Programme

Ouverture: Reni Eddo-Lodge
To open the seventh edition of the Festival, the British author will read a new text on her relation to the reader(s). The lecture will be followed by an interview.

Slam Night
Six slam poets let rip onstage, pouring out their hearts about things that are precious to them, that they can’t stand or that simply caught their eye.

Goodbye, hello
In search of the cultural connections between the UK and the European continent, with writers Ali Smith, Jonathan Coe, Sulaiman Addonia, the Aurora Orchestra and tenor Ian Bostridge.

rozsypne: a VR story
In the literary VR story of Nina, you experience everyday life in Eastern Ukraine on the eve of the war.

Maud Vanhauwaert: I do not live in the house anymore (but the house still lives in me)
Be the author of a fictional parental home's history on this interactive audiobook trail.

Strange, surprising adventures
Imagine yourself on Robinson Crusoe’s desert island with illustrators Jayde Perkin, Charlotte Dumortier, Sarah Cheveau, Denise Hermo and Shamisa Debroey.

Voyeurs in BXL
Brussel begluurd in vernieuwend muziektheater met literatuur, klassieke cello, hedendaagse muziek en live illustratie. Première op het Passa Porta Festival.

Human Library
The Human Library is like any other library. Except that the books you find there are real people who have a story to tell.

Les bibliothèques idéales
Six auteurs francophones se succèdent pour nous ouvrir les portes de leur intimité de lecteurs. Avec successivement : Lyonel Trouillot, Florence Noiville, Régis Jauffret, Nathalie Skowronek, In Koli Jean Bofane et Myriam Leroy.