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“A Bridge Made out of Paper”

1. April 2022Sandra van LenteNewsUkraine

The war that Russia leads against Ukraine continues to horrify me as do the whole discussion about military spending and armament; and I’ve not been able to write anything helpful or insightful about this topic. This short blog won’t be either. My thoughts and solidarity are with the people who […] Read more

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Happy Holidays

20. December 2021Sandra van LenteNewsHappy Holidays, Happy New Year

Have a nice break and see you on the other side! P.S.: I really enjoyed these bookish ornaments by @lacyloveslit and am sharing the picture and link here (with Lacy’s kind permission) to spread the joy 😉   Sieh dir diesen Beitrag auf Instagram an   Ein Beitrag geteilt von Lacy […] Read more

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Mixed Book News: Summer, Autumn, Winter

18. December 2021Gesa StedmanColumn, Controversies, Events, News, Overview, Prizes, Reviewbibliodiversity, book fair, booker prize, climate change, racism, representation, Review

Gesa Stedman looks at recent and not quite so recent prize winners, Frankfurt book fair debates, special issues on disability and LGTBQI+ respectively, published by The Bookseller, and wonders where climate change has disappeared to – again. Read more

WUB 2021

23. October 2021Sandra van LenteEvents, NewsGermany, Independent Bookshop Week, independent bookshops

What’s a WUB? It’s the end of October (already?!) and thus time for another round of the German “Independent Bookshop Week”: the WUB, Woche Unabhängiger Buchhandlungen, 23-30 October 2021. Read more

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#IndieSommer, Women in Translation Month and Summer Break 2021

4. August 2021Sandra van LenteIndie Publisher, Initiative, News, women writers#IndieSommer, #WiT, break, Meytal Radzinski, Nikola Richter, summer, Women in Translation Month

Dear readers, We’re off for a break now! But before we leave, here are two wee projects you might enjoy. Hope we can all get some rest – see you all after the break! #IndieSommer Read more

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Books News April – May – June

1. July 2021Gesa StedmanNews

Prizes, bibliodiversity, women writers, green issues, freedom of speech – Read more

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Happy in Berlin? English and British Writers and the Berlin Myth

20. June 2021Gesa StedmanNews, Public reading, Publication, women writersCentre for British Studies, events, exhibition; catalogue; British writers

Musa Okwonga, Sharon Dodua Otoo, Kate McNaughton, Rory McLean – the list can be continued easily. All these writers grew up in Britain, or have close ties with the UK, but they live or have lived in Berlin Read more

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Christmas in April – Post Kultur Parcels

10. May 2021Gesa StedmanAllgemein, NewsBerlin, indie publishing

Gesa Stedman introduces Post Kultur Read more

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Book News February – March 2021

31. March 2021Gesa StedmanControversies, News

Gesa Stedman rounds up the most recent news – for once, with a German focus. The German literary field has been rocked by two events which have generated an unprecedented amount of news and debates in newspapers and social media.   This is going to be an unusual post, as […] Read more

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Book News January 2021

12. February 2021Gesa StedmanNews

Gesa Stedman listens to the radio, worries about giving up air and review space in favour of infotainment, questions the relation between politics and aesthetics, and once again looks at bookselling during the pandemic. Read more

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