In Great Britain, the Europe Readr platform will merge with a podcast series and live panel events taking place both online and on-site to explore questions related to the future of living on various levels in the post-pandemic era.
Read
The audience can physically access a selection of books featured on Europe Readr at the libraries of the Institut français UK, the Goethe-Institut London, and the Delegation of the European Union to the UK.
Listen: THE RIVETING INTERVIEW
THE RIVETING INTERVIEW: A special series of author interviews to celebrate the Europe Readr project brought to you by The European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London.
In this special podcast series Europe Readr Podcast, EUNIC London network is teaming up with the Literature Network to introduce you to Europe Readr, a groundbreaking digital platform initiated by the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council, with the support of EU Member States and EU institutions.
Over the next few months tune into our Riveting Europe Readr podcasts presented by Director of European Literature Network Rosie Goldsmith and available on your favourite platforms Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple, Amazon Music, TuneIN + Alexa and Listen Notes:
- Drago Jančar, Slovenia, 27 September 2021
- Lukas Jüliger, Germany, 4 October 2021
- Axel Lindén, Sweden, 11 October 2021
- Akvilë Kavaliauskaitë, Lithuania, 18 October 2021
- Tiziano Fratus, Italy, 25 October 2021
- Alexander Shpatov, Bulgaria, 1 November 2021
- Ann De Bode, Belgium, 8 November 2021
- Maria Ferencuhova, Slovakia, 29 November 2021
- Sanna Pelliccioni, Finland, 6 December 2021
Connect
EUNIC London in partnership with the Festival of the Future City–Bristol Ideas organised two roundtable discussions:
- Smart Shrinkage: the Imagination of Mid-size Cities, took place on the October 18 with the experts Aurélien Bellanger (FR), Matevz Celik (SLO) and Ilinca Păun Constantinescu of Collective Ideilagram (ROM). Watch the replay on Crowdcast.
- Relevance of History in Imagining our Urban Futures, took place on the October 19 with the experts Goda Palekaite (LT), Monika Platzer (AUS) and Fiona McDermott (IRL). Watch the replay on Crowdcast.
Kavaliauskaitė uses people’s interactions and the way they pass each other by, their eternal grip on solitude, as well as an ironic and playful gaze towards art and the source of creation. She focuses on the value of a single life, touching upon the components forming the foundation of the self and human identity. She pays attention to childhood experiences and how they are relived in adulthood. Yet the chosen angle, space, and details as well as the method of narration make the storeis in this book exceptional. The author manages to create an original chronotope and a wide kaleidoscope of experiences.
To sum up, I can say that Kavaliauskaitė is a distinctive, original, and necessary voice, and Bodies is a creative, playful, and intriguing book truly worthy of attention.