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10.6.2026

Songs of a Transient Traveler

A lyrical evening with María Alejandra Benavent who will lead the journey to the very essence of her latest book Songs of a Transient Traveler. 10.06.2026, 7 PM

12.5.2026

Murder at the Hotel Orient

Written by local expat Alessandra Ranelli in English and Austrian dialect, Murder at the Hotel Orient is a spicy, contemporary whodunnit with golden age style inspired by a notorious Viennese Stundenhotel, an ode to the city of spies. The first inspiration for the story began at Shakespeare & Company! Tuesday, 12. May, 19.00

30.4.2026

Fearful in Gaza

Abdalhadi Alijla, Palestinian-Swedish social and political scientist will present his recent published book Fearful in Gaza – an oral history through the eyes of a child and teenager
on 30. April, 19.00.

28.11.2025

Burned Butter Island

Carlota Josefina Bérard will read from her new poetry book Burned Butter Island

27.11.2025

Gratitude for the Grieving

A poetry reading by Abigail Somma featuring the the music of sound healer Lucia Drozdova.

25.11.2025

The Shortest History of Austria

Nicholas T. Parsons, author, translator and editor, will present his latest book which tells the story of Austria from its origins at the outer reaches of the Roman Empire to the political tensions of today. “Incisive but comprehensive, entertaining and well-illustrated”.

13.11.2025

Good & Safe

Austrian poet, writer and translator will present Good & Safe by Liesl Ujvary, the Austrian poet’s 1977 poetry collection. The satirical semi-manifesto provides tautological explanations for every one of our modern conditions, from war to work. The first book to be translated from German by Ann Cotton & Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie, with an introduction by Fatima Naqvi.

11.11.2025

Blind-Spot Politics

Leading Central European journalist Paul Lendvai investigates in his new book in English how political and intellectual elites in Europe’s democracies underestimate and enable the continent’s authoritarians – from the Cold War onwards.

30.10.2025

Haunted

The Uni-Verse Creative Writing Society will present the new Pocket Univers anthology dedicated to anything and everything Haunted.

29.10.2025

Lessons in Diplomacy

Leigh Turner will provide insights and reflection on the challenges of modern politics.

24.10.2025

A Duel of Bulls

Pete Carvill will tell the mostly-true story of the ‘friendship’ between Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles.

25.9.2025

The Women Are Not Fine

A book about survival, power and what happens when women are pushed to the edge.

10.7.2025

Why I failed in Porn

“In my early 20s, I moved to Finland to start a porn company. Now that’s a sentence…"

25.6.2025

Hotel Lux

Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals

24.6.2025

Monkey Mind

„Calm the Monkey Mind” is a scientific approach to Mindful Living.

16.6.2025

The Russian Diplomat’s Wife

The Russian Diplomat’s Wife is Kenneth Dekleva's third novel.

13.6.2025

Tango Waves

Hardy Hanappi - Tango Waves: Omega and Alpha dance in the dark to the song of evolutionary political economy

12.6.2025

Between the covers

Between the covers is Paul Armfield's newest album, that he will perform accompanied by his guitar and musical saw.

6.6.2025

Written Portraits with Ox Maló and Aron Hollinger

Ox Maló and Aron Hollinger, the classic Written Portraits duo, perform again in Vienna

5.6.2025

Magica is Burning

Magica is Burning is a climate fiction novel that addresses the blurred lines of fantasy versus reality in the era of climate change and mental health risks.

19.5.2025

Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time is a biography written by Richard Bassett on the life of one of the most influential European monarchs of the 18th century.

25.4.2025

Career Heist

Do you seem to be stuck in your career? Then this book is for you.

25.4.2025

Even small birds fly free

The intimate portrayal traces five lives in a traumatic time when the face of both Ireland and the United States are changed through the devastation of one culture and the reckoning of another.

10.4.2025

Penny the Pittie

Meet Penny the Pittie, a special dog with a spirit as resilient as the countryside she called home.

3.4.2025

Thriving in Disruption

Thriving in Disruption explores, challenges and rethinks conventional definitions and assumptions in management theory..

27.3.2025

Pathways

Oftentimes, the wounds of the world weigh heavily on the mind - this poetry ensemble depicts it perfectly.

22.1.2025

The Testament (& Other Texts)

Join us January 22nd for an evening devoted to Rilke, featuring a talk by translator Mark Kanak on the world-premiere English translation of The Testament by Rilke.

17.1.2025

Lessons in Diplomacy

Lessons in Diplomacy by Leigh Turner is a firsthand account of the world of diplomacy.

30.10.2024

Enchanted

Published on May 8th this year, this is the 5th Pocket Universe.

30.10.2024

Written Portraits

Written Portraits is a participative performance based on improvisation where, as painters do, Adrián Dozetas portrays a person improvising a poem with his typewriter and the person gets the poem in paper as a present.

24.10.2024

Miniatures

Author Günther Kaip and translator Matthias Goldmann will be present and read Miniatures both in German & English. Texts with a special swing and groove that arises in the balance between prose and poetry.

1.9.2024

Endless Mission III

Mehrdad Shamoradi Mofrad will present the third part of the Espionage trilogy Endless Mission.

11.8.2024

Wittgenstein Symposium

Philosophy is not a Theory but an Activity.

9.8.2024

Ellantir

Ellantir is a mystical world where humans coexist with tribal fehrokee, magical elluviae, mechanical vekwne, and fierce gargoyles.

28.6.2024

Soul-Soothing Poetry

Oftentimes, the wounds of the world weigh heavily on the mind - this poetry ensemble depicts it perfectly.

24.6.2024

The Membranes

The Membranes is a classic of queer speculative fiction in Chinese, first published in Taiwan in 1995.

6.6.2024

Waters

Sara Wolfberger will read from her debut poetry anthology, Waters.

31.5.2024

Death of a Boxer

Death of a Boxer is not one story, but a series of boxing stories.

17.5.2024

Death in the Ozarks

A cross between Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and a Cheers bartender, Sally Witherspoon, a 50-something accountant turned biker-bar owner, loves solving puzzles.

4.4.2024

Words through Walls

Words through Walls, accompanied by live music, will be read from by the author, Evelyn Holloway.

13.3.2024

Playing for Time: Guido Schmidt and the Struggle for Austria

Author Richard Bassett will present his new book, Playing for Time: Guido Schmidt and the Struggle for Austria

8.3.2024

Too mad to live. Too Mad to die.

100% hunterstyle - 100% Mad.

A Soul's Road Home - poetic reflections on fatherhood

Epaminondas Zisimopoulos, born and raised in Patras, Greece, is a storyteller at heart. Driven by a profound passion for arts and culture, he finds his voice through poetry. He writes to capture the way time settles—how moments, places, and people become part of our shared existence. Friday, June 12th, 7PM.

We Do Not Part

Han Kang, known for having won a Nobel Prize last year, wrote a new novel: We Do Not Part.

Freedom

Freedom is a memoir written by Angela Merkel, co-written with her long-standing political advisor Beate Baumann.

AI Snake Oil

Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor dive into AI.

Deep End

After famous releases such as The Love Hypothesis or Love on the Brain, Ali Hazelwood is back with a new novel: Deep End.

Immortal

Immortal is a standalone romantic fantasy novel written by Sue Lynn Tan.

Onyx Storm

Onyx Storm is the third opus of the Empyrean fantasy romance series written by Rebecca Yarros.

Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer is a non-fiction piece that touches on several topics: memoir, science, history.

Heavenly Tyrant

After Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao released the second opus to the series The Celestial Kingdom: Heavenly Tyrant.

Open When...

Open When... is an open letter to help people out.

Wind and Truth

Wind and Truth is The Stormlight Archive's fifth opus written by Brandon Sanderson, released in 2024.

Lolita

Lolita, first published in 1955, is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov, as is known as one of the most controversial works of the 20th century.

Nexus

Nexus is another significant non-fiction book written by Yuval Noah Harari, going into technology and AI.

What If?

What If? is a science book on absurd questions written by Randall Munroe, released in 2014.

Why Had Nobody Told Me This Before?

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? is a self-help book written by Dr. Julie Smith, released in 2022.

Martyr!

Known for his poetry, the Iranian-American author Kaveh Akbar releases his debut novel.

Dogs and Monsters

Mixing Greek myths with dystopia, this collection of short stories is a wild ride.

The Life Impossible

After bestsellers in both fiction and non-fiction, Matt Haig is back with a fiction novel.

Butcher

It is historical fiction at its finest about harmful experimentations on women in the 1850s.

Same As It Ever Was

Reaching mid-life and suddendly a lot of changes arise: how to deal with this?

All Fours

What would happen if one just seized the moment?

Her Side of the Story

A novel on what it is like to be a woman under fascist Italy, as the main character tries to figure out who they are.

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

After Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, this sequel had been long awaited.

If This Is A Man

If This Is A Man, originally Se questo è un uomo in Italian, is a World War II memoire writen by the Jewish Italian Primo Levi, released in 1947.

Red Side Story

Red Side Story

15 years after releasing Shades of Grey back in 2009, Jasper Fforde released the long awaited follow-up.

The Secret History

Published in 1992, The Secret History is the first novel by the American author Donna Tartt

The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story, originally Die unendliche Geschichte in German, is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende published in 1979.

A Gentleman in Moscow

Five years after publishing his New York Times besteller Rules of Civility, Amor Towles published his novel A Gentleman in Moscow in 2016.