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lit.COLOGNE POP 2026 – Das Festival im Festival Am 06. & 07. März 2026 zeigt die lit.COLOGNE POP zum vierten Mal zehn Veranstaltungen rund um Literatur, Politik und Popkultur. Kultur verbindet Fi… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 06 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Stadtgarten
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Bei dieser Veranstaltung gibt es entgegen der Angabe im gedruckten Programmheft leider keine Dolmetschung in DGS.
In his latest novel Departure(s), Julian Barnes (“The Sense of an Ending”), who turns 80 in January, looks back on a writer’s life: Which were the important times and why? Or does memory come unstuck from … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 07 March 2026
- Time: 16:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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- Englisch
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Actress, director and author Adriana Altaras explores her family’s history in her books – from her brilliant debut Tito’s Glasses to a delicate portrait of her capricious aunt in Better Alone Than in Bad C… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 07 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: BALLONI-Hallen
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Why are people today more likely to trust self-appointed experts expounding crude theories on the internet, rather than specialists with verifiable qualifications? What is behind this loss of trust… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 07 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Oper Köln, Saal 2
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lit.COLOGNE POP 2026 – Das Festival im Festival Am 06. & 07. März 2026 zeigt die lit.COLOGNE POP zum vierten Mal zehn Veranstaltungen rund um Literatur, Politik und Popkultur. Kultur verbindet Fi… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 07 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Stadtgarten
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- Assistance dogs welcome Available
- Rollstuhlgerechter Zugang + WC (JAKI Club nicht barrierefrei) Available
It’s rare that an author casts such a loving glance at people’s daily misadventures and can describe the quirks of modern life with such humor and precision as Nick Hornby does. Ever since his cel… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event About a Writer: Nick Hornby. With Gerd Köster
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- Date: Sat. 07 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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Ah, Vienna! The Austrian capital has always been a pulsating cultural hub. Above all, though, the city itself is often the star of music, art and literature, appearing not only in songs but also… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 07 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: BALLONI-Hallen
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Event duration: 120 minutes
It all starts with the first book. To mark the 75th birthday of Kiepenheuer & Witsch, the publishing house and lit.COLOGNE are hosting a special literary Sunday matinee. It will be a celebration… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 08 March 2026
- Time: 12:00
- Location: Flora Köln
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Two sports champions from two entirely different worlds – and yet they have much in common. When Christoph Kramer, a member of the German squad that won the 2014 soccer world cup, meets former p… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 08 March 2026
- Time: 16:00
- Location: Flora Köln
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Islam, pacifism, migration, sexuality, far-right extremism. There is often an intense debate about what can be said in public and where freedom of speech ends. Is everyone really allowed to say… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 08 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Friendship is one of the great literary themes. It can be a salvation or a strain, can be long-lasting or may fall apart over trivial matters. How do women writers write about friendship today? About… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 08 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: BALLONI-Hallen
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As the band Cat Ballou sings in local dialect in their carnival hit: “There are no words to say how I feel when I think of Cologne.” Yet, in spite of this apparent lack of words, Cologne has been des… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 08 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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The idea of writing about your own life and experiences is as old as literature itself. Often, these experiences are the focus of an author’s work, or even provide the impetus to write. But how close c… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 08 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: BALLONI-Hallen
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Awareness of the horrors of the Holocaust is fading in the public sphere, in education, in our system of values. This is the observation of Eva Umlauf, Auschwitz survivor and one of the last living… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 09 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: BALLONI-Hallen
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We Thought We Could Fly! This is the title of a literary anthology of both funny and unexpected contributions from 20 renowned German and international writers, edited by Matthias Jügler. These … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 09 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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In 1995, psychoanalyst and writer Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2012) wrote a brutal dystopian novel about 40 women held in an underground prison. They have lost all sense of time and have only a vague i… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 09 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Schauspiel Köln im DEPOT 1
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Serious, highbrow literature? Nobel laureates? Pop culture? Music books? Literary debuts? Publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch offers all of these – plus another very different category: comedy! A… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 09 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Good crime fiction often depends just as much on the setting, the landscape and the local color as it does on the cases and investigations. Four masters of their discipline set their stories in… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 09 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: BALLONI-Hallen
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Every Sunday evening, Germans gather in front of the television to watch the cult police series, “Tatort”. And if you are lucky, the episode is set in Münster. Because then you can experience one of the … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Knut Elstermann and Axel Prahl: “Things You Love Take Time”
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- Date: Mon. 09 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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Bernhard Schlink gained worldwide fame with his novel “The Reader”, which was translated into more than 50 languages, won national and international awards and was turned into a 2008 film starring Osc… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Bernhard Schlink – What is justice and how is it obtained?
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- Date: Tue. 10 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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They could, but they don’t WANT to. They should, but they don’t WANT to. They must, but they don’t WANT to. These are the rebels in literature, from ancient times to the digital age. They rebel again… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 10 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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Film screening and discussion
Caroline Wahl is not only a successful author – she is a literary phenomenon. Ever since her debut novel “22 Lengths”, her name has been a fixture on the bestseller lists. The book can be found on displ… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 10 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Cineplex Filmpalast Köln
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Wild, arrogant, a great sense of style: In the 1970s and 80s, young authors pushed the boundaries between journalism and literature. In magazines such as Spex, Tempo or Elaste, writing became a field… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 10 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Volksbühne am Rudolfplatz
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Live radio show
Audiobooks are like cinema for the ears – they transport us into other worlds and touch us with powerful voices, gripping content and impressive sound. As part of lit.COLOGNE, outstanding G… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The German Audiobook Prize 2026 – Presentation on WDR 5
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- Date: Tue. 10 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Live-Radioshow
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The west of Germany is a surprisingly diverse region: Journalist, literary critic and author Christine Westermann (“The Families of Others: My Life in Books”) makes her home in the metropolis of Col… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 10 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Discussion in English; reading in German
Since the publication of his groundbreaking autobiographical debut “The End of Eddy”, Édouard Louis has been considered “France’s biggest literary sensation” (THE NEW YORK TIMES). He since published further ac… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 10 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Englisch
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He is the creative force behind Germany’s best-known advertising agency, Jung von Matt. He came up with legendary German slogans such “Geiz ist geil” and “BILD dir deine Meinung”. He is a great copywrite… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 11 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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“But surely we’re still allowed to enjoy ourselves.” – “We can’t stop the catastrophe now anyway.” – “The market will sort it out.” These days, such blanket statements are used all the time – as justification, as an … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 11 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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All-Age-Veranstaltung
Hey, what’s up? Pay attention! It’s not fake news! It’s really true! A new kangaroo book! It’s about time, too. I mean, look at the world around you. All this craziness can drive a person crazy. The kangaro… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Marc-Uwe Kling and the Kangaroo Rebellion
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- Date: Wed. 11 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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“Jewels of Literature”
After 50 years of marriage, Viktor Goll (known as Vigo), travels to India without his wife Terese. She follows him, full of rage and doubt. And once a person begins to doubt, it is not that easy to… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Close-ups of a woman who’s walking away. With Bodo Kirchhoff
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- Date: Wed. 11 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Filmforum im Museum Ludwig
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Our feelings are like houses that we live in – they influence our relationships with the world, our decisions and our trust in the future. In his new book Good Places, social psychologist Harald W… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 11 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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What happens when “the man with the beanie” and “the man with the voice” reveal their favorite books? Torsten Sträter – word artist, storyteller, master of laconic humor – talks about the books that have influen… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The books of their lives – Torsten Sträter meets Christian Brückner
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- Date: Wed. 11 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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“Tana French fans will relish the stylish prose and slowburn menace of this impressive debut” (The Guardian). Is it possible for a review to sound more promising? We don’t think so. And we look forwa… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 11 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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- Englisch
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Mille Petrozza grew up in the 1970s as the son of a working-class family in the Altenessen neighborhood of Essen. His mother was an East German refugee, his father a miner who came as a guest worker… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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The outstanding thrillers by Cologne author Linus Geschke (“The Loft”, “When She Lies”) all land straight on the bestseller list. Now, he presents The Camp, the second volume of his successful “Donker… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The Camp – Linus Geschke and his new thriller
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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Rwanda in the 1930s: While more and more people are converting to Christianity in East Africa, US-born missionary Sister Deborah predicts that the Messiah will be none other than a Black woman.… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft
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- Französisch
- Deutsch
There is a shift to the right around the world, with authoritarian forces gaining power and influence everywhere. And yet the ever-present analogies to the Nazi era miss the mark: Contemporary… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event This Urge for Harshness – Eva von Redecker on the new fascism
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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The OffSpring Award is sponsored by Flossbach von Storch SE. To find out more, visit www.litcologne.de and follow @offspringaward on Instagram
Echoes are all around us – in conversations, memories and digital spaces. They enable us to hear what we have said, thought or done – but differently, from a later time and a new angle. An echo can con… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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Live podcast
Comedians Hazel Brugger and Thomas Spitzer are a couple, yet they still like to talk to each other. And not only in private life, but also for a big audience: Following their successful podcast “Nur v… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Powerlessness has become the underlying political sentiment of our time. The narrative has been seized by a rhetoric of hate and contempt for humanity. Violence is again becoming a bigger factor in… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Love! Daniel Schreiber on the political power of love
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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In fall 2025, actress Annette Frier starred in a comedy series entitled “Frier und Fünfzig” as a woman in her 50s approaching “the change” – a true-to-life and incredibly funny portrait of the menopause … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 12 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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An unaccompanied reading.
According to studies, more than half the German population feel they can no longer express their opinion freely. Why is that? Today, the more people stretch the boundaries of their individuality and… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 13 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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Nearly 20 years ago, Roberto Saviano gained worldwide fame with his non-fiction book “Gomorrah”. For years, he had conducted undercover research amongst the Camorra organized crime syndicate in sou… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event A love that never dies – with Roberto Saviano and Claudia Michelsen
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- Date: Fri. 13 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Italienisch
- Deutsch
Austrian novelist Robert Menasse has won numerous honors for his novels, essays and short stories, including the German Book Prize in 2017 for “The Capital”, a satirical novel about EU politics in Bru… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Robert Menasse – The Decision
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- Date: Fri. 13 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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A room, air to breathe, personal space, free expression – or, as Virginia Woolf put it: “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” How do her musings from A Room of One’s… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 13 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Music is the guiding light and the beating heart of his creative work. Early on, in his much-celebrated literary debut, “The Book of the Listeners Slain by Neil Young”, he portrayed music as an exi… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 13 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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Please note: There will be explicit discussion of racism, sexism, eating disorders, sexual abuse and violence. This event is not suitable for children.
“This is how my story begins. As the daughter of a white woman and a Black man. Between Sange, in South Tanzania, and Gera, in Thuringia, Germany. Between colonial past and East German dictatorship.” Tup… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 13 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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Umberto Eco was fascinated by conspiracies and complots, themes woven through his literary and academic work. What interested him most, long before our current crisis-plagued times in which such… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 13 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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How do wars start? And how can we ensure peace? In her book Geld als Waffe [“Money as a Weapon”], bestselling author Ulrike Herrmann (“The End of Capitalism”) investigates large international conflic… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 14 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Ever since her celebrated debut “Summerhouse, Later”, Judith Hermann has been one of the most important voices in German-language literature. In her latest book, I Want to Go Back in Time, the pri… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Judith Hermann wants to go back in time
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- Date: Sat. 14 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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Live podcast
Mona Ameziane and Christine Westermann come from two different generations and have read countless books between them. In each episode of their literature podcast Zwei Seiten, they tackle a theme – i… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 14 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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“Attention, attention! Remix, please come! Quickly! You must write her back to health! Our queen, Democracy, is under attack.” After the breezy excursion into the world of film, this year Remix ret… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 14 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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In the early 1990s, young poet Jakob Dreiser is being celebrated in Rome for his work. The Cold War is finally history and the Russian Embassy is hosting a garden party with Crimean sparkling wine… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 14 March 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Schauspiel Köln im DEPOT 2
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What is it like when your familiar world disintegrates, when what was normal yesterday no longer applies today? In his new novel Summer 24, author Navid Kermani (“The Alphabet up to S”, “Israel: An Excha… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Summer 24 – The new novel from Navid Kermani
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- Date: Sat. 14 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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At work, women are increasingly in leadership positions, shaping the economy, society and politics. And yet, they often feel out of place amidst the patriarchal role models of the “boy’s club”. In Rethi… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 14 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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On the last day of exams in 2002, a shooting took place at Gutenberg High School in Erfurt that became etched into Germany’s collective memory. Kaleb Erdmann’s novel, The Emergency School (sh… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Sign language Available
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What do crimes tell us about people and societies? What were the circumstances that made them possible? What is the everyday background to extraordinary events? In his brilliantly worded journalistic… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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“Jewels of Literature”
Connoisseurs know Nelson Müller from his gourmet restaurant Die Schote, which recently moved from Essen to the Diepeschrather Mühle hotel in Bergisch Gladbach. Television viewers will know him from t… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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A breathtaking novel, a multi-talented artist, an evening of literature, life and music: Daniel Donskoy presents his debut novel Burning – a tender and unflinching story about friendship, loss and t… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Burning – Reading, talk and music with Daniel Donskoy
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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Brand-new voices, wild novels, a colorful stage program – this can only mean one thing: It’s time for the next round of the lit.COLOGNE Debut Prize! Host Marie-Christine Knop is joined by three out… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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For three decades, Karsten Schwanke has been a well-known weather expert on German television. Since 1995, he has presented the weather report on many news and weather programs on ARD and other… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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“Irresistible. A book that is at once grave and light, tender and tough, satirical and earnest”, says Siri Hustvedt. “A fantastic book – profound yet comforting”, agrees Doris Dörrie, who meets Leon Engler at … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Botany of Madness – With Leon Engler and Doris Dörrie
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Can men be friends with men? And if yes, with how many? In most cases, a man has only one friend – but one he sticks with through thick and thin, from the very beginning, right to the end. There are m… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Did you know that a Turkish author has written a trilogy of novels about Duisburg? Have you come across the novel about a Polish family that is similar to “Buddenbrooks” and features the founding of soc… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 16 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Königsberg 1835: Behind the calm façade of peace, fear is brewing. In his new narrative non-fiction work A Scandal in Königsberg, bestselling author Christopher Clark (“Iron Kingdom”, “The Sleepwal… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Christopher Clark and A Scandal in Königsberg
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- Date: Mon. 16 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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Olaf Scholz was head of the German government from December 2021 until May 2025. Now, for lit.COLOGNE, the former Chancellor is opening the doors to his personal library – and to the intellectual l… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 16 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Flora Köln
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What happens when a closed-off top manager is forced to take mindfulness training with a coach who is going through an existential crisis of his own? Marlene Buchholz has been tapped to be the new… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 16 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Sign language Available
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“Of course we want to become world champions,” said German national coach, Julian Nagelsmann, talking about the soccer world championships taking place in 2026 in the US, Mexico and Canada. The men’s team … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 16 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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There are topics that we encounter every day: What we eat. How we live. And what these two things reveal about us. When Alina Bronsky writes about Eating, it is not just about recipes or flavors but… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 16 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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Jan Ullrich’s life has been defined by competitive cycling – successes and triumphs but also falls. He was a sports star: In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France, which triggered a cyc… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Jan Ullrich – a life of competitive cycling
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- Date: Tue. 17 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Both authors have won the lit.COLOGNE Debut Prize, both are now publishing their second novels, and both write about major upheavals and decisions in life: Kurt Prödel’s novel Salto [“Somersault”] tells … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Writing about upheaval – Kurt Prödel meets Yade Yasemin Önder
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- Date: Tue. 17 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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His international bestseller “Blackout” established Marc Elsberg as the absolute master of the thriller. Now comes his newest page-turner: EDEN – Das Sterben beginnt [“EDEN – The Dying Begins”]. In early summe… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The dying has begun – a new thriller from Marc Elsberg
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- Date: Tue. 17 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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He is a legend. He earned his first Michelin star in the very first year he operated his own restaurant. Only seven years later, he received the highest honor in the culinary world: three Michelin… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 17 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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Reading without discussion
The legendary pub Haus Himmelreich, one of the last of its kind in all of the Ruhr region, is slated to close – what a disaster! In the pub’s final hours, many of the quirky regulars are there, with lot… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Lovely Rita! Frank Goosen on the demise of a pub
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- Date: Tue. 17 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Reading without discussion
It’s no good. We have to do something about people’s suffering and pain. War, poverty, fascism, all that stuff. Everyone can do something. Everyone. Give something, help somewhere, something like tha… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 17 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Roger Willemsen (1955–2016) had a passionate and infinite love affair with books. From his literary estate comes a new release: Liegen Sie bequem? Vom Lesen und von Büchern [“Are You Resting Comf… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 17 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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“The best debut novel in years”, raved The Sunday Times. “Wildly original and emotionally profound”, wrote The Observer. And The Times described it as: “moving, evocative and utterly convincing”. A small town … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 18 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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- Englisch
- Deutsch
The Ukrainian Library series from Wallstein Verlag is dedicated to the most famous classics of Ukraine’s literary legacy from the 19th and 20th centuries. It aims to raise awareness of the country a… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 18 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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- Induction loop Available
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Volker Kutscher’s Rath novels, which were adapted into the hugely successful “Babylon Berlin” TV series, conclude in 1938. After that, the fate of the characters – complicated commissioner Gereon Rath, b… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 18 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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There are books that help you grow – and books you would love to throw against the wall. Books that grip us, shock us, console us or make us laugh. Books that allow us, for a moment, to lead a d… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 18 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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For nearly two decades, he was a top diplomat shaping European politics, standing up for the European Union and human-centered policy. Until 2023, Jean Asselborn was the longest-serving foreign… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Cycling & politics – Jean Asselborn and the tour of his life
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- Date: Wed. 18 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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“Game of Thrones” – the record-breaking HBO series – conjured up on stage. At lit.COLOGNE, actor and voice artist Stefan Kaminski reads from the literary source material for the incomparable hit series:… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event A Song of Ice and Fire – Stefan Kaminski reads George R. R. Martin
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- Date: Wed. 18 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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Can song texts change the world? The worldwide hit “Wind of Change” may not have caused the Berlin Wall to fall (after all, the song came out a year later), but to this day, there is no song more clo… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 18 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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“I love my homeland, my language, my hood, my people, and the values guaranteed in our constitution: human dignity, equity and the right to freely develop your personality. For a long time, these s… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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Veranstaltung ohne Moderation
It is not the happiest people in the world who are convinced they are leading the right kind of life, instead it is the people who are raging on social media. Of course, it’s possible to combine c… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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Botox or “aging with dignity”? Post too many selfies or follow every new beauty trend on TikTok? Women online are permanently under observation. Every like can turn into a lawsuit, every comment can be … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Sign language Available
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Little first-graders with shiny new backpacks, expectant, gap-toothed smiles, and proud parents at their side. The first day of school is one of the few experiences that we all share. But what comes… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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- Sign language Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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Tom Schulz is one of the best German-language poets. His poetry, according to Austrian Radio, “casually dismantles the consensus on how to think about the world and what we are to understand by r… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Stadtgarten
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- Rollstuhlgerechter Zugang + WC (JAKI Club nicht barrierefrei) Available
Since their debut album “Schau in den Lauf, Hase” (2012), German indie-band Die höchste Eisenbahn have delighted and moved audiences with their music. Their charming, melancholy texts about love and life… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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Gianrico Carofiglio is considered by some to be Italy’s Ferdinand von Schirach: He was a judge, senator and anti-mafia public prosecutor and his books have sold millions of copies. Carofiglio is a b… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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- Italienisch
- Deutsch
Cologne cult band Kasalla join us at this event to talk about their texts, carnival and the special magic that brings people together. Combining local humor, social consciousness and honest emotion,… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 19 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
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Teachers who can’t give grades simply to encourage, doctors who treat screens rather than patients, referees whose judgment is being pushed out by VAR. In today’s society, our behavior is changing imp… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 20 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) remains a fascinating figure of American literature. The writer, poet and critic conjured up the “The Fall of the House of Usher”, created the modern crime story with tales… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 20 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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Stefan Schwarz has been one of Leipzig’s least successful allotment gardeners for over 20 years. In his series Der kleine Gartenversager [“The Little Gardening Loser”], he tells hilarious tales of his g… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 20 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: KOMED-Saal im MediaPark
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Author Jaroslav Rudiš is not only an expert in traveling by train, as proven in his bestseller “Travelling by Train, a User’s Manual”. The Bohemian native is also a passionate beer drinker. In A User’s… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 20 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Event duration: 150 minutes, including intermission
Some people are wonderfully multi-talented. Authors who make music. Musicians who write books. Kiepenheuer & Witsch is a publisher that celebrates both: sound and words, pop and literature. Thees… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 20 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Philharmonie
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An unaccompanied reading.
For centuries, women have been oppressed. Women who have emanated strength in some way, empowered themselves or fought back have been laughed at, judged and demonized. All these women live on in us – t… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 20 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Gespräch in englischer Sprache; Lesung auf Deutsch
Kae Tempest is multi-talented when it comes to words: song lyrics, poetry, prose, plays – there is no form of text that the prize-winning musician and author does not excel at. Following the release o… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Kae Tempest and Dimitrij Schaad. Having Spent Life Seeking.
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- Date: Fri. 20 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- English
- German
July 18, 1936: A military coup starts in Spain. A few days later, the country is divided by a terrible civil war. Fascist powers Germany and Italy are backing the one side, while the Soviet Union… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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For Katharina Thalbach, it’s a return to her roots: “Macbeth” was her directorial debut – it was celebrated across Europe, highly acclaimed in London and staged as a model production at Théâtre national … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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An unaccompanied reading.
Columnist Max Goldt is a brilliantly keen observer of the present day and his collections of columns are legendary (“Die Kugeln in unseren Köpfen” and “Ä”, for example). For 13 years, his readers have been… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Sign language Available
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January 1956: Seventeen years after she managed to flee Nazi Germany just in time, Mascha Kaléko returns. It’s a journey into the past, intertwined with the anxious question of whether it can also ta… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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When a soccer philosopher meets a resonance theorist. This special encounter at lit.COLOGNE brings together Christian Streich, successful soccer coach for more than two decades and moral compass of… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The game of life – Hartmut Rosa meets Christian Streich
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: RheinEnergie-Hauptverwaltung (Eingang neben Kundenzentrum)
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Film screening and discussion
Benno Fürmann has been one of the most distinctive faces of German cinema for many years. Known for productions such as “North Face”, “The Princess and the Warrior”, and “Anatomy”, he impresses audience wit… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: CINENOVA
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An unaccompanied reading.
Joachim Meyerhoff is one of the best-known theatrical performers in the German-speaking world, delivering brilliant performances at the most renowned theaters. He has been named “Actor of the Year” thr… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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People who stutter do not have a superpower – just a few extra letters trying to get out into the world. Stutterers often stare into inpatient faces, simply because they are taking up a little bit of s… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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The world’s political future appears to be more uncertain and more frightening than in the past. Who better to explain it all than political scientist, military strategist and futurologist Florence G… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 21 March 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
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“Mothers shape us, even if we don't want them to. They nestle in our heads and hearts, whispering to us, scolding, comforting; they continue to do so even after they are gone, and even if we barely k… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event All My Mothers – with Lena Gorelik and Carolin Emcke
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- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Sign language Available
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A small cut on his finger – and just hours later, the narrator’s life hangs by a transparent tube. He overcomes sepsis, but this brush with mortality brings a new question into his life: If eve… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Stephan Schäfer – Everything Is Fine Right Now
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- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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One is a television presenter and author, who has been shaped by his encounters with people who represent the entire spectrum of German lives. The other is a singer, author and antifascist local… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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When sports tackles literature, aesthetics are often left on the sidelines. Amongst the couch potatoes, boxing-ring poets and high-performance sleepers, those who were always chosen last for sports… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 19:00
- Location: RheinEnergie-Hauptverwaltung (Eingang neben Kundenzentrum)
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Christian Huber, author of the bestseller “Man vergisst nicht, wie man schwimmt” [“You Never Forget How to Swim”] and co-host of the podcast “Gefühlte Fakten”, presents his new novel: Solange ein Streichholz … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Book premiere! Christian Huber – As long as a match burns
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- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Brunosaal
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“He will become what he is”, a teacher wrote in his final report card. And it was true! Harry Rowohlt became everything he always was and wanted to be: an incredibly funny language artist and a vir… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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In her novel “Isidor”, adored by readers and critics alike, Shelly Kupferberg traces the story of her great-great uncle. His eventful life, which led him from a shtetl in the furthest reaches of Gal… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Shelly Kupferberg – Hours Like Days
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- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Accessibility
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
As he was dying, Paul Auster told his wife he wanted to become a ghost. And that is what he has become for Siri Hustvedt – an always perceptible presence, both painful and comforting. She wears his j… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Event data
- Date: Sun. 22 March 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Accessibility
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
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- English
- German
