💥Announcement! Saturday 09.05.2026💥

📖 Book launch: ‘My Friend Kim Jong-Un’ 📖

Saturday, 09.05.2025 | 3.00 pm | Museum of Communication, Leipziger Straße 16, 10117 Berlin

Arrival: U2, U6, Bus 200 Stadtmitte | U2, Bus M48, M85 Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße | Bus 300 Leipziger Straße/Wilhelmstraße

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In this event, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim presents her graphic novel ‘My Friend Kim Jong Un’ and offers insights into her research and artistic process.

With expressive black-and-white drawings, the book tells the story of a North Korean defector and shows how propaganda, loyalty and survival strategies shape everyday life.

The graphic novel invites readers to look beyond political headlines and appreciate the human stories behind them.

This event is kindly supported by LTI Korea (Literature Translation Institution Korea).

💥Ankündigung! Samstag 09.05.2026💥

📖 Buchvorstellung "Mein Freund Kim Jong-Un" 📖

Samstag, 09.05.2025 | 15:00 Uhr | Museum für Kommunikation, Leipziger Straße 16, 10117 Berlin

Anreise:  U2, U6, Bus 200 Stadtmitte | U2, Bus M48, M85 Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße | Bus 300 Leipziger Straße/Wilhelmstraße

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In dieser Veranstaltung stellt Keum Suk Gendry-Kim ihre Graphic Novel "Mein Freund Kim Jong Un" vor und gibt Einblicke in Recherche und künstlerische Umsetzung.

Mit ausdrucksstarken Schwarz-Weiß-Zeichnungen erzählt das Buch die Geschichte eines nordkoreanischen Überläufers und zeigt, wie Propaganda, Loyalität und Überlebensstrategien den Alltag prägen.

Die Graphic Novel lädt dazu ein, hinter politische Schlagzeilen zu blicken und die menschlichen Geschichten dahinter wahrzunehmen.

Diese Veranstaltung wird freundlicherweise von LTI Korea (Literature Translation Institution Korea) unterstützt.

https://youtu.be/FccOiqREtVc?

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4 Ways Specificity Drives Your Story Forward

Detail creates story movement by inviting the reader into your story’s experience.
Sometimes.
If you apply that detail indiscriminately, it’s equally possible that you’ll entangle your reader and dilute your story’s point. When seeking a balance between enticing and telling all, remember to leave room for the reader who wants to enter your story.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/09/4-ways-specificity-drives-your-story-forward/

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