On 4 September at 18.00, the ilb will open its doors for the 7th time.
David Grossman will give the opening speech "The Voice of the Individual".
Aharon Appelfeld will read from his novel "Poland, a Green Country" and Shusha Guppy will portray the decaying Persian world in "The Blindfold Horse".
The Nigerian recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature Wole Soyinka will end the opening evening with a reading from his book "You Must Set Forth At Dawn".
In the following days, our programme will be in full swing. Our events are both entertaining and thought-provoking, and you are most welcome to join us!

Information about the festival is available on www.literaturfestival.com! Please visit the forum on our website - ten of the first 50 participants in the discussion can win audio books!

Best wishes,
Ulrich Schreiber