Welcome!
Dear lovers of literature,
For more than a decade, we have been bringing you lit.COLOGNE spezial to present each autumn’s literary highlights – and to shorten the wait until lit.COLOGNE in spring.
This year, we are once again pleased to offer you a wide-ranging program – incredible novels, important debates and outstanding narrative voices. With a total of 21 events, this year’s lit.COLOGNE spezial is the biggest edition yet.
We would like to express our deep gratitude to our partners, sponsors and our media partner WDR5, who plays host to many of the events.
Please note: lit.COLOGNE 2025 will take place from March 18-30. The program will be published on December 4.
We look forward to seeing you!
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lit.kid.COLOGNE celebrates reading!
For and with children and young people, in the mornings for school classes and at weekends in the family program and at lit.ComingOfAge.
lit.kid.COLOGNE encourages people to read, think and talk. Authors and other interesting and interested personalities read, talk and discuss with children and young people at eye level, taking them with them to cross familiar horizons and discover new worlds of reading.
The lit.COLOGNE strives to be as inclusive as possible.
For years now, the lit.COLOGNE has been actively working to enable persons with disabilities to participate. There is a wide range of barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating normally in cultural events. In its efforts to change this, the phil.cologne offers multiple fully-accessible and improved-access events every year.
