Current Writing
A showcase of books recently published in the German language, selected by the Goethe-Institut New York, complete with reviews, background information and press releases.

 

Information on new German books and translated fiction, including 'Book of the Month'

 

Litrix
Extracts and reviews of contemporary German-language literature in English and German

 

Books blog by translator Katy Derbyshire 

 

A project from the excellent website readme.cc - summaries in several languages of recent books from Austria.

 

 

Monthly review of a German-language book in English translation

 

 

 

 

A blog in German about new publications and news from the media and publishing world.

 

Berliner Zimmer
Literary magazine (Berlin)

 

Deutschland Radio
Reviews of new publications and interviews, plus audio samples

 

Gangway
Contemporary literature from Austria and Australia. Bilingual site

 

English reviews of non-fiction titles

 

Online publications and discussion forum

 

Literatur-Café
Online-literature forum

 

Literaturen
Online literary magazine: comprehensive and informative

 

Literaturwelt
Annotated list of approximately 500 links to sites on German literature compiled by Olliver Gassner

Lyrikline
Audioclips of poets reading from their own works

 

First-ever translations of contemporary writers in German

 

Perlentaucher
Summaries of reviews of a comprehensive range of books

 

Wespennest
Alternative literary site

 

 

 

 

The Ingeborg Bachmann Centre
Exploring the literature and culture of Austria's capital on the one hand,and that of its regions on the other

 

Literary events on the banks of the Wannsee

Literaturhaus in Wien
Information on Austrian literature

 

A lively series of literary events

Literaturhaus Frankfurt
Awarding the DekaBank Prize for advancing German literature and science abroad

 

Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature
Famous for its bibliography, this center is in general dedicated to German studies

 

 

 

 

Order German books online

 

European Bookshop
Wide choice of language materials produced by major European publishers

 

ZVAB
German online bookshop

 

 

 

Börsenblatt
Web page on the German Book Market

www.foreign-rights.at
Database maintained by the Austrian publishers' body "Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Buch- und Medienwirtschaft" offering foreign rights on books published in Austria

 

Schweizerischer Buchhändler- und Verleger-Verband
Web page on the Swiss Book Market