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Liao Yiwu called for the freedom of the Chinese poet, Li Bifeng.

The Chinese author Liao Yiwu protests with an appeal against the imprisonment and the trial of his friend Li Bifeng, which will take place on May 8th in Peking.

Berlin reading at 4th of September 2012

This year’s ilb should have a dramatic start, we deem, and will, thus, host a very special event For the benefit of the literatures of the world. The festival is inviting citizens of Berlin to read prose or one (or more) poems one hour before ilb 2012 will open, i.e. on 4 September at 5 o’clock p.m.

Appeal for a worldwide reading against the Assad regime and for freedom and democracy in Syria

The international literature festival berlin (ilb) called upon intellectuals, writers, artists, cultural institutions, schools, universities, radio and TV stations, to participate in a worldwide reading on 23 April 2012, the World Book Day.

The Word Alliance: bringing together the world’s leading literature festivals

The Word Alliance brings together eight of the world’s leading literature festivals for a strategic international partnership which supports and showcases the work of writers, facilitates the creation of international literature projects and provides opportunities to enhance each festival’s artistic programme.

The ilb appealed for a worldwide reading on March 20th 2012 for Liu Xiaobo

The international literature festival Berlin (ilb) called on cultural institutions, schools, radio stations and interested parties to participate in a worldwide reading of prose and poems by the Chinese author and 2010 Nobel Peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on March 20th 2012.

We had no idea how little we knew! The international literature festival: Ten years of a miracle

“Happily the fruit falls, when ripe, to the ground. As the poem falls to the paper: Creeps up, makes no noise, takes the pen, writes itself down, and disappears.” Like the poem that the late Syrian poet Fuad Rifka read at the International Literature Festival (ilb) in 2004, the ilb crept up on Berlin.

The Programme-pdf of the 11th ilb as well as the childrens and youth event programme is now published here

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