As an interview magazine that also is involved in running a fashion label, a photography studio and in hosting a range of events, the new experiment by the German independent publisher Blumenbar is just our cup of tea: in an attempt to attract the so-called ‘Generation Internet’ to the written page, Blumenbar opted to bring the latter to the playgrounds of the former by hosting their Literary Nightclub Hardcover. The second installment will have actors of the renowned Gorki Theatre reading from Hunter S. Thompson’s Rum Diary as well as from I am Airen Man, which is involved in a considerable stir in the German literary world, being copied in parts by the 17-year-old wunderkind writer Helene Hegemann. Nothing groundbreaking so far, except that the reading will take place at the excellent WMF Club in Berlin, leading up to a regular Friday night when words are replaced by beats.
Literary Nightclub Hardcover
12. March 2010 / 20h00
WMF
Klosterstrasse 44
Berlin
Note: The readings will be in German
