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Diverse. Open to all.

In the library you will find a selection of media in German and in translation: books, magazines, films, music and games. Get inspired, find out about current topics and trends, and get to know Germany.

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One feels in the library as in the presence of a great capital that silently produces unpredictable interest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Driven by curiosity and the lust for life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s body of work encompassed a wide range of topics. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/akg-images

Borrowing books and media

Book of the Week Der Deutsche Film – 1895 bis heute

Each week, we present a book from our collection that we find particularly interesting, exciting, instructive or worth reading in another way. This week on the occasion of the opening of the Berlinale 2025:

Ralf Beil und Rainer Rother, „Der Deutsche Film - 1895 bis heute“ (Sandstein Verlag, Dresden: 2024)

This book takes you on an incredible journey through time through German film. This is a unique cinematic landscape that achieved world renown with Expressionism and the cinema of the Weimar Republic and is able to reflect the culture and history of Germany like almost no other medium. The arc spans from the legendary “Wintergarten Program” of the Skladanowsky brothers on November 1, 1895 in Berlin to the early silent film and sound film right up to today's film formats.

Catalog of the Exhibition Deutsche Film - 1895 bis heute ©Karl Heinrich Veith | Weltkulturelle Vöklinger Hütte

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BibToGo

BibToGo

The "BibToGo" library app from the Goethe-Institut.

The "BibToGo" library app from the Goethe-Institut. Your personal library account, which gives you access to our media and services at any time.

APP – BibToGo

Your personal library account, which gives you access to our media and services at any time.

APP – BibToGo

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Further reading on literature

Video & Literature

Booktubing

BookTube is a portemanteau of Book and YouTube and refers to book-related videos on the YouTube platform. Contemporary literature from our library, presented in an entertaining video format.

Booktube © Pixabay © Pixabay

Focus

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!

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Focus

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.

Junge Lesende © Oriol San Julian at Shutterstock © Oriol San Julian at Shutterstock

Our services

Translation grant program

Our translation funding programme supports the publication of books by German authors in another language.

Goethe-Institut Translation Grant Program Photo: Goethe-Institut/Loredana La Rocca Photo: Goethe-Institut/Loredana La Rocca

Service for librarians

Events, specialist information and cooperation services for librarians.

Annual Report Photo: Goethe-Institut/Bettina Siegwart Photo: Goethe-Institut/Bettina Siegwart

Services and activities

DaF-Information Center

German teachers can borrow books and audio-visual media from the DaF-Information Center Montréal a dedicated section in the Library. 

Counseling and service Photo: Goethe-Institut/Sonja Tobias Photo: Goethe-Institut/Sonja Tobias

European Literature in Canada

Readings at festivals and discussions as part of an European reader circle

Lisez l'Europe © Lisez l'Europe © Lisez l'Europe

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