Frankfurt Book Fair

People who learn German know Goethe and Kafka, but contemporary literature is better suited for language acquisition. We present the best methods.

The German Book Prize, the Frankfurt Book Fair and the German book trade: here you can find out all you need to know about books.

What is the situation on the German book market? What books are people buying and what role is the coronavirus playing? We have the answers for you.

You can also get to know German literature at the cinema or via a streaming service – here are some successful film adaptations of great works.

Vietnamese author Nguyen Ngoc Tu wins the 2018 LiBeraturpreis.

Three novel debuts you should know about if you want to join in the discussions at the Book Fair.

Digitization is changing the German book market. Five trends you should know about.

Why Europeans need to engage in a self-critical examination of their own values and the future of Europe.

Goethe, Schiller, Brecht and Hesse are known all over the world. But what do Germans themselves most like to read? We have some reading tips.

Book blogs are well-established in the world of literature, but they are almost as diverse as the programmes of the German publishers. A selection of fascinating German literature blogs.

Return to a life as a poet: how German authors help refugee writers.

Mely Kiyak and other European writers brought the European Writers’ Conference into being in 2014. A conversation about literature in the European process.

The Internet is changing the way literature is produced, with more and more people choosing to read and write together.

Germany is an immigration country, Which is also a blessing for German literature.

The Frankfurt Book Fair presents thousands of authors. You should definitely get to know these three young German writers.

Libraries can be many things: treasure troves of literature, social centres and resources for a digital society.