Now in its sixth year, European Literature Night in London returns with ‘A Night in Stories and Pictures’, an exciting double-bill night bringing together writers and graphic novelists
14 May 2014 at the British LibraryIn its sixth year, we’re celebrating European Literature Night with six of the best writers from around the continent. Superb reportage, humorous explorations of the nature of power, chilling dystopia-meets-crime fiction and haunting portrayals of broken familial relationships all meet for one of the must-see events in the British literary calendar.With Jonas T. Bengtsson (Denmark), Julia Franck (Germany), Antoine Laurain (France), Diego Marani (Italy), Witold Szablowski(Poland) and Dimitri Verhulst (Belgium), chaired by acclaimed journalist Rosie Goldsmith.
ELN is an annual literary showcase bringing the best of the continent’s writers and contemporary European literature to the UK. It is a unique initiative involving 28 European Cultural Institutes and Embassies, many arts organisations, and the European Commission Representation in the UK which promotes European literature of all genres in English translation.
Also taking place this evening will be a simultaneous event; European Literature Night: The Graphic Novelists.
The event is followed by a reception featuring a live DJ set by Daniel Cherney and includes entry to the summer exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK.
Book now for 14 May 2014 / Price: £10, (£8 Over 60s) and £7 / Wed 14 May 2014, 18.30-20.30
European Literature Night is presented in partnership with EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) London, the European Commission Representation in the UK, the British Library, the Czech Centre London and Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
14 May 2014 at the British LibraryContemporary graphic novels from across Europe have never been more diverse and innovative. For the first time, European Literature Night explores this comics phenomenon by inviting acclaimed cartoonists to discuss and read from their fascinating works.With Line Hoven (Germany), Lucie Lomova (Czech Republic), Max (Spain) and Judith Vanistendael (Belgium/Flanders) in conversation with Paul Gravett.
In Love Looks Away (Blank Slate), Line Hoven uses her stunning scraperboard precision to record her grandparents’ and parents’ histories, from Hitler’s Germany to modern America. In Divoši (‘Savages’), Lucie Lomova tells the true story of a Czech ethnographer who befriends a Brazilian tribesman and brings him to Prague in 1908, an encounter that transforms both their lives. In the tradition of Dalí and Buñuel, the Spanish cartoonist Max blends surrealism, philosophy and humour in the richly symbolic escapades of Bardin the Superrealist (Fantagraphics). The authors will be in conversation with Paul Gravett, co-director of Comica Festival, author of Comics Art (Tate Publishing), and co-curator of the British Library’s exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK.
The event is followed by a reception in the Entrance Hall of the British Library which will include free entry to the summer exhibition, Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK, as well as an ELN bookstall. The reception is supported by the Goethe Institut.
Also taking place this evening will be a simultaneous event, European Literature Night: The Writers.
Book now for 14 May 2014 / Price: £10, (£8 Over 60s) and £7 / Wed 14 May 2014, 18.30-20.30
European Literature Night is presented in partnership with EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) London, the European Commission Representation in the UK, the British Library, the Czech Centre London and Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions