Last May four important German lyricists ‒ Urs Allemann, Ann Cotten, Arnfrid Astel and Hans Thill ‒ read from the anthology "Konzert für das Eis. Gedichte aus Kroatien" [Concert for Ice. Poems from Croatia] at the largest Croatian lyric festival "Goranovo proljeće".

In April, Wolfgang Schivelbusch’s s Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise (The Railway Journey) was presented in Zagreb and Rijeka. The Croatian translation under the title Povijest putovanja željeznicom was published with the support of TRADUKI in 2010 by the Zagreb publisher Ljevak. The book was discussed by: the translator Boris Perić, Dr. Tomislav Pletenac from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, and the philosopher and historian Snježan Hasnaš. Wolfgang Schivelbusch was born in Berlin in 1941, studied literature, philosophy and sociology at Frankfurt am Main  and since 1973 has been living and working as an author in New York and Berlin.

Ingo Schulze will be giving readings on 3 and 4 June in Skopje, Macedonia. The reasons for the tour are the publication in 2009 and 2010 of the Macedonian translations of the volume of short stories Handy and the novel Adam and Evelyn. The organiser of the readings is the publisher Blesok, in collaboration with the Goethe Institut and with generous support from the Deutsch-Makedonischen Gesellschaft and the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Thanks to financial support from TRADUKI, Ingo Schulze has now been translated into Albanian, Macedonian and Serbian.

Numerous guests came together on 8 May in the cellar of the Fellbach wine producers, for an enchanting evening of  stories by Croats about Croatia. Two Croatian and two German-Croatian authors read from their works in this attractive setting: Edo Popović, Roman Simić, Jagoda Marinić and Nicol Ljubić.

As part of the Solothurner Literaturtage a panel discussion took place on 15th May, sponsored by  "Wenn der Südosten nach Nordwesten", where five translators from south-eastern Europe talked about the welcome given to German-language literature in their countries.

To celebrate the publication of his book, "Die Nacht, die Lichter" [The Night, the Lights] in Croatian and Serbian, several readings with Clemens Meyer in Split, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Belgrade were organised with the support of the Goethe Institut and TRADUKI. Reading nights are hosted by Edo Popović, Faruk Šehić, Vladimir Arsenijević and Drinka Gojković.

Reading Dates:
19.05.2010 - Split, Kinoteka Zlatna Vrata, 6 pm ( programme )
20.05.2010 - Zagreb, Profil Megastore, 8 pm
22.05.2010 - Sarajevo, Balkan Cafe, 8 pm ( programme )
25.05.2010 - Belgrade, Goethe Institut, 7:30 pm ( link )

Die Nacht, die Lichter [The Night, the Lights] in the Serbian translation by Drinka Gojković, entitled "Noć, svetla" was published by Samizdat B92, Belgrade and in the Croatian translation (reading excerpt) by Latica Bilopavlović, titled "Noć, svjetla" published by OceanMore, Zagreb.