For this year’s culture week, PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club took a full tour of Howl’s moving castle by discussing Diana Wynne Jones’s 1986 children’s novel and Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 anime adaptation by the same title. Here are some impressions from an afternoon filled with magical moments and in-depth discussions of […]
On magic and media—impressions from Howl’s moving castle tour
64 posts
PADERBORN2READ organizes an afternoon all about Howl’s Moving Castle as a contribution to Paderborn University’s Culture Week. May 28, 2026 2.00–6.00 p.m. J3.213 Diana Wynne Jones’s 1986 children’s novel Howl’s Moving Castle is celebrating its 40-year anniversary. While being a beloved classic to some, it is still a somewhat lesser-known […]
Our reading list for summer term 2026 has been completed and excites us with a mix of fiction and non-fiction, a range from short stories to full-length novels, and a Culture Week special with a novel and film double feature. April 23, 2026: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle […]
It is time to set up a new reading schedule! Make sure to join our planning session on April 9, 2026—only those who participate in the reading selection may complain about it later. 😉 As a reminder, these are the rules and guidelines we have established as our book club’s […]
The Secret Santa Book Swap has been a book club favourite since its inception in 2022. This holiday season, we continued the annual holiday tradition and enjoyed the biggest book swap yet! Eighteen participants selected a book that they have read and wanted somebody else to enjoy, too. The books […]
Our reading list for winter term 2025/2026 has been completed and promises haunted and weird, tranquil and soothing, as well as decade-spanning stories. October 23, 2025—Feminist sci-fi special: The Female Man by Joanna Russ & Soft Science by Franny Choi Four women living in parallel worlds, each with a different […]
Fall has started so let us fall into reading. It is time to set up a new reading schedule! Make sure to join our planning session on October 9, 2025—only those who participate in the reading selection may complain about it later. 😉 As a reminder, these are the rules […]
If you were to join only our planning sessions at the beginning of each semester, you might think that all book club members are passionate to the max about English literature (they are!), do nothing besides reading all day every day (they wish!), and would never let anything come between […]
PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club organizes an afternoon on “dystopia and reality”, based on the modern classic The Hunger Games, as a contribution to Paderborn University’s Culture Week. June 12, 2025 2.00–7.00 p.m. J4.219 & J4.319 Young adult dystopias are becoming modern classics—in times of dystopian fiction turning into dystopian reality. […]
Our reading list for summer term 2025 has been completed and promises psychopathic and dystopian stories, experimental reading experiences, feminist science fiction as well as some classic fantasy. May 8, 2025: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She’ll […]
It is time to set up a new reading schedule! Make sure to join our planning session on April 10, 2025—only those who participate in the reading selection may complain about it later. 😉 As a reminder, these are the rules and guidelines we have established as our book club’s […]
With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. […]
This year, PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club celebrates the twelve days of Christmas with twelve curated reading recommendations for the festive season and cozy winter days. The twelfth day of Christmas, with twelve drummers drumming—the final recommendations drum roll: The Monk and Robot Duology by Becky Chambers recommended by PADERBORN2READ member […]
This year, PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club celebrates the twelve days of Christmas with twelve curated reading recommendations for the festive season and cozy winter days. The eleventh day of Christmas, with eleven pipers piping—the opening notes to our recommendations finale: The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman recommended by […]
This year, PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club celebrates the twelve days of Christmas with twelve curated reading recommendations for the festive season and cozy winter days. The tenth day of Christmas, with ten lords a-leaping—and yet another sci-fi epos unfolding on an unwelcoming planet: Salt by Adam Roberts recommended by PADERBORN2READ […]
This year, PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club celebrates the twelve days of Christmas with twelve curated reading recommendations for the festive season and cozy winter days. The ninth day of Christmas, with nine ladies dancing—to a feminist sci-fi classic: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin recommended by […]
This year, PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club celebrates the twelve days of Christmas with twelve curated reading recommendations for the festive season and cozy winter days. The eighth day of Christmas, with eight maids a-milking—presumably somewhere in the country: A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr recommended by PADERBORN2READ […]
This year, PADERBORN2READ—The English Book Club celebrates the twelve days of Christmas with twelve curated reading recommendations for the festive season and cozy winter days. The seventh day of Christmas, featuring seven swans a-swimming—and also coinciding with New Year’s Eve: Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors recommended by PADERBORN2READ member […]