We are opening our doors for the first semi-final of the Bavarian Poetry Slam Championships. Nine talented slammers will compete on stage for their place in the final on May 11th at the E.T.A. Hoffmann Theatre.

Soprano Irene Kurka will perform as featured artist. She will offer vocal improvisations...

In mid-April, artists from IRELAND and GERMANY travelled to the Künstlerhaus to develop projects and stay for 5 or 11 months. A board of curators awarded them for their artistic excellence. Bavarian Stateminister for Science and Culture, Markus Blume, appointed them.

The new fellows will be welcomed...

During the summer semester 2024, poet, essayist and storyteller Daniela Danz will take over the 37th Poetry Professorship at the University of Bamberg. Her lectures will take place on April 23rd, May 7th, May 14th  and May 22nd at Otto Friedrich University in room U2 / 00.25 at 8 pm.

May 23rd and...

Hans-Christian Oeser will be reading from his translation of Oscar Wilde's "Fairy Tales" (Reclam Verlag). 136 years ago, the Irish writer and dandy Oscar Wilde - born in Dublin in 1854, came to fame in London in 1891, was thrown into Reading prison in 1895, died in exile in Paris in 1900 - published...