readings

Bernadine Evaristo

Award-winning writer Bernadine Evaristo will give a reading in Hanover on 3 June 2011at 8 p.m. The reading is organised by the Literarischer Salon.

Bernardine Evaristos six books include Hello Mum (Penguin 2010), Lara (Bloodaxe 2009), Blonde Roots (Penguin 2008), Soul Tourists (Penguin 2005) and The Emperors Babe (Penguin 2001). She has also co-edited two recent books and is a literary critic. She has received several awards and was awarded an MBE in 2009.

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Bernadine Evaristo

contemporary writers

The reading will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Tobias Döring (University of Munich) and it will be open to the public – details about the venue will be specified in due course.

Libor Mikeska

The author Libor Mikeska will give a reading on 3 June 2011, which will be chaired by Norbert Platz (University of Trier).

 Born in 1967 (of Czech parents), Libor Mikeska first studied mathematics and then languages at Melbourne University in Australia. Since 1992 he has been teaching English (creative writing, translation, communication and rhetoric skills) at Saarland University in Germany (Institute of Translation and Interpreting and the university's Language Centre). He is also currently writing his PhD on the lesser known German authors stranded in Bohemia.

His interest in literature first emerged prior to leaving Australia, when he wrote a French play called Des Intellos Perturbés which was performed and well received at the Alliance Francaise in Melbourne in 1990 (Concours d’art dramatique, Sept 1990). In 2008 he began writing his first novel Neurotically Yours which was completed last year. Both are in search of a suitable publisher. He has also begun writing a second novel – it's actually what he enjoys doing most when not inundated with teaching duties.