Archive

Here you can find all past events of the Zurich Literature Festival

2023

11.07.2023
The great longing for a change
12.07.2023
Being a woman, Freedom and Self-Determination in a Patriarchal World
13.07.2023
Book premiere, reading and debate with Sascha Rijkeboer, Peter Schneider, Michael Fehr, Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç, Donat Blum, Valentin Moritz, Franziska Schutzbach
14.07.2023
In search of the self
15.07.2023
Can we change the world in turbulent times, or does the world change us?
16.07.2023
The big spoken word finale with Ulrike Haidacher, Cenk Korkmaz, Julia Steiner, Marco Gurtner, Tommy Vercetti & Dezmond Dez and Pablo Vögtli

2022

11.07.2022
Fantastic, brutal, hardcore - a tremendous opening night with the Jamaican Booker Prize winner and Figurehead of queer literature
11.07.2022
Fantastic, brutal, hardcore - a musical ride from hell with the currently internationally most successful Swiss band
12.07.2022
Stand up and move on - with the current Peace Prize winner from Zimbabwe
12.07.2022
Stand up and move on - with the Swiss Hiphop/Soul queen and Swiss Music Award Winner
13.07.2022
Against oblivion - with the pop star of the Spanish literary scene
13.07.2022
Against oblivion - with R'n'B at its best
14.07.2022
Love in Times of War – with the Israeli Booker Prize winner.
14.07.2022
Love in times of war - with a new live scoring of the Soviet silent film
15.07.2022
Together for a better world - from the Turkish star author
16.07.2022
Well, something's happened again - terrific fun with tons of 'garbage' and a knee in tub 4.
17.07.2022
The grand Spoken word finale, feat. Reeto von Gunten, Jule Weber (D), Christoph Simon, Fine Degen, Marco Gurtner

2021

12.07.2021
Family history
12.07.2021
Family history
13.07.2021
Dancing on the edge
13.07.2021
Dancing on the edge
13.07.2021
Dancing on the edge
14.07.2021
The mirror of everyday life
14.07.2021
The mirror of everyday life
15.07.2021
Living, Loving, Laughing
15.07.2021
Living, Loving, Laughing
16.07.2021
Gender, racism & systemic inequality
17.07.2021
La suisse n'existe pas
18.07.2021
Best of Spoken Word feat. Gülsha Adilji, Ágota Dimén, Guy Krneta, Tanja Kummer, Rebekka Lindauer, Christoph Simon
21.09.2021
Best of Spoken Word feat. Uta Köbernick, Manuel Stahlberger, Kilian Ziegler, 9 Volt Nelly
24.10.2021
Best of Spoken Word feat. Lisa Christ, Olivia El Sayed, Stefanie Grob, Etrit Hasler, Simon Chen
31.10.2021
The Waveriders

2020

2019

08.07.2019
Fanaticism and freedom
09.07.2019
Beyond Black and White
10.07.2019
What can we still expect from literature?
11.07.2019
Missing, lost, forgotten things
11.07.2019
Missing, lost, forgotten things
12.07.2019
From the love of life to the passing of love
13.07.2019
Confessions of a bad feminist
14.07.2019
Best of Spoken Word feat. Matto Kämpf, Lara Stoll, Simon Chen, Helene Bockhorst, Interrobang

2018

02.07.2018
About love, art and failure
03.07.2018
Hair-raising stories from the far north
04.07.2018
When men know everything better
04.07.2018
When men know everything better
05.07.2018
Artificial intelligence and its consequences
05.07.2018
Artificial intelligence and its consequences
06.07.2018
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family, Choose a fucking big television Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers.
07.07.2018
Looking back to the present
08.07.2018
Best of Spoken Word feat. Renato Kaiser, Patti Basler, Knackboul, Lisa Christ, Jens Nielsen

2017

03.07.2017
Curse and blessing
04.07.2017
Animal Lives Matter
05.07.2017
What you always wanted to know about sex
05.07.2017
What you always wanted to know about sex
06.07.2017
Light and darkness
06.07.2017
Light and darkness
07.07.2017
Lightness with depth
07.07.2017
Lightness with depth
08.07.2017
Brave New Voices
08.07.2017
Brave New Voices
09.07.2017
Best of Performance Poetry feat. Jochen Distelmeyer, Jurczok 1001, Amina Abdulkadir, Ariane von Graffenried, Patti Basler

2016

11.07.2016
Philosophy of lust
12.07.2016
No escape from refugees
12.07.2016
No escape from refugees
13.07.2016
Pop, punk and animals
13.07.2016
Pop, punk and animals
14.07.2016
Lots of sex, both good and bad
14.07.2016
Lots of sex, both good and bad
15.07.2016
Why had he done it?
16.07.2016
After death is before death
17.07.2016
Clear the stage for the new generation
08.07.2016
An exhibition within an exhibition

2015

06.07.2015
And now for something completely different …
07.07.2015
The past is now
07.07.2015
The past is now
08.07.2015
We are China
09.07.2015
To See Moscow and Die
09.07.2015
To See Moscow and Die
10.07.2015
Kafka reloaded
11.07.2015
Eden on earth
12.07.2015
Clear the stage for the new generation
18.07.2015
Supporting Programm
06.07.2015
Supporting program
06.07.2015
Supporting program
07.07.2015
Supporting program
07.07.2015
Supporting program
07.07.2015
Supporting program

2014

14.07.2014
The dark side of love
15.07.2014
Absurd as life
16.07.2014
Paths to happiness
17.07.2014
Science & Fiction
17.07.2014
Science & Fiction
18.07.2014
Poetry of everyday life
19.07.2014
Intoxication and excess
20.07.2014
Fail in style
20.07.2014
Fail in style
14.07.2014
Supporting program
18.07.2014
Supporting program
13.07.2014
Supporting program
18.07.2014
Supporting program
14.07.2014
Supporting program

2013

08.07.2013
Acclaimed debut novels
09.07.2013
Idylls in the semi-nature
10.07.2013
Get out of the uterus
11.07.2013
Probably the weirdest Swiss debut novel of all times
12.07.2013
Me of all people! Roger Willemsen's travel narratives.
13.07.2014
Harry Rowohlt will read and tell stories
14.07.2013
The legendary Vienna group
08.07.2013
Supporting program
08.07.2013
Rahmenprogramm
08.07.2013
Rahmenprogramm
08.07.2013
Supporting program