The word literature is a derivation of the Latin word littera, the “letter,” which only became fashionable in the early modern period. The plural litterae acquired its own meanings as early as antiquity as “written material,” “documents,” “letters,” “learning,” “science(s).” In French and English, this meaning was retained in the terms lettres and letters as a synonym for “science”.
Melanie Heinle - And then also a cultural trip? The doctorate in ancient history Melanie Heinle from Munich is doing exactly that at the moment.
Misho Yuzmeski - As already reported, we came across Misho Yuzmeski's office purely by chance during our first city tour of Ohrid.
Ole Lucoje – Even several days at the Leipzig Book Fair are not enough to keep up with all the interesting book presentations and author readings on offer; thus, it was merely a few snatched fragments of conversation that first led us to Ole Lucoje.
Leipzig Book Fair – From March 19 to 22, 2026, the International Book Fair took place in Leipzig.
Sebastian Fitzek - As one of the most successful German thriller authors of modern times, Sebastian Fitzek can look back on a great career in the field of thriller and crime literature, especially in recent years.
Werner Felten - Endless articles in newspapers and news programs, and sometimes controversial discussions, are currently taking place in Germany and neighbouring countries on the topic of integrating foreigners, specifically Turks.
Detlef Heinzel - My great love affair with Turkey began in 2000. My first visit took me to the Turkish Riviera region, with initial excursions to Alanya, Side, and Manavgat.
Rio Book - "Music in Another Dimension" is the bible for whisky kids – stylishly packaged like a vinyl record: Over 200 pages, the book is dedicated to the discotheque "Whisky a Gogo" and its owner, DJ Rio de Luca,
Danube - The Leipzig Book Fair is introducing a curated program line with changing focus themes – kicking off in 2026 with a focus on the literature of the Danube region.
In 5 weeks the time has come, and the most colourful event at the Leipzig Book Fair will once again attract manga, Manga-Comic-Con, comic and anime fans from all over Germany and many parts of the world to Leipzig.
New Adult fans will get their money's worth at the Leipzig Book Fair 2025 - exciting offers in several halls. Come and join the party.
"Words move Leipzig" - based on this year's motto of the Leipzig Book Fair, Europe's largest reading festival with more than 2,000 events will take place again this spring.
The popular Youth Campus will return to the Leipzig Book Fair in 2025. At UVERSE numerous publishers, exhibitors, and partners are participating for the first time.
They are wanted again - outstanding German-language new publications in the categories of fiction, non-fiction/essays and translation.
Manga is actually just the Japanese term for comics. But since comics and anime have developed into a real economic factor in Japan, which has also spread more and more in Europe, it is time to take a closer look at this phenomenon.
Who doesn't know the writer Jules Verne and his future and fantasy stories? I still like the film adaptation of his best-known adventure novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (by the way, the book was written between 1869 and 1870).
Book fairs such as those in Leipzig or Frankfurt, but also increasingly publishers and even smaller bookstores, organize readings primarily for marketing reasons in order to present a newly published book to a broad public and promote it.
Open and curious, the eye wanders from the cover of the book to the original and a certain similarity to the original can hardly be denied: Ottilie PfefferMinze, real name Anne Schwede.
Many of us are very familiar with the always grumpy, bad-tempered and always up for subtle attacks, detective chief inspector and chief investigator Peter Faber of the Dortmund crime scene, at least in his role as this, which has been flickering across the screens since 2012.
The Leipzig Book Fair is the most important spring meeting for the book and media industry and sees itself as a trade fair for readers, authors and publishers.