In the organizer's words:

lit.COLOGNE 2026
Songs & lyrics with Jan "Monchi" Gorkow, Hauke Segert (Feine Sahne Fischfilet), Frank Schätzing and Thees Uhlmann. Special guest: Mieze (MiA.)

They exist, these wonderful double talents. Authors who make music. Musicians who write books. Kiepenheuer & Witsch is a publishing house that celebrates both: sound and words, pop and literature.

Thees Uhlmann, Jan Monchi Gorkow, Hauke Segert (Feine Sahne Fischfilet) and Frank Schätzing will be on stage - reading from their books, playing a few songs and explaining why music is sometimes the only thing that works. Thees Uhlmann meets death and the Toten Hosen in his lyrics, Frank Schätzing flies into space with David Bowie ("Spaceboy") and Monchi talks about what happens when you're full - or not ("Niemals satt"). Special guest Mieze (MIA.) plays old and new songs ("For or against").

It will be loud, honest and beautiful - an evening between pogo romance and poetry.