AIEP -Berlin

From Piet Teigeler, president of AIEP:

Dear all,

We shall meet in Berlin (Arte Kunsthotel) on 6, 7 and 8 of September 2007.
Fritz Dinkelmann is still dealing with different authorities, but he proposes the following
- AIEP meeting room in the Bundespresseamt (international press building) in walking distance from the hotel
- Meeting with specialized police force dealing with violence from perpetrators on the extreme political right
- Public readings by our members in specialized book stores
- Meeting during boat trip on the Spree
- Visit to Sans Souci in Potsdam
- Bus provided by the municipality of Berlin

I would have waited to contact you until we had more of the ultimate dates and hours, but there is a catch.22:
The Arte Hotel is one of the most sought after addresses in Berlin and the management would only give us an option on a number of rooms until March 31 2007 12.00 CET
Here are the prices:
double room with shower and wc: 135 euro/night (option on 13 rooms)
single room with shower and wc: 89 euro/night (option on 7 rooms)
double room with bath/wc on the floor: 85 euro/night (option on 7 rooms)
single rooms with bath/wc on the floor: 50 euro/night (option on 6 rooms)
Breakfast buffet is 9 euros per person.

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So what can I add? Apart from the dates of our meeting (6, 7 and 8 of September are cast in concrete) the extra curricular activities of this meeting remain slightly unfocused for the moment. Those of you who have attended our meetings before, will agree with me that Berlin has an enormous potential and we should trust Fritz to make this meeting a success to rival Daun, Amsterdam and Zaragoza.
So please rush and reserve your room in the Arte Kunsthotel right now (of the 13 doubles with bath only 12 remain, since I booked mine today).
You want to mention AIEP and the kind of room you wish to book (arrival 5 September, departure 9 September) and you can address your booking to " Frau Julia Schmidt, info@luise-berlin.com" or phone + 49 30 28 448 -0 fax +49 30 28 448 -448.
Please advise me when you book, so we keep an oversight of the attendance.
Here is the snail mail address: Arte Luise Kunsthotel gmbH, Luisenstrasse 19 D-10117 Berlin.

Get rolling, guys. Remember the deadline: March 31st high Noon!

Piet

Horsens 2007 - Håkan Nesser får Palle Rosenkrantz-prisen

Det Danske Kriminalakademi's krimimesse holdes i Horsens d. 24. - 25 marts. På messen uddeles for 21. gang årets Palle Rosenkrantz-pris, der gives til den bedste kriminalroman, udgivet på dansk i 2006. Prisen, der er på 7.500 kr., går til den svenske forfatter Håkan Nesser for Skyggerne og regnen, som er udgivet af forlaget Modtryk.

Romanen fortæller om tre mennesker, der voksede op sammen, men gled fra hinanden. 30 år efter skal de nu forsøge ”at komme til rette med det forgangne”, ikke mindst et aldrig opklaret drab. En ganske barsk historie med adskillige overraskende tvists. Fortalt med en særegen mildhed, ofte iblandet overbærende ironi. En stor læseoplevelse.


Den nyindstiftede ”Harald Mogensen-pris” går til årets bedste danske spændingsroman. Mogensen var den første danske kritiker, der seriøst befattede sig med krimigenren, og han ville have bifaldet, at den førte modtager af prisen bliver Kirsten Holst, der har fået et fornemt comeback med Sin brors vogter (forlaget Forum), og som nu udmærkes for denne roman og for sit mangeårige krimiforfatterskab.

Kriminalakademiet vil samtidig uddele fem diplomer. Jonas Bruun og Inger Wolf hædres for fremragende debutromaner, hhv. Drivjagt og Sort sensommer. Der tildeles Søren K. Barsøe et diplom for engagerede og indlevede oversættelser, DR 2’s kulturafdeling får diplom for vedvarende interesse for krimi på tryk og skærm, og Nis Jessen får diplom for sine illustrationer til en dansk pragtudgave af ”A Study in Scarlet”.

Kriminalakademiets jury består af Vibeke Johansen, Bo Bjørnvig, Preben B. Christensen, Flemming Jarlskov, Anton Koch-Nielsen og Bo Tao Michaëlis.

Alt om krimimessen her.

Finland/Berlin

Jeg venter endnu på programmet for SKS-kongressen/årsmötet i Finland, men jeg håber at alle som behöver at bestille en ticket har allerede gjort det - jo för man köber biljetten, desto billigere...
Sidste Weekenden i maj - 25. - 27.5, altså ...
Og nu ser det ud til at AIEP's årsmöde holdes i Berlin fra 5. - 9. september.
Datoen er ikke helt sikker endnu, men hvis den ændres, så giver jeg besked. Programmet og nærmere information kommer snart.
- This years AIEP-congress will take place in Berlin, probably from september 5th to september 9th. The date is not absolutely set yet, if it changes, I'll let you know.
Confirmation of the dates, program, and further details will follow shortly...
Cheers,
ævar.