Why author Yoko Tawada’s Berlin is so much more than its stereotypes
On Berlin-based author Yoko Tawada, whose masterful multilingual novellas embody the city's spirit like few others.
Interview
It Takes a Villa: Literarisches Colloquium Berlin on building a lively literary location
Director Florian Höllerer and literary programmer Thorston Dönges talk about what's on store this summer at the […]
Q&A
‘The Reader’ director Sharon D. Mertins: “It’s like a playground for writers”
We spoke to Sharon D. Mertins, the Guatemalan 'Wahlberlinerin' and fiction writer who has been director of […]
Editor's column
Why Anglophone readers need to grow up and start reading German literature
English-language readers are often dismissive of the German literary world – but for the open-minded, there’s plenty […]
Books
“Writing is my belief system”: Remembering Friederike Mayröcker
On March 9, join Berlin writers, critics and poets to celebrate the work of the late, great […]
Berlin's best bookshops
The best English bookstores in Berlin
Berlin is home to some world-class English-language bookstores. We round up the oldest, the newest and the […]
