ILFU Festival 2026 is from 19 September to 3 October 2026 on various locations in Utrecht. For more information see ilfu.com/english
Bookmarket
Somewhere among all those thousands of books you’ll find that one novel you lost, that specialist masterpiece you’ve been searching for for years, the comic book that completes your collection, or that rare bibliography. Bring enough bags for all those well-considered and impulse purchases, and enjoy the analog encyclopedic knowledge of the experts manning the stalls.
20 September 2026, Vredenburgplein
Book Talk: Mieko Kawakami
In 2019, Japanese star author and feminist icon Mieko Kawakami made a breakthrough with the novel Breasts and Eggs. She also wrote short stories, in which she combines her prose with experimental and poetic language. On her first visit to the Netherlands, she will talk about her entire oeuvre in her Book Talk for ILFU.
24 September 2026, TivoliVredenburg
Exploring Stories
International writers and thinkers will engage in dialogue about topics that concern us all, such as migration, war, colonialism, oppression, climate change and inequality of opportunity. Some names from the line-up: Antonio Scurati, Antjie Krog, Marek Šindelka, Maria Reva, Aimée de Jongh, Vincent Delecroix, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, Balsam Karam, Janina Ramirez, Anja Meulenbelt, Ibtisam Azem, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Natalie Wynn and Nidesh Lawtoo.
26 September 2026, TivoliVredenburg
Book Talk: Maggie O’Farrell
Following the success of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farell recently published her novel Land. It’s about Tomás, who decides to document the consequences of the Great Famine in Ireland in an ambitious mapping project. But then a disturbing event changes his and his family’s lives forever.
29 September 2026, TivoliVredenburg
For more information see ilfu.com/english
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Daan Kamerman, Maarten Mooijman, Marieke Wijntjes (headerphoto, YALFU)
Publication date:
8 September 2026
Magazine edition:
UITagenda Utrecht september 2026
