Fiction

Close to the Edge

My name is Ari, and this is the story of my first love. It doesn’t end well, I’ll tell you that right now. So if you’re into happy endings, you better put ...

Dogs and Hares

Dogs and Hares are like cats and mice. That, at least, is the situation in idyllic Beethorpe-on-Bee. The Dog and Hare families have been at daggers drawn for generations, and ...

Emma and Amir

Beneath the Shadow of Terror An exciting political love story unfolds between Berlin and Paris: After an Islamist attack in Berlin-Neukölln, Amir, a young man of Iraqi descent, is suspected ...

Emma in the Land of Buttons

Ulrike Rylance’s Emma in the Land of Buttons is that rare thing – a fairy tale that is very funny and slily profound at the same time. Reminiscent of Alice ...

Frieda in the Bottle

Flo’s family-holidays promise to be the worst ever. But then she discovers a mysterious bottle under her bed. In it lives a tiny plump greenhaired woman named Frieda. Freaky Frieda ...

Fucking Fucking Good

Foreplay "Words for sex come in three categories. In the first category are those words that are used in biology books and that adults use when they talk to children ...

Mats and Milad

About young love and old hate Mathilda’s first meeting with Milad is rather shocking: She has to tear him off the rails at the last moment before a train arrives! ...

Merjem [Engl.]

Merjem broaches the issues of deportation and asylum in a story of crime and friendship, suspenseful and with a lot of heart – in a realistic yet funny way, it ...

Runa and the Fog Walkers

What if the fog takes you—and never lets you go? Sixteen-year-old Runa is drawn deeper into a whirlpool of fear, deception, and ancient secrets. In her remote village, the dense ...

Saving Raffi

Sammy’s pet is a very special hamster called Raffi – not only can he score goals, but also sniff out smuggled goods. One day, however, the dearly-beloved pet has disappeared. ...