Literature

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Current Literature in Germany

The literary scene in Germany is as diverse and colorful as the population. Be it groups of young writers or magazines in very small, self-published editions, find out more about exciting things from the German literary scene!

European literature in Montreal
Lisez l'Europe

"The meeting place for European books" consists of a group of European cultural institutions whose mission is to present in Montreal a contemporary perspective on European literature.

BookTube
Achtung Buch! with Marie-Pierre

Are you interested in German literature but don't really know where to start? As part of our "Achtung Buch!" series, Marie-Pierre would like to share with you her favorites from our library. Whether it's contemporary literature, comics or children's books, she is happy to share her recommendations with you.

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Literature for Young Readers

Reading promotes development, expands both language vocabulary and horizons, and stimulates the imagination. It helps to understand others and discover new worlds. On this page, we present great new publications for young readers from the German-speaking world.

Copy All - Zines as Community Response to Algorithmic Culture

Zines as Community Response to Algorithmic Culture
Copy All

For this project, we asked various German and Canadian artists to respond to the challenges of the post-digital age with a zine. You can download them below. Copy All - freely!

Graphic Novels Project
Reconciliation

20 authors present new comics and picture stories in German, English, French and Indigenous languages on a term that evokes very different associations and emotions in both countries: Reconciliation.

Graphic Novels from Germany

Our focus is on the graphic novel scene in Germany and some of its most important authors. We take a look back at the last decades of German comic history and let some of the protagonists of the scene have their say.

Letter exchange
Crossed Glances

We present one of the correspondences between Quebec and European Writers that were organized as part of the Festival international de la littérature (FIL), this year the one between the authors Catherine Mavrikakis from Quebec and Pierre Jarawan from Germany.

Libraries

Future libraries

Libraries lead us through a flood of analogue and digital information, can be a platform for exchange, space for encounters or social anchors in the city. With our series “Future Libraries” we shed light on challenges, trends and examples of success around the future of the library.

Onleihe

The eLibrary is a digital service offered by the Goethe-Institut Kanada. This service allows you to borrow digital media, such as ebooks, audio and video files, and electronic newspapers and magazines, for a predetermined period of time, by downloading them from our eLibrary.

The bookmarket

Martina Hefter, winner of the German Book Prize 2024, before the award ceremony at the Römer in Frankfurt

German Book Prize 2024
Martina Hefter wins the German Book Prize

There was a festive atmosphere in the Kaisersaal of Frankfurt's Römer when the six finalists were presented. The tension grew until it was finally announced that Martina Hefter would receive the German Book Prize 2024.

Photo: The three award winners Ki-Hyang Lee, Tom Holert and Barbi Marković are at the Leipzig Book Fair. Ki-Hyang Lee holds a bouquet of flowers. The following is written on the wall in the background: "20 Jahre Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse (20 years of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize)"

Leipzig Book Fair
Barbi Marković wins the fiction prize at the Leipzig Book Fair

Author Barbi Marković was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair prize for fiction. Other awards went to art historian Tom Holert and translator Ki-Hyang Lee.

Off to Frankfurt Book Fair
Writing in the first person

An exciting literary year is drawing to a close. Autofiction is on a high, while masculinity and father-son relationships have been explored, as has the ever-popular topic of East Germany. To crown it all, we can now look forward to some new literary discoveries, as Slovenia is guest of honour at Frankfurt Book Fair.

Kim de l'Horizon is delighted to receive the German Book Prize 2022

Frankfurt Book Fair 2022
German Book Prize 2022 goes to Kim de l'Horizon

How do you write about people who are neither male nor female? Kim de l’Horizon showed how in “Blutbuch” (Blood Book). At the award ceremony in Frankfurt, Kim shaved their head bald – and thanked their mother.

Olga Grjasnowa
Unbiased Diagnosis of our Times

Olga Grjasnowa weaves complex political issues into her remarkable plots. Her analytical eye and refreshingly distinctive style enthuse readers and critics alike.

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Literature

Focus Current Literature in Germany

European literature in Montreal Lisez l'Europe

BookTube Achtung Buch! with Marie-Pierre

Focus Literature for Young Readers

Zines as Community Response to Algorithmic Culture Copy All

Graphic Novels Project Reconciliation