ivallan’s books
@ivallansbooks.bsky.social
Second-hand and exceptional English language books in Kreuzberg, Berlin
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A friend sent me to Ivallan’s Books, Berlin @ivallansbooks.bsky.social “Second-hand and exceptional books”.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
May 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A friend sent me to Ivallan’s Books, Berlin @ivallansbooks.bsky.social “Second-hand and exceptional books”.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
Robert Macfarlane journeys from Ecuador to Quebec via India in pursuit of an answer to the question: is a river alive? A timely, nay urgent! inquiry.
May 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Robert Macfarlane journeys from Ecuador to Quebec via India in pursuit of an answer to the question: is a river alive? A timely, nay urgent! inquiry.
Tonight from 19.30:
Don’t miss our very special guest who is visiting us all the way from upstate New York. VIOLET SNOW will report some unknown details from the history of European and American feminism. We’ll have snacks and drinks too!
Don’t miss our very special guest who is visiting us all the way from upstate New York. VIOLET SNOW will report some unknown details from the history of European and American feminism. We’ll have snacks and drinks too!
May 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tonight from 19.30:
Don’t miss our very special guest who is visiting us all the way from upstate New York. VIOLET SNOW will report some unknown details from the history of European and American feminism. We’ll have snacks and drinks too!
Don’t miss our very special guest who is visiting us all the way from upstate New York. VIOLET SNOW will report some unknown details from the history of European and American feminism. We’ll have snacks and drinks too!
Tonight from 19.30
Propeller Publishers and The GAF proudly present:
HEY-HO!
HERE ARE SPARROW
and VIOLET SNOW
Two absolutely amazing personalities from the core of New York underground are visiting Berlin with a stop at ivallan’s.
Propeller Publishers and The GAF proudly present:
HEY-HO!
HERE ARE SPARROW
and VIOLET SNOW
Two absolutely amazing personalities from the core of New York underground are visiting Berlin with a stop at ivallan’s.
May 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Tonight from 19.30
Propeller Publishers and The GAF proudly present:
HEY-HO!
HERE ARE SPARROW
and VIOLET SNOW
Two absolutely amazing personalities from the core of New York underground are visiting Berlin with a stop at ivallan’s.
Propeller Publishers and The GAF proudly present:
HEY-HO!
HERE ARE SPARROW
and VIOLET SNOW
Two absolutely amazing personalities from the core of New York underground are visiting Berlin with a stop at ivallan’s.
One day when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this
by Omar El Akkad
by Omar El Akkad
April 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
One day when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this
by Omar El Akkad
by Omar El Akkad
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Pet owners! Please share any funny or strange pet stories you know that I can tell my daughter at bedtime. She LOVES cats, but anything will do. (I have run out of stories and veered into making them up, but I don't always have the brain for it.) THANK YOU!
April 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Pet owners! Please share any funny or strange pet stories you know that I can tell my daughter at bedtime. She LOVES cats, but anything will do. (I have run out of stories and veered into making them up, but I don't always have the brain for it.) THANK YOU!
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När natten kommer
står jag på trappan och lyssnar,
stjärnorna svärma i trädgården
och jag står i mörkret.
Hör, en stjärna föll med en klang!
Gå icke ut i gräset med bara fötter;
min trädgård är full av skärvor.
Edith Södergran
#dagensdikt #lyrikfredag
står jag på trappan och lyssnar,
stjärnorna svärma i trädgården
och jag står i mörkret.
Hör, en stjärna föll med en klang!
Gå icke ut i gräset med bara fötter;
min trädgård är full av skärvor.
Edith Södergran
#dagensdikt #lyrikfredag
April 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
När natten kommer
står jag på trappan och lyssnar,
stjärnorna svärma i trädgården
och jag står i mörkret.
Hör, en stjärna föll med en klang!
Gå icke ut i gräset med bara fötter;
min trädgård är full av skärvor.
Edith Södergran
#dagensdikt #lyrikfredag
står jag på trappan och lyssnar,
stjärnorna svärma i trädgården
och jag står i mörkret.
Hör, en stjärna föll med en klang!
Gå icke ut i gräset med bara fötter;
min trädgård är full av skärvor.
Edith Södergran
#dagensdikt #lyrikfredag
Don’t forget to get your Rory Midhani Easter magnets well ahead of Easter.
April 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Don’t forget to get your Rory Midhani Easter magnets well ahead of Easter.
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made it to Kreuzberg ❤️
One day someone came into ivallan’s and asked “is this the trans bookshop?”. Sadly it is not. We also sell books by cis writers. While we look forward to a future where we can fill a whole shop with thousands of books by trans authors we recommend these gems:
April 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
made it to Kreuzberg ❤️
Local author and friend of Ivallan’s Jane Flett has recommended a host of excellent books to celebrate the publication day of FREAKSLAW in the US 🎡 Pick up your copy of her own book, a tale of a travelling funfair peopled with misfits and deviant queers
April 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Local author and friend of Ivallan’s Jane Flett has recommended a host of excellent books to celebrate the publication day of FREAKSLAW in the US 🎡 Pick up your copy of her own book, a tale of a travelling funfair peopled with misfits and deviant queers
One day someone came into ivallan’s and asked “is this the trans bookshop?”. Sadly it is not. We also sell books by cis writers. While we look forward to a future where we can fill a whole shop with thousands of books by trans authors we recommend these gems:
March 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One day someone came into ivallan’s and asked “is this the trans bookshop?”. Sadly it is not. We also sell books by cis writers. While we look forward to a future where we can fill a whole shop with thousands of books by trans authors we recommend these gems:
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It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
SPRING SALE ALERT 🌷🌼🌱Ivallan’s has a 25% off sale on second hand cookbooks and gardening books. Come and visit us Mon - Sat from 12–20h 🌷🌼🌱
March 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
SPRING SALE ALERT 🌷🌼🌱Ivallan’s has a 25% off sale on second hand cookbooks and gardening books. Come and visit us Mon - Sat from 12–20h 🌷🌼🌱
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My niece (14) texted me late last night saying she's writing a paper on police brutality and asked if I've written anything on the subject that she could cite. Finally, my time to shine.
March 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My niece (14) texted me late last night saying she's writing a paper on police brutality and asked if I've written anything on the subject that she could cite. Finally, my time to shine.
Through no fault of our own we seem to have grown a Witch section.
March 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Through no fault of our own we seem to have grown a Witch section.
This month we have a real treat for you! Writer Margarita Meklina (winner of a ruble, an apple and a bottle of vodka) and composer and pianist Maja Elliott will be performing together at Ivallan’s! March 31st at 19.30. Our space is small so arrive on time to get a spot.
March 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This month we have a real treat for you! Writer Margarita Meklina (winner of a ruble, an apple and a bottle of vodka) and composer and pianist Maja Elliott will be performing together at Ivallan’s! March 31st at 19.30. Our space is small so arrive on time to get a spot.
Poems and stories written by kids living in Gaza. Now available at ivallan’s. All profits (including ours) go to organisations supporting children and their families in Gaza. www.amillionkites.com
Collected and translated by @leilaboukarim.bsky.social
Collected and translated by @leilaboukarim.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Poems and stories written by kids living in Gaza. Now available at ivallan’s. All profits (including ours) go to organisations supporting children and their families in Gaza. www.amillionkites.com
Collected and translated by @leilaboukarim.bsky.social
Collected and translated by @leilaboukarim.bsky.social
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Great piece by JB on the "furious nostalgia" that links the attack on 'gender ideology' to the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. "Who is this ‘migrant’, so dangerous they must be deported... this notion of ‘gender’ that is so threatening to self, family and society?" www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Judith Butler · This Is Wrong
Any effective response to the anti-gender movement will entail a critique of the new forms of authoritarianism and the...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Great piece by JB on the "furious nostalgia" that links the attack on 'gender ideology' to the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. "Who is this ‘migrant’, so dangerous they must be deported... this notion of ‘gender’ that is so threatening to self, family and society?" www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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You have two weeks left to nominate books for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!
Nominations close March 31st.
Which books will join those shortlisted the last three years? (Yes, we fit them all in this picture.)
www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...
Nominations close March 31st.
Which books will join those shortlisted the last three years? (Yes, we fit them all in this picture.)
www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...
March 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
You have two weeks left to nominate books for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!
Nominations close March 31st.
Which books will join those shortlisted the last three years? (Yes, we fit them all in this picture.)
www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...
Nominations close March 31st.
Which books will join those shortlisted the last three years? (Yes, we fit them all in this picture.)
www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...
Big ticket control with 20+ cops at Hermannplatz.
March 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Big ticket control with 20+ cops at Hermannplatz.
SPONGE ZINE #1 from Plural Studio (2025), a zine about digital security for activists, is now available at Ivallan’s second-hand and exceptional books.
March 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
SPONGE ZINE #1 from Plural Studio (2025), a zine about digital security for activists, is now available at Ivallan’s second-hand and exceptional books.
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Do not advocate Spotify, they are a terrible company that platformed Rogan, screw artists, and are fucking over their own staff.
Boycott Spotify too.
Boycott Spotify too.
March 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Do not advocate Spotify, they are a terrible company that platformed Rogan, screw artists, and are fucking over their own staff.
Boycott Spotify too.
Boycott Spotify too.
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I don’t buy books on Amazon. Leftover from my previous life as an indie bookseller.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
March 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don’t buy books on Amazon. Leftover from my previous life as an indie bookseller.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
Books about Sailors and Pirates (also mostly Gay). Science- and Non-fiction Books. A book of Poetry, one about a Band, one by a Swedish Dance Collective, Maggie Nelson and a book about Hell thrown in for good measure. Thanks for the fun donation 💖
March 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Books about Sailors and Pirates (also mostly Gay). Science- and Non-fiction Books. A book of Poetry, one about a Band, one by a Swedish Dance Collective, Maggie Nelson and a book about Hell thrown in for good measure. Thanks for the fun donation 💖