Festival

Katja Gasser

Journalist, moderator and literary critic. Head of literary productions for the cultural department of ORF television in Vienna. Film projects including on Marica Bodrožić, Friederike Mayröcker, Peter Handke and Florjan Lipuš. She is responsible for Austria as Guest of Honour at the Leipzig Book Fair 2023.
Rosie Goldsmith

Multi-media journalist with specialist knowledge of the arts, literature and international affairs. She has worked across the world for BBC Radio and is currently the Director of the European Literature Network.
Rainer Moritz

Writer, German literary scholar, literary critic and translator. He is Director of the Literaturhaus Hamburg and Vice President of the Marcel Proust Society.
Victoria Strobl

Literary scholar, copywriter and content designer. Coordinator, with Irene Zanol, of the literature podcast auf buchfühlung.
Veronika Trubel

Writer and moderator, head of the eljub European Youth Encounters. Publications include literary works and essays.
Irene Zanol

Literary scholar at the Brenner-Archiv of the University of Innsbruck, moderator. Coordinator, with Viktoria Strobl, of the literature podcast auf buchfühlung.

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