21/5/2014 Poetry Market A bustling, poetic market atmosphere with readings and music combine to make the Poetry Market what is now the traditional finale to the poesiefestival berlin. It is an event ... more
16/5/2014 15th poesiefestival berlin - the trailer We proudly present: the official trailer of the 15th poesiefestival berlin. ... more
13/5/2014 The Poets of Maidan The crisis in Ukraine is heating up with no end in sight. Many poets are in the front line of events, whether as actors, observers, activists or spokepeople. On 12 June 2014 in the ... more
6/5/2014 From the edge of the comfort zone When we leave our comfort zones we do so at our own risk. The 15th poesiefestivbal berlin has invited Spoken Word writers from South Africa, India, Brazil, Kenya, the Ivory Coast ... more
28/4/2014 Poems of protest – poems from Gezi Park When the bulldozers rolled on to Gezi Park in Istanbul a year ago, they sparked off a protest that spilled over to cover the whole country and is not over yet. Resistance to the ... more
22/4/2014 The First World War and poetry A hundred years ago the First World War not only shook up political landscapes the world over, it also led to a collapse of world pictures, models of reality and forms of ... more
15/4/2014 Scottish-German VERSschmuggel Geography and aesthetics are central to Scottish poetry, which is both a cultural import and export. The topics and issues it addresses range between internationality and ... more
20/3/2014 Weltklang - Nacht der Poesie: advance booking has started Tickets for Weltklang - Nacht der Poesie are now online available. Weltklang - Nacht der Poesie will take place on Thur. 5th June 2014, 7 pm at Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg. ... more
4/2/2014 15 poesiefestival berlin - fractures The world is turning – and it’s wobbling. Societies are undergoing radical change, political and economic systems are being questioned, and whole peoples are rebelling. Poetry and ... more
16/7/2013 Poems are bullshit, unless they teach Ise Lyfe, Kosal Khiev and TJ Dema talk about their work with children in schools and in prison and about their time at the poesiefestival berlin 2013. ... more