Books

What to read this month: October 2022
A feminist novel from the former east, a German Book Prize winning epic, and swampland non-fiction make […]

Editor's note
Penned it like Beckham: Berlin’s new wave of football literature
Berlin isn’t only flying high in the Bundesliga – its football literature, too, is becoming top rate, […]

Interview
The Abridged Library of Helen DeWitt
Helen DeWitt's latest book - The English Understand Wool - comes out on September 27. We spoke […]

Interview
Damon Galgut at ILB 2022: “I’m not sure if life is a comedy or a tragedy”
We spoke with Damon Galgut at the ILB 2022 – touching both on his experience of his […]

ilb 2022
Bernardine Evaristo at ILB 2022: “I grew up in a racist society”
British author Bernardine Evaristo was one of the big stars at this year's ILB. Here she reflects […]

Poetry
Jay Bernard: “I’m haunted by history but I also haunt it back”
Croydon-born poet Jay Bernard will be at Poetry Night this evening at the ILB. We spoke about […]