From Friday to Sunday > 21st Leukerbad International Literary Festival from 1-3 July 2016

FESTIVAL FOCUS

Friday 1 July
09:30 – 12:00		Literary walk in the Dala Gorge
11:00 – 24:00		Readings and conversations at various venues
Afternoon		Postures of international poetry film, compiled by the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival
20:00 – 22:45		Evening readings in the ‘Walliser Alpentherme & Spa Leukerbad’
24:00 – 01:00		Midnight reading on the Gemmi Pass (2350 meters elevation)

Saturday 2 July
09:30 – 12:00		Literary walk in the Dala Gorge
10:30		Translators’ colloquium presentation
11:00 – 24:00		Readings and conversations at various venues
14:00		Swiss Poetry: Poethreesome
Afternoon		Postures of international poetry film, compiled by the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival
20:00 – 24:00		Evening readings in the ‘Walliser Alpentherme & Spa Leukerbad’

Sunday 3 July
10:00 – 13:00 Uhr		Readings and conversations at various venues
13:00 – 15:30 Uhr		Afternoon readings in the garden of the Hotel Les Sources des Alpes (in good weather) or in the Balmhornsaal of the Heliopark Hotels (in wet weather)
		Au revoir! Auf Wiedersehen! Good bye!

This information is provisional. The detailed programme with exact times and locations will be posted in mid-June. Print versions will be available at the festival office.

Large audience, small venue: some events may sell out quickly. We appreciate your understanding if we must limit audience size for security reasons. Several choices are offered during most event times.

Pablo’s Lounge
The festival’s traditional rendezvous, Pablo’s lounge in the Heliopark Hotel (formerly the Lindner Hotel) serves poetic drinks from Thursday to Saturday, with DJ accompaniment on Friday and Saturday starting at 23:30.

More festival bars are located in the Hotel Les Sources des Alpes and in Le Bristol Leukerbad (formerly the Mercure Bristol Leukerbad).