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In a riveting interview, Shafā’ath-Ahmad Khān opens up about living under apartheid, creating banned plays, and the enduring fight for racial equality through art. Explore how theatre becomes resistance, and how #SouthAfrica ’s story is still being written.
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The Theatre of Resistance and South Africa's Unfinished Story | literatur.review
A dialogue with Mbizo Chirasha and anti-apartheid writer, pro-African poet and activist Shafā’ath-Ahmad Khān on the legacy of protest and the power of writing.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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In his haunting autofiction ‚I deliver parcels in Beijing‘, Hu Anyan exposes the grim reality of China’s platform economy: 12-hour shifts, one parcel every four minutes, no breaks, no mercy. More than a novel, it’s a systemic nightmare told from the inside.
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At the very bottom | literatur.review
In his autofictional novel "I deliver parcels in Beijing", Hu Anyan offers a Kafkaesque vision of the precarious world of the Chinese platform economy
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November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Starting tomorrow on Netflix: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein isn’t a remake — it’s a liturgy of Shelley’s myth, and a poetic meditation on storytelling...
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#Frankenstein #GuillermoDelToro #MaryShelley #Netflix #Film #Cinema #Adaptation #Gothic #Storytelling
The myth and compassion | literatur.review
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein adaptation is more than just a remake: it is a liturgical reading of Mary Shelley's myth - a poetic affirmation of the power of storytelling, the vulnerability of lif...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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“People die twice — once in the grave, and once when forgotten.” A powerful #GraphicNovel on Spain’s silenced dead and the weight of memory...
#booksky #GraphicNovel #History #Remembrance #FrancoDictatorship #Spain #HumanRights #MemoryCulture #Comic #ArtAndResistance
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"People are only really dead when nobody thinks about them anymore" * | literatur.review
The graphic novel "El abismo del olvido" by Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa is an astonishing educational piece about dealing with mass graves in Spain
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November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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A taciturn and mysterious stranger with no past appears in a village...This month's short story by Jana elHassan is a masterfully told parable about projection, fear, and the need to give a name to the incomprehensible...
#booksky #arabicliterature #lebanon
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The stranger on the edge of the valley | literatur.review
A Lebanese story
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October 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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In Tan Twan Eng's third novel, memory is closely linked to literature, colonial history to inner longing: his work ‘The House of Doors’ takes a seemingly inconspicuous wife in #malaysia as its starting point — and congenially broadens its view...
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How stories begin and the past takes on a new form | literatur.review
In his third novel "The House of Doors", Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng skilfully blends fact and fiction, exploring the relationship between life and literature
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October 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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“In a prison of 280 ideological inmates, Tuesday becomes our happiest day.” In his evocative essay, Menaf Othman reflects on waiting, visitations, identity and invisibility. A Kurdish-Syrian voice you’ll want to hear...
#booksky #kurdish #turkey #prison #essay #syria
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Tuesday | literatur.review
Associations and thoughts on an unusual day of the week from a Kurdish perspective
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October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Adaption or resistance? Three German novels – The Loyal Subject, Darkness at Noon, Flight to Afar – show how relevant questions of ideology, power and morality remain today. How much courage does literature require today?
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#Essay #Power #Freedom #Zeitgeist #booksky
Adaptation and resistance | literatur.review
"Der Untertan" (The Loyal Subject), "Sonnenfinsternis" (Darkness at Noon) and "Sansibar oder der letzte Grund" (Flight to Afar) - How characters from earlier novels can reflect the zeitgeist of today
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October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Final podcast: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard — Cebu-born, California-based — about her origins, language, and writing between two worlds...
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Between old and new home | literatur.review
If I had stayed in the Philippines, I would be a different writer - A podcast with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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October 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Podcast: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Ronaldo S. Vivo Jr. — author, musician, and filmmaker — about his acclaimed Dreamland trilogy and much more...
#booksky #filipino
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Words instead of cuts | literatur.review
Between slum, film, language and sound - A podcast with Ronaldo S. Vivo Jr.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Podcast Special: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr meets Kristian Sendon Cordero, writer, filmmaker, and cultural activist in Naga City, Bikol...
#booksky #philippineliterature #bikol #bicol
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Kafka helps to expand the boundaries of our languages | literatur.review
Between violence, language and sleep - A podcast with Kristian Sendon Cordero
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October 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Podcast Special: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Cesar Gumba — artist and storyteller — who lives and works in his fairytale house at the foot of Mount Iriga...
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So I Made it! | literatur.review
Art, gardens and the spirit of Mount Iriga - A podcast with Cesar Gumba
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October 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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LR Podcast Special | Philippines @ Frankfurt Book Fair 2025
In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr meets Frank V. Peñones Jr. — a key figure in the ongoing literary renaissance of Bikol.
#booksky #philippineliterature
This is a gift | literatur.review
Voice and vision of a Bicolana renaissance - A podcast with Frank V. Peñones Jr.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Podcast Special: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Michael Beltran — Filipino journalist and author — about his book on communist leader José Maria Sison (Joma)...
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Something is terribly wrong | literatur.review
Writing between life and death - A podcast with Michael Beltran
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October 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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We are certain that Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu, will be present at one of the Frankfurt Book Fairs in the near future. In our extensive interview, she discusses her coming of age and shares some good and bad truths...
#booksky #nigeria #islam #africanliterature
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«For me, literature is not merely art; it is a form of protest.» | literatur.review
About uncomfortable truths. A conversation with North Nigerian writer and literary activist Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu
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October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Chuckberry Pascual about his stories, where Filipino myth and political reality intertwine.
#booksky #philippines
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Should we be more afraid of monsters or humans? | literatur.review
Between monsters and humans - A podcast with Chuckberry Pascual
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October 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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#Podcast: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Allan Derain — writer and university lecturer — about the revival of ancient Philippine myths in a time of climate change.
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Monolinguality is a shame | literatur.review
Myths, language and the future - A podcast with Allan Derain
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October 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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LR Podcast Special | Philippines @ Frankfurt Book Fair 2025
In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Jessica Zafra — acclaimed Filipino author and journalist....
#booksky #philippines
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I was never very sociable | literatur.review
Between column and colonial mentality - A podcast with Jessica Zafra
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October 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Just in time for today’s opening ceremony of the Frankfurt Book Fair, with the Philippines as guest of honour, we are publishing a short story by Filipino diaspora author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard...
#booksky #philippines #shortstory #frankfurterbuchmesse
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The One-Night Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair | literatur.review
A short story from the Philippine diaspora
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October 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Podcast: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Angeli E. Dumatol — doctor, author, and member of the #RomanceClass community....
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#booksky #philippines #philippineliterature
The hope of happiness is always there | literatur.review
Love, responsibility and hope - A podcast with Angeli E. Dumatol
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October 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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LR Podcast Special | Philippines @ Frankfurt Book Fair 2025
In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr sits down with Katrina F. Olan — Filipino author, comic artist, and copywriter...
#booksky
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We decide the future | literatur.review
Science fiction from Manila - A podcast with Katrina F. Olan
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October 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Podcast Special: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr meets Bebang Siy — Filipino author and cultural manager and author of the groundbreaking book "It’s a Men’s World..."
#booksky #philippines
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I am a very happy girl | literatur.review
Writing to bring about change – A podcast with Bebang Siy
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October 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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On the occasion of the #Philippines guest appearance at #FBM25, Axel Timo Purr travels through a country between myth, megacity and literature. About language, self-determination and the power of storytelling...
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#FrankfurtBookFair #PhilippineLiterature #booksky
Literary travel in the Philippines | literatur.review
From Manila to Naga City and Santa Monica – Philippine literature is as complex and fragmented as the country and its languages. And as is so often the case, literature and its authors know more about...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The first part of our special feature on the Frankfurter Buchmesse, which starts on 15 October and will feature the Philippines as guest of honour, is a video of a panel discussion with three female writers from the Bikol region...
#booksky #philippines #bikol
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Past, present and future | literatur.review
LR Videocast #1: Savage Mind: Arts, Books, Cinema | Naga City | Bikol | Philippines
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October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Our poetess of the month is Aya Gamal Mohey Eldeen from Egypt, who has sent us a wonderful, lucid poem entitled 'The blood of the gazelle'...
(Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)
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#booksky #egypt #arabicliterature #poem #poetry
The blood of the gazelle | literatur.review
A poem from Egypt
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October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM