Literature and books

Reading by Arno Geiger

4 June 2013, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

Arno Geiger, born 1968 in Vorarlberg (Austria), is this year’s Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature Writer-In-Residence and will give a special reading at the ACF London. Winner of the German Book Prize 2005 ...

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Call for applications

The city of Graz is calling for applications for their "Writer of the City of Graz" scholarship which includes the provision of an apartment and a monthly allowance from September until the following August. For further details and information please contact kulturamt@stadt.graz.at

Opening of “Salzburg Literary Archives”

The “Salzburg Literary Archives” – a literary-historical research centre of the University, the City and the Land of Salzburg – were formally opened on 19 April 2012. They collect and investigate living and posthumous estates of authors, such as Barbara Frischmuth, Peter Handke, Gert Jonke and Stefan Zweig, with ties to Salzburg and make them available for academic research.

Austrian government awards, grants and subsidies for translation

With a view to promoting (Austrian or foreign) translators or the translation of Austrian contemporary literature, subsidies, grants and awards are available from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. Click here for more information.