24th ilb
5 – 14 Sep 2024 Program
9 – 18 Sep 2024 Young Program

ilb Jahre: 2022

Words of Love and Hate – Sabine Rufener: Der Wal im Garten

Theater workshop / Meeting with Sabine Rufener One morning, a full-grown whale lies in the garden of Lille’s house – on her bicycle, of all things. The animal is grumpy, but Lille is not impressed. The two become friends. He tells her about the deep sea, she slides off his

Words of Love and Hate – Sabine Rufener: Der Wal im Garten

Talk, reading with picture book screening, live illustration, Q&A One morning, a full-grown whale lies in the garden of Lille’s house – on her bicycle, of all things. The animal is grumpy, but Lille is not impressed. The two become friends. He tells her about the deep sea, she slides

David Van Reybrouck: Tegen verkiezingen

Talk, reading, Q&A Voter turnout drops to historically low levels. The membership figures of the major national parties are in a nosedive. Populist parties are more popular than they have been for decades. Is democracy at its end? In a refreshingly clear-structured and argumentative manner, this both astute and radical

Lika Nüssli: Starkes Ding

Talk, reading, live illustration, Q&A Ernst lives with his family on a farm in Switzerland. Out of financial necessity, his parents leave him to an old peasant couple as a cheap laborer. In raw, metaphorically-charged black-and-white images, the graphic novel uses true events to tell the story of contract children

Lika Nüssli: Starkes Ding

Talk, reading, live illustration, Q&A Ernst lives with his family on a farm in Switzerland. Out of financial necessity, his parents leave him to an old peasant couple as a cheap laborer. In raw, metaphorically-charged black-and-white images, the graphic novel uses true events to tell the story of contract children

Lika Nüssli: Starkes Ding

Rap-Workshop / Abschlussbegegnung mit Lika Nüssli Ernst lives with his family on a farm in Switzerland. Out of financial necessity, his parents leave him to an old peasant couple as a cheap laborer. In raw, metaphorically-charged black-and-white images, the graphic novel uses true events to tell the story of contract

Tàssies: Noms robats

Creative workshop / Meeting with Tàssies A boy who experiences life as an outsider at school finally finds a friend. But his happiness is short-lived. Soon they take away his friend and with her his joy of life. What begins as a list of good things leads to a story

Tatia Nadareischwili: Tina hat Mut

Talk, reading with picture book screening, live illustration, Q&A Tina lives with her parents in a stilted wooden house in the countryside. She loves to explore the spacious garden. Only the gloomy bamboo forest behind the house scares her. When curiosity gets the better of her one boring day, Tina

Angeline Boulley: Firekeeper’s Daughter

Talk, reading, Q&A Daunis, daughter of a white mother and an indigenous father, is constantly searching for a sense of belonging, both on her tribe’s reservation and in her hometown. After a tragic blow, the FBI makes her an unexpected offer. In stirring language, this thriller explores the multi-layered life

Tàssies: Noms robats/ El nen perdut

Talk, reading with picture book screening, live illustration, Q&A »Noms robats«:A boy who experiences life as an outsider at school finally finds a friend. But his happiness is short-lived. Soon they take away his friend and with her his joy of life. What begins as a list of good things

Tatia Nadareischwili: Tina hat Mut

Creative workshop / Meeting with Tatia Nadareischwili Tina lives with her parents in a stilted wooden house in the countryside. She loves to explore the spacious garden. Only the gloomy bamboo forest behind the house scares her. When curiosity gets the better of her one boring day, Tina plucks up