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The Passa Porta Festival is the literary gathering for lovers of literature! This year, too, a full edition with a sophisticated digital programme. Lasting no less than 8 days.

La romancière Aiko Solovkine (Rodéo) a eu l’idée de remettre le très bel essai « Au bonheur des morts » de la philosophe Vinciane Despret au cœur d’une discussion avec le chercheur et dramaturge Kristof van Baarle.

The Nigerian-Belgian Igbo writer Chika Unigwe left Europe to live in the US some time ago. She wrote a new story for us there.

For some time now, Argentinian author Samanta Schweblin has been regarded as a leading international literary voice. In her novel Little Eyes, pets become voyeuristic accomplices of social media. At the festival she will talk about it with writer Hannah Roels.

Kunst en literatuur kunnen ook mensen in detentie zingeving bezorgen. We praten erover met schrijfster Simone Atangana Bekono en 3 andere specialisten ter zake: Hans Claus, Gabriella Adèr en Joëlle Kermarrec.

A multilingual sound collage and video poem. Come and listen to murmurations to rekindle humankind kindness, body and water movements that whisper, a river of voices that pulsates to the rhythm of the city, and roads that interweave stories, shaping a refuge for hearts and minds.

Zeker in het verleden werden baanbrekende vrouwen vaak op schandelijke wijze naar het achterplan geduwd. Maar in het literaire en muzikale programma ‘Dead Ladies Show’ is het dead ladies first.

Douglas Stuart spent ten years writing his debut novel about a poverty-stricken family in Scotland and was immediately awarded the Booker Prize for it