From Friday to Sunday > 24th Leukerbad International Literary Festival from 28 to 30 June 2019

Festival focus

Friday 28 June
09:30 – 12:00		Literary walk in the Dala Gorge
11:00 – 24:00		Readings and conversations at various venues
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 29 June
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
20:00 – 22:45		Evening readings in the Walliser Alpentherme & Spa Leukerbad

Sunday 30 June
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
		Au revoir! Auf Wiedersehen! Good bye!

Exhibition
Photos by Ré Soupault will be shown in the Galerie St. Laurent during the festival.

This information is provisional. The detailed programme with exact times and locations will be posted just before the festival. 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 Thermal Hotels Leukerbad serves poetic drinks from Thursday to Saturday, with DJ Mifume accompaniment on Saturday starting at 23:30.

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