European Festival of the First Novel
The 15th European Festival of the First Novel takes place from May 4 to May 7, 2017
From May 4-7, 2017, the Ars Baltica acclaimed project “European Festival of the First Novel” takes place in Kiel again. Since 2003 new prose from ten European countries forms the heart of the European Festival of the First Novel. Ten novelists and their editors as well as other professionals of the literary world are gathering in Schleswig-Holstein to discuss writing and publishing, to acquaint themselves with new novels, and maybe pave the way for translation.
The opening reading gala, meetings with students at the Christian-Albrechts-university, and the following literary conference are giving the participants, the public audience, and the conference guests a forum for exchange on literature, language and ways of promoting and transferring literature in Europe.
Preliminary Program 2017
| Thursday, May 4 |
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| afternoon | Authors at the university |
| 19.00 - 23.00 | Reaging Gala: Europe's New Prose |
| Twelve countries - Twelve novels - Twelve authors | |
| Friday, May 5 |
Author-Novel-Publisher: Presentations I |
| 9.30 - 14.00 | Moderation: |
| Thorsten Dönges (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin) | |
| Karen Nölle (edition fünf) | |
| Sara Dušanić (Literaturhaus Schleswig-Holstein) | |
| Catherine Rönnau (Institut Francais de Kiel) | |
| Wolfgang Sandfuchs (Literaturhaus Schleswig-Holstein) | |
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| 18.30 | Round table: The novel's way to the reader: |
| marketing by publishers and self-matketing |
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| Saturday, May 6 |
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| 9.00 - 13.00 |
Author-Novel-Publisher: Presentations II |
| Moderation: as Friday |
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| 16.00 - 18.00 | Author´s Round Table |
| Moderation: Thorsten Dönges |
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| 16.00 - 18.00 | Editors´Round Table |
| Moderation: Karen Nölle (edition fünf) |
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| Sunday, May 7 |
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| 10.00 - 12.30 | Résumé, perspectives and play on words |
| Interpreter: Susanne Höbel, Karen Nölle |
Further information and registration at:
Literaturhaus Schleswig-Holstein
Schwanenweg 13, 24105 Kiel
Tel:0431/5796841
Email: debuetroman@literaturhaus-sh.de and info@literaturhaus-sh.de
Centre Culturel Français de Kiel
Hardenbergstraße 11, 24105 Kiel
Tel.: 0431/804798
Email: info.kiel@institutfrancais.de
Participating authors and publishing houses in 2017:
- Austria: Sonja Harter: "Weißblende" (Luftschacht)
- Denmark: Maria Dixen "Alt det krat, alle de buske" (Forlaget Basilisk)
- Finland: Minna Rytisalo "Lempi" (Gummerus Publishers)
- France: Anne-James Chaton "Elle regarder passer les gens" (Editions Verticales)
- Germany: Juliana Kálnay "Eine kurze Chronik des allmählichen Verschwindens" (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach)
- Italy: Mauro Garofalo "Alla fine di ogni cosa" (Frassinelli)
- Latvia: Inga Gaile "Stikli" (Dienas Gramata)
- Netherlands: Inge Schilperoord "Muidhond" (Podium)
- Norway: Thomas Marco Blatt "Varsjøen"(Kolon forlag)
- Poland: Maciej Płaza "Skorun" (WAB)
- Slovenia: Mirt Komel "Pianistov dotik" (Goga)
- Switzerland: Jérémie Gindre: "Pas d'éclairs sans tonnerre" (Editions Zoé)
Excerpts of the debut novels will be presented during the public reading „Lesefest“ at the Literaturhaus in Kiel on Thursday, May 4, 2017, from 7 pm to 11 pm (2 breaks in between). The authors will read short sequences from their novels in the original language before the professional readers Jule Nero and Nils Aulike will present excerpts from the German sample translations.