The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed After century of dispute, the German alphabet just got a new character Have you ever been typing in German in a blaze of BLOCK CAPITAL anger, but been stopped short by the inability to write the next letter of the word SCHEI...? Help is finally at hand. https://www.thelocal.de/20170711/after-a-century-of-dispute-the-german-alphabet-just-got-a-new-character Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:53:20 +0200 after-a-century-of-dispute-the-german-alphabet-just-got-a-new-character 'Berlin is no longer a place where you can come and just write a book' Rising rents are tightening the screws on aspiring young writers, but the capital city still offers a uniquely cosmopolitan literary atmosphere, the editor of a Berlin literary magazine tells The Local. https://www.thelocal.de/20170519/berlin-is-no-longer-a-place-where-you-can-come-and-just-write-a-book Fri, 19 May 2017 13:37:16 +0200 berlin-is-no-longer-a-place-where-you-can-come-and-just-write-a-book How I ditched London and became a writer in Berlin Former Berlin resident Sarah Kisielowski tells of how a move to the German capital provided the inspiration she needed to write her first novel. https://www.thelocal.de/20161011/how-i-ditched-london-moved-to-berlin-and-became-a-published-author Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:00:53 +0200 how-i-ditched-london-moved-to-berlin-and-became-a-published-author Author Stefanie Zweig dies aged 81 German-Jewish author Stefanie Zweig has died aged 81. She was best known for her autobiographical novel "Nowhere in Africa". https://www.thelocal.de/20140427/german-author-stefanie-zweig-dies-aged-81 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 19:12:00 +0200 german-author-stefanie-zweig-dies-aged-81