
in 6 days
Das Helvetische Fest 2026
A Swiss literary evening at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin: readings by Julia Weber and Béla Rothenbühler, plus a musical-literary performance by the Bern duo Fitzgerald & Rimini.
Berlin, Germany
The Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB) is a renowned literary centre on the shores of the Wannsee, founded in 1963. It hosts readings, author residencies, translation workshops and literary festivals, drawing writers from Germany and abroad. The villa itself - a late 19th-century lakeside building - gives the programme an intimate, retreat-like character quite unlike a conventional city venue.

in 6 days
A Swiss literary evening at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin: readings by Julia Weber and Béla Rothenbühler, plus a musical-literary performance by the Bern duo Fitzgerald & Rimini.

Book premiere of "Anton und Alma" at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin - only good-weather tickets remain available, with a full refund if the outdoor event is cancelled or moved indoors.

An evening of readings and conversation around two books - "Memories of Heidelberg" and "Die Ausweichschule" - at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.

Berlin author Yael Inokai launches her new crime novel "Die Auster", a story of murder, secrets and the gulf between rich and poor set inside a luxury department store.

A literary evening with six authors from Germany, Austria, Turkey, Georgia, and Belarus, sharing their debuts and experiences over a shared table.

An annual gathering of independent publishers at the Großer Wannsee in Berlin, with book stalls, author readings overlooking the lake, and an evening set by Isolation Berlin.

Navid Kermani reads from and discusses his novel "Sommer 24" with Sasha Marianna Salzmann on the LCB lakeside stage - a literary psychogram of 2024 tracing personal and political disorientation.

Three writers and journalists from Belarus, Ukraine, and Georgia discuss life in exile or under repression - a conversation about maintaining independence and integrity when the circumstances leave little room for either.