Tag Archives: Bremen

Two Fires and a Linguistic Oddity

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Cora

Early this morning, Bremen suffered two arson attacks in the same neighbourhood, in the very same street even. The attacks were very nasty, the arsonist set fire in the stairwells of two apartment blocks. Those are old buildings – both … Continue reading →

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My GPS tries to kill me and the unexpected difficulties of international weddings

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday, I had an interpreter gig that was – for me at least – rather unusual. I don’t do that much interpreting anyway – I’m primarily a translator. In case you don’t know the difference, translation is written, interpretation is … Continue reading →

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Cora attends a reading and tuckerizes a student

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Cora

I occasionally write at school, in the teacher break room during free hours and sometimes also in class, while the students are completing an assignment of their own, before the lesson starts or during the five minute break between double … Continue reading →

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An announcement and new entries in old discussions

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Cora

Signal boost: If you’re in the Bremen area, newleaf, the English language literary magazine of the University of Bremen, will hold the launch reading for issue No. 28 at the Theaterwerkstatt in the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof on Monday, June 25, 2012, … Continue reading →

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Easter Monday Link Round-up

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cora

Here in Germany, today was a public holiday and rather slow. Nonetheless, Easter Monday is a work day in the US. Besides, there were at least two big conventions this weekend, so the internet didn’t go into holiday mode. The … Continue reading →

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Small World

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday evening, I attended Riverbank City, an English language music plus poetry event at the Bremen House of Sciences. Now I’ve been hanging out at the fringes of the Bremen literature scene for years and so I met a couple … Continue reading →

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A sales milestone, two events, strong female characters and retro TV gossip

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Cora

Pegasus Pulp passed the 100 sales threshold today. And if you’re in the Bremen area, I also want to point out two literary events: Tomorrow, i.e. March 8, Elke Marion Weiß will present her debut novel Triangel in the “Bremer … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Cora and a frosty linkdump

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Cora

Tonight is shaping up to be the coldest night yet ever since the extreme frost period began more than a week ago with temperatures of minus 15 degrees Celsius. I already got out my flannel pyjamas and ultra-warm fluffy socks … Continue reading →

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Eiswette and some Weekend Writing Links

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday, the river Weser once again ran rather than stood, i.e. it wasn’t frozen, which is only to be expected considering that we had temperatures of around 7 degrees Celsius. Still, according to the traditional Bremer Eiswette (Bremen ice bet), … Continue reading →

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More on the Freimarkt accident – and an interview with Cora

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Cora

More on yesterday’s Freimarkt accident. And sorry international visitors, but all links are in German since this is not exactly a news item of international importance. Radio Bremen reports that experts found a hairline crack and a bit of rust … Continue reading →

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