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Africa Link on Air - 20 November 2018
Kenya debates gender equality bill+++Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan launches new book "My Transition Hours”
100 German Must-Reads and their publishing companies
We've compiled this list of links to direct you to the publishers of out must-read books, where you can purchase them.
ATP Finals: Zverev upsets Federer to book final debut
Alexander Zverev booked his place in the final of the ATP Finals for the first time after beating Roger Federer.
Europa League: Leverkusen, Frankfurt through
Frankfurt won in Cyprus and Leverkusen won at home. But RB Leipzig lost at Celtic and are in a fight to progress.
Judith Schalansky wins German literary prize
At only 38, Schalansky has already been the recipient of several of Germany's top literature awards.
'Gruffalo' illustrator hopes for a miracle as Brexit looms
"The Gruffalo" illustrator Axel Scheffler has lived in London for 36 years and says Brexit has nothing but downsides.
The digitized libraries of the future
In some Baltic states, libraries are playing a leading role in the digital preservation of cultural heritage.
Terezia Mora wins top German literature prize
The jury for the Georg Büchner Prize praised the Hungarian-born Mora for her works dealing with today's hottest topics.
Reclam's little yellow books get their own museum
German literature fans around the world know the Reclam publishing house and love the canary-colored classics.
60 years of Smurfs
Sixty years ago Belgian cartoonist Peyo published the first Smurfs story. They went on to conquer the world.
Professor fights €2,250 library book fine
The German psychology professor has told a judge the fine, for the late return of 50 books, was extortionate.
Asterix translator Anthea Bell dies at 82
The award-winning translator was also behind the English version of German literature classics.
And the winner is "Archipel" Never forget! German book trade peace prize
Inger-Maria Mahlke's award-winning novel about Tenerife is a journey through time and space.
A smarter way out of poverty
MP3 players are being used as a valuable source of health information by women in rural areas.
Obama's former photographer throws 'Shade' in new book
Former White House photographer Pete Souza's book Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents is full of nostalgia-inducing images.
German book trade Peace Prize winners slam AfD
The Assmanns rejected the AfD's attempts to downplay Germany's Nazi past and Alexander Gauland's 'bird shit' remark.
A discovery: Literature from Georgia
This year’s guest of honor is Georgia, whose literature delves deep into conflicts.
2018 Book Fair: Trends and topics
A book fair for turbulent times. Fewer readers and increasingly urgent socio-political themes!
Arts.21 - The Cultural Magazine
Frankfurt Book Fair: Great novels, journeys through time and Georgia’s contemplative literature.
Attacks on writers increase in Germany
DW spoke with author Zoe Beck to find out why writers believe freedom of expression is under threat in Germany.
100 German Must-Reads
DW's literary canon was compiled by literature experts Sabine Kieselbach and David Levitz.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Not a year to relax
Sabine Peschel
DW's Sabine Peschel describes the politically loaded atmosphere of this year's world's largest book fair.
'100 German Must-Reads' launched at Frankfurt Book Fair
The world's largest book fair was launching pad for DW's bilingual literature special project recommending 100 novels.
Maryse Conde wins alternative to Nobel literature prize
Reacting to this year's absent Nobel Prize, the New Academy Prize in Literature selected Maryse Conde for its award.
Journalist network ARIJ win Raif Badawi Award
The Jordan-based independent network of journalists is the 2018 winner of a prize honoring the courage of journalists.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Men need to read women authors
The Frankfurt Book Fair has opened with fiery speeches defending — and demanding — diversity in the branch.
Wolfgang Hilbig: 'I'
A poet joins the Stasi and a vicious satire of the GDR's secret service and the country's literary scene is born.
Cornelia Funke: 'Inkheart'
"Inkheart" propelled Cornelia Funke to global success, making her one of the best-selling German authors of all time.
Inger-Maria Mahlke wins German Book Prize
The most-coveted award in German literature has gone to the author of Archipel.
Frankfurt Book Fair: Spotlight on Georgia
Georgia is the guest of honor at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair. The small Caucasus republic has diverse literature.
Reading Matter? 100 German Must-Reads!
DW's list of German-language novels published since 1900 and translated into English is the first of its kind.
'Great literature is regional': German author Eugen Ruge
Ruge tells DW why he thinks his novel "In Times of Fading Light" didn't come off to international readers as "German."
German literature's birth and where it stands in the world
What role has German-language literature played in the world? And what chance does it stand today?
Christa Wolf: 'They Divided the Sky'
Was the GDR the better Germany? Christa Wolf has her qualms — yet she defends the advantages of life under Socialism.
Jenny Erpenbeck: 'Visitation'
Jenny Erpenbeck tells the tale of a century of German history that has been written on the walls of a summer house.
Alina Bronsky: 'Broken Glass Park'
In this debut novel, a young woman fights her way through life with wit and a whole lot of anger on the inside.
Volker Kutscher: 'Babylon Berlin'
It's the first book in the crime series featuring inspector Gereon Rath in 1920s Berlin, where drugs and murders abound.
Philipp Winkler: 'Hooligan'
Philipp Winkler lends a voice to the kind of men who ordinarily throw punches. His debut novel deals with hooliganism.
Julia Franck: 'The Blind Side of the Heart'
It's a portrait of a passionate young woman who blazes her own trail, but ends up paying a high price for it.
Benedict Wells: 'The End of Loneliness'
The young author describes a boy's evolution from adolescence to adulthood in one of the great coming-of-age novels.
Iliya Troyanov: 'The Collector of Worlds'
The writer transformed the life of British explorer Richard Francis Burton into a fantastic globe-trotting novel.
Lutz Seiler: 'Kruso'
Two "castaways" meet in an isolated GDR outpost in 1989 in Lutz Seiler's celebrated tale of freedom and friendship.
Yoko Tawada: 'Memoirs of a Polar Bear'
A novel about polar bear Knut at the Berlin Zoo and his ancestors — suspended between reality and a magical dreamworld.
Robert Seethaler: 'A Whole Life'
The Austrian actor-turned-writer hauntingly and sensitively describes an entire life in around 160 pages.
Terezia Mora: 'Day In Day Out'
Mora is an astute observer, spotlighting the modern-day feelings of being uprooted and adrift.
Clemens Meyer: 'Bricks and Mortar'
A literary insight into how the sex trade became a booming industry in the former East Germany.
Ralf Rothmann: 'Young Light'
Rothmann's masterful novel brings to life the day-to-day world of a 12-year-old living in the Ruhr industrial area.
79 Booking a room
What do you say when you book a hotel room? Here is some vocabulary.
Deutschtrainer – 79 Booking a room
What do you say when you book a hotel room? Here is some vocabulary.
Christoph Ransmayr: 'Atlas of an Anxious Man'
The Austrian is a master of depicting characters who embark on a search for the essence of things.
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