Publishing remarkable writing from Germany Continuing the Love German Books tradition Find out more at https://vq-books.eu/ https://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3m33d24pk7k2mTomorrow, kids!13 Oct 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33d24pk7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3lw7gopdiss2bOur summer sale is on. 40% off all our published physical and e-books until the end of our month. Head to vq-books.eu to order.12 Aug 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7gopdiss2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3lth2kzxric22Our 2025 book is printed and ready to pre-order! It's an intense reflection on violence from systemic to domestic, written in chapter-long sentences, by the Dublin Literary Award-shortlisted pairing of Ivana Sajko and Mima Simić. https://vq-books.eu/wppb_works/every-time-we-say-goodbye/08 Jul 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lth2kzxric22https://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3lsivy22fys24Why not sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date? As you can imagine, doing #SlowPublishing means we won't exactly clog up your inbox. vq-books.eu/newsletter/ https://vq-books.eu/newsletter/26 Jun 2025 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsivy22fys24https://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3lsivv5ktx224Hello! We took a little break but we're BACK IN ACTION! In case you don't know us, we publish remarkable writing from Germany, in English. You can buy our books in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We practise #SlowPublishing, bringing out one book a year. Next one in October!26 Jun 2025 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsivv5ktx224https://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kizj4wjeq52eA new book review of Irina Liebmann's untranslated Berliner Mietshaus, up on our Love German Books blog – a unique and revealing monument to real lives in East Berlin: https://vq-books.eu/irina-liebmann-berliner-mietshaus/15 Jan 2024 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kizj4wjeq52ehttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kiac3jmyvc24More reading highlights from translators on our #LoveGermanBooks blog, this time from Alexandra Roesch: https://vq-books.eu/alexandra-roeschs-german-books-of-the-year/05 Jan 2024 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kiac3jmyvc24https://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3ki3nctzcfq2pAfter a veritable orgy of doing nothing much over the holidays, we're back with someone else's hard work: @dances-with-voles.bsky.social on our blog: https://vq-books.eu/ruth-martins-german-books-of-the-year/03 Jan 2024 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ki3nctzcfq2phttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kh2rmfmtjd2kTranslator Tess Lewis gives us her top three German books from 2023: https://vq-books.eu/tess-lewiss-german-books-of-the-year/21 Dec 2023 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kh2rmfmtjd2khttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kh2b3hcazm2yA sneak preview of our 2024 book in this @newgermanbooks.bsky.social interview with its translator, Priscilla Layne: https://www.new-books-in-german.com/interview-with-priscilla-layne/21 Dec 2023 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kh2b3hcazm2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kgish4h7zo2fI watched a seminar on copywriting and SEO and between flinching, I thought: OK, what "content" could I "produce" to "attack my target audience's pain points". This is the best I could do, sorry: https://vq-books.eu/a-good-persons-guide-to-book-shopping/14 Dec 2023 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgish4h7zo2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kgdvao6whb2zOur friend Helen MacCormac wrote for our Love German Books blog, about the debut novelist Caroline Wahl at Literaturhaus Kassel. https://vq-books.eu/meet-caroline-wahl-and-literaturhaus-kassel/12 Dec 2023 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgdvao6whb2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kfshqoakyd2wWe're really pleased to have another guest post on our blog, this time Sophie Lau on bringing German poetry to UK schools. https://vq-books.eu/one-day-in-a-week-bringing-german-books-into-uk-schools/05 Dec 2023 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfshqoakyd2whttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kfq5res4xh25We'd like you to buy our books for your loved ones this season. So we took some photos of them against a Christmassy backdrop in an effort to persuade you, and some more photos of Christmassy things to go with them. Here's the Dublin Prize-shortlisted LOVE NOVEL. https://vq-books.eu/wppb_works/love-novel/04 Dec 2023 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfq5res4xh25https://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kfayydn2xx25A shiny new Love German Books blog post, catching you up on autumn book awards: to Tonio Schachinger, Clemens J. Setz, Lutz Seiler – but also some women writers. vq-books.eu/autumn-awards/ https://vq-books.eu/autumn-awards/28 Nov 2023 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfayydn2xx25https://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3keu3bv3fer2zA new review up on our blog, of Sharon Dodua Otoo's riff on Heinrich Böll: https://vq-books.eu/heinrich-boll-and-sharon-dodua-otoo-gesammeltes-schweigen/ If you fancy reviewing German books in English or other old-fashioned blogging fun, let us know.23 Nov 2023 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3keu3bv3fer2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vqbooks.bsky.social/post/3kep37doawd2zHello there! We've joined Bluesky to celebrate our new blog, which you'll find on our website under the familiar tag of Love German Books: vq-books.eu/blog/ https://vq-books.eu/blog/21 Nov 2023 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:5apupqoexjsoj4dlibkuuza6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kep37doawd2z