“Reading is Adventure in Your Head”

Dramatic readings, exhibitions, literary events, theme evenings and festivals, symposia and writing workshops make up the literary program of Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture. One highlight will be the Just Passing Through exhibition showcasing mementoes, letters, commentaries and travel accounts stemming from prominent persons. These literary gems will illustrate judgments on and prejudices about the City of Linz (April 29 to November 2009, StifterHaus).

For Begley Meets Bernhard, prominent American author and ardent Thomas Bernhard fan Louis Begley will come to Linz to read from Bernhard’s works on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death (February 12, 2009).

To stock the shelves of the Library of a Hundred Languages—a container on Schillerplatz—men and women who have immigrated to Linz are donating books and texts in their mother tongue. An ancillary event program that especially emphasizes children and young people is designed to turn this temporary library into Linz’s lively meeting place of many cultures (October/November 2009).