News
- The ticket sales for the 13th international literature festival berlin has started
- Appeal for a Worldwide Reading for Li Bifeng on 04 June 2013
- In regard to the continuing imprisonment of Li Bifeng, the international literary festival berlin (ilb) is hereby calling to join us for a worldwide reading in solidarity with Li Bifeng to take place on the 4th of June 2013.
- Comic Summit on 15 March 2013 in Berlin: Scott McCloud, Chris Ware and Christoph Niemann
- On a rare summit meeting of the comic world will take place. Appearing will be three outstanding comic artists of our times: Scott McCloud, Chris Ware and Christoph Niemann
- Open letter to Syrian President Bachar al-Assad
- In an open letter David Grossman, Boualem Sansal and other demand on Syrian President to step down
- Text collection for the worldwide reading for Pussy Riot on the 12/12/2012
- In August 2012 the ilb launched an appeal and invited artists and intellectuals, schools and universities, radio and TV stations, theatres and other cultural institutions to join us for a worldwide reading in solidarity with Pussy Riot and the democratic groups in Russia on 12th December 2012.
- Dara McGrath won the Photo Competition of the 12. ilb.
- The motto of the competition was “Europe Now”. Within this framework the ilb was looking for pictures, which capture a (the) European reality, and maybe the condition of the continent, how it appears to the Photographer. Dara Mcgraths Photo of the German-Polish Border convinced the Jury.
- Writers issue statement of principle and intent
- During the Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference in August 2012, a number of participating writers met in a closed session to discuss aspects of the publishing industry and the influences on literature and writers of recent market changes, not least as to ebooks and the internet. It was agreed to develop a statement of principles that could then be further developed and refined by the upcoming Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference events throughout the coming 12 months.
