2025

Readings

Overview of the 2025 readings and events in Germany

Further events in October and November


18 October 2025

9 pm
Dorothee Elmiger at Göttinger Literaturherbst
https://www.literaturherbst.com/programm/festivalkalender/2025/deutscher-buchpreis/?return=1019

5 November 2025

7 pm
Dorothee Elmiger is coming to Berlin at the invitation of the Deutsche Bank Foundation and the Palais Populaire to read from her Novel of the Year, "Die Holländerinnen" (The Dutch Women). The event will be moderated by Thomas Böhm, presenter at radio eins.

Tickets: €9 at https://www.ticketspopulaire.de/#/product/event/12?date=2025-11-05&date_id=3652

9 November 2025

11 am
Kaleb Erdmann at Bücherfestival Baden Baden

Tickets: €20 at https://www.buecherfestival.de/event/blind-date-deutscher-buchpreis/

21 November 2025

7 pm
As the main sponsor of the German Book Prize, the Deutsche Bank Foundation welcomes this year's winner Dorothee Elmiger to a reading. The event will be moderated by Dr. Torsten Casimir, spokesperson for the Frankfurt Book Fair. Welcome address by Dr. Kristina Hasenpflug, Managing Director and Special Representative of the Deutsche Bank Foundation.

Following the discussion, the foundation invites guests to a reception with refreshments. Admission is free, but registration via the online form is requested.

https://www.deutsche-bank-stiftung.de/21-11-2025-preistraegerlesung-frankfurt-deutscher-buchpreis/