1 – 2 May 2026 10:00 – 20:00 | 3 May 2026 10:00 – 19:00 | Immanuelkirchstr. 4, 10405 Berlin | REGISTER

  • May 2, 11:00–11:30 Street, courtyard Performance Gegen:stand (Clavis School)

    May 2, 11:00 PM – 11:30 PM
    Street, yard
    Performance Gegen:stand (Clavis School)

    Curators: Maria Capraru and Marina Knyazeva. 6+ The documentary performance by the theater and art groups of the Clavis Gegen:stand school was first shown at […]

  • May 2, 11:00 – 12:00 Hall 2 “WRITER – PUBLISHER – READER – FREEDOM” Authors from the publishing house ISIA Media Verlag (Leipzig) talk about the diversity of challenges of the new era.

    May 2, 11:00–12:00
    Hall 2
    "WRITER – PUBLISHER – READER – FREEDOM"
    Authors from ISIA Media Verlag (Leipzig) discuss the diversity of challenges of the new era.

    Participants: Yuri Veksler, Natalya Gromova, Tamara Kandala, Elena Model, Vladimir Sotnikov, Anna Berseneva, Valery Bochkov, Alexey Makushinsky. What's going on with [...]

  • May 2, 11:00–12:00 Hall 5 Presentation of Yuri Felshtinsky’s book “Natalia Radina’s Belarus: A Journalist Against a Dictator”

    May 2, 11:00 PM – 12:00 PM
    Hall 5
    Presentation of Yuri Felshtinsky's book "Natalia Radina's Belarus: Journalist vs. Dictator"

    A new book by renowned historian and publicist Yuri Felshtinsky is the history of Belarus, seen through the prism of Natalia Radina's life, through the journalist's resistance, […]

  • May 2, 11:00–12:00, Hall 6, CLUB. Nikolai Alexandrov presents intellectual bestsellers: Franziska Thun-Hohenstein, “Writing Life. Varlam Shalamov. Biography and Poetics”; Alena Makhoninova, “Hella.”

    May 2, 11:00 PM – 12:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    Nikolai Alexandrov presents intellectual bestsellers:
    Franziska Thun-Hohenstein, "Writing Life. Varlam Shalamov. Biography and Poetics"
    Alena Makhoninova "Hella"

    A meeting with the authors. Moderated by Nikolai Alexandrov. Alena Makhoninova is a Czech Russian specialist, novelist, and translator. She specializes in contemporary Russian prose, camp […]

  • May 2, 12:00–13:00, Hall 2. Presentation of the cooperative publishing project Hyperboreus / words_outside_oneself: Free literature in Russian. Poetry, prose, essays, memoirs.

    May 2, 12:00 PM – 13:00 PM
    Hall 2
    Presentation of the Hyperboreus cooperative publishing project / words_outside_themselves: Free literature in Russian
    Poetry, prose, essays, memoirs

    Poet and translator Alyosha Prokopyev will present his new poetry collection, "Fragments of the Future," the first book from the publishing cooperative. Joining him online will be Sergei […]

  • May 2, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Bibliothek am Wasserturm, Assembly Hall, 14rd floor, “Dead Ends and Labyrinths of School Corridors,” Discussion with Dima Zitzer

    May 2, 12:00 PM – 14:00 PM
    Bibliothek am Wasserturm, Assembly Hall, 3rd floor
    "Dead ends and labyrinths of school corridors"
    Discussion with Dima Zitzer

    "Children are the largest discriminated group of people. This state of affairs seems unfair and dangerous to me, and not only for children, […]

  • May 2, 12:00–13:00, Book Hall 3. Where is the line between life and literature? Presentation of Olga Solongo's book "Tram to the Sea. Elegy against the backdrop of the beginning of the war" (Sandermoen Publishing, Switzerland)

    May 2, 12:00–13:00
    Hall 3 book room
    Where is the line between life and literature?
    Presentation of Olga Solongo's book "Tram to the Sea. An Elegy Against the Background of the Beginning of War" (Sandermoen Publishing, Switzerland)

    Personal prose feels like confession—but it almost never is. It's a place where loved ones can recognize themselves in the text… Where […]

  • May 2, 12:00 – 13:00, Book Hall 4, Presentation of the magazine “Raiduga”/”Rainbow” (Kyiv) – one of the oldest literary magazines in Europe

    May 2, 12:00–13:00
    Hall 4 book room
    Presentation of the magazine "Raiduga"/"Rainbow" (Kyiv) – one of the oldest literary magazines in Europe

    In 2027, Raiduga turns 100. For a long time, the magazine introduced readers to the best Ukrainian writers writing in Russian. After […]

  • May 2, 12:00–13:00, Hall 5. Presentation of Nastya Rogatko’s book “Carry It with You.”

    May 2, 12:00 PM – 13:00 PM
    Hall 5
    Presentation of Nastya Rogatko's book "Carry It with You"

    "Carry It With You" is an ironic autofiction of 12 and a half short stories about how to live when the instructions run out. Emigration, […]

  • May 2, 12:00–13:00, Hall 6, CLUB. Presentation of Natalia Gromova's book "Eugene Schwartz. The Fate of a Storyteller in the Age of the Dragon" (ISIA Media Verlag)

    May 2, 12:00 PM – 13:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    Presentation of Natalia Gromova's book "Evgeny Schwartz: The Fate of a Storyteller in the Age of the Dragon" (ISIA Media Verlag)

    This is a book about a man who knew how to tell the truth—even when it was dangerous. Evgeny Schwartz is the author of "The Dragon" and […]

  • May 2, 12:00 PM – 18:00 PM, Bibliothek am Wasserturm, Assembly Hall, 3rd floor, Large Forum for Teachers and Parents

    May 2, 12:00 PM – 18:00 PM
    Bibliothek am Wasserturm, Assembly Hall, 3rd floor
    A large forum for teachers and parents

    By registering, you can leave a voluntary donation of any amount to the fair – we will be very grateful and will use the money […]

  • May 2, 13:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Hall 14: “Spring, When Summer Returned” Presentation of the new edition of LVPG and a meeting with Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova, and Sasha Skochilenko

    May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM
    Hall 2
    "Spring, when Summer returned"
    Presentation of the new edition of LVPG and a meeting with Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova, and Sasha Skochilenko

    Ten years ago, this story first appeared online—and soon became a phenomenon. It was read, loved, banned, but Leto […]

  • May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM, Hall 3, Bookstore. Alexey Voinov. Presentation of the book "Winter Without Snow" and the translation of Julien Green's fantasy novel "The Keys of Death."

    May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM
    Hall 3 book room
    Alexey Voinov. Presentation of the book "Winter Without Snow" and the translation of Julien Green's fantasy novella "The Keys of Death"

    Alexey Voinov. Presentation of the book "Winter Without Snow" – about the beginning of the war in Ukraine and leaving Russia: a travelogue about the time […]

  • May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM, Book Hall 4, 20 years of the magazine “Air”

    May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM
    Hall 4 book room
    20 years of the magazine "Air"

    The magazine "Vozdukh", published in Moscow since 2006 and moved to Latvia in 2024, is one of two, along with […]

  • May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM, Hall 5: Memorial's New Discoveries: Finds That Become Books

    May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM
    Hall 5
    Memorial's New Discoveries: Finds That Become Books

    Materials for the biography of Evgenia Ginzburg (unpublished letters and documents) – presented by Elena Zhemkova, Executive Director of Zukunft Memorial eV Holocaust on […]

  • May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM, Hall 6, CLUB. Presentation of the book “Fenichev. Lyrics” and a discussion on the topic: “Hip-hop beyond: opera theater, classical museum, what’s next?”

    May 2, 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    Presentation of the book "Fenichev. Lyrics" and a discussion on the topic: "Hip-hop beyond the edge: opera theater, classical museum, what's next?"

    In the introduction to “The Fenichev Phenomenon,” Leonid Desyatnikov writes: “It seems to me that Mikhail Fenichev’s poetry is one of the most tart and unpredictable […]

  • May 2, 13:30–14:30 PM, Autograph session with Yulia Drobova, Hall 4, Samtambooks book stand

    2 мая 13:30–14:30
    Autograph session with Yulia Drobova
    Hall 4, Samtambooks book stand

    The Berlin-based artist, five-time winner of the Bologna Fair Illustration Competition (2021–2026), Non/Fiction nominee in the Book Artist category, and finalist of the Korean NAMI Concours […]

  • May 2, 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM, Hall 5. Presentation of new bilingual titles from zeitkind (Switzerland).

    May 2, 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM
    Hall 5
    Presentation of new bilingual titles from zeitkind (Switzerland)

    Vera Martynov's book "41515 Words" is structured in the genre of autofiction: notes are interrupted by a theatrical play, and then return to reflections on the present. […]

  • May 2, 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM, Hall 6, CLUB "Say It." About teenagers and politics with Linor Goralik. Presentation of the project "Novosti-26: For teenagers about Russian politics."

    May 2, 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    "Say You." About teenagers and politics with Linor Goralik.
    Presentation of the project "Novosti-26: for teenagers about Russian politics".

    A conversation about teenagers and politics with Linor Goralik, founder and editor-in-chief of the project "Novosti-26: Teenagers on Russian Politics." "Novosti-26" is […]

  • May 2, 2:00 PM – 14:30 PM, Hall 15, Discussion: “Magical Writing and Folklore in Modern Prose”

    May 2, 14:00 PM – 15:30 PM
    Hall 2
    Discussion "Magical Writing and Folklore in Modern Prose"

    In recent years, magical writing and folklore have increasingly become a means of analyzing social reality. Fairy tales, spells, mythological images, and archaic […]

  • May 2, 14:00–3:00 PM, Book Hall 15, Autograph Session. Elena Malisova and Katerina Silvanova

    2 мая 14:00–15:00
    Hall 3 book room
    Autograph session. Elena Malisova and Katerina Silvanova

  • May 2, 15:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Book Hall 16. Presentation of Tatyana Volskaya’s book “In the City of November” (Virgola Press)

    May 2, 15:00–16:00
    Hall 4 book room
    Presentation of Tatyana Volskaya's book "In the City of November" (Virgola Press)

    The book "In the City in November" is a selection of Tatyana Volskaya's poems spanning 10 years: from 2015 to 2025. The book was compiled not […]

  • May 2, 15:00–16:00 PM, Hall 5. Presentation of Andrey Zakharov's book "Russian Cyberpunk: How the Kremlin and the Oligarchs Are Building a 'Digital Gulag'—and Who's Resisting It" (Echo of the Book)

    May 2, 15:00 PM – 16:00 PM
    Hall 5
    Presentation of Andrey Zakharov's book "Russian Cyberpunk: How the Kremlin and the Oligarchs Are Building a 'Digital Gulag'—and Who's Resisting It" (Echo of the Book)

    Many perceive Russia as a country that has triumphed over the "digital Gulag." In reality, the situation is more interesting and complex: modern Russia is a country that has triumphed over […]

  • May 2, 15:00 PM – 16:00 PM, Room 6, CLUB. How can parents support LGBTQ+ children and themselves? A candid conversation with mothers of queer people and a psychologist. Moderator: Tatyana Lazareva.

    May 2, 15:00 PM – 16:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    How can parents support LGBTQ+ children and themselves?
    A candid conversation with mothers of queer people and a psychologist.
    Moderator Tatyana Lazareva

    Participants of the meeting: two mothers from the "Open Parents" group – Natasha Kilber, mother of a gay man; Natasha F., mother of a trans person; Maria Sabunaeva, psychologist, […]

  • May 2, 3:00–15:00 PM, Book Hall 16, Autograph Session. Sasha Kazantseva

    2 мая 15:00–16:00
    Hall 3 book room
    Autograph session. Sasha Kazantseva

  • May 2, 15:30 PM – 17:00 PM, Hall 2. Discussion: “The Phenomenon of the Popularity of Queer Youth Literature: Shameful Reading or an Integral Part of Contemporary Culture?”

    May 2, 15:30 PM – 17:00 PM
    Hall 2
    Discussion: "The Phenomenon of the Popularity of Queer Youth Literature: Shameful Reading or an Integral Part of Contemporary Culture?"

    What is the significance and value of queer entertainment and light literature for the representation of queer identities in popular culture? Does queer literature need support? […]

  • May 2, 16:00 PM – 17:00 PM, Hall 6, CLUB. Meeting with Tatyana Lazareva. Teens and parents are welcome!

    May 2, 16:00 PM – 17:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    Meeting with Tatyana Lazareva. Teens and parents are welcome!

    Tatyana Lazareva was once one of Russia's most famous TV presenters, an actress, a participant in KVN, and an iconic figure in entertainment television in the 1990s and 2000s […]

  • May 2, 16:00 PM – 17:00 PM, Hall 5. Presentation of Viktor Melamed’s new book, “The Eye of a Fly” (Vidim Books).

    May 2, 16:00 PM – 17:00 PM
    Hall 5
    Presentation of Victor Melamed's new book, "The Eye of a Fly" (Vidim Books)

    Here is the soft angle of her cheekbone. Here is her nose. Here is the print of a lizard. Here I am, sleeping, shimmering, in the corner. Here is her head on […]

  • May 2, 16:00 PM – 17:00 PM, Book Hall 3, FREE DEBUT FOR FREE WRITERS, Presentation of the book series “Free Debut” at ISIA Media Verlag (Leipzig).

    May 2, 16:00 PM – 17:00 PM
    Hall 3 book room
    A FREE DEBUT FOR FREE WRITERS
    Presentation of the book series "Free Debut" at the publishing house ISIA Media Verlag (Leipzig).

    In 2026, ISIA Media Verlag (Leipzig) began publishing the "Free Debut" book series. The publication is carried out in partnership with […]

  • May 2, 4:00 PM – 16:00 PM, Book Hall 17. Presentation of Lisa Heresh’s book “My Boyfriend Audre Lorde,” published by Binadroba.

    May 2, 16:00 PM – 17:00 PM
    Hall 4 book room
    Presentation of Lisa Heresh's book "My Boyfriend Audre Lorde" published by Binadroba

    Lisa Heresh's debut poetry collection is a continuum of spaces and times, themes that don't speak directly to the reader, but instead pass through […]

  • May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM, Book Hall 3. Presentation of Dmitry Gubin’s two-volume book “Germany, Where I Now Live” (BAbook).

    May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM
    Hall 3 book room
    Presentation of Dmitry Gubin's two-volume book "Germany, Where I Live Now" (BAbook)

    This two-volume work is about modern Germany, seen not through the eyes of a tourist, but through the eyes of someone who lives there. The first book helps us understand […]

  • May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM, Book Hall 4. Presentation of the novel "Anarchists" by Mikhail Bokov (Freedom Letters).

    May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM
    Hall 4 book room
    Presentation of the novel "Anarchists" by Mikhail Bokov (Freedom Letters)

    A terrifying and wicked novel by a former Batenka journalist about how informal groups in the provinces wage war against the church. Based on real events. […]

  • May 2, 5:00 PM – 17:00 PM, Hall 18, VOLGA GERMANS: THE FATE OF A PEOPLE AND THE FACES OF ITS EXECUTIONERS

    May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM
    Hall 5
    THE VOLGA GERMANS: THE FATE OF AN ETHNOS AND THE FACES OF ITS EXECUTIONERS

    Presentation of two books united by a common theme: Alexander Makeev's historical investigation, "A Match for the Position: Faces of the Great Terror in the Volga German Republic" and […]

  • May 2, 17:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Hall 18, CLUB. Dating and sex in exile: a tent discussion with Sasha Kazantseva.

    May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    Dating and Sex in Exile: A Chapiteau Discussion with Sasha Kazantseva

    How do you find dating in exile? Has it gotten better? More difficult? More understandable? More confusing? Are you looking for dates from your home country? Or, on the contrary, do you tend to avoid your compatriots? […]

  • May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:30 PM, Children's Room 1. A Jobless Tree Searches for Itself: A Reading and Workshop with Sveta Ben and Lina Hesse.

    May 2, 17:00 PM – 18:30 PM
    Hall 1 for children
    A Jobless Tree Searches for Itself: A Reading and Workshop with Sveta Ben and Lina Hesse

    The Samtambooks book project invites children and parents to a meeting with a book that asks the most important question: what to do if everything […]

  • May 2, 17:00 PM – 19:00 PM, Hall 2. Non-Russian literary magazines today: format and mission, tasks and opportunities.

    May 2, 17:00 PM – 19:00 PM
    Hall 2
    Non-Russian literary magazines today – format and mission, tasks and opportunities.

    A major discussion featuring the following projects: ROAR Articulation Berlin. Banks Air Dactyl Colon Mirror Metajournal Ill Health New Jerusalem Journal Words Outside […]

  • May 2, 18:00 PM – 19:00 PM, Book Hall 4, Presentation of Kathryn Stockett's new novel and early sale for fair visitors

    May 2, 18:00 PM – 19:00 PM
    Hall 4 book room
    A presentation of Kathryn Stockett's new novel and an early sale for fairgoers

    The Walking Disaster Club is the second novel by writer Katherine Stockett. Stockett's first novel, The Help (2009), sold over 10 million copies and became […]

  • May 2, 18:00 PM – 19:00 PM, Hall 5. Presentation of the book “Lightning Insights” by Mikhail Bashkirov (Babel, Tel Aviv)

    May 2, 18:00 PM – 19:00 PM
    Hall 5
    Presentation of the book "Lightning Flashes" by Mikhail Bashkirov (Babel, Tel Aviv)

    Mikhail Bashkirov, anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, presents the book “Lightning Flashes,” published by Babel Publishing House (Tel Aviv) with the support of the StraightForward Foundation and dedicated to […]

  • May 2, 6:00 PM – 18:00 PM, Hall 20, CLUB, Contemporary Poetry Festival, Voice_B. Evening

    May 2, 18:00 PM – 20:00 PM
    Hall 6 CLUB
    Contemporary Poetry Festival "Voice_B." Evening

    Dmitry Strotsev, Dmitry Vedenyapin, Stanislav Lvovsky (online), Yegana Dzhabbarova, Ksenia Buksha, Stanislav Belsky, Valery Ledenyov, Mikhail Bordunovsky (online), Natalia Klyucharyova, Roman Osminkin, Daria Serenko, Yuliy Gugolev (online), Denis Larionov, Lisa Heresh, Evgeniya Lavut

  • May 2, 18:00–19:00 PM, Book Hall 3, Autograph Session. Sasha Skochilenko

    2 мая 18:00–19:00
    Hall 3 book room
    Autograph session. Sasha Skochilenko

  • May 2, 19:00 PM–20:00 PM, Bibliothek am Wasserturm, Assembly Hall, 3rd floor. "Daddy's Letters." Read by Maxim Sukhanov.

    2 мая 19:00-20:00
    Bibliothek am Wasserturm, Assembly Hall, 3rd floor
    "Daddy's Letters." Read by Maxim Sukhanov

    Theater and film actor Maxim Sukhanov and historian Irina Shcherbakova will present the upcoming audio version of "Papa's Letters." The printed edition […]

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