Today, my publisher revealed the gorgeously designed cover for my upcoming thriller, Local Whispers. It gave me the opportunity to think about why I wrote the book. In fact, why I wrote both this one and its predecessor, Flowers for the Dead. It made me realise: I write thrillers so that I can write…
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2021 will be full of joy and wonders (and hopefully have less coronavirus in it)
In 2021, four novels written by Christine Lehnen will be published. Starting on 15th March 2021, Penguin Random House Germany will publish the three books of the Wayfarer saga, starting with SONG OF NIGHT (DAS LIED DER NACHT), continuing with WHISPERS OF TWILIGHT (DAS FLÜSTERN DER ZWIELICHTS) and concluding the trilogy with SOUND OF LIGHT…
Event: An exclusive WAYFARER preview
Christine Lehnen will be presenting an exclusive preview from Book 1 of THE WAYFARER SAGA, publishing in the spring of 2021 in Germany. She will be reading from the German translation, hot off the press, as well as the English original, in the Stadtbibliothek Recklinghausen, on 2nd October 2020 at 20h. Tickets are free, but…
Publication: Post-National Authors, Post-National Literature?
As a follow-up to her first article published in academic journal Alluvium (“European literature – made in the UK?”), Christine Lehnen has interviewed British author David Szalay on the possibilities and limits of European authorship. Post-National Authors, Post-National Literature? An Interview with David Szalay Nati
THE SILENCED SYMPHONY: pushed back to 2021
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the cancellation of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the production of The Silenced Symphony, written by Elisabeth Lewerenz, will be pushed back into 2021. The venue at the Fringe Festival has already been confirmed for 2021. It will be performed at Greenside. Due to the delay, Christine Lehnen will no longer…
FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD is out
Flowers for the Dead, written by CK Williams AKA Christine Lehnen, has been published by HarperCollins UK in their One More Chapter imprint. CK Williams appeared on the One More Chapter Book Club. The paperback will be out on April 30th 2020.
Premiere: TROILUS & CRESSIDA at the Brotfabrik Bonn Theatre
TROILUS & CRESSIDA, produced by the BUSC and directed by Christine Lehnen and Eva Fürst, premiered at the Brotfabrik Theatre in Bonn on Saturday, 7th December, to a sold out performance, in a double bill with ROMEO & JULIET, likewise produced by the BUSC. Find all information on the Winter 2019 Double Production here —…
Publication: “European Literature – Made in the UK”
After a summer spent edits of various books and articles, I am happy to say that my research on European literature made in the UK has been published in Alluvium, an open-access online journal focusing on “21st century writing and 21st century approaches”. (And no, this isn’t an elaborate joke about Brexit.) This issue also…
Premiere: DEAR MRS WOOLF at the Brotfabrik Theatre
DEAR MRS WOOLF, a monologue adapted from the letters of Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West by Christine Lehnen, premiered at the Brotfabrik Theatre in Bonn on Wednesday 28th May 2019. Lisa Pohlers starred as Virginia Woolf. The show, featuring two more monologues written by Eva Fürst (“Witch Hunt”) and Marian Blok (“meinführer”), was sold out.…
KulturCampus: celebrating the arts at Bonn University
Come and join us for a night of celebrating the arts at Bonn University! On Monday 24th June 2019, a few select students of the Bonn Novel Writing Workshop will be presenting parts of their manuscripts at the annual KulturCampus, organised by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, most notably Dr. Stefan Plasa. Four to…