)  –Introduction with choices focusing on plays

AS OF NOVEMBER 1 2011 THE LINKS TO PEOPLE’S POSTS WILL BE ADDED ON THE GERMAN LITERATURE MONTH PAGE

German Literature Month – November 2011

Finally I am allowed to let you know what Lizzy and I have been planning in the background for quite a while now.

I’m happy to announce that Lizzy Siddal from Lizzy’s Literary Life and I are co-hosting a German Literature Month in November.  Ever since Iris from Iris on Books hosted her Month of Dutch Literature it’s been on our minds to do something similar for the literature of the German-speaking countries. We both share a passion for the literature of Austria, Germany and Switzerland and hope to find many like-minded and interested people to join us.

We have prepared a programme, including two readalongs and a lot of giveaways that generous publishers like Melville House, Bitter Lemon Press, Pereine Press, And Other Stories, Portobello Books and One World Classics have kindly contributed. The giveaways are international with the exception of a few which are UK only.

The official kick off will be on November first,  from then on we will post on alternating days. Lizzy will post on Tuesdays and Fridays, I will post on Mondays and Thursdays. Wednesdays, starting already in October, are reserved for giveaways. The readalongs will take place on Saturdays. Sunday will be weekly wrap up day and the time for announcing the winners of the giveaways.

The first readalong is dedicated to  Effi Briest. It will run for three weeks. Details and exact dates are given below.

The second readalong is my monthly Literature and War Readalong that I will shift to Saturday and I have also changed the previoulsy announced title. We will read Heinrich Böll’s The Silent Angel. This book is unique for reasons that I will reveal in a later post. On a more personal note it is important to me as Böll is my favourite German author.

The programme will look as follows

Week 1 German Literature

Maybe you like Thomas Mann or you are a fan of Genazino. Now’s the time to share this.

Week 2 Crime Fiction

There are a lot of crime novels written in German out there. Whether you like it gritty or rather go for psychological suspense, you are sure to find something.

Week 3 Austria and Switzerland 

You could either read some of the 19th century Swiss classics like Gotthelf, Keller or Meyer or finally read the Roths and Zweigs you have had on your TBR pile for years.

Week 4 Kleist and Other German Classics

Kleist died 200 years ago. We are going to read some of his novellas and give away some of his books but we will also read other classics.

Week 5 Read As You Please and Wrap Up

Wrap up week is a chance to read and review whatever you like. I’ll go for something that hasn’t been translated yet.

Three Week Readalong on Saturdays  (5th chapters 1-15, 12th chapters 16 – 24 and 19th chapters 25 – 36, 280 pages)

Literature and War Readalong 2011 on Saturday 26th November

The Silent Angel (184 pages)

Giveaways

These are some of the possible titles for the giveaways. The exact titles will be announced on the giveaway days.

We will post a few times in the upcoming weeks sharing reading suggestions, as we hope that many of you will read and review with us.

The idea is that you link your posts in the comment sections of our posts. The Sunday will be wrap up day in which we will give an overview of everything that has happened through the week.

Get your copies out, enter the giveaways, or buy a few books and join us.

Feel free to use the button and spread the word.

I’m looking forward to November.

Visit the German Literature Month Page for regular updates.