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.
😴 Nothing scheduled here in the near future.
Five resident authors of the LCB gather in Berlin for readings, conversations, and a banquet featuring writers from Canada, France, and Lithuania.
Matthias Nawrat discusses his novel "Das glückliche Schicksal" with social scientist Kornelia Kończal. The conversation explores how to narrate historical crimes and questions of responsibility during times of upheaval.
An evening reading featuring four contemporary Latin American writers, including Mexican author Dahlia de la Cerda, at Berlin's Literarisches Colloquium.
Clemens J. Setz reads from and discusses his new story collection about a noise musician's unravelling world, in conversation with author Sophia Merwald.
A literary evening where international and German autumn guests of Literarisches Colloquium Berlin present their latest books and discuss their work.
Lutz Seiler discusses his new novel "Das tickende Herz" in conversation with editors from FAZ and Süddeutscher Zeitung. A Berlin event exploring surreal animals and a hero's obsessive journey across Europe to find a Kazakh shaman.
Adèle Yon launches her autobiographical book about her great-grandmother's institutionalisation and lobotomy, in conversation with translator Sula Textor, hosted by Viktoria Feldhaus.
Leipzig author Kerstin Preiwuß launches her novel "wir alle", a story about strangers in an East German town who become an unlikely community in times of crisis. Marcel Beyer joins her in conversation.
An author evening with Ruth-Maria Thomas, who talks with Cynthia Cornelius and Mai-An Nguyen about the personal stories and friendships behind her novel "Die zweitgrößte Liebe" (dtv, 2026).
An international Translathon on Central Europe brings together scholars from multiple countries to share translation results and debate the meaning of this complex region.
Launch of the seventh issue of Delfi.Magazin at Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. Writers read from their work and explore the craft of writing.
Berlin's Literarisches Colloquium hosts a summer festival celebrating the S. Fischer publishing houses.
An evening of readings and conversation around two books - "Memories of Heidelberg" and "Die Ausweichschule" - at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.
Book premiere of "Anton und Alma" at Literarisches Colloquium Berlin - only good-weather tickets remain, valid solely when the outdoor event can go ahead as planned.
A two-hour boat tour across seven Berlin lakes celebrating 20 years of Literaturport.de, with readings and short literary interventions by authors including Charlotte Gneuß and Ulrike Almut Sandig. Departs from Wannsee pier at 18:00.
A literary banquet evening at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, bringing together writers from six countries - Luxembourg, Catalonia, Slovakia, Austria, Israel and the USA - for readings and conversation over food and drink.
A literary evening with Leon Engler and Rina Schmeller, whose novels explore psychiatry, addiction, and co-dependency - and ask whether normality is anything more than a fiction.
Three debut novels from the LCB writers' workshop take centre stage, with authors Alisha Gamisch, Clara Leinemann, and Son Lewandowski in conversation with Yael Inokai and Thorsten Dönges.
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 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.