Tag Archives: plagiarism

Another Political Plagiarist, Bestsellers and Pulp Surrealism

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Cora

We have another case of suspected plagiarism involving a German politician. This time the suspected plagiarist is Bernd Althusmann, secretary of culture and education in Lower Saxony and president of the conference of German state secretaries of education. Since I … Continue reading →

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Summer Holiday Linkdump

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Cora

Bookforum has an interesting article about bestselling novels in America. The condescension dripping from parts of the article is a pity though, especially since it is so unnecessary. Never mind that the author is just plain wrong in many cases. … Continue reading →

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2011 – A Stats Oddity

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Cora

I saw my stats go up sharply yesterday and in addition to the daily traffic of Middle Eastern people googling for “Tarzan sex” (I honestly wonder what the cultural explanation behind people from the Middle East googling for “Tarzan sex” … Continue reading →

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Political Plagiarism Domino

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Cora

We have another suspected case of plagiarism involving a German politician. They’re really coming hard and fast at the moment. This time around, the politician under suspicion of plagiarism is Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, a Greek-German member of the European parliament for … Continue reading →

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Open season on political plagiarists – and some writing links

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Cora

More plagiarising politicians are biting the dust. First of all, the commission at the university of Bayreuth, which was supposed to investigate the Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg plagiarism case (extensively blogged about in these pages), has published its report, which … Continue reading →

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Pulitzer Prize winner manages to insult chick lit authors

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Cora

The 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction goes to Jennifer Egan’s novel A Visit From the Goon Squad. National Public Radio has more on the novel and why it won. Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Jennifer Egan. Jennifer Egan also … Continue reading →

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A killer is captured, politicians plagiarise and the soap opera is dying

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Cora

I have got a couple of mixed news links for today, two serious and one not so much. The good news first: The paedophile serial killer who killed at least three young boys in North Germany in the past twenty … Continue reading →

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More plagiarism allegations and more epic fantasy debates – yes, it’s one of those days

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Cora

Today was the last day of school, which means two weeks of Easter/spring holidays. In theory, the holidays only start on Friday, but my Wednesday class is currently doing work experience internships and Thursday is Future Day, which is the … Continue reading →

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Of Plagiarism and Dead Polar Bears

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Cora

Sad: Knut, the world famous polar bear from the Berlin Zoo, died yesterday, aged only four which even by polar bear standards is no age to die at all. It seems as if Knut lived his short life under an … Continue reading →

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Sex versus Death

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Cora

Only a short post today, cause I’m tired. Yesterday evening, I was at the monthly translators’ meet-up, had some crawfish pasta and red wine and a nice chat with some colleagues. Unsurprisingly, there was much griping about zu Guttenberg. Talking … Continue reading →

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