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22. May 2025

A quarter of a century of world literature -internationales literaturfestival berlin launches advance sales for selected highlights of the anniversary program

21. May 2025

The Young Program for school classes and families opens advance sales!

8. April 2025

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to be Patron of the 25th international literature festival berlin

Program 2025

Click here for the current program and the Young Program of the 25th international iiterature festival berlin

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A review of the ilb 2023

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Anniversary Program

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Festival motto

Curator in Residence

Special Formats

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Literature in the live stream

Erleben Sie ausgewählte Highlights vergangener Festivals als Streams auf YouTube, u.a. mit Saša Stanišić, Mario Vargas Llosa und Elif Shafak.

Von A as in Adichie…

Discover the authors of all festival years in our comprehensive author overview: from A as in Adichie to Z as in Zink.

Literature for the Ears

Experience outstanding international authors such as André Aciman, Leïla Slimani or Ocean Vuong in audio format on dichterlesen.net.

Youth Programme

Discover the Young ilb Program with readings and workshops for students of all grade levels.

The program booklets of the 25th ilb for download

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