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

Programmsparten: International Children's and Youth Literature

Stian Hole: Germans Sommer

Acting workshop / Meet & Greet with Stian Hole Garman’s summer seems to go by much faster than usual. The reason: His first school year awaits – and he feels uneasy about it. Do adults sometimes get scared, too? Of course, say Garman’s great aunts. Of needing a walker, or

Mathieu Sapin: Alldine und die Weltraumpiraten 1

Comicworkshop / Meet & Greet with Mathieu Sapin Space pirate Alldine, Lulu, and Captain Jack Breitkreuz fly through space in a spaceship named Hector and experience breathtaking adventures every day. The three friends not only try to uncover the secrets of the universe, but also have to stand up to

Gary Lonesborough: The Boy From The Mish

Dance workshop / Meet & Greet with Gary Lonesborough Jackson spends his summer swimming, partying with friends, and avoiding the racist youths from town as best he can. His life is turned upside down when Tomas, who was recently released from pris-on, visits Jackson´s family. Something other than friendship quickly

Gary Lonesborough: The Boy From The Mish

Practical literature workshop / Meet & Greet mit Gary Lonesborough Jackson spends his summer swimming, partying with friends, and avoiding the racist youths from town as best he can. His life is turned upside down when Tomas, who was recently released from pris-on, visits Jackson´s family. Something other than friendship

Manjeet Mann: The Crossing

Theater, performance and poetry workshop / Meet & Greet with Manjeet Mann After the death of her mother, Natalie tries to find her place in the world, while her brother joins an extreme right-wing group. At the same time, Sammy flees from conscription in Eritrea to start a new life

Katya Balen: October, October

Artistic storytelling with theatrical tools / Meet & Greet with Katya Balen October’s life is completely turned upside down when her father has a serious accident on her 11th birthday. Now, as she has to move to the city to live with her mother during her father’s recovery, she finds

Jordan Scott: My Baba’s Garden

Writing Workshop / Meet & Greet with Jordan Scott A nameless boy enjoys spending time with his Baba, who understands only fragments of what her grandchild says. She lives in a small house with a garden where she grows everything she needs to survive. But one day everything changes when

J. M. M. Nuanez: Birdie and Me

Acting and creative writing workshop / Meet & Greet with J. M. M. Nuanez After the death of their mother, Jack and her younger brother Birdie first live with their loving but unreliable Uncle Carl, and later with their conservative Uncle Patrick. However, Patrick doesn’t have much tolerance for Birdie’s

Donna Barba Higuera: The Last Cuentista

Free artistic storytelling with artistic means / Meet & Greet with Donna Barba Higuera Before a comet destroys the Earth, Petra Peña reaches the life-saving spaceship. When she awakens from a deep sleep centuries later, no one but her remembers Earth. A new Collective stands above all, and demands obedience

Marguerite Abouet: Akissi – Die Königin der Nervensägen

Theater workshop / Meet & Greet with Marguerite Abouet Akissi, a whirlwind of imagination, continues to cause chaos in her hometown, the Ivorian city of Abidjan. When she learns that her friend’s parents want to separate, she quickly cooks up a plan to prevent this. But then Akissi’s uncle shows

Mickaël Brun Arnaud: Erinnerungen des Waldes

Story and book binding workshop / Meet & Greet with Mickaël Brun-Arnaud Archibald The Fox is the proud owner of his own bookstore, located in an old oak tree in the village forest of Schönrinde. One day, he is visited by his friend Ferdinand The Mole, who is completely con-fused

Donna Barba Higuera: The Last Cuentista

Storytelling and theater workshop / Meet & Greet with Donna Barba Higuera Before a comet destroys the Earth, Petra Peña reaches the life-saving spaceship. When she awakens from a deep sleep centuries later, no one but her remembers Earth. A new Collective stands above all, and demands obedience and sameness.