Lessons from the Berlin Wall for Trump’s America: You can’t keep people in (or out) forever.
Sixty-five years ago this week, soldiers and engineers of the German Democratic Republic began construction on the 20th…
Diocese of Oslo to open canonization cause for Sigrid Undset, Nobel laureate
Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo has announced that he will open a canonization cause for Sigrid Undset, setting…
Photos: HeadRead 2026 festival fills Tallinn with literature | News
Last week, Tallinn hosted the HeadRead literary festival, featuring author talks, literary walking tours of the capital, plus…
How Arabic language and literature took root in Poland over a century
Arabic studies in Poland have been under way for more than a century. At Jagiellonian University in Krakow,…
New Hebrew press in Berlin seeks to build literary home outside of Israel
JTA — Dory Manor and Moshe Sakal, who run a press for Hebrew literature in Berlin, are often…
What does it mean to belong in Berlin?
Fionnuala Kavanagh How often is guerilla marketing used for books? Well, Fionnuala Kavanagh, author of I Keep My…
Sharjah is the guest of honor at the Warsaw Book Fair with 34 cultural events
A diverse cultural programPromoting international cultural exchange Warsaw, Poland – The Emirate of Sharjah is participating as the…
Sharjah to present 34-event programme as Guest of Honour at Warsaw International Book Fair
Sharjah will showcase a wide-ranging cultural programme at the Warsaw International Book Fair 2026, presenting 34 events and…
Review: Parables of a Greenland priest
There is a revealing moment in Henrik Pontoppidan’s novella The Rearguard in which Jørgen Hallager, a Danish social…