Curious Fox
@curiousfoxbooks.bsky.social
English books in Berlin. New & 2nd-hand.
Lausitzer Platz 17, 10997 Berlin-Kreuzberg.
T. 030-25093220
Co-owner David does the posting.
Browse and order online at www.curiousfoxbooks.com
Lausitzer Platz 17, 10997 Berlin-Kreuzberg.
T. 030-25093220
Co-owner David does the posting.
Browse and order online at www.curiousfoxbooks.com
If you see this, repost with a vampire that's not Dracula.
September 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you see this, repost with a vampire that's not Dracula.
Join us (and the neighbours of Haus 17, Lausitzer Platz) for the Open Mic Situation this evening from 19:00.
It's basically a blind date with the neighbourhood's creative side.
Hosted by my good self and as is tradition, I've prepared some word-salads for the occasion.
It's basically a blind date with the neighbourhood's creative side.
Hosted by my good self and as is tradition, I've prepared some word-salads for the occasion.
September 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Join us (and the neighbours of Haus 17, Lausitzer Platz) for the Open Mic Situation this evening from 19:00.
It's basically a blind date with the neighbourhood's creative side.
Hosted by my good self and as is tradition, I've prepared some word-salads for the occasion.
It's basically a blind date with the neighbourhood's creative side.
Hosted by my good self and as is tradition, I've prepared some word-salads for the occasion.
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Howie Good is now restocked at @curiousfoxbooks.bsky.social so get yourself over there and buy him and every other Sacred Parasite author.
August 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Howie Good is now restocked at @curiousfoxbooks.bsky.social so get yourself over there and buy him and every other Sacred Parasite author.
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🧵 Polari latest | Controversial Irish author, & anti-trans activist, claims there is ‘no such thing as LGBTQ+ & that there are just individuals.
This is historically & factually incorrect. It leans into the false conspiracy that you can separate trans ppl from the rest of the Queer community [1]
This is historically & factually incorrect. It leans into the false conspiracy that you can separate trans ppl from the rest of the Queer community [1]
August 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🧵 Polari latest | Controversial Irish author, & anti-trans activist, claims there is ‘no such thing as LGBTQ+ & that there are just individuals.
This is historically & factually incorrect. It leans into the false conspiracy that you can separate trans ppl from the rest of the Queer community [1]
This is historically & factually incorrect. It leans into the false conspiracy that you can separate trans ppl from the rest of the Queer community [1]
Come on in, the natural air con of being half-underground is turned all the way up to 11.
August 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Come on in, the natural air con of being half-underground is turned all the way up to 11.
The residents of Haus 17, Lausitzer Platz are getting together again for another blind date with the Kiez, and you're all invited.
Join us this evening for the Open Mic Situation - an open-air, open mic - 7pm
Join us this evening for the Open Mic Situation - an open-air, open mic - 7pm
August 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The residents of Haus 17, Lausitzer Platz are getting together again for another blind date with the Kiez, and you're all invited.
Join us this evening for the Open Mic Situation - an open-air, open mic - 7pm
Join us this evening for the Open Mic Situation - an open-air, open mic - 7pm
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An excellent point here, and some great follow-up discussion in the replies.
When I was head of buying at Waterstones, and subsequently as a consultant for some independent publishers, I always argued against the basic uniform cover approach.
I had reasons...
When I was head of buying at Waterstones, and subsequently as a consultant for some independent publishers, I always argued against the basic uniform cover approach.
I had reasons...
Very sad to report that, as shown to me by @aliyav.bsky.social , Tilted Axis have joined Fitzcarraldo, Penguin and And Other Stories in the Boring French-Style Covers Club.
The old style maintained a clear and attractive series identity while also allowing individual character for each book.
The old style maintained a clear and attractive series identity while also allowing individual character for each book.
July 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
An excellent point here, and some great follow-up discussion in the replies.
When I was head of buying at Waterstones, and subsequently as a consultant for some independent publishers, I always argued against the basic uniform cover approach.
I had reasons...
When I was head of buying at Waterstones, and subsequently as a consultant for some independent publishers, I always argued against the basic uniform cover approach.
I had reasons...
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For every politician and journalist who supported Israel's onslaught, or stayed silent:
This photograph should haunt you for the rest of your life.
You will never scrub the shame away. No future achievement, however great, will ever erase what you helped inflict on Gaza.
This photograph should haunt you for the rest of your life.
You will never scrub the shame away. No future achievement, however great, will ever erase what you helped inflict on Gaza.
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For every politician and journalist who supported Israel's onslaught, or stayed silent:
This photograph should haunt you for the rest of your life.
You will never scrub the shame away. No future achievement, however great, will ever erase what you helped inflict on Gaza.
This photograph should haunt you for the rest of your life.
You will never scrub the shame away. No future achievement, however great, will ever erase what you helped inflict on Gaza.
A cookbook of 20 recipes, each one illustrated by a different artist, Tabkha was created by chef Mona Zahed while she lived in a tent having been displaced from her home in Gaza.
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July 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A cookbook of 20 recipes, each one illustrated by a different artist, Tabkha was created by chef Mona Zahed while she lived in a tent having been displaced from her home in Gaza.
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Tonight!
‘An Illustrated Book of Pointless Movie Facts’ is the new book written and illustrated by Irish artist John Rooney.
Do you know which actors were originally supposed to play the Ghostbusters? Or which film first showed a toilet flushing on screen? Of course you don’t, you have a life.
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Do you know which actors were originally supposed to play the Ghostbusters? Or which film first showed a toilet flushing on screen? Of course you don’t, you have a life.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Tonight!
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Wonderful news! Leila Aboulela, Saqi author and a truly powerful literary voice, has been awarded the 2025 PEN Pinter Prize. She’ll receive the honour on 10 Oct at the British Library. We’re so proud! Learn more here: www.englishpen.org/posts/news/l...
#LeilaAboulela #PENPinterPrize #SaqiBooks
#LeilaAboulela #PENPinterPrize #SaqiBooks
July 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Wonderful news! Leila Aboulela, Saqi author and a truly powerful literary voice, has been awarded the 2025 PEN Pinter Prize. She’ll receive the honour on 10 Oct at the British Library. We’re so proud! Learn more here: www.englishpen.org/posts/news/l...
#LeilaAboulela #PENPinterPrize #SaqiBooks
#LeilaAboulela #PENPinterPrize #SaqiBooks
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Good news for album cover designers everywhere
#EUGeneralCourt upholds the cancellation of trademarks consisting of the shape of the “Rubik’s Cube” #EUTrademark 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
July 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Good news for album cover designers everywhere
Join us this evening (8pm) for Heather Clark in conversation with Madeleine Watts.
July 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us this evening (8pm) for Heather Clark in conversation with Madeleine Watts.
‘An Illustrated Book of Pointless Movie Facts’ is the new book written and illustrated by Irish artist John Rooney.
Do you know which actors were originally supposed to play the Ghostbusters? Or which film first showed a toilet flushing on screen? Of course you don’t, you have a life.
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Do you know which actors were originally supposed to play the Ghostbusters? Or which film first showed a toilet flushing on screen? Of course you don’t, you have a life.
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July 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
‘An Illustrated Book of Pointless Movie Facts’ is the new book written and illustrated by Irish artist John Rooney.
Do you know which actors were originally supposed to play the Ghostbusters? Or which film first showed a toilet flushing on screen? Of course you don’t, you have a life.
1/4
Do you know which actors were originally supposed to play the Ghostbusters? Or which film first showed a toilet flushing on screen? Of course you don’t, you have a life.
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We are transgressing the laws of physics again today and existing in two places at once.
You can find Órla at Stand H12 at the Berliner Bücherfest until 19:00 (and again tomorrow) and Dave is in the shop as usual until 18:00.
You can find Órla at Stand H12 at the Berliner Bücherfest until 19:00 (and again tomorrow) and Dave is in the shop as usual until 18:00.
June 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are transgressing the laws of physics again today and existing in two places at once.
You can find Órla at Stand H12 at the Berliner Bücherfest until 19:00 (and again tomorrow) and Dave is in the shop as usual until 18:00.
You can find Órla at Stand H12 at the Berliner Bücherfest until 19:00 (and again tomorrow) and Dave is in the shop as usual until 18:00.
This evening's event with Gregor Hens is sold out. If you didn't manage to book a (free) ticket, we will operate a waiting list, in case of no-shows. We'll also set up a speaker outside, so people can listen out in the fresh air of Lausitzer Platz.
June 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This evening's event with Gregor Hens is sold out. If you didn't manage to book a (free) ticket, we will operate a waiting list, in case of no-shows. We'll also set up a speaker outside, so people can listen out in the fresh air of Lausitzer Platz.
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The Eavan Boland Award returns for 2025, inviting early-career poets based in the UK and mid-career poets based in Ireland to apply. Residency, cash, support included in the Award.
Link here www.poetryireland.ie/news/eavan-b...
Please share :)
Link here www.poetryireland.ie/news/eavan-b...
Please share :)
June 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Two weeks away! This is a free, ticketless event. Just rock up
June 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Two weeks away! This is a free, ticketless event. Just rock up
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The ludicrous softball interview with an Irish OpenAI exec in today's Irish Times has pushed me over the edge and I am now the kind of man who writes letters to the editor of the Irish Times.
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The ludicrous softball interview with an Irish OpenAI exec in today's Irish Times has pushed me over the edge and I am now the kind of man who writes letters to the editor of the Irish Times.
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While in Ireland, Jane and I enjoyed the opportunity of visiting with Irish President Michael D. Higgins, one of the outstanding progressive voices in Europe.
May 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
While in Ireland, Jane and I enjoyed the opportunity of visiting with Irish President Michael D. Higgins, one of the outstanding progressive voices in Europe.
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That's wonderful news, and culturally healthy. (Kids in Britain are still expected to slog through 'An Inspector Calls' and 'Animal Farm' which are both excellent, but still....)
Isn't this just the best news.
Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social
Has been selected to go on the National Curriculum in Ireland for the Junior Certificate.
Alongside.
Chinua Achebe
Jane Austen
Malorie Blackman
Esi Edugyan
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck.
@thebookseller.com
Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social
Has been selected to go on the National Curriculum in Ireland for the Junior Certificate.
Alongside.
Chinua Achebe
Jane Austen
Malorie Blackman
Esi Edugyan
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck.
@thebookseller.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That's wonderful news, and culturally healthy. (Kids in Britain are still expected to slog through 'An Inspector Calls' and 'Animal Farm' which are both excellent, but still....)
