Sep 19, 2026 19:00 Uhr | Eintritt: frei | Ort: Lettrétage, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin | Sprache: Englisch

Sep 19, 2026 19:00 Uhr | Eintritt: frei | Ort: Lettrétage, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin | Sprache: Englisch

Friends and collaborators share what's on their bedside table at the moment.

A bit over 10 questions in 10 minutes on the musical Hurry, 591 BC–2007

Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari

The GDR rock band Silly, poems by Alice Miller, and Katja Hoyer on the rise of fascism in interwar Weimar

The GDR rock band Silly, poems by Alice Miller, and Katja Hoyer on the rise of fascism in interwar Weimar

The Hamnet author on how cartography, travel, and place inform her latest work.

The novelist on her new translation of the Romanian-born Nobel Prize winner—and the limits of beauty as resistance

A Dutch physician’s encounter with acupuncture.

An expat novel by Polly Barton, two thirds of Wolfgang Koeppen's postwar trilogy, prose ephemera from Paul Celan, and an apology

An expat novel by Polly Barton, two thirds of Wolfgang Koeppen's postwar trilogy, prose ephemera from Paul Celan, and an apology

‘Daily Maintenance’ and ‘Many People in Our Country are Very Concerned About This’

The journalist discusses her new memoir, MOTHER TONGUE

Palestinian-German artist Mudar Al-Khufash brings his lecture-performance Dialectics of Erasure to the Berliner Ringtheater. It runs through Sunday April 19.

On Switzerland’s hidden persecution of the Yenish people

From Berlin, Alexander Wells pays homage to Antigone Kefala (1931-2022). Attuned to migrants’ sense of displacement, Kefala’s writing, Wells argues, brought a new sensitivity to the alienating effects...

New poetry from Ghassan Zaqtan, Mariella Mehr's short prose, and a novel by Nelio Biedermann—plus some informative verse

The New Yorker cartoonist talks about Hannah Arendt on the page and stage

Tricia Tuttle came under fire following pro-Palestinian speeches by Berlinale award winners at this year's awards gala.

Book reviews, interviews and other hot scoops from Berlin. Click to read The Auflauf, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

Poems by Matthew McDonald and novels from Julia Franck and Agri Ismaïl, plus some gossip from our new correspondent.

The minor literature[s] Editor-in-Chief on his new novel GLANTZ

The minor literature[s] Editor-in-Chief on his new novel GLANTZ

The minor literature[s] Editor-in-Chief on his new novel GLANTZ

So what about Chialo’s legacy? No reasonable person could say that his work has consolidated the strength of culture or fostered “social cohesion.” To the contrary, animosity and mistrust now reign be...

Reading & Discussion Join us on May 9th for the launch of „Elegy, Southwest“ , the hotly anticipated second novel by Australian-born Berlin author Madeleine Watts. Watts will be joined by local critic...

I am alma from Gaza and I am 14 years old.   My family consists of 10 member… Alma Family needs your support for Help me and my family Rebuild their lives

Draft program: 13:30: Kick-offWith Alexander Wells and Martin Jankowski 14:00 – 15:30: Panel 1 (in German)NEIGHBOURS. Encounters, translations, suggestions.Keynote: Prof. Anja SchwarzPanel: Joel Scott...