Literary Art

20 Years Harry Potter

By on 28. June 2017

Much more than just a Bestseller

The first Harry Potter book “Philosopher’s stone” was published twenty years ago, on June 26th, 1997. At that time, it was still a children’s book among many others. However, Harry Potter has been casting its feathers to a fantasy novel series that only exists once in the world. The author Joanne K. Rowling has become a star and Harry Potter is much more than just a children’s book series.

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Leipzig Book Fair 2017

By on 23. March 2017

They keep reading!

Reading novels is fun. Beeing taken by someone´s hand, who has designed experimental environments and who creates something special with words in the reader’s head, is often more than just pleasure. The Leipzig Book Fair started again today.

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Turkey: What Pressure do Artists face?

By on 13. March 2017

No Air to breathe!

In Turkey, theatre-makers, writers, journalists and media people in general do have a rough ride. They must face censorship and persecution by the state. The most prominent example is the German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been under investigative custody in Turkey since 14th February 2017.

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Terry Pratchett and his Disc World

By on 2. January 2017

The world is a Disc, isn´t it?

The disc world floats through the universe, supported by four elephants standing on a huge turtle. This is the keystone of the Disc World novels by the British fantasy writer Terry Pratchett. We do not want to deprive you of this delicacy out of the literary fantasy world and introduce the author and his world of discs he developed.

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