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.

ha. Hilarious.

Wait, did Bertie say it was CMAT?

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The cover of the album The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Howie Good is now restocked at @curiousfoxbooks.bsky.social so get yourself over there and buy him and every other Sacred Parasite author.

🧵 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]

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

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...

Illustration of a hedgehog. Text above reads Hedgehog Anatomy. Head is marked with a word “hed”, and the rest of the animal is marked with “gehog”.

This is such a loss. Listening to Arena with Sean was always, always interesting and it was clear that whenever he interviewed any artist, from any field, he knew exactly what he was talking about. My sympathies to his family. RIP

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.

Doors will open at 19:30 and the event will start at 20:00.

All proceeds from sales of the book go directly to Mona and her family.

Please note the venue is not accessible as there are nine steps down into a souterrain.
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We are delighted to be joined by one of the illustrators, Dee Mulrooney, for the Berlin launch of this beautiful book and celebration of Palestinian cuisine and culture.
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A picture of book cover Tabkha: Recipes from under the rubble. Gold lettering, a background of different shades of purple with green olive leaves. 18 July, 20:00

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!

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

Good news for album cover designers everywhere

The book cover of The Scrapbook by Heather Clark - a couple hugging in B&W. Curious Fox 04 July 20:00.

Join us this evening (8pm) for Heather Clark in conversation with Madeleine Watts.

* Doors open at 19:00. The event will start at 19:30. Free entry.
* Please note the venue is not accessible as there are nine steps down into a souterrain.
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And what better way to celebrate the launch of his new book than with a Movie Trivia Quiz taking place on Saturday 12th July in his favourite bookshop, Curious Fox, in the city of Berlin, where John used to live.
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But luckily for you, John has willingly absorbed quite a vast number of absolutely pointless facts about many, many movies throughout the years and has now decided to illustrate a bunch of them in this book for your own pleasure.
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A comic-book illustrated poster for the Pointless Movie Facts Book Launch and Film Trivia Quiz, featuring scenes from the original Ghostbusters film.

‘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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There's a full programme of readings and a wide range of publishers and bookshops represented at the Bücherfest, so it's well worth a visit!

A stand with an array of brightly coloured English language books.

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.

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.