Europe is Murderous

05.11.2009

What sort of book is resting on your night table? We’d be willing to wager that the most frequent answer is: a detective story. This month, Linz09 invites readers to attend five murderous evenings revolving around literature’s most popular genre.

European authors of crime fiction are among the international crème de la crème in this genre. Håkan Nesser, David Peace, Arne Dahl, Stefan Slupetzky and Christine Grän are some of the top names that will be coming to Linz over the course of this month for moderated readings at Posthof. The series is entitled “Murderous Europe.” There’s also a special event on the lineup: a reading of essays about detective stories.

MURDEROUS EUROPE
Posthof, Posthofstr. 43, 4020 Linz
November 6, 2009, 7 PM: Friedrich Ani (DE) / Håkan Nesser (SE) / Petros Markaris (EL). Moderators: Tobias Gohlis, Thomas Pohl
November 7, 2009, 7 PM: David Peace (UK) / Arne Dahl (SE) / Frank Göhre (DE). Moderators: Tobias Gohlis, Thomas Pohl
November 11. 2009, 7 PM: Leena Lehtolainen (FI) / Christoph Wagner (AT) / Alicia Giménez-Bartlett (ES). Moderator: Eva Rossmann
November 21, 2009, 8 PM: Murderous Europe Special: Franz Schuh (AT) reads essays about detective stories
November 27, 2009, 7 PM: Lilian Faschinger (AT) / Stefan Slupetzky (AT) / Christine Grän (AT). Moderator: Franz Schuh

Tickets at www.posthof.at and by phone +43 (0)732 / 781800
Details online at www.linz09.at/moerderisches-europa