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Michel Houellebecq Debuts Concert at Danish Literature Festival

Michel Houellebecq brings a band with him when he guest stars at the literature festival at the Danish Louisiana. The scandal-ridden French author comes to the museum in Humlebaek with a new concert format.

Michel Houellebecq Debuts Concert at Danish Literature Festival

English Romance Best-Selling Book Package

The Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's works are given packages under many Christmas trees. But also historical feel-good, economic non-fiction and English romance are popular literary gifts this year.

English Romance Best-Selling Book Package

Book by Stieg Larsson banned in Florida

The Swedish author Stieg Larsson's bestseller "Men Who Hate Women" has been banned in parts of Florida, reports Expo. The book has appeared on this year's list of book titles that are now prohibited in education and school libraries.

Book by Stieg Larsson banned in Florida

World Stars Take a Stand Against Israel Boycott

Rock icons Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons, Nobel laureates Herta Müller and Elfriede Jelinek and over a thousand other artists, writers and publishers have signed an open letter in protest against cultural boycotts. .

World Stars Take a Stand Against Israel Boycott

International Authors Boycott Israel

More than 1,000 literarily active individuals, including international authors such as Sally Rooney, and Nobel laureates like Abdulrazak Gurnah and Annie Ernaux, are participating in a boycott against Israeli cultural institutions, reports the newspaper Haaretz. .

International Authors Boycott Israel

Sally Rooney wishes she had a pseudonym

"Normal People"-author Sally Rooney's new novel "Intermezzo" is coming next week, also in Swedish translation. The Irish author was dubbed the voice of her generation and "a Snapchat-Salinger" after the success of "Normal People" which came out in 2019 and was also praised as a TV series.

Sally Rooney wishes she had a pseudonym

Nine Books You Want to Read This Fall

A tribute to war-torn Kharkiv, a family chronicle on an eternal beach and French-Algerian memories of a father. Here are nine books to take the time for this autumn.

Nine Books You Want to Read This Fall

The TikTok book trend: "Everyone's talking about it"

Love on holiday, murder mystery and romance - that constitutes the summer's book trends on Tiktok. Sweet football romances are about to get a boost now, says book influencer Jasmine Darban.

The TikTok book trend: "Everyone's talking about it"