Welcome!
When we had the idea of creating a popular literature festival more than 25 years ago, we could not have foreseen that lit.COLOGNE would become one of the largest literature festivals in Europe. Every year we have more than 110,000 visitors, including more than 27,000 children at lit.kid.COLOGNE. This success story is only possible thanks to an enthusiastic audience that is praised as “unique” by our authors from all over the world. The festival is made possible by our supporters and sponsor partners,
who you will also encounter at many of our festival activities.
The festival would be unthinkable without the large presence of top-class authors, presenters and actors and without the good cooperation with the publishers.
We hope you enjoy discovering your personal favorite events
Your lit.COLOGNE team
Wir sagen Danke für 25 Jahre lit.COLOGNE!
Vielen Dank für die Blumen! Die große lit.COLOGNE-Gala mit Kat Frankie, Olli Dittrich, Sibel Kekilli und Hans Sigl
Seit 25 Jahren dürfen wir mit den großartigsten Autor:innen, den sensationellsten Bühnenkünstler:innen, den bezauberndsten Schauspieler:innen und den bewegendsten Musiker:innen das Kölner Publikum inspirieren und unterhalten. Ein Publikum, das auf der Welt einzigartig ist – so viel steht fest! Deshalb feiern wir heute Abend, zum 25. Jubiläum der lit.COLOGNE, alles, was war, alles, was ist, und alles, was kommt. Und wir wollen Danke sagen. Danke fürs Lauschen und Lesen, fürs Lachen und Klatschen, fürs Vertrauen und Anspornen. Olli Dittrich, Sibel Kekilli und Hans Sigl lesen die schönsten Dankesbriefe und andere Texte, die das benennen, was uns dankbar macht, beseelt und wodurch wir uns beschenkt fühlen. ...
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lit.kid.COLOGNE celebrates reading!
For and with children and young people, in the mornings for school classes and at weekends in the family program and at lit.ComingOfAge.
lit.kid.COLOGNE encourages people to read, think and talk. Authors and other interesting and interested personalities read, talk and discuss with children and young people at eye level, taking them with them to cross familiar horizons and discover new worlds of reading.
The lit.COLOGNE strives to be as inclusive as possible.
For years now, the lit.COLOGNE has been actively working to enable persons with disabilities to participate. There is a wide range of barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating normally in cultural events. In its efforts to change this, the phil.cologne offers multiple fully-accessible and improved-access events every year.
