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Conversations with Assaf Gavron, Dmitrij Kapitelman, Sarah Levy, Henrik Szántó und Christiane Wirtz

This year, Bertelsmann's literary forum, the Blue Sofa, will once again be making a guest appearance at the Jewish Culture Days Berlin with five authors presenting their latest books. The Blue Sofa is one of the longest-running and most successful literary formats in the German-speaking world. Since its inception in 2000, more than 3,100 authors have taken a seat here. Among the most prominent guests to date have been Nobel Prize winners Svetlana Alexievich, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Günter Grass.



  • Assaf Gavron: “Everybody Be Cool”
  • Dmitrij Kapitelman: “Russian Specialties”
  • Sarah Levy: “No Other Country: Notes from Israel”
  • Henrik Szántó: “Staircase of Paper”
  • Christiane Wirtz: “How Heavy is a Shadow”
  • Moderators: Shelly Kupferberg and Christine Watty

(IN GERMAN)

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Dates
November 2025
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