Young people don’t just attend the ILB, they also help shape it through a variety of formats. Here you’ll find projects in which young people have taken part creatively around the festival – or can get actively involved right now.
For the 26th ILB, we have once again invited all students in grades 3 through 12 to participate in the poetry contest based on the festival’s theme! The theme of the 26th ILB is: You are born with your face turned everywhere The motto, chosen by ILB guest curator Jeet Thayil, an Indian author, reminds […]
For the 26th ILB, young people had a direct say in which books would be presented at the festival. The project began with a visit by the «Die LesArtigen» reading club to an event with young adult author Candy Gourlay at the 25th ILB. In the lead-up to the 26th ILB, the group, guided by […]
Partnerships with the writing competitions lyrix, THEO, and TjA, as well as the Vorlesewettbewerb (Reading Competition), ensure that young people at the International Literature Festival Berlin don’t just sit in the audience — they take the stage, too. The winners of these competitions appear in the Young ILB’s supporting program for selected readings, showcasing their […]
Four young people interviewed guests from the ilb’s Young Program. Salomee, Karolina, Lou, and Anton spoke with Sid Sharp, Javier Zamora, Dayeon Auh, and Henriette Reisner. A project by the LiteraturInitiative Berlin in cooperation with the Young Program of the international literature festival berlin. Asked & Answered!Salomee in Conversation with Sid Sharp Salomee interviews Canadian […]
To mark its 2025 anniversary, the festival’s theme, GLOW, gave young voices a chance to shine—through a poetry contest for children and teens. The entries were truly impressive: poems in German, English, Arabic, and Hindi, some even illustrated. The three most impressive texts were honored in three age groups. The first-place winners will receive free […]
The international literature festival berlin at the FutureLab of FEZ-Berlin: To mark the 25th anniversary of the ilb, class 8a from Campus Efeuweg Community School created a trailer for the Young ilb Program under the guidance of Dyaa Naim and Carola Mücke. In the workshop, the students learned the basics of animation and film editing […]
