Vitaphone
| vitaphon - creative audio book productions
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 2005 |
| Seat | Klein Krams , Mecklenburg |
| management | Susanne Kramer |
| Number of employees | 3 permanent employees, 17 permanent employees |
| Branch | Audio books |
| Website | vitaphon.de |
vitaphon is a German audio book publisher based in Klein Krams , Mecklenburg.
history
vitaphon was founded in 2005 by Susanne Kramer in Hamburg. She studied communication science at the University of the Arts in Berlin and works as a concept writer and author. The publisher started with funeral audiobooks, today the vitaphon program includes regional crime novels, poetry, science fiction, satire and contemporary literature.
The vitaphonus authors' competition, which honors the most original radio play, has existed since 2013, in 2014 in the Hamburg crime novels category. In addition to a newly created stoneware award, this includes prize money of 500 euros, 2nd and 3rd place each 250 euros. Both professional and amateur authors are encouraged to work in different genres. 1st prize winner 2014: Lorna Johannsen with "Bärenblues in St. Georg", 2nd prize: Huug van't Hoff with "Mordsflut", 3rd prize: Evelyn Rossberg with "Tod in Ottensen".
Since 2014 there is a new branch in Klein Krams, Mecklenburg.
program
The publisher publishes the Hamburg crime novels . The first case of the Speicherstadt death trap was published in February 2010, the ninth crime thriller entitled Todesengel Reeperbahn was published in 2012. The directors of the studio productions are among others. a. Rolf Schmieding, Niko T. Korron, Jens Wawrczeck and Melanie Thiefenbammel. In March 2010, the first performance of the series of events Hamburg-Krimis took place live with the first radio play Death Trap Speicherstadt in the black box of the Hamburger Dialog im Dunkeln . Two more live productions followed. The Hamburg crime thrillers visited around 10,000 people live in Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Buxtehude and Vienna.
In addition to works by contemporary Hamburg authors, audio books by Hans Christian Andersen , Charles Perrault , Oscar Wilde , Marcel Aymé , Robert Graves , Alexander Puschkin , Conrad Aiken , Wolfgang Borchert , Roland Topor and others have also been published by vitaphon .
With his Edition Audoba , Jens Wawrczeck would like to bring to mind fabrics that have been forgotten. The first work was published in May 2008. The music comes from the composer Henrik Albrecht , who has focused on radio play music . Jens Wawrczeck mainly speaks his productions himself.
Authors
Vitaphon publishes works by the following authors:
Speaker (selection)
The following speakers can be heard on publications by vitaphon:
- Monty Arnold
- Patrick Bach
- Marc Bator
- Rolf Becker
- Nicole Boguth
- Marlen Diekhoff
- Tanja Dohse
- Andreas Fröhlich
- Andreas Gärtner
- Mechthild Grossmann
- Annette Gunkel
- Eva Habermann
- Maria Hartmann
- Nicolas King
- Jens-Uwe Krause
- Michael Lott
- Lutz Mackensy
- John Ment
- Robert Missler
- Nina Petri
- Andreas Pietschmann
- Johannes Schaefer
- Claudia Schermutzki
- Christian Stark
- Isabella Vértes-Schütter
- Jasmin Wagner
- Lilo Wanders
- Jens Wawrczeck
- Douglas Welbat
- Gustav Peter Wöhler
Publications
Bereavement books
- Live from the Hamburg Michel (2005)
- Humboldt Letters (2005)
- Without you with you (2010)
Hamburg crime novels
- Speicherstadt death trap (2010)
- Purgatory on the Grindel (2010)
- Death in Harvestehude (2010)
- Green Hell Hagenbeck (2010)
- Phantom of the Fish Market (2010)
- Goldfish in Ottensen (2010)
- Death + Devil on St. Pauli (2011)
- Ladykiller in Eppendorf (2011)
- Angel of Death Reeperbahn (2012)
Contemporary literature
- The Scream (2011)
- Snowy Evening (2011)
- In Hamburg the night cannot hum sweet melodies (2012)
- The Tenant (2012)
- three (2013)
- Juju and the Distant Islands (2014)
- Giovanni's Room (2014)
- Belphégor - the Phantom of the Louvre (2015)
Science fiction
- The Sleepers - Eerie Awakening in Antarctica (2013)
Poetry
- RODING's WordsWaves (2011)
satire
- The Woman Friend (2015)