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2018-01-22: Holly-Jane Rahlens

Monday, January 22, 2018, 20:00 Venue: English Theatre Berlin , Fidicinstr. 40, 10965 Berlin Admission: 8 Euro/ school groups free if they register with IRCBerlin@state.gov by January 15 Holly-Jane Rahlens reads from her novel “Infinitissimo” (published in German as Everlasting – Rowohlt 2012) “The I of my heart says hello to the you of yours.” The year is 2264. ...

By WebRedaktion | 4 December, 2017 | Topics: Culture, Education, Events | Tags: book, literature, reading

2018 Literature Series: Nickolas Butler

U.S. Embassy Literature Series Monday, February 19, 2018, 20:00 English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstr. 40, 10965 Berlin Admission: 8 Euro/ school groups free if they register with IRCBerlin@state.gov by February 12 Book tickets: +49 – (0)30 – 691 12 11; by e-mail at tickets@etberlin.de Nickolas Butler The Hearts of Men (Die Herzen der Männer – Klett-Cotta 2018) Camp ...

By U.S. Mission Germany | 29 November, 2017 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Featured Event, Public Affairs | Tags: book, literature, reading

June 28: Joshua Hammer Reading

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu tells the incredible story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world’s greatest and most brazen smugglers. In 2012, thousands of Al Qaeda militants from northwest Africa seized control of most of Mali, including Timbuktu. They imposed Sharia law, ...

By WebRedaktion | 17 May, 2016 | Topics: Events | Tags: literature

U.S. Embassy Literature Series: A Book Harvest

The U.S. Embassy Literature Series featured four American writers at the English Theatre Berlin, our cooperation partner, this fall: In October, together with mare we brought Dina Nayeri to Germany to present her new novel A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea (Ein Teelöffel Land und Meer, mare). The discussion with the lively author, moderated by ...

By U.S. Mission Germany | 14 November, 2013 | Topics: Events | Tags: literature

Gillian Flynn

U.S. Embassy Literature Series Gilian Flynn, Gone Girl (Gone Girl – Das perfekte Opfer) On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick Dunne’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Under ...

By U.S. Mission Germany | 19 September, 2013 | Topics: Events | Tags: literature

International Literature Festival

The international literature festival is an event of the Peter Weiss Foundation for Art and Politics (registered association) and the Berliner Festspiele. It is under the auspices of the German UNESCO Commission and is made possible by funding from the Capital Cultural Fund. www.literaturfestival.com/partner_en/botschaften-und-kulturinstitute

By U.S. Mission Germany | 4 September, 2013 | Topics: Events | Tags: literature

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