Magdalena
Bernath of the publishing company Appenzeller Verlag hosted the event. The
"Stuhlfabrik" was fully booked, which made it difficult to find seats
in the first rows for the eleven participating authors.
Christina Casanova, Jutta Motz and Helmut Maier (from left to right)
The evening
began with a "courier reading", in which the authors took turns
in reading four-minute-extracts from their stories.
Magdalena
Bernath introduced the first four authors. Felix Mettler read from "Tod in
Gais" (Death in Gais), Karin Bachmann from "Fokus", Anne Cuneo
from "Mord in der Kathedrale" (Murder in the Cathedral) and Philipp
Probst from "Tod im 36er" (Death in the 36er).
After
another round of introductions, Christina Casanova read from "Der
Flachwichser" (The Bugger), Jutta Motz from "Die Russin" (The
Russian Lady) and Helmut Maier from "Reinfall am Rheinfall" (the
pun's hard to translate, something like Falling Through at the Rheinfall. The
Rheinfall being the waterfall of the Rhein near Schaffhausen in Northern
Switzerland.)
That
courier reading was the ideal way to demonstrate the variety of stories and
stiles united in the anthology.
An
interview with the two initiators Mitra Devi ("Lucerne – Chicago")
and Petra Ivanov ("Späte Rache" – Late Revenge) followed. An
incredible rendition of her whole story by Susy Schmid rounded the event off.
In celebration of the evening, Susy Schmid had renamed her story "Heute
Abend in F." (Tonight in F.) "Heute Abend in H." (Tonight in H.)
and altered some passages to fit Herisau. Her experience in writing scary short
radio plays clearly shone through.
Afterwards,
the bar of the "Alte Stuhlfabrik" and the Appenzeller Verlag's book
table were open. Interesting conversations and meetings took place and the
courier reading was followed by a courier signing; a good opportunity to meet
the readers.
An
absolutely thrilling and successful evening!
Especially
for me as I was able to meet my Google+ and Twitter friend (and author) Tom Zai
and his wife IRL.
It was a pleasure to meet you. Looking forward now to reading your story and meeting you again.
AntwortenLöschenThe pleasure was all mine! Thanks for your lovely comments.
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