Leonie Swann is a German author best known for Glennkill (2005), a detective novel narrated by a flock of sheep that became an international bestseller and has since been adapted for the screen. Her writing blends crime fiction with philosophical and political themes, always keeping the animal perspective at its centre.
😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.
78lectureThu 29.10.Dr. Mark Benecke - Live 2026/27
78lectureFri 11.12.Ben Becker Reads T.C. Boyle: No Way Home
77lectureSat 21.11.Reinhold Messner - Life at the Limit
76lectureSun 8.11.Pony Show
76lectureSun 6.12.Lydia Benecke - The Psychology of Manipulation
75lectureFri 30.10.An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
73lectureSun 15.11.Joschka Fischer: Who Are We? - Germany in Search of Its Identity
72lectureThu 3.12.Ferdinand von Schirach - The Silent Friend
72lectureThu 17.12.Birgit Minichmayr Reads from "Die souveräne Leserin" by Alan Bennett
72lectureSun 28.2.Ferdinand von Schirach
71lectureSun 13.12.Gregor Gysi - Over a Currywurst with Gregor Gysi
71lectureFri 8.1.Gregor Gysi - Over a Currywurst with Gregor Gysi
Leonie Swann presents the third instalment of her acclaimed sheep detective series. An evening with the author discussing her new novel "Widdersehen" at Literaturhaus Frankfurt.
An author evening with Leonie Swann, celebrating the release of her new novel Widdersehen (DuMont 2026) - part crime fiction, part animal fable, part political philosophy. Marion Bosker-von Paucker leads the conversation.
Leonie Swann returns to her sheep-detective world with her new novel "Widdersehen" - a reading evening combining crime fiction, philosophy and dry British humour.