Our library is a place for everyone who wants to read and work, be inspired and meet like-minded people. Among other things, we offer various events for people at any German language level as well as for literary translators. We look forward to welcoming you!
Our library is open to the public and you can find an up-to-date and representative selection of media in German language and in translation, reflecting trends and current topics in Germany.
Our digital library Onleihe offers access to more than 20,000 German-language media such as e-books, audio books and music, newspapers, magazines and films, free of charge.
Brigitte Reimann’s 1963 novel Siblings, translated last year with verve and lyricism by Lucy Jones, offers up something like a fun-house mirror to Bernhard Schlink's The Reader, using the dynamics of a tightknit family to explore the confrontations young people were having in ‘the other Germany’.
You will find a selection of current media in German and English in our library that will inform you about trends and contemporary topics in Germany. For learners and teachers of German, we offer a wide range of materials on German as a foreign language.
Reviews of new German-language titles from Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The essential resource for publishers, translators, booksellers and readers.
Is Artificial Intelligence advanced enough to grasp and process literary texts in all their linguistic richness, and translate them into another language?