Julia Franck in conversation with translator Imogen Taylor

We are delighted to welcome Julia Franck to Chapters for a special evening of conversation.

Julia Franck is one of Germany’s most acclaimed contemporary novelists, known for her psychologically sharp and historically resonant writing. Her latest book, Worlds Apart, newly translated into English by Imogen Taylor, offers a deeply personal exploration of memory, identity, and the experience of growing up between worlds.

Drawing on Franck’s early diaries and formative years, the book traces the emergence of a literary voice shaped by family history, displacement, and the complexities of life in a divided Germany.

Franck will be joined by translator Imogen Taylor, whose work brings this intimate and layered text to English-language readers. Together, they will discuss the book, the relationship between lived experience and fiction, and the art of translation.

€10 tickets on Eventbrite

This March, we’re pleased to welcome Späti Stories into the shop.

Known for their monthly newsletter exploring Berlin through conversations, perspectives, and the city’s distinctive cultural fabric, Späti Stories creates space for reflection on the people and ideas that shape life here. Their work resonates deeply with what we value at Chapters: curiosity, exchange, and community.

Together, we’re hosting a relaxed evening built around one simple idea — sharing books that have meant something to us.

Because a book swap is never only about the story itself. It is also about the life a book has already lived: the notes in the margins, the underlined passages, the quiet traces of another reader.

How it works

•⁠  ⁠Bring one book that is meaningful to you

•⁠  ⁠Upon arrival, write a short dedication to its future reader

•⁠  ⁠All books will be placed together

•⁠  ⁠Each participant chooses one book to take home

To participate

•⁠ ⁠Please reserve a ticket here

•⁠ ⁠Bringing a book is essential

•⁠ Kindly bring a book you genuinely wish to share

This is a true exchange. Once you select a book, it becomes yours to keep.

After the swap, you’re welcome to stay — to talk, meet fellow readers, or perhaps connect with the person whose book you chose.

Our quieter reading sessions continue to offer a gentle pause in the week. A space to read, reflect, and simply spend time with a book.

In the spirit of International Women’s Day, this gathering offers a small invitation: spend the evening with a book written by a woman or another gender-marginalised (FLINTA) writer.

Across our shelves you’ll find novels, essays, poetry, and memoir — new voices and established ones, recent releases and books that have long shaped the canon.

A quiet way of making space. Of recognising the breadth of voices that shape literature.

Choose something that shifts your thinking, steadies you, or simply keeps you company. As always, there is no expectation to speak. Just time to read, reflect, and share the room.

To RSVP please email bookshop@chaptersberlin.com

Our book club continues to become one of the most animated corners of Chapters: engaged, curious, and never short on opinion.

As a core part of the Chapters team and our resident romance expert, Saleema brings both deep genre knowledge and a keen instinct for the unexpected.

On 9th March, we will be discussing Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi. A bold, sensual paranormal romance where desire, power, and the supernatural collide.

RSVP via bookshop@chaptersberlin.com

Join us at Chapters Bookshop, Berlin to celebrate the paperback release of A Beautiful Lack of Consequence by Monika Radojevic

Join us at Chapters for a quiet and compelling evening of story and conversation as we celebrate the paperback release of A Beautiful Lack of Consequence, Monika Radojevic’s vivid and finely tuned collection of short stories. Her work moves with wit, sharpness and emotional depth as it traces the small pressures and sudden breaks that shape our lives.

In conversation with Sharmaine Lovegrove, Monika will speak about how these stories come together, how she approaches voice and structure, and how fiction can illuminate what sits just beneath the surface. Together they will explore the moments that change us, the humour that carries us and the clarity that arrives when we least expect it.

€5 - sign up with EventBrite

Romantic & Ruinous is a book club for readers who like their love stories complex, unsettling, and deeply felt. We move between contemporary novels and classics that reward close reading, spirited discussion, and the occasional disagreement. Expect beauty, discomfort, sharp insights, and the possibility of heartbreak.

This is a space for lively, thoughtful conversation shaped by the group, the text, and the questions each book opens up.

First read: A Love Letter to Whiskey by Kandi Steiner.

A raw, obsessive love story about desire, timing, and the particular heartbreak of wanting someone who may never fully choose you.

To join, email bookshop@chaptersberlin.com

Chill & Chapters is an invitation to read together, quietly and without agenda. You arrive with a book, find a place, and read. There is no discussion to prepare for and no expectation to contribute. It is time set aside for reading itself, held gently by the presence of others doing the same.

rsvp bookshop@chaptersberlin.com