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Dear audience, No sooner is the festival over than we are curious about new books, stories, and conversation.

Dear audience, Full of gratitude, we look back on 14 days of festival: More than 25,000 visitors joined

Dear audience, «To read for an hour without bathing myself in blue light feels like an achievement,» Ben

Dear audience, »You are born with your face turned everywhere«. Is that a camera? A robot? A drone?

Dear audience, has your love of reading also been with you since childhood? During the 26th ILB, we

Dear reader, dear writer, dear friend of ILB, This year I’m curating a part of the festival, a

Dear audience, everywhere we read: the need for reliable facts grows with the instability of our everyday lives.

Dear audience, After the great success of last year’s anniversary program, I asked myself: how can we build

Dear audience, What does integrity mean for a writer? Is it recognizability of style? Or is it when

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Dear Audience, What would an adventure be without a helicopter? Is one story ever enough? What happens when

Dear Audience, For us, reading is the best way to untangle complex realities. In light of the current

Dear audience, Today, the Swedish Academy will award László Krasznahorkai the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature »for his

Dear audience, we are delighted to announce the Curator in Residence for the upcoming festival year: Jeet Thayil