Festival

Initiators and moderators

Max Dietrich

Historiker. Er betreut die Vermittlung des Projekts KremsMachtGeschichte.
Katja Gasser

Journalist, moderator and literary critic who lives in Vienna. 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.
Rosie Goldsmith

Multi-media journalist and moderator. After 20 years with the BBC, today she combines journalism with chairing and curating arts and literary events in Great Britain and around the world. She is Director of the European Literature Network, artistic director of the European Writers’ Festival and moderator of the Slightly Foxed Books podcast.
Judith Hoffmann

Arts and culture journalist and editorial team member for Aktuelle Kultur, Ö1 Austrian radio. She also teaches Spanish literature and media studies at the University of Vienna.
Albert Hosp

Music journalist and moderator for Ö1 Austrian radio station. He is the artistic director of both festivals Glatt&Verkehrt and Imago Dei in Krems.
Rainer Moritz

Writer, German literary scholar, literary critic, translator, editor, publisher and event coordinator. He is Vice President of the Marcel Proust Society.
Gerda Ridler

ist Kunsthistorikerin und Kulturmanagerin. Seit 2022 arbeitet sie als künstlerische Direktorin der Landesgalerie Niederösterreich in Krems.
Veronika Trubel

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

Literary scholar at the Research Institute Brenner Archive of the University of Innsbruck and moderator who lives in Innsbruck. Coordinator, with Rebekka Zeinzinger, of the literature podcast Auf Buchfühlung.
Rebekka Zeinzinger

Translator and literary scholar who taught in Sarajevo and today lives in Vienna. Coordinator, with Irene Zanol, of the literature podcast Auf Buchfühlung.