Talk by British author and academic Toby Litt (Univ. of Southampton)

1. Juli 2026, von JH

Wednesday, 1st July: 16h00 to 18h00 (time to be confirmed)

British author and academic Toby Litt (University of Southampton) will be speaking about writing auto- and literary fiction in today's challenging publishing environment. Toby's literary novels are published by Galley Beggar Press, and he has won multiple short story awards. His opera "Vastatation (Nichtung)" was first performed in Munich and Regensburg in 2014. His Dead Boy Detectives comic series has been adapted for television by Netflix. Toby will speak about creative writing as a field, where it has come from and where is it going, and he will be happy to answer questions about the UK publishing industry.

If you are a student at the IAA and are interested in participating in a writing workshop, please email Dr. Christine Lehnen(christine.lehnen"AT"uni-hamburg.de). We may have some spots available. More information will become available closer to the time.

Please register if you would like to attend this event by writing a quick e-mail to Dr. Christine Lehnen(christine.lehnen"AT"uni-hamburg.de).