Berlin Book Club

Hello readers!
Since the weather is supposed to be quite good we are meeting this Saturday at Rosengarten im Großen Tiergarten and find a nice spot to read. Please bring a blanket if you have one. If you’d like to bring a snack we could make a little picnic out of it.
Time 3-5 pm.
If its going to rain we will meet at Honigstein cafe which is close to Tiergarten.
(Only cash)

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See you soon! ☺️

Susana is taking you to paradise in this (and another) edition of Reading in Companionable Silence - please see her lovely invitation.

Let's read at a paradise for all garden lovers: the Royal Garden Academy, the former “Royal Gardening School,” directly across from the Botanical Garden!
We'll order upon arrival, chat and eat for half an hour. Then we read for an hour in silence and talk about our reading impressions!
The idea is to then enjoy a walk around Berlin's charming botanical gardens and maybe even find more reading spots inside. That part is optional, of course 🤗. Admission costs EUR 10, or EUR 5 reduced. Annual tickets costs EUR 30.
Susana

Only RSVP if you really intend to come and are sure that you can make it. Please don’t waste our hosts‘s time and energy by reserving a spot and then dropping out at short notice.

Over the years Melanie has shared many exiting book tips with our reading group and this one is no exception. It is great to have her back as a host for yet another event. Here is her invitation, folks:

“The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran” by German author Shida Bazyar (whose parents fled Iran before she was born) is the English translation of her award-winning debut novel, Nachts ist es leise in Teheran, first published in 2016.
The novel received multiple literary awards in Germany, while its English translation, published in 2025, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2026.
Spanning four decades, the story follows four members of an Iranian family, beginning with the 1979 Revolution in Tehran and continuing through their lives in exile in Germany. It vividly portrays their struggle between longing for a lost homeland and the difficult process of creating a new life abroad.
As the International Booker Prize website describes it: “The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran is a moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.”
Let’s discuss this powerful and timely novel together.

Susana is taking you to paradise in this (and another) edition of Reading in Companionable Silence - please see her lovely invitation.

Let's read at a paradise for all garden lovers: the Royal Garden Academy, the former “Royal Gardening School,” directly across from the Botanical Garden!
We'll order upon arrival, chat and eat for half an hour. Then we read for an hour in silence and talk about our reading impressions!
The idea is to then enjoy a walk around Berlin's charming botanical gardens and maybe even find more reading spots inside. That part is optional, of course 🤗. Admission costs EUR 10, or EUR 5 reduced. Annual tickets costs EUR 30.
Susana

Only RSVP if you really intend to come and are sure that you can make it. Please don’t waste our hosts‘s time and energy by reserving a spot and then dropping out at short notice.