Books

poesiefestival berlin: Katharina Schultens on Berlin’s vibrant poetry scene
Starting June 9, poesiefestival berlin will lay on a series of exciting events in celebration of all […]

Books
Consider the nightingale: The birdwatching books of Berlin
As Berlin’s birdlife celebrates the onset of spring, take a tour through the boom of avian literature […]

Review
What to read now: Yevgenia Belorusets, Karosh Taha and Clemens Meyer
Our book editor on the journal of Ukrainian life under attack, War Diary, German reunification novel, While […]

Interview
Sharon Dodua Otoo: “I talk about racism without reproducing these ugly words”
Native English speaker, Sharon Dodua Otoo published her first novel, Ada's Realm, in German and it became […]

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 […]

Interview
Lucy Jones: “Brigitte Reimann gets under your skin”
We spoke with Berlin-based translator Lucy Jones about translating Brigitte Reimann's DDR novel Siblings in English for […]