Photo: Goethe-Institut Bangladesh/Riaz Uddin

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Talking with...Olga Grjasnowa

At the Dhaka Lit Fest 2018, the German writer, Olga Grjasnowa, reads out from the translation (as yet unpublished) of her third novel, God is not Shy (German: Gott ist nicht Schüchtern). In her books the spotlight is is repeatedly on ‘freedom’. We talk to her about a term that is perhaps a little more problematic that it at first appears. 

Photo (detail): © picture alliance/dpa-Zentralbild/Sebastian Willnow

Leipzig Book FairThe book fair – a piece of German history

Every year, the Leipzig Book Fair is the first major get together of the book and media sector in Germany. Backed by centuries of tradition, publishers trot out their new crop of spring books to enthusiastic readers every March.
 

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Conscious listening Savouring music

There is often too much of everything in today's consumerist world. And that includes music. It is possible for us to consume music anywhere at any time. But that is not the same as listening to it. Now, there are initiatives aimed at helping us learn the art of conscious listening. 

Photo: Laura Fiorio/HKW

bauhaus imaginista in BerlinMy Bauhaus, Your Bauhaus

The Bauhaus was international from the beginning. The institute had a lively dialogue with other avant-garde movements all over the world. The bauhaus imaginista research project dedicates a large-scale series of exhibitions to these transnational relationships. Since 15 March, the complete exhibition can be seen for the first time in Berlin.