Curious Fox Books, Berlin

27/10/2021

Roddy Doyle & Rob Doyle in Conversation

The Embassy of Ireland in Germany present a live conversation and Q+A with internationally renowned Irish writers Roddy Doyle and Rob Doyle

The two Dubliners will discuss Roddy Doyle’s new book ‘Love’, Rob Doyle's new book 'Autobibliography', and will field questions from the online audience.

Register to join via Zoom or catch the livestream from our page or website.

This event is is co-hosted by the Consulate General of Ireland to Frankfurt am Main and presented in partnership with the following bookstores:

Curious Fox books (Flughafenstraße 22, 12053 Berlin)

https://www.curiousfoxbooks.com/index.php

The Munich Readery (Augustenstraße 104, 80798 München)

http://readery.de/

Varia Vardar (Schwerinstr. 6 , 40477 Düsseldorf)

https://varia-vardar.buchkatalog.de/

26/10/2021

Roddy Doyle & Rob Doyle in Conversation

This event tomorrow evening promises to be lovely, hosted by Embassy of Ireland Berlin with Irish authors Roddy Doyle and Rob Doyle.
It will be livestreamed on our FB page (& the embassy's) and you can also register below to join the Zoom event.

It's been strange not being able to have everyone over for events & readings and we are really looking forward to a time in the not-too-distant future when we can do just that again in a new place.

In the meantime, we hope you will join us and tune in tomorrow at 19:00 CEST (18:00 GMT).

http://bit.ly/2XJvUsq

The Embassy of Ireland in Germany present a live conversation and Q+A with internationally renowned Irish writers Roddy Doyle and Rob Doyle

18/10/2021

01/09/2021

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

22/08/2021

This photo was taken yesterday by our friend Adrian Shephard.
Our last days open for business at Flughafenstrasse are Monday 23 August & Tuesday 24 August.

From Wednesday 25 August we will be closed until we find a new location for the business.

During this time, we will continue take orders via email and deliver them by arrangement within a reasonable distance from Kreuzberg / Neukölln.

When we have a new location confirmed, we will announce it here and on our website. Feel free to sign up to our newsletter also.
Órla & Dave.

This photo was taken yesterday by our friend Adrian Shephard.
Our last days open for business at Flughafenstrasse are Monday 23 August & Tuesday 24 August.

From Wednesday 25 August we will be closed until we find a new location for the business.

During this time, we will continue take orders via email and deliver them by arrangement within a reasonable distance from Kreuzberg / Neukölln.

When we have a new location confirmed, we will announce it here and on our website. Feel free to sign up to our newsletter also.
Órla & Dave.

15/08/2021

We are suspending the Book Club until we are settled in our new location.
We'll pick up where we left off with Flann O'Brien's "At Swim-Two-Birds" soon.

28/07/2021

We will be closing today at the earlier time of 17:50. Apologies for any inconvenience.

27/07/2021

People seem to be wondering, so we'd just like to make clear that business will continue as normal at Flughafenstrasse until further notice.
Books may still be ordered for next-day delivery or from overseas and we will continue to stock the same titles you expect to find with us, in addition to all the newly published books too.

We have been overwhelmed by the messages of support, the offers of help packing up and all of the tips for new locations people have sent us and so we very grateful for all of that.

More news when we have it.

24/07/2021

The shop will be closed on Monday 26 July. It's business as usual from Tuesday 27 July at 12:00.

23/07/2021

We've been minding Malick for the last week, his favourite place is, in the way!

We've been minding Malick for the last week, his favourite place is, in the way!

30/06/2021

From today's delivery - some restocks and some brand new paperbacks.

From today's delivery - some restocks and some brand new paperbacks.

25/06/2021

On #indiebookshopweek here are nine of the wondrous bookshops we featured in our podcast so far. Their birth are tales of passion and resilience and their bloom is in the hands of their readers, so head to your local indie bookshop and buy yourself a summer read 🌻

#gotbookspodcast #bookshop #indiebookstore #bookstagram #bookseller #bookstoresagainstborders

Cappelens Forslag Asteroidul B 612 Librería Libros AC Barra & Bistro The Bookshop Chez AlphaBooks The Monkey's Paw Curious Fox Books, Berlin Desperate Literature John Sandoe (Books) Ltd

22/06/2021

AUDIO BOOKS: When you sign up for a new @librofm membership on today (Tue 22 June) with the code CHOOSEINDIE, you'll get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1. http://libro.fm/redeem

AUDIO BOOKS: When you sign up for a new @librofm membership on today (Tue 22 June) with the code CHOOSEINDIE, you'll get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1. http://libro.fm/redeem

15/06/2021

Bloomsday : Ulysses Expanded exhibition

BLOOMSDAY & VIRTUAL REALITY! Tomorrow (Wed 16 June) is Bloomsday. This is the second year that we haven't been able to hold an event in the shop, fingers firmly crossed for next year!
The Embassy of Ireland Berlin has organised two great events to mark the occasion.
1) The exhibition 'Ulysses Expanded' is a selection of work from German based artists, Ciarán Walsh, Barry Lanigan, Orla Connolly, and Liam Ryan, made to accompany readings from Ulysses.
The works can be viewed on their website (https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/germany/) from 13:00 CET on 16 June, or join the live reception at 19:00 CET later that day in the Virtual Reality reception area, where you can explore the exhibition, socialise, and experience the readings in a very special way, without requiring special Virtual Reality equipment.
The exhibition will also be available to view on their page.
2) Thursday 17 June at 19:00 CET. A reading of the absolutely brilliant new novel 'Nora' by Nuala O'Connor, a bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce's wife, muse, and the model for Molly Bloom in Ulysses. Register using this link.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/nora-a-love-story-of-nora-and-james-joyce-tickets-156078467899?fbclid=IwAR2LK6IBQPzBFKXrMOqWjThgBEhaXZdI1Gv9lim6Eh0wmFA_2WDx5uEx1Hw

The Embassy of Ireland in Germany present Bloomsday 2021 with the exhibition 'Ulysses Expanded'

17/05/2021

Loads of great 2nd-hand books found their way in to us last week.
We will also send out a First Dibs Email at 18:00 this evening, so keep an eye on your SPAM folder.

Loads of great 2nd-hand books found their way in to us last week.
We will also send out a First Dibs Email at 18:00 this evening, so keep an eye on your SPAM folder.

12/05/2021

Tomorrow (13.05) is a public holiday and so, we are closed.
We are open as normal on Friday (12:00 - 19:00) & Saturday (12:00 - 18:00).

30/03/2021

New corona regulations in Berlin from Wednesday 31.03.2021
(tldr: only FFP2 masks permitted, no corona test required.)

As bookshops in Berlin belong to the list of essential businesses, the only change for us from Wednesday, is the mandatory wearing of FFP2 masks for anyone in the shop (surgical masks no long suffice).

The new requirement to have a current negative corona test
result for entry to shops DOES NOT include essential businesses like bookshops, supermarkets, petrol stations, chemists, etc., so you will not need to present a negative test result to shop with us.

As workers in a customer-facing environment the staff of Curious Fox must and will be tested once a week.

The limit of four customers in the shop at any one time will be
maintained and our opening hours remain unchanged.

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Buchhandlungen gehören in Berlin zu den Geschäften des täglichen Bedarfs, Sie können weiterhin ohne Termin und Corona-Test bei uns einkaufen. FFP2 Masken sind jetzt Pflicht beim einkaufen, andere Medizinische Masken reichen nicht mehr aus.

12/03/2021

Curious Fox - First Dibs Mailing List

Stand by your SPAM folders, a First Dibs Email will go out today at 18:00.
Sign up below, if you haven't already.

Curious Fox will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and marketing. Please let us know all the ways you would like to hear from us:

04/03/2021

We have one copy left of Musa Okwonga's "In the End, It Was All About Love."
More are on the way and should be with us next week.
Join us on our Instagram page ( [at]curiousfoxbooks ) this evening at 8pm (CET) for a live stream of Musa reading from his new book and having a chat with David.

We have one copy left of Musa Okwonga's "In the End, It Was All About Love."
More are on the way and should be with us next week.
Join us on our Instagram page ( [at]curiousfoxbooks ) this evening at 8pm (CET) for a live stream of Musa reading from his new book and having a chat with David.

26/02/2021

Dave will be chatting with author, poet, musician and broadcaster Musa Okwonga about his new book, "In the End, It Was All About Love" over on our Instagram Live ( our Insta handle is [at]curiousfoxbooks ) on Thursday 04 March at 20:00 (CET) / 19:00 (GMT).

See you there.

14/02/2021

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

12/02/2021

We will opening at the slightly later time of 12:30 today (Fri 12 February).

11/02/2021

You may be interested in the new podcast Got Books? which interviews owners of bookshops from around the world. Dave of Curious Fox is this week's guest.

✨EPISODE 2 IS NOW AVAILABLE✨Our guest today is Dave Gordon, an Irishman who met his partner, Orla Baumgarten, in a bookshop in Berlin and together decided to open their own: CURIOUS FOX. Tune in to find out how it all began and what do people look for in this English-language book haven 🎧

#gotbookspodcast #curiousfoxberlin #curiousfox #bookshop #indiebookstore #berlinbookstore #bookstagram #podcast #englishbooks

02/02/2021

Brigid Meets Berlin - Day 2

Live now from the Irish Embassy Berlin.
Day 02 of Brigid Meets Berlin: A Festival of Irish Female Creativity. Authors Mary Costello, Sarah Crossan, Michelle Gallen and Caoilinn Hughes will read excerpts from their recent works, followed by a Q&A and discussion session with moderator Dr. Catherine Toal, as well as a Q&A session with the audience.

01/02/2021

Brigid Meets Berlin 2021 - Day 1

You can live stream the Embassy of Ireland, Berlin's "Brigid Meets Berlin 2021" event here. Well worth it.
German author Lucy Fricke and her English language translator, Sinead Crowe in conversation with Sinead Mac Aodha of Literature Ireland

28/01/2021

The Embassy of Ireland Berlin's annual St. Brigid's Day Festival of Irish Literary Creativity takes place online this year on Mon 1 Feb & Tue 2 Feb. Sign up to the event here:
bit.ly/3pltngI to register for 01 February
bit.ly/3t2BhOv to register for 02 February
Day 01 sees, German author Lucy Fricke and her English language translator, Sinead Crowe in conversation with Sinead Mac Aodha of Literature Ireland.
Day 02, authors Mary Costello, Sarah Crossan, Michelle Gallen and Caoilinn Hughes will read excerpts from their recent works, followed by a Q&A and discussion session with moderator Dr. Catherine Toal, as well as a Q&A session with the audience.

The Embassy of Ireland Berlin's annual St. Brigid's Day Festival of Irish Literary Creativity takes place online this year on Mon 1 Feb & Tue 2 Feb. Sign up to the event here:
bit.ly/3pltngI to register for 01 February
bit.ly/3t2BhOv to register for 02 February
Day 01 sees, German author Lucy Fricke and her English language translator, Sinead Crowe in conversation with Sinead Mac Aodha of Literature Ireland.
Day 02, authors Mary Costello, Sarah Crossan, Michelle Gallen and Caoilinn Hughes will read excerpts from their recent works, followed by a Q&A and discussion session with moderator Dr. Catherine Toal, as well as a Q&A session with the audience.

25/01/2021

If you wish to participate in this Thursday's (28.01, 7.30pm) book club discussion of Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police, please email us at info (at) curiousfoxbooks (dot) com to receive the login details for the online event.

If you wish to participate in this Thursday's (28.01, 7.30pm) book club discussion of Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police, please email us at info (at) curiousfoxbooks (dot) com to receive the login details for the online event.

24/01/2021

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

24/01/2021

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

Curious Fox Books, Berlin updated their business hours.

04/01/2021

Embassy of Ireland Berlin

The Irish Embassy here in Berlin have a call for (Irish, Berlin-living) illustrators for a St. Patrick's Day greeting card. See below.

Call for illustrations for St. Patrick’s Day in Germany Greeting Card


St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s National Day, is celebrated annually in Germany and across the globe by all Irish, friends of Ireland and those of Irish descent. St. Patrick’s Day 2021 in Germany and elsewhere will be different. The large gatherings, receptions and parties, which normally mark the period, will not be possible. The Embassy is exploring alternative ways of marking St. Patrick’s Day 2021 and as part of this effort would like to commission a special “St. Patrick’s Day in Germany” greeting card. We will use this card to reach out to our many German contacts, whom we cannot, as usual, invite to our St. Patrick’s Day reception in Berlin.

Against this background we are delighted to announce a competition for Irish illustrators based in Germany to help us to create the artwork for the card.

We are seeking artworks that reflect on St. Patrick’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day in Germany and broader Irish-German relations.


Competition Guidelines:

Applicants must be Irish and based in Germany.

There is no lower or upper age limit on those who may submit artworks or illustrations but this is not conceived as a Children’s art competition.

Each illustrator/artist is allowed to submit a maximum of three illustrations.

Applications should be submitted in digital format to the email address

Berlin(at)dfa(dot)ie

and marked “St Patrick’s Day illustration – applicant’s name”

The illustrations should be saved in JPEG or PNG format with a minimum resolution of 300dpi

Illustrations should ideally be submitted in landscape format / widescreen ratio (16:9)

Submissions must be received by close of business on 1 February 2021

All submissions must be accompanied by full contact details, address and telephone numbers to ensure that all applicants may be contacted promptly should their illustration be used.

Illustrations must be the original work of those submitting and not previously used in any similar campaign.

The artist whose artwork is selected as the 2021 Embassy of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day greeting card image, will be paid €400 for usage rights. Upon payment of €400, the Embassy of Ireland in Germany will retain usage rights to the selected image, for a maximum period of three years, for the stated purpose and related uses and platforms, without additional permissions or fees

The artist will be credited on the back cover of the card/image whenever utilised.

GDPR

The Embassy of Ireland in Germany is committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal information that we process, and to provide a compliant and consistent approach to data protection and will only store contact information for the duration of the competition.

04/01/2021

Open today from 14:00 to 19:00
Happy New Year!

24/12/2020

We're open today until 2pm.

Then we're closed until 04.01.21.*
(But we will open up from 2pm to 4pm on Tuesday 29.12 for collection of orders.)

We wish all our friends, family, neighbours, customers and colleagues a lovely Christmas and a happy, healthy, peaceful and more equal New Year.

Thank you for your support throughout 2020.
Órla & David

16/12/2020

Bookshops remain open during the lockdown! It seems that understandably not everyone is entirely clear on what businesses will be open during lockdown, even our postwoman just dropped in to tell us that she left our parcels in the post office this morning as she thought we would be closed from today. There was some back and forth regarding what businesses in Berlin would be deemed 'essential' and would be allowed remain open during the lockdown. Bookshops are on that list and we will be open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Usual hygiene regulations apply! Now off to join the queue at the post office, I'll need to bring a long book.

13/12/2020

Contrary to our earlier post regarding closing during this lockdown, it has just been announced that bookshops have been included in the list of shops that are allowed to remain open. We are therefore operating as normal Mon-Sat 10am - 7pm.

13/12/2020

Edit: It has been announced that bookshops in Berlin are allowed to remain open! We will be open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm from tomorrow (Mon 14 Dec).

New Lockdown restrictions come into force from Wednesday 16 December.
Monday 14 December and Tuesday 15 December we will be OPEN from 10am until 8pm.
(Please note a maximum of four customers will be allowed in the shop at once during these days)
From 16 December our plan is to take orders via email or telephone and to deliver. We will deliver for free within a 5km radius of the shop.
Outside of 5km we can send via Deutsche Post & DHL for cost, however we cannot guarantee delivery times.
It is our plan to offer a click and collect / Abholung service, if we are allowed. We will confirm this by Wednesday.

Anyone who has already placed orders with us for Christmas, please note we will do our utmost to get those to you, albeit in a safe and responsible way.