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Where perpetual ice once marked the boundaries of civilization, the future of our security is being decided today. Arctic warming, which is progressing four times faster than the global average, is… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event ADDITIONAL EVENT: Robert Habeck: Arctic Meltdown
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- Date: Sat. 03 October 2026
- Time: 14:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Where perpetual ice once marked the boundaries of civilization, the future of our security is being decided today. Arctic warming, which is progressing four times faster than the global average, is… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Robert Habeck: Arctic Meltdown
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- Date: Sat. 03 October 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Sign language Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
Diaries might just be the most honest form of literature: In them, authors freely write about love, complaints and doubt – and sometimes inadvertently funny reflections. In Diaries of Note, Shaun U… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Diaries of Note. With Iris Berben and Anke Engelke
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- Date: Sat. 03 October 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
In their chart-topping literary podcast “Zwei Seiten”, Mona Ameziane and Christine Westermann have intentionally avoided discussing big topics – but now they are tackling life’s existential questio… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 04 October 2026
- Time: 15:00
- Location: Flora Köln
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
- Tactile guidance system Available
- Signage in Braille Available
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A new book from Icelandic thriller star Ragnar Jónasson! The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer is the second volume of the series featuring detective Helgi Reykdal, who has now established … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 06 October 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
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- Englisch
- Deutsch
These days, there is hardly any other public intellectual in the German-speaking countries who receives as much attention as author and columnist Eva Menasse, most recently with her clever pieces on… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Eva Menasse: Seclusion. With Guy Helminger and Navid Kermani
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- Date: Thu. 08 October 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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Als der Schauspieler Edgar Selge mit „Hast du uns endlich gefunden“ als Schriftsteller debütierte, überschlug sich die Kritik vor Begeisterung. „Besser kann man nicht schreiben“, hieß es in der Süddeutsch… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Edgar Selge: Jura’s Last Winter
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- Date: Sat. 10 October 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
If you ask its residents, Cologne is known for many things: zest for life, the world’s best beer and the feeling of living in the most beautiful city on the Rhine. There is definitely no lack of s… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 10 October 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
Dörte Hansen’s bestselling novels (including “To the Sea”, “This House Is Mine”) have been feted by readers and critics alike. Her latest book is another great success: It tells the story of Broder, who had wa… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 11 October 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
New York in the 1980s: the Reagan years, real estate boom, unfettered capitalism and wild music. In Harlem, Ray Carney has put his past as a criminal fence behind him: As the owner of a furniture… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Colson Whitehead: Cool Machine. With Richard Barenberg
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- Date: Sun. 11 October 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
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- Assistance dogs welcome Available
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- Englisch
- Deutsch
In summer 2024, Christoph Kramer’s professional career with soccer team Borussia Mönchengladbach is coming to an end. To fill the looming void, he writes his first book: “Summer, When Life Began”. After … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Christoph Kramer: Where the Clouds Meet
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- Date: Thu. 15 October 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
Cologne is many things: sacred, carnival-crazy, grubby, laid-back, home to parallel cultures, hospitable, cold-hearted and endearing. It is an ancient city on a great river which takes pride in its… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Cologne: A Feeling! With Navid Kermani and Henning Krautmacher
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- Date: Thu. 15 October 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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- Sign language Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
What does radical humanism mean? Is empathy a finite resource? What is our obligation to remember the past? Where do we draw the lines of responsibility to speak in the name of human rights? Or… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Carolin Emcke: What Does a Person Count For?
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- Date: Sat. 17 October 2026
- Time: 17:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
Two brothers from Bremen, Frankie and Freddie Lehmann, are living in West Berlin in 1980. While one has been trying for weeks to get in with the squatter scene in Kreuzberg, the other plans to escape… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Sven Regener: Frankie and Freddie
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- Date: Sat. 17 October 2026
- Time: 20:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
Finally, the new novel by Ewald Arenz is here! In Five, Six, Seven, Eight, the bestselling author of works such “The Grand Summer” and “Tasting Sunlight”, returns in top form: The book centers on 60-year… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Ewald Arenz: Five, Six, Seven, Eight
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- Date: Sun. 18 October 2026
- Time: 15:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
Elke Heidenreich loves literature and shares this love with millions of enthusiastic fans. In Ach, eine Fanfare! [“Oh, a Fanfare!”], she collects her greatest reading memories and condenses what has bee… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Oh, a fanfare! Elke Heidenreich and a declaration of love.
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- Date: Sun. 18 October 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
Birgit Virnich has been reporting for years from Kyiv as a television correspondent for ARD. In her book Leben trotz allem [“Living Despite Everything”], she turns her attention to the force uph… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 18 October 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
This event is not for those with weak nerves! Two hotshots of the horror genre meet: Joe Hill’s book King Sorrow takes place at a university in Maine. One night, in a drug-fueled haze, a group of s… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 26 October 2026
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
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- Deutsch
- Englisch
Veranstaltung in englischer Sprache, ohne Übersetzung
For millions of amateur chefs who loved Ottolenghi's SIMPLE (2018), enjoyable cooking will continue to be just that: SIMPLE TOO, like the 135 brand-new recipes in his new cookbook of the same name,… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event ADDITIONAL EVENT: Yotam Ottolenghi: SIMPLE TOO live
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- Date: Sun. 15 November 2026
- Time: 15:30
- Location: Theater am Tanzbrunnen
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Accessibility
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
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- Englisch
In 2023, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, France’s most famous Russian historian, dies and her husband passes away shortly thereafter. When cleaning out their apartment, her son, prize-winning author Emmanu… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 November 2026
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
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- Deutsch
- Französisch
Veranstaltung in englischer Sprache, ohne Übersetzung
For millions of amateur chefs who loved Ottolenghi's SIMPLE (2018), enjoyable cooking will continue to be just that: SIMPLE TOO, like the 135 brand-new recipes in his new cookbook of the same name,… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Yotam Ottolenghi: SIMPLE TOO live
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- Date: Sun. 15 November 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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- Englisch
With his new novel, bestselling author Robert Harris returns to the world of ancient Rome. The book tells the story of two young men whose fates are inextricably linked: Octavius, Julius Caesar’s 1… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 15 November 2026
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
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- Deutsch
- Englisch
With more than 30 million books sold, Charlotte Link is one of Germany’s most successful authors. Now she presents a breathtaking new thriller: Cold Days. On an ice-cold winter night, Mariana is w… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Wed. 18 November 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
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- Tactile guidance system Available
- Signage in Braille Available
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1920 begegnet die Malerin Baladine Klossowska dem Dichter Rainer Maira Rilke wieder. Sie, die geschiedene Mutter zweier Söhne, verliebt sich leidenschaftlich in ihn. Aber nach einer kurzen Amour fou … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Julia Franck: Rilkes letzte Geliebte
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- Date: Wed. 18 November 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
- Tactile guidance system Available
- Signage in Braille Available
- Contrasting color steps and edge strips Available
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The Christmas reading with three generations of the Thalbach family has almost become a tradition by now. So with a twinkle in our eyes, we present this year’s motto: “Is it already Christmas aga… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 14 December 2026
- Time: 17:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
- Tactile guidance system Available
- Signage in Braille Available
- Contrasting color steps and edge strips Available
- Announcements in elevators Available
The Christmas reading with three generations of the Thalbach family has almost become a tradition by now. So with a twinkle in our eyes, we present this year’s motto: “Is it already Christmas aga… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Event data
- Date: Mon. 14 December 2026
- Time: 20:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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Accessibility
- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair friendly + toilets Available
- Assistance dogs welcome Available
- Tactile guidance system Available
- Signage in Braille Available
- Contrasting color steps and edge strips Available
- Announcements in elevators Available
