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11. March 2025

19 March 2025 – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: »Dream Count«

Dorothea Bering ©Britt Schilling
6. March 2025

Dorothea Bering joins the Festival Team as Head of Communications starting February 2025

27. January 2025

Possibility of Regular Funding Indicated Until 2027 / Berlin as a Hotspot for Contemporary International Literature 

Program 2023

Hier geht es zum aktuellen Abendprogramm sowie dem Jungen Programm der Internationalen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur des 23. internationalen literaturfestival berlin

ilb 22 in pictures

A review of the ilb 2023

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Here you can find all festival venues

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At a glance

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Literature in the live stream

Experience selected highlights from past festivals as live streams on YouTube, including Saša Stanišić, Mario Vargas Llosa and Elif Shafak.

Saša Stanišić © Bernhard Ludewig

From A as in Atwood…

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

Margaret Atwood © Bernhard Ludewig

Literature for the Ears

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

Leila Slimani
Leila Slimani © Ali Ghandtschi

Youth Programme

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

Alexander Lehnert © Bernhard Ludewig

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