lit.kid.COLOGNE celebrates reading! For and with children and young people, in the mornings for school classes and at weekends as part of the family program.
lit.kid.COLOGNE encourages reading, thinking, and discussion. Authors and other interesting and interested personalities read, talk, and discuss with children and young people on an equal footing, taking them beyond familiar horizons to discover new worlds of reading.
lit.kid.COLOGNE is diverse: fake news, AI, social media, bullying, queerness, and much more—based on powerful books, children and young people are encouraged to engage with socially relevant, current topics and opinions.
lit.kid.COLOGNE is reading fun! It takes you into enchanting worlds, fairy tales, quirky novels, wild adventures – simply colourful reading fun!
The readings at lit.kid.COLOGNE enable you to engage with your own reality, while also inviting you to travel to other realities.
Books are the basis for good conversations, developing diverse ideas, learning more, thinking further, and celebrating reading!
With this in mind – open your books! See you at lit.kid.COLOGNE!
The next lit.kid.COLOGNE will take place from March 10 to 22, 2026.
lit.kid-KlasseBuch
Readings, discussions, interaction for school classes
The lit.kid Class Book offers readings, discussions, and interaction for school classes from grades 1 to 13. In many locations throughout the city, books and authors will be available in the mornings for nine days at around 70 events. The VorschulBuch events are aimed at preschool children aged five and up. Admission is €3 per person.
lit.kid family program
Classics, new releases, reading fun
The lit.kid family program invites children and their families and friends to join in on weekends: great authors, actors, new releases, classics, popular children's books—around 15 events at beautiful venues throughout the city.
#lassmalesen (#letsread)
For several years now, we have been running the successful #lassmalesen project as part of lit.kid.COLOGNE:
Pupils from the 3rd grade onwards have the opportunity to stage their own author reading under professional guidance
– from choosing the author and the stage design to the water glass on the lectern.
Your school can take part, too!
Remix!
Inclusive writing workshop
Remix is a writing workshop for young people with learning difficulties. Here, they receive support and creative inspiration, and are encouraged to put their ideas and thoughts into writing. The texts are then performed on stage in front of a large audience as part of lit.COLOGNE.
lit.kid.COLOGNE for everyone!
lit.COLOGNE is a festival for everyone!
Since 2011, we have been making the festival increasingly accessible. This includes interpretation into German sign language, written interpretation, the offer of leisure tandems, venues that are as barrier-free as possible in terms of architecture, simplified ticketing, a barrier-free website, expansion and intensification of contacts with special schools, and Remix – a writing workshop for young people with learning difficulties
Aktion Mensch e.V., Kämpgen Stiftung, mittendrin e.V., Junge Stadt Köln e.V., LoorEns GbR, Verbavoice GmbH
Contact
Program team:
Angela Furtkamp | Program management
furtkamp@litcologne.de
Lena Rumler
rumler@litcologne.de
Saskia Schmidt | Trainee
schmidt@litcologne.de
Pauline Werner
werner@litcologne.de
Questions about KlasseBuch program?
klassebuch@litcologne.de
Tel. 0221 / 160 1850 (montags bis freitags von 10 bis 16 Uhr)
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