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"They didn't know we were Jews"

INTERVIEW. Author Steven Beeber of The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGBs: A Secret History of Jewish Punk joins the giant apocalypse-fest at HAU this weekend and speaks at the Ramones Museum on May 9. Don't miss!

May 4, 2012 by in Culture

EXBERLINER's May issue

OUT NOW! "The THEATRE issue" – Our THEATER guide, REVOLUTIONARIES of STAGE, RACISM in Berlin theatre, and our guide to TAX TIME. PLUS, an interview with ANDRE WILLIAMS and much more.

Apr 30, 2012 in Features

Diva fever in Berlin

Elsa Quarsell comes to Bassy Club on April 25, for the raucous signing party of her new book, The Domestic Burlesque – a glossy coffee-table composition of burlesquers. The party brings the book to life!

Apr 19, 2012 by in Art

"In Berlin, escapism is radical."

INTERVIEW. Author of Berlin Sampler, Théo Lessour, dives into his reasoning behind writing a book about Berlin music, taking on the Third Reich, the GDR, punk, techno, and more.

Apr 18, 2012 by in People (2 Comments)

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Seymour Gris: Sarrazin's next bestsellers

Thilo Sarrazin's at it again with his a new book announced recently on Günther Jauch's TV program. While the crazy man and his moustache already have a title down for his next "truth-sayer", Gris takes a crack at his future tomes of intolerance.

May 21, 2012 by in The Berlin Blog (1 Comments)

Written for The Reader’s Short Story Competition?

Maybe you haven't and there may be a few reasons for that. Victoria Gosling has a few ideas... as to what the big hold-up is and a few ideas on how to get over it. The competition deadline for this great opportunity is May 31.

Mar 23, 2012 by in The Berlin Blog (1 Comments)

Amok Mama: Those dense, black barbed wire letters

Jacinta Nandi is really rubbish at reading in German. Nichtdestotrotz, here is her Amok-Mama-Book-Club-Recommendation.

Mar 20, 2012 by in The Berlin Blog (1 Comments)

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Amok Mama: Squeamishness and the Roche

Jacinta Nandi just finished reading Charlotte Roche's new book. And she thinks it's fucking brilliant.

Sep 12, 2011 by in The Berlin Blog (7 Comments)

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The other lit caste

Tired of the same old reading nights where the chance of surprise is limited to when your mobile embarrassingly goes off? So were Thomas Götz von Aust and Andreas Schwarz. Dichter and Dichter vs. Borderlines is the antidote.

May 4, 2012 by in Stage

All-Star Berlin Sampler Book Launch Party at Kaffee Burger

Unsatisfied with the limited number of pages a magazine has to offer, we're publishing a book: a translation of Théo Lessour's acclaimed survey of the last 100 years of Berlin music. This week we're throwing a party – Apr 25.

Apr 24, 2012 by in What's On

Shakespeare & Sons: The café

The English-language bookstore has been busy in past months, they’ve begun stocking used books, and in December opened a miniature café right inside the bookstore

Jan 13, 2012 by in Zeitgeist

Holiday bookworm bounty

The Bargain Bookstore Berlin, as generic as the title sounds, has some knock-out art, design, photography and other nerd-worthy literary gifts for you to pick out at cheap prices. But hurry, it may not last long.

Dec 12, 2011 by in Zeitgeist (2 Comments)

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Greg Baxter made his rep with a self-lacerating memoir, A Preparation for Death in 2010, and The Apartment in 2012. Get a dose at Salon – Zur wilden Renate at our joint semi-monthly venture with Dichter und Dichter vs. Borderlines. In English!

Oranienstraße gets its own Long Night, with book presentations, discussions, and open-air readings. Catch people hanging onto words instead of bricks! Free! Details at www. lange-buchnacht.de.

Dieter Roth wrote a book 38 years ago filled with one word – “Murmel”. 11 actors chant, shout, whisper, mumble, vocalise the word “Murmel” – German for “marble”, 14 years after Roth’s death. It’s all practical jokes, slapstick and prankster humour.

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Equus Press hosts the launch of three new books by three Czech writers; Nash's collection of short stories laying bare the idiosyncrasies of an exceptional mind, Garcia's strange, satirical tales, and Armand's unrelenting, flying wedge of a novel.

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