Berlin's biggest literature festival, taking place in September, will feature around 150 authors from 50 countries, organizers announced on Wednesday.
Notable authors such as Rachel Cusk, Olivia Laing, and Elif Shafak will present their new works to literature enthusiasts at the event, which welcomes around 20,000 visitors every year.
Festival curator Helon Habila had highlighted themes like collective trauma, environmental issues, and human rights as key topics, reflecting the current global climate of pandemics, wars, and climate change.
Young visitors are also catered for at the 24th edition of festival, with free workshops and a complementary book for all participants.
Besides the main programme at the festival from September 5-14, there will be a discussion about the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), featuring politicians such as former Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière.
The festival starts less than a week after the state elections in the right-leaning states of Thuringia and Saxony.
