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12 September 2026

20:00 - 21:00

Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library, joins BorderKitchen to discuss his new novel, The Midnight Train.

17 September 2026

20:00 - 21:00

Douglas Stuart r
Douglas Stuart - Desiree Adams

At BorderKitchen, Scottish author Douglas Stuart will discuss his new novel, John, Son of John.

Past events

2026

Ferdia LennonArtem ChapeyeCROSSING BORDER KIDS - Davide MorosinottoSiri HustvedtMircea CărtărescuCROSSING BORDER KIDS – ED ONERJuan Gabriel Vásquez

2025

Crossing Border Antwerp 2025Crossing Border Festival 2025J.M. CoetzeeAli SmithRobert D. KaplanKaveh AkbarRita BullwinkelPaul MurrayJón Kalman StefánssonAlan Hollinghurst

2024

Crossing Border Antwerp 2024Crossing Border 2024Colm TóibínWerner HerzogDe Situatie X Crossing BorderSholeh RezazadehAlejandro ZambraWriters for UkraineMustansar Hussain TararAbdulrazak GurnahMurat IsikDaniel Kehlmann

2023

Margo JeffersonIlja Leonard PfeijfferGiuliano da EmpoliS.A. CosbySang Young ParkEleanor CattonBret Easton Ellis

2022

Paolo GiordanoWarsan ShireGuillermo ArriagaOrhan PamukGary ShteyngartKarin SlaughterRoy JacobsenJennifer EganTorrey PetersTom Lanoye

2021

Lenny KayeJo NesbøStevie Van ZandtJonathan CoeIsabel AllendeT.C. BoyleC Pam ZhangDBC Pierre

2020

Laila LalamiLeïla SlimaniNir BaramEmily St. John MandelPaolo GiordanoElif ShafakJudith SchalanskySandro VeronesiEtgar KeretBenjamin Black (John Banville)

2019

Richard DawkinsHoward Jacobson & Micha WertheimHilary MantelLászló KrasznahorkaiNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah & Colson WhiteheadJonathan Safran FoerValeria Luiselli & Frank BáezPaul MasonOttessa MoshfeghMahir GuvenAnuna de Wever & Kyra GantoisKristen RoupenianGuillermo Arriaga

2018

Sir Ian KershawMichael PalinÉdouard LouisRachel KushnerJohan Harstad, Dorthe Nors, Gunnhild ØyehaugGabriel TallentPaolo Cognetti

2017

Carlos Ruiz ZafónOrhan PamukMohsin HamidGary YoungePaul AusterPaul BeattyNadja TolokonnikovaYaa Gyasi

2016

Antoine LeirisAlbert Sánchéz PiñolHanya YanagiharaRichard RussoJay McInerneyHéctor AbadPatrick deWittZeruya ShalevHarry ParkerNell ZinkLynsey AddarioJohn IrvingGarth Risk Hallberg & Peter Buwalda

2015

Salman RushdieA.B. YehoshuaIsabel AllendeT.C. BoyleRachel KushnerRobert SeethalerEmmanuel CarrèreJan van DingsteeColin BarrettKevin BarryMichel Faber

2014

Martha NussbaumHenry MarshSimon WinderBernhard SchlinkMarie DarrieussecqDaniel GaleraChristos TsiolkasMichael CunninghamFerdinand von SchirachEleanor CattonEtgar Keret 2014Riikka PulkkinenHelon Habila

2013

Almudena GrandesMarisha PesslMeindert TalmaArno CamenischSofi OksanenPaul IngendaayNathan FilerJuli ZehTaiye SelasiKarl Ove KnausgårdPaolo Giordano

2012

Madeleine AlbrightCharles LewinskyRichard FordNathan EnglanderHilary MantelJosh RitterJavier MariasAntony BeevorErik Kriek & guestsAdam Johnson

2011

David VannEef LanoyeMichel HouellebecqIrvine WelshStephen FryMensje van KeulenWilly VlautinGyörgy KonrádAlissa Walser

2010

Wladimir KaminerAlessandro BariccoIan McEwanKarin SlaughterMeir ShalevYann MartelJulia BlackburnPhilippe ClaudelSarah Hall & Jáchym Topol

2009

Sandro Veronesi & Nicolai LilinSarah WatersDavid GrossmanGuus Janssen Tribute to Louis LehmannTodd Hasak-LowyMartin WalserJ.R. MoehringerDaniel Kehlmann 2009Redmond O’Hanlon & Rudi Rotthier

2008

Erlend LoeDexter FilkinsTerri(s)tories Crossing Border & CadancePeter CareyBarbara VoorsSamantha PowerRichard MasonAharon Appelfeld

2007

Jeanette WintersonSalman RushdieLionel ShriverMichael ChabonDave Eggers & Valentino Achak DengEdward St. AubynClare AllanIngo SchulzeClaire Castillon

2006

Carlos FuentesGuillermo ArriagaJens Christian Grøndahl & Sana ValiulinaHisham MatarAlessandro Piperno & L.H.WienerDBC Pierre

2005

Amos OzJonathan Safran Foer

2004

Ruth RendellPaul Auster & Siri HustvedtBORDERKITCHEN BERLIN - Tomas Lieske, Adriaan Jaeggi, Menno Wigman

2003

Meir ShalevMichel FaberT.C. Boyle

2002

Peter Esterhazy & Christian KrachtMichel Houellebecq

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