The Picador-Event at GfZK experienced a pretty full house for Daniel’s reading in Leipzig on November 12.

Senthuran Varatharajah lead the talk with amazingly curated questions and a rare depth for such a short evening. Born in 1984 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, he studied philosophy, Protestant theology and comparative religious and cultural studies in Marburg, Berlin and London. Senthuran is well connected with Leipzig’s writing scene, as he was a guest judge for “EDIT-Essaypreis” 2019 and Guest Professor at “Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig”.

Also the audience raised great questions, one of our favorites was “Do you like your characters and does a writer need to like their characters?”.

We thank EDIT Magazine and the U.S. Consulate for the cooperation and all partners for the great event.

Frohes Festival x Picador Guest Professorship

On November 22 & 23 the “Frohes Festival” presented a diverse programm of authors, readings, talks, film screenings and after-party! Also the Picador Guest Professorship gut featured with Daniel and Rebecca Rukeyser talking about climate fiction, the responsibility of writers and publishers of writing about political issues and the opportunities fiction gives us.

Thanks Rebecca for hosting the talk so meaningful and understandable and Daniel for the insights on your topic, writing and work.