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Zurich Reads 2026 – Wednesday
The Big Book Festival
From 20 to 25 October, Switzerland’s largest book festival, Zürich liest is back with us. The Debattierhaus Karl der Grosse serves as the festival centre, where everything comes together, and from Tuesday to Sunday you can look forward to a fascinating array of exciting literary events here.
Programme at Karl der Grosse | Wednesday, 21 October
6.00 pm – 7.15 pm | Hall Mercedes Rosende – The Mafia and Crime in Montevideo
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm | Bay Window Room Lobotomy or the Surgery of Madness – Ina Boesch and Dorothee Kohler recount
6.00 pm – 9.00 pm | Turmblick More women writers on Wikipedia! – Workshop
8.00 pm – 9.15 pm | Hall Karosh Taha with her new novel ‘Gulistan’
8.00 pm – 9.30 pm | Bay Window Room Hibernation – Approaches to a phenomenon with Mario Petuzzi and Armen Avanessian
To this organizer's website
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Stadt Zürich, Debattierhaus Karl der Grosse
18:00
Further information, registration and tickets at zuerich-liest.ch
Stadt Zürich, Debattierhaus Karl der Grosse
Kirchgasse 14
8001 Zürich
karl.debattieren@zuerich.ch


