It’s the most wonderful time of the year: October for me is the time of the Birmingham Literature Festival. This year, it was celebrating its 25th anniversary with an even bigger range of authors, topics and locations – from the location at the Rep in the Birmingham city center, the […] Read more
Outputs from a recently completed student project seminar on the Anglophone literary field in Berlin are published on The Literary Field Kaleidoscope. A zine, a podcast, an ethnographic diary, and an academic poster explore questions of subtle (or less subtle) forms of exclusion in the lively English-speaking Berlin book world. […] Read more
Outputs from a recently completed student project seminar on the Anglophone literary field in Berlin are published on The Literary Field Kaleidoscope. A zine, a podcast, an ethnographic diary, and an academic poster explore questions of subtle (or less subtle) forms of exclusion in the lively English-speaking Berlin book world. […] Read more
Gesa Stedman rounds up the rest of the year’s book news, ranging from the controversies at the Frankfurt Bookfair to the impact of the cost of living crisis, the every-increasing commercialisation of the book world and The Bookseller reflecting that, and recent prize winners, most of whom were white men […] Read more
InterKontinental started off as a literary agency and organized the first African Book Festival in Berlin in 2018. Since then, they have also opened a bookshop that specialises in African literatures and literature from the African diaspora. In 2022, the multitalented team launches their new independent press: InterKontinental Publishing House […] Read more
Black History Walks have been offering walking tours, educational talks and films in London for over 14 years. Starting on Friday, 16 April, they are bringing the history of Black British Bookshops to our screens. Thanks to Words of Colour for sharing the event information with me! Participation is free, […] Read more
Gesa Stedman goes on a round-trip and gives you the latest on sales figures, endemic racism in the literary field, bookselling during a pandemic, and more. The next Book News will be published after the summer break. Read more
When I wrote about the indie bookshop week in the UK this year (link to blog), I thought it would be great to have something similar in Germany. Two minutes after my post on Twitter, a fellow blogger and disseminator told me that it already existed! It’s called WUB: Woche […] Read more
Our interview partner for today’s Literary Field Kaleidoscope post is Maria-Christina Piwowarski who runs “ocelot, not just another bookstore” with her team. She runs this exceptional bookshop in the heart of Berlin with an infectious passion, an amazing knowledge of all things bookish, and a political compass that I wish […] Read more
