"Laute Nächte" mit Anne Freytag - Lesung & Gespräch, moderiert von Mathias Berg

Our summer highlight: Anne Freytag, author of one of your favorite books at handtverlesen "Blaues Wunder", comes to us and reads from her new book "Laute Nächte". Who better to host the event than Mathias Berg, author of the exciting series "Die Kriminalistinnen"? It's going to be an evening full of suspense! It's best to secure your tickets quickly.

Date: Friday, June 12, 2026

Start: 19.30h, admission: 19h, free choice of seats

Venue: BiOsInn (parish hall of the Catholic family center), Rochusstr. 141

Admission: 18,50€

Tickets: in the store or by email to hallo@handtverlesen.de

Arrival: There are very few parking spaces, so it is advisable to get there early enough to find one if you come by car. Better to come by bus & train. Train lines 3 & 4 go to Rochusplatz, train line 5 to Iltisstraße, bus line 139 to Mathilde-Herz-Weg, bus lines 140, 141 & 143 to Borsigstraße.

That's what it's all about:

A bell with four names: Paul has given up playing tennis and hasn't started anything new. Elif is always talking, asking, annoying, laughing as if she's known you forever. Julia is so quiet that you can't tell if she's at home. And Kenni? He doesn't even know what he wants in Vienna. He just had to get away. From the people who see him as the guy he was before he became the guy whose girlfriend died in a car accident. Their last trip, without him. Even though they wanted to spend a summer discovering France. Contrary to expectations, the shared flat becomes Kenni's new home. Life simply goes on. The planned trip also takes place - with Elif in the passenger seat, which is not a good idea. Ten years later, Kenni is at the beginning of his career as a painter and the four of them meet up again in Zurich. It is a long, loud night that raises a lot of questions. Only back in Vienna, Kenni has now become a renowned artist in his forties, does a short conversation begin an afternoon, an evening, a beginning ...

The author:

Anne Freytag studied International Management, graduated just in time for the economic crisis, wrote over a hundred job applications, couldn't find a job, worked in a boutique for a while, registered as unemployed, retrained as a graphic designer, got hired as a career changer with lousy pay at various agencies and then finally pursued her dream: Since 2013, she has devoted herself entirely to writing. She has been nominated several times for literary prizes for her books for young people (including twice in a row for the German Youth Literature Prize) and has received awards for them (including the Bavarian Art Promotion Prize in the literature category). Anne Freytag lives and works in Munich. Her novels Lügen, die wir uns erzählen and Blaues Wunder have been published by Kampa Verlag.