Excellent, see you there (at last)!

Branchentreff Literatur Zehnter Branchentreff Literatur | “Hinter den Kulissen: Die Geheimnisse unserer Branche” Tenth Literary Industry Meetup |”Behind the scenes: The secrets of our industry” 07. bis 09. Mai…

I’ll also be in conversation with industry insiders Sharmaine Lovegrove and Anna Kelly on the 7th. See the full list of fab events here: www.literaturszene.berlin/branchentreff/

Barcamp on 9 May 2026 What’s on your mind right now? What do you think deserves more discussion? What would you like to share with others? The Industry Meetup Barcamp is a conference where you help decide what gets disc…

Looking forward to the @lettretage.de barcamp on 9 May. Talk about whatever wets your whistle with other literature people in Berlin.
www.literaturszene.berlin/en/barcamp-o...

We were waaaay near the back and ducked out during the closing words. Wasn’t it good?

We went to Colson Whitehead’s free event in Berlin. There are times when #WalletOnAChain man comes along out of politeness and burning love for yours truly. Tonight he was nodding along like a plastic dachshund. It was a good night, we should have bought books. Bought Korean cheesy chicken instead.

I hope more people focus on the import of this turnout last year. Not least bc standing up to bigotry can itself be a rallying cry.

I hope JD Vance will visit Poland during next election to support PiS and Konfederacja too

He also played the zither.

The double bassist who very nearly killed Hitler.

They’ve been kind about the deadline, which helps a lot. Thank you.

I’ve been translating postcards from Theresienstadt to Berlin, one of my most heartbreaking jobs. Inmates managed to get a lot of love, concern and requests for food packages into very few lines. Often the senders were dead or transferred to Auschwitz by the time the cards were postmarked.

An unMaster Class I wish I could attend: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/mast...

Can you remember how your grandmother smelled? A large language model can’t.

I’m glad the Buchenwald committees brought it to our attention by asking him not to attend their ceremony.

As per this article, Germany’s federal culture secretary thinks you have to be Christian to contribute to European culture.

Wegen Heinrich-Heine-Zitat und Buchhandlungspreis: Buchenwald-Verbände gegen Weimer-Auftritt bei Gedenktag Der Kulturstaatsminister will Jurys genauer prüfen und scheint nur noch wenig Rückhalt in der CDU zu haben. Nun kommt noch hinzu, dass er bei einem Termin nicht gewünscht ist.

I’m using today to continue fuming about Wolfram Weimer’s dumb Taufschein comment, stemming from a (willful?) misreading of Heinrich Heine:
www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/ein-b...

With no emails to interrupt!

And that’s just in books, notorious slowcoaches

Lovely quiet long weekend ahead for us atheist freelancers with no family in the country to get plenty done.

“It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It’s the same as if you bought a cow or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them.” – Miguel Anxo Fernandez Lores, long time Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain

Remember, don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

Ohhh, Tschüssi! 🩷🩷🩷

I love it when Germans say “supi” instead of “super”. Not just because it sounds a bit like “soupy”, though that’s a big factor. I think it’s also because it’s unabashedly cute and wholesome. I like to say it too, in the knowledge that it annoys some people.

tired: "you're embarrassingly wrong and should check your facts before piping up again"

wired: "I'm pleased to have this opportunity to update you on our longstanding position"

Shane!

Thank you!

Thanks, Matt!

Thank you, this is extremely exciting for me!

Here it is, My First Fiction Publication. Big 🩷 to the Auflauf gang. You should subscribe!

Bisschen schon. Aber nicht genug!

So I’m constantly pushing down envy when they talk about holidays, restaurants, homes, even their fucking gardens, for fuck’s sake. I wouldn’t want a garden even if I could afford one!