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Literary festival ILFU adds new day-long event on the hot topics of our time.
Speakers including Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lale Gül, Roberto Saviano and Alfred Birney to appear in Utrecht On Saturday, 25 September, the first edition of Exploring Stories will take place: a…
ILFU opens ticket sales
Despite the continuous uncertainty regarding corona in the cultural field, International Literature Festival Utrecht announced a large part of their programme (July 16th). The Netherlands’s largest literary festival takes place…
Édouard Louis guest artist at ILFU Book Talks 2021
Édouard Louis is guest artist at the Book Talks programme of ILFU on Saturday September 25 th in TivoliVredenburg. Ticket sales started July 16 th . Young author and sociologist…
Utrecht gets the Netherlands’ first story machine
A hot snack from the wall, some cash from the ATM, a bar of chocolate from the vending machine – and soon you’ll be able to get a short story…
Margaret Atwood to receive the Belle van Zuylen Ring and to hold 12th Belle van Zuylen lecture
On Thursday, 1 October, the Belle van Zuylen Ring will be awarded to Margaret Atwood during the ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht. This is an international honorary award presented by…
David Mitchell, Raynor Winn, Lionel Shriver, Petina Gappah and Michel Faber are coming to the International Literature Festival Utrecht
The first names of the international writers to appear at ILFU 2020 have been announced. In September, the ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht will welcome British writers David Mitchell and Raynor Winn, Zimbabwean…
ILFU launches worldwide story contest
Winner will receive a prize of 10,000 euros This year, the ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht will be launching the ILFU International Story Contest. On the theme of ‘Rising’,…
This year’s ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht focus on the power of stories
The 2020 ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht will be all about telling new stories. Under the motto ‘We need stories’, the ILFU will present literature in all possible forms, from…
Council for Culture recommends ILFU to be included in national cultural infrastructure
Today the Dutch Council for Culture (Raad voor Cultuur) announced that it had issued a positive recommendation to include the ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht in the national basic cultural…