Since 2012, the opening of the ilb has been preceded by »berlin reads«, a city-wide campaign where all bookworms and authors are encouraged to read a text they’ve chosen – or one recommended by ilb – at a place of their choice. In this way, a city-wide literature performance takes place as a warm-up to the festival and a welcome to our arriving authors. Parents who read a very special book to (their) children may also take part in the action!
We call on all interested parties – private individuals as well as institutions – to read a prose text or poems of their choice at a location of their choice on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Please register your reading at the latest by August 30, 2022: berlinliest@literaturfestival.com
The international literature festival berlin recommends books by authors who will be coming to Berlin in September. We would be glad, if any of you were to read from these books. However, self-written or other selected texts can also be read.
Readings by third parties from texts that are not in the public domain must always be authorised by the publisher; this also applies to the permanent online publication of the reading. Such permission may be subject to a fee.
The translation of a text into another language is also only possible with the permission of the publisher and author. Reading rights for original versions of a text translated into German are usually held by the original foreign publisher.
The registered readings will be advertised on the ilb website and on social media.
How to Participate
Location
You are free to choose the location for your reading – be it in the subway, in front of your own door, in a community center, at a bookstore, in your favorite café or kiosk, at a gallery, at a public space, next to an open-air pool or in a park.
Duration
The reading should last no longer than 30 minutes.
Language
Readings can be in any language. When you register, please include what texts will be read and in what language.
Registration
To register and in order for your event to be announced on our website, we need the following information:
- Your name
- The title of the selected work
- The name of the author
- The location of the reading
- The exact time of the reading
- In which language the reading will take place
Recommendations
Margaret Atwood, Die Füchsin (Poems)
Anneli Furmark, Bring mich noch zur Ecke (Graphic Novel)
Kim Hye-Jin, Die Tochter
Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker, Wilderer
Ilya Kaminsky, Republik der Taubheit (Poems)
Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
Dacia Maraini, Trio
Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts
Pilar Quintana, Hündin
Maria Stepanova, Nach dem Gedächtnis
David Van Reybrouck, Zink
International Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Kate Allen, Tage der Mondschnecke / The Line Tender
Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter
Laura Carlin, Ein Baum ist ein Anfang / The Promise
Gulraiz Sharif, Ey hör mal! / Hør her’a!
Kristina Sigunsdotter, Neele Nilssons Geheimnisse / Humlan Hanssons Hemligheter
Sam Thompson, Der Junge, der mit den Wölfen spricht / Wolfstongue
Hana Tooke, Die elternlosen Erlebnisse der unzertrennlichen Fünf / The Unadoptables
Participants
PalaisPopulaire
Daniel Boente
Reads from: Spitzweg by Eckhart Nickel
Eckhart Nickel: Spitzweg © 2022 Piper Verlag GmbH, München
Location: PalaisPopulaire, Unter den Linden 5, 10117 Berlin; Open Air
Time: 3 pm
Language: German
More information: Erwachsene – PalaisPopulaire (db.com)
TIO e.V. – Projekt Girls´Studio
Participants of TIO-Girls´-Studio-Kurs 15
Read: Ein Mädchen, das mit der Zukunft spricht – ein Brief an mich selbst, by the participants of TIO-Girls´-Studio-Kurs 15
Location: Reuterstr. 78, 12053 Berlin
Time: 11 am
Language: German
This is not a public event.
Sandra Reichert
Reads from: Der Himmel muss warten by Sandra Reichert
Location: Buchhandlung Mackensen, Langenscheidtstraße 4, 10827 Berlin
Time: 2 pm
Language: German
Beate Haase
Reads from: Der Pfad by Janus Rosenbrücke
Location: Kiosk Platzhirsch, Betty-Hirsch-Platz, 14199 Berlin; Rheinbabenallee Ecke Hohenzollerndamm
Time: 4 pm
Language: German
Sylvia Schreiber
Reads from: Unter’m Pilz – Unternehmer packen aus by Sylvia Schreiber
Location: Kiosk Platzhirsch, Betty-Hirsch-Platz, 14199 Berlin; Rheinbabenallee Ecke Hohenzollerndamm
Time: 5 pm
Language: German
Gabriele Brähler
Reads from: 1001 Freundschaft: Geschichten von Menschen im Oman und in Deutschland by Gabriele Brähler and Natascha Plankermann
Location: Kiosk Platzhirsch, Betty-Hirsch-Platz, 14199 Berlin; Rheinbabenallee Ecke Hohenzollerndamm
Time: 6 pm
Language: German
Jenny Schon
Reads from: Zukunft atmen (poems)
Location: Platzhirsch-Kiosk Berlin-Schmargendorf, Betty-Hirsch-Platz/Ecke Hundekehlestraße
Time: 5 pm
Language: German
Olivier Ficco
Reads from: Crocodile Zulu by Olivier Ficco
Location: Backyard of the bookshop Zadig, Gipsstraße 12
Time: 5 pm
Language: French
LeseProfis der Gutenberg-Schule
Read from: works of children’s and young adult literature
Location: Märchenbrunnen Volkspark Friedrichshain
Time: 2 pm
Language: German
Francesca Goll
Reads from: Ich mach dich gesund by Janosch
Location: Zickenplatz (Hohenstaufenplatz in 10967 Berlin Kreuzberg)
Time: 4 pm
Language: German
rotefadenbuecher
HILLE/MAKOWKA/SAUER/SONG/GLASER/POTMASCHIN/WIENKÄMPER read from SCHATTENDRUCK
Location: Below the comma, Schaperstr. 24, 10719 Berlin
Time: 4 pm
Language: German
More information: arkkiv_essai (rotefadenbuecher.de)