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Dear audience, For the first time in the festival’s history, a writer will serve as its patron: Algerian-French

Dear Audience, What would an adventure be without a helicopter? Is one story ever enough? What happens when

Dear Audience, For us, reading is the best way to untangle complex realities. In light of the current

Dear audience, Today, the Swedish Academy will award László Krasznahorkai the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature »for his

Dear audience, we are delighted to announce the Curator in Residence for the upcoming festival year: Jeet Thayil

Dear Audience, Yesterday, the 25th international literature festival berlin came to a close. For 14 days, 90 authors

Dear Audience, A quarter century of world literature – we are celebrating it with you this year! For

Dear Audience, right now, struggles for a ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine are unfolding on the global

Dear Audience, Beginnings have a proverbial magic to them. For authors, the moment when they first read from

›The Extraordinary Book‹ is an award initiated in 2012 by the Young Program of the international literature festival

Dear Readers, One of the wildest texts I’ve read this year is »You Glow in the Dark« by

Dear Readers, For a quarter century, authors living and writing in Berlin have helped make the international literature

Dear Audience, What does the ilb mean to you? Many of you have been with us for years

25 years of the internationales literaturfestival berlin – a quarter of a century of world literature in Berlin

In this festival year, our readings, workshops and, for the first time, a staged reading will take you