300 minutes of contemporary European literatures

What is it like to attend an evening of literary speed dating? Read on to find out

What is it like to attend an evening of literary speed dating? Read on to find out

From left: Spanish writer Gabriela Ybarra, Austrian novelist Vea Kaiser, Belgian writer Jean-Pierre Orban, French novelist Markenzy Orcel, German graphic novelist Line Hoven, Hungarian poet Roland Orcsik, Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad, Indian-Italian writer Laila Wadia, Polish novelist Jacek Dehnel, and Swiss poet-graphic novelist Markus Kirchhofer

Polish writer Jacek Dehnel reads from his novel Saturn at The Long Night of LiteratureS (Sundeep Bali )

Austrian novelist Vea Kaiser performed a dramatic reading from her first novel Blasmusikpop (2012) (Sundeep Bali )

French novelist-poet Markenzy Orcel read excerpts from his novel Les Immortelles which is based on the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. His translator interpreted it in English for the audience. (Sundeep Bali )