Longlist authors gather for Blind Dates with readers

Who will earn a spot among the top titles? And who will win the German Book Prize 2011? The 20-title longlist will be announced on 17 August 2011. Starting at the end of the month, the readers themselves will have a chance to make their own impressions of the nominees. Authors who make the longlist will give readings in 11 German cities and Prague until the end of September. Which authors will read in which cities will remain a secret until the very last minute – but the dates and times of the Blind Dates have already been set. 

Overview of Blind Date readings: 

Osterholz-Scharmbeck
25.08.2011, 8 p.m.
Die Schatulle
Bahnhofstr. 98
Telephone 04791 8585
Admission: 7.00 euros (until 17 August; 9.00 euros thereafter) 

Prien am Chiemsee
26.08.2011, 7 p.m.
Casa Kronast
Marktplatz 7
Organiser: Buchhandlung Hartel Lese-GmbH Prien
Telephone 08051 2455
Admission: 8.00 euros 

Heide
01.09.2011, 8 p.m.
Scheller Boyens
Friedrichstr. 4
Telephone 0481 72303
Admission: 8.00 euros (reduced: 6.00 euros) 

Rathenow
01.09.2011, 7 p.m.
Buchhandlung Tieke
Berliner Str. 4
Telephone 03385 510232
Admission: 5.00 euros 

Recklinghausen
07.09.2011, 8 p.m.
Altstadtschmiede Recklinghausen
Kellerstr. 10
Organiser: Buchhandlung Ulrike Musial
Telephone 02361 181249
Admission: 10.00 euros (for members of the Neue Literarische Gesellschaft Recklinghausen: 5.00 euros) 

Bad Mergentheim
08.09.2011, 7:30 p.m.
Deutschordensschloss
Schloss 16
Organiser: Buchhandlung Moritz und Lux
Telephone 07931 51088
Admission: 7.00 euros (in advance) or 9.00 euros (box office) 

Leipzig
08.09.2011, 8 p.m.
Haus des Buches
Gerichtsweg 28
Telephone 0341 9954134
Admission: 3.00 euros (reduced: 2.00 euros) 

Oberderdingen
09.09.2011, 8 p.m.
Museum & Galerie Aschingerhaus
Aschingerstr. 3
Organiser: Buchladen am Roten Tor
Telephone 07045 20372-7
Admission: 8.00 euros (in advance) or 10.00 euros (box office) 

Menden
12.09.2011, 7:30 p.m.
Alter Ratssaal
Hauptstr. 48
Organiser: Buchhandlung DAUB
Telephone 02373 3065
Admission: 6 euros 

Hanau
13.09.2011, 8 p.m.
Dausien Weihl
Salzstr. 18
Telephone 06181 9291-0
Admission: 7.00 euros 

Cologne
13.09.2011, 8 p.m.
Buchladen Sülzburgstraße
Sülzburgstr. 27
Telephone 0221 442712
Admission: 7.00 euros 

Prague
23.09.2011, 7 p.m.
Goethe Institute
Masarykovo nabr. 32
Telephone 0042 0221 962236
Free admission 

The German Book Prize is awarded by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Stiftung — the Foundation of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association — and features prize winnings of 37,500 euros. Partners of the German Book Prize include Paschen & Companie, the Frankfurter Sparkasse Foundation, the Frankfurt Book Fair and the city of Frankfurt am Main. The television station Deutsche Welle serves as a media partner of the German Book Prize both at home and abroad.  

Information on the German Book Prize 2011 can be found at http://www.deutscher-buchpreis.de/. 

The contact for the Blind Date readings is Philippe Genêt, Telephone 069 1306-391, E-mail genet@boev.de.  

Frankfurt am Main, 15 August 2011  

Contact for the media:  
Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.
Claudia Paul, Director, Press and Public Relations
Telephone +49 (0) 69 1306-293, E-mail: paul@boev.de
Johannes Neufeld, Press Assistant
Telephone +49 (0) 69 1306-292, E-mail: neufeld@boev.de