This weekend the Walfer book fair, Walfer Bicherdeeg is open once more where you can find books in all the languages of Luxembourg.
You’ll get a chance to chat with some authors present, book publishers and sellers, and there’s a children’s section too.
So come and enjoy yet another outdoor activity suitable for all the family.
Do you enjoy reading a book, learning about literature and meeting the authors? Then Walfer Book Fair is for you, coming up this weekend. Plus, take part i
If you’re interested in writing yourself there are many options for clubs and competitions such as:
Les Cahiers Luxembourgeois
http://cahiersluxembourgeois.lu/
A:LL - Association Luxembourg Literature
https://www.allschreftstellerinnen.info/
Word-in-Progress events
https://kulturfabrik.lu/project/word-in-progress
Déseouvrés events at Rotondes
https://www.rotondes.lu/fr/notre-actu/des-confettis-plein-les-yeux
Lëtz Write
https://letzwrite.art/
Poetry Club
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Poetry-Club/
Writers Who Talk
https://www.writerswhotalk.lu/home
Concours littéraire national https://mc.gouvernement.lu/fr/Domaines/appels-a-projets/concours-litteraire-national-2022.html
Prix Laurence
https://www.prixlaurence.lu/new2021/home/1/fr/
Printemps des poètes Luxembourg concours multilingue ‘Jeune Printemps': http://printemps-poetes.lu/
Black Fountain Press www.blackfountain.lu
Upcoming literary prizes include:
18 November - Lëtzebuerger Buchpräis by the Federation of Book Publishers
8 December - Concours littéraire national ceremony
My guests
Béa Kneip has worked at RTL since 2006, and presents a show on literature from Luxembourg for the past 7 years, which is now a podcast called Lecture vun heiheem.
Since February 2021, Bea also co-hosts another podcast, with Jérôme Jaminet, where they talk about literature from Luxembourg and around the world in Luxembourgish, RTL Bicherlies.
Anne-Marie Reuter is an English teacher at Lycée Robert-Schuman.
She also runs Black Fountain Press, an English-language publishing house.
Anne-Marie sits on the board of the publishers’ federation, Lëtzebuerger Bicherediteuren and of the writers’ association A:LL (Association: Luxembourgish Literature).
And, she’s a writer herself. Anne-Marie has published a collection of short stories, On the Edge, and Blue. She has also translated French poems by Lambert Schlechter into English, One day I will write a poem, plus a play by Larisa Faber from English into Luxembourgish, Disko Dementia.
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