For the 29th time, the Upper Valais spa town invites you to the Leukerbad International Literary Festival from 20 to 22 June 2025. With readings and high-caliber discussions in and around Leukerbad, 35 and 40 authors, literary scholars, translators, and critics will offer everything needed for a clear-eyed literary perspective. As an introduction to the festival weekend, we again invite you on Thursday (19 June) on a literary walk with authors and a hiking guide.

29th Leukerbad International Literary Festival from 6.20.–22.2025

Herzlich willkommen, bienvenue and welcome to the 29th Leukerbad International Literary Festival!

As the snow lessens in spring, our list of guests grows ever longer. Now the time has come again: This year’s Festival program is set and we are delighted to be able to introduce you to the authors whom you will see and hear in Leukerbad on Corpus Christi weekend.

From Atfah to Zufferey, from Haiti and India, the Netherlands and Upper Valais: These are the 33 writers of the 29th Leukerbad International Literary Festival. More detailed information about the participants, their works and their scheduled events will be available here in early May and in the Festival program.

You can browse through the programme in German online here and order it free of charge here; it will be sent out at the beginning of May. You will then also find all the texts in English and French on our website.

Let’s all go to Leukerbad! Walk through the Dala Gorge with authors from around the world, be transported to distant lands and cultures, explore the context and complexities of current issues—in peaceful surroundings, at leisure, at the thermal baths. We look forward to seeing you!

Advance ticket sales are open. A limited number of tickets for the Literary Walk on 19 June are still available.

With warm regards,
Stephan Bader & Anna Kulp along with the entire Festival team

Program

Over the course of the three-day Festival (20 to 22 June), we will again present 50 to 60 events in addition to the Literary Walk on Thursday, 19 June. Here you will find a program overview and the opportunity to pre-order the printed program free of charge, which be available in May, or browse it online.

Program

Festival Tickets

You can order your festival tickets through My Leukerbad’s Ticketshop or buy them during the Festival on site at the Festival office.

Tickets

Newsletter

Two to four times a year, we send our newsletter with news and updates about the Leukerbad International Literary Festival. At present, our newsletter is only available in German. You can subscribe here.

Newsletter

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