Download the full fair program.
Entry to the fair is by ticket – after entering, readers have access to the publishing stands, the children's program, and the fair's events on that day (it is better to register for them in advance – to make sure there is enough space).
For some events of the fair (Poetry Evening, Meetings with Anna Starobinets, the recording of "Bookmarks", the author's reading by Ivan Vyrypaev) separate tickets are sold - with them you can come to the fair at any time on the day of the event!
We are looking forward to seeing you all!
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![April 3, 18.00-21.00 Poems out of oneself: a big poetry evening / Opening of the Berlin Book Fair / together with the media slova_vne_sedya and the OVD-info project* [*the bulk of the proceeds will be transferred to OVD-info]](https://bookfair-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/stihi_vne_sebya.jpeg)
April 3, 18.00-21.00 Poems out of oneself: a big poetry evening / Opening of the Berlin Book Fair / together with the media slova_vne_sedya and the OVD-info project* [*the bulk of the proceeds will be transferred to OVD-info]
Three years of terrible war became a time of poetry. Poetry often records the destruction in the world more accurately than prose or reportage and […]
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April 4, 10:00 – 11:30 Open socio-political discussion: Culture and catastrophe. Russian culture in the face of war
The war in Ukraine and Russia's return to totalitarianism have become the biggest challenges for Russian culture in the last century. How do they respond to them […]
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April 4, 10:30 – 11:15 Presentation of Irina Novik’s book “I am a deserter”, Freedom Letters publishing house (with the participation of one of the book’s heroes)
Moderator of the meeting is Maria Makeeva. Journalist Irina Novik will present her first book “I am a deserter”. This is a collection of absolutely real stories […]
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April 4, 11:30 – 21:00 Presentation of Natasha Soprunova’s original textbooks on mathematics and computer science.
April 5, 10:00 – 21:00 April 6, 10:00 – 18:00 Natasha Soprunova will present her original textbooks on mathematics and computer science at the fair. What […]
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April 4, 11:30 – 12:15 “Where are you, stray words?” In search of the boundaries of the new tamizdat. A conversation with Aglaya Asheshova
The term “new tamizdat” is used more and more often. On the one hand, it reveals the censorship restrictions in modern book publishing, and on the other, it emphasizes the inevitable changes […]
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April 4, 11:30 – 12:15 YMCA-PRESS Publishing House and Vestnik RHD: 100 Years Together
The publishing house "IMKA-Press" and the magazine "Vestnik RKhD" are old-timers of the Russian emigration. Their parallel history has been going on since 1925, exactly one hundred years. […]
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April 4, 12:30 -13:45 Open meeting with the editors-in-chief of the magazines "Berlin. Berega", "Vestnik RKhD", "Vozdukh", "Novy Ierusalimsky Zhurnal", "Pyataya Volna", "Russkoe Slovo"
Nowadays literary magazines are read by those who are genuinely interested in the contemporary living literary process. And the most important part of the editorial work […]
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April 4, 12:30 – 13:45 How to turn your life into text? Grisha Prorokov and Natasha Podlyzhnyak
Grisha Prorokov, author of the novel “Nothing but the Heart,” and writer Natasha Podlyzhnyak, creator of the “I Have Something to Say” school of texts, will discuss the process […]
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April 4, 14:00 – 14:45 Presentation of the literary award “Dar”
The award was created to support and promote authors writing in Russian, regardless of their place of residence and citizenship. "Dar" […]
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April 4, 15:00 – 15:45 Four Perspectives: Four Books about Memorial
Presentation of two completely different books from the Memorial publishing program, published in Russian over the past year and a half: Bondarenko S. Lost in […]
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April 4, 16:00 – 17:00 Autograph session with the author. Maxim D. Shrayer
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April 4, 16:00 – 17:00 Open discussion. The revolutionary potential of Russian-language queer writing: how prohibitions exacerbate resistance. What shapes queer literature, apart from the thematic field, and what are its tools?
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April 4, 17:00 – 18:00 Autograph session with the author. Anna Sandermoen
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April 4, 17:10 – 17:55 Presentation of a new book by Stein Publishing. Translation of Sebastian Haffner’s book “Der Teufelspakt. Die deutsch-russischen Beziehungen vom Ersten zum Zweiten Weltkrieg”
Sebastian Haffner (1907-1999) was one of the most important German publicists of the post-war period. His works, such as The Story of a German and […]
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April 4, 18:00 – 19:00 Meet the author! Daniel Kehlmann presents the Russian version of his bestselling novel Lichtspiel
It is released by Fresh Verlag, an independent publishing house in Germany. There will be exiting reading and discussion together with Daniel Kehlmann, Fresh Verlag director Liv Machina and translator Alexandra Berlina. Welcome! […]
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April 4, 19:10 – 19:55 Premiere of the new release from Überbau publishing house: a collection of essays by Aldous Huxley, “What shall we do about it?”
Translator and publisher Dmitry Simanovsky and artist Sasha Skochilenko will present a new release from Überbau publishing house: a collection of essays by Aldous Huxley, “What Should We […]
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April 4, 19:30 – 20:15 Meeting with writer Maxim Osipov
Maxim Osipov is a writer and doctor, born in 1963 in Moscow. He has been writing and publishing since 2007. He is the author of six […]
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April 4, 20:00 Poetry evening with Alya Khaitlina.
Alya Khaitlina always finds very precise words, which contain a lot of pain and hope. They touch you to tears and help […]
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April 4, 20:30 Meeting with Sasha Kazantseva. Why is the state fighting sex education? Why open conversations about sex are a way of resistance
“Do you want to have sex?” is a question that has huge revolutionary potential. The way we discuss sex in our bedrooms […]
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April 4-6, Meet the author! Liv Machina presents her travel guide “CORFU. THE DURRELLS” (Fresh Verlag) in Gerald Durrell's centenary year
For many years now, the Greek island of Corfu has been inextricably linked with the name of the writer and naturalist Gerald Durrell: he made this […]
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April 5, 10:00 – 11:30 A brutal meeting with Anna Starobinets – for children and their brutal parents
Anna Starobinets writes fairy tales and detective stories for children. The book series "Beastly Detective" takes place in the Far Forest and does not […]
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April 5, 10:00 – 12:00 Autograph session with American poet and philologist Maxim D. Shrayer
At the stand of the publishing house of the bookstore “Babel” (Tel Aviv) there will be an autograph session with the American poet and philologist Maxim D. Shrayer (“Waiting for America”, “Bunin […]
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April 5, 11:00 – 11:30 and 12:00 – 12:30 Poems on the knees
We invite you to a parent-child lesson for people aged 2-3 and their caring adults. Poems for kids are a wonderful platform for […]
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April 5, 11:00–12:00 and 12:15–13:15 “Time for the Absurd!” We create homemade magazines (zines).
We will be inspired by the texts of Harms, Prigov and other authors to create a collection in the zine format in the spirit of absurdism. A collection that is already […]
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April 5, 11:00 – 12:45 Scribbles
Let's transform and decorate what already exists and invent something magical, amazing and incredible that has never existed before. For people from […]
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April 5, 11:30 – 12:30 Meeting the poet Dmitry Vedenyapin
Dmitry Vedenyapin was born in Moscow. Poet, essayist, translator of poetry and prose. Author of twelve books of poetry: "Pokrov", 1993, "Grass and Smoke", […]
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April 5, 11.40 – 12.25 Presentation of the book by Valery Panyushkin (Vallu Kananen) “Lempo Island”
A meeting with writer and journalist Valery Panyushkin, who this time, under the pseudonym Vallu Kananen, wrote non-fiction for adults, […]
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April 5, 12:30 – 14:00 Literary criticism in emigration / Emigrant literary criticism. Round table.
The history of Russian-language literary studies in exile begins in the 1920s (the first wave of emigration), experiences new stages in the late 1940s–1950s (the second wave) and […]
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April 5 12:45 – 13:45, Autograph session with Valery Panyushkin, author of the book “Lempo Island”
On April 5 from 12:45 to 13:45 p.m., immediately after the presentation of the adventure and magical book for teenagers and young adults “Lempo Island”, […]
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April 5 13:00 – 13:45 Literary “Beastly Quiz!”
We invite young detectives to an exciting quiz based on the book series "Beastly Detective" by Anna Starobinets! Together we will go into the world of clever and […]
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April 5 13:30 – 14:00 and 14:30 – 15:00 Dragons, Knights and Princesses
A motor journey with the Berlin fairy. We invite daredevils from 5 to infinity to explore the power of delicacy and the tenderness of power in play! […]
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April 5 13:30 – 14:10 and 14:20 – 15:00 A word is not a sparrow
For people aged 5-7, 8-11. Russian language is not only rules. Russian language classes can be exciting and full of […]
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April 5 14:00 – 14:45 Houses, cottages, little houses with the postman Mouse
Have you ever been to a crocodile's house? Or to a penguin's? No? Then follow Postman Mouse. Let's create houses in boxes […]
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April 5, 14:00 – 14:45 Presentation of new releases from Sandermoen Publishing with the participation of Anna Chedia Sandermoen, Olga Lacroix, Maxim D. Shrayer
Anna Chedia Sandermoen is the founder and owner of Sandermoen Publishing, a book publishing house registered in Switzerland in 2016. Anna is also the author of […]
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April 5, 15:00 – 15:45 The Return of Dissidents. Interview with Oleg Orlov
A conversation with Oleg Orlov “on the margins” of his book “Encyclopedia of Dissidence. USSR, 1956-1989. – NLO, NIPC “Memorial”, 2024 (awarded the Enlightener Prize in […]
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April 5 15:00 – 16:00 Autograph session by Anna Berseneva (Tatiana Sotnikova)
Anna Berseneva (Tatiana Sotnikova) is a writer and screenwriter. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Belarusian State University and completed her postgraduate studies at the A.M. Gorky Literary Institute […]
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April 5, 15:00 – 17:00 Autograph session and communication at the stand. Artists of the almanac of protest art ARTISTS AGAINST the KREMLIN vol.1 Liza Pushkina and Nadya Ukhanova
Liza Pushkina is an artist from Moscow. In 2019, she entered the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov to […]
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April 5 15:00 – 17:30 Autograph session with children's and teen author. Tatyana Morkina
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April 5, 16:00 – 16:45 Éditions Tourgueneff Publishing House. The Individual and the State
Meeting with Riva Evstifeeva. “Boarding School Stories” (nominated for the “Dar” award) and “Without a Mother”. Presentation of the new book by Daria Apakhonchich “12 or 13 Stories”. […]
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April 5 16:00 – 17:00 Autograph session by Vladimir Sotnikov
Vladimir Sotnikov is a writer and screenwriter. He was born in Belarus, into a family of rural teachers. He graduated from the A.M. Gorky Literary Institute, creative seminar […]
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April 5 17:00 – 18:00 Autograph session by Valery Bochkov
Valery Bochkov is a Russian American writer whose work combines the traditions of Russian classical literature, its psychology and depth, and American […]
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April 5, 17:00 – 18:30 Open pitching of books. Pain points: how to write about modern Russia so that it is read all over the world. With simultaneous translation into Russian and German
The StraightForward Foundation presents a public pitching of books in Russian for an international audience. How is the Kremlin creating a global network to combat the LGBT community? […]
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April 5 18:00 – 19:00 Autograph session with children's author. Maria Heinz
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April 5, 18:00 Meet the author! Mikhail Sokolowsky presents his selected writings as “The Dragon Skeleton” (Fresh Verlag)
Mikhail Sokolovsky is a screenwriter, playwright, writer, winner of many awards and prizes; he left Russia in March 2022. The collection “Skeleton […]
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April 5, 18:40 – 19:25 About the literature that Zhenya Berkovich makes. Anna Narinskaya tells
Why do her texts, despite their popularity, stand apart in the modern fragmented literary process? Can her poems be considered literature […]
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April 5, 19:30 – 20:15 Meeting with writer Mikhail Shishkin. A look at Russian literature through the prism of war.
Mikhail Shishkin presents his new book "My. Essays on Russian Literature": "What is literature for if it did not save us from the Gulag, […]
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April 5, 20:00 Recording of the podcast "Bookmark" with Ekaterina Shulman and Galina Yuzefovich
We invite you to the recording of "Bookmarks" - the literary podcast of "Echo"! Ekaterina Shulman and Galina Yuzefovich discuss the works and life of Russian and […]
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April 5 20:30 – 21:15 Presentation of the poetry magazine “Vozdukh”
The poetry magazine “Vozdukh” has been published in Moscow since 2006 and has become one of the central projects for the development of Russian poetry. K […]
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April 6 09:00 – 11:00 Publishing meeting behind closed doors: Who are we? Where are we going? What do we want and when exactly?
Moderator – Alexander Gavrilov Participants – chief editors and heads of non-Russian Russian-language publishing houses Venue: Antresol
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April 6 11:00 – 11:45 When the Gods Were Big. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece
For people aged 4-6 years The main questions of the ancient mythological picture of the world in simple words and visual forms for the youngest and most inquisitive! […]
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April 6 11:00 – 12:00 and 12:15 – 13:15 The most interesting books in the world that no one has ever heard of, seen or read.
We draw covers of non-existent books. For people aged 5-12 Studio Zuckerwattenkrawatten is a creative studio for big and small, for fast and […]
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April 6 11:00 – 11.45 Tamizdat yesterday, today, tomorrow: “Pkhents” by Abram Terts. Yakov Klots and Anna Narinskaya
Written in 1957, Abram Tertz’s story “Pkhents” was first published in the West after the trial of Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel […]
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April 6 11:00 – 12:00 Autograph session with the author. Elizaveta Andreeva
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April 6 12:00 – 12:45 Slow Workshop with Snail
Workshop with interesting facts and creative mood. About everything and everyone. About nature and not only. Around the amazing. For […]
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April 6 12:00 – 12:45 Presentation of the book by Boris Iomdin “36 Candlesticks. Charades, Hat and Other Word Games” and games with listeners – for the whole family!
At the very end of 2024, Boris Iomdin and his co-authors (Irina Levontina, Alexey Shmelev, Elena Shmeleva) published not just a book […]
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April 6, 13:00 – 14:00 Anna Starobinets – new novel “The Hunter”. Meeting for adults and almost adults
Moderator – Grisha Prorokov Anna Starobinets – “the queen of Russian-language horror”, writes fantasy thrillers and dystopias for adult readers, mixing scientific […]
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April 6 13:00 – 14:45 TeenCreativeLab
Teen Creative Lab is a safe creative space for exploring yourself, the world around you, and creatively understanding your experiences. We communicate, […]
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April 6 13:30 – 14:10 and 14:20 – 15:00 Brick art — creating a Lego character
Book and Lego – what do they have in common? Construction! In class we will experiment with shapes, discuss design, and most importantly – […]
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April 6 14:00 – 15:00 Meeting with Viktor Erofeev and the authors of the SLOG project
At the meeting, writer Viktor Erofeev will present the novel “The Great Gopnik”, read chapters from an as-yet unpublished novel and talk with the authors of SLOG […]
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April 6, 14:30 – 15:30 Autograph session by the authors of the book “Unemployed Tree” Sveta Ben and Lina Hesse
On April 6 from 14:30 pm to 15:30 pm there will be an autograph session with the authors of the book “The Unemployed Tree”. The book about a tree that decided to quit its job, […]
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April 6 15:00 – 16:00 Autograph session by Victor Erofeev
Viktor Erofeev is a Russian writer, essayist, literary scholar, one of the most brilliant and provocative authors of modern Russian literature. The author of the bestsellers Russian […]
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April 6, 15:00 – 16:00 Autograph session with the author. Anna Sandermoen
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April 6, 15:00 – 17:00 Autograph session and communication at the stand. Editor of the almanac of protest art ARTISTS AGAINST the KREMLIN vol.1 Anna Gai
Anna Gai is an art historian and former curator of contemporary art, currently focusing on research in the field of difficult heritage. […]
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April 6, 15:10 – 15:55 How to write about evil after February 24, 2022. Meduza publishing house authors Zhenya Berezhnaya (Ukraine) and Sergey Lebedev (Russia) talk about their novels The White Lady and (Not) About War
In 2023, writers Sergei Lebedev and Zhenya Berezhnaya each completed work on their own manuscript. Lebedev's "White Lady" is a novel […]
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April 6, 16:00 – 16:45 Presentation of Anya Getman’s debut novel “Shmel”
On April 6, at the Berlin Book Fair in Palais Populaire, there will be a presentation of Anya Getman’s debut novel “Shmel” – about anxiety and […]
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April 6, 17:00 – 17:45 The publishing house of the bookstore “Babel” (Tel Aviv) presents its new releases.
The publishing house of the bookstore “Babel” (Tel Aviv) presents two important new releases at once: a novel by the famous artist and teacher Victor Melamed (“Machinery of a portrait”, “Diagonal […]
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April 6, 18:00 – 18:45 Presentation of the book by Evgeny Feldman “Dreamers versus Cosmonauts. The Courage and Tragedy of the Anti-Putin Protest”. Publisher Babook.
The book’s author, journalist and photo editor Evgeny Feldman, talks about his work as a photographer during events that, as time has shown, were turning points […]
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April 6, 19:00 Author's reading by Ivan Vyrypaev "The Cherry Man"
The Cherry Man is a black absurd comedy with boundless humor that will make you laugh and cry at the same time. The play tells the story of […]
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April 6, 19:30 – 20:15 Presentation of Ivan Filippov’s new book “Shadow” (Freedom Letters)!
The author of the bestseller "Mouse" invites everyone to the bizarre world of the Moscow region, inhabited by restless souls. Here, in the constantly changing subconscious of an ancient city, […]
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April 6, 20:30 – 21:45 Where Are We Now? Alexey Munipov and Sergey Nevsky discuss the state of music
In 2024, Individuum publishing house reissued Alexey Munipov’s book “Fermata. Conversations with Composers” — a large-scale collection of conversations with composers of the post-Soviet […]