30^th Leukerbad International Literary Festival

Program Overview

Starting in spring you can find out here which authors have accepted our invitation to the anniversary edition. In the program overview, we list Festival cornerstones like the Literary Walk in the Dala Gorge or the midnight reading. Everything in between—who is reading where and when—will be posted around two weeks before the Festival opening in the Detailed Program.

Thursday, 25 June 2026

Literary Walk

Friday, 26 June 2026

11:00—24:00
Readings and discussions in nearly a dozen venues in Leukerbad, including:
9:30
Literary Walk in the Dala Gorge
24:00
Midnight reading

Saturday, 27 June 2026

11:00—24:00
Readings and discussions in nearly a dozen venues in Leukerbad, including:
9:00
Literary Walk in the Dala Gorge
approx. 10:00
Insights into the Translation Colloquium
20:00
Literary Evening

Sunday, 28 June 2026

10:00—15:00
Readings and discussions

The detailed program with the exact times and locations will be published at the beginning of June and will be posted here and available at the festival office.

Pablo’s Lounge

The oldest and most traditional festival bar at Le Bristol. Poetic drinks are served from Thursday to Saturday. Other festival bars in the Hotel Les Sources des Alpes and in the festival tents.