Stories on SundayFor children from 5 years and families at the Literaturhaus Basel. Free admission + breakfast or snack. 

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Here are next dates:

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12. Jan 2025 – Ja, Ja, Janosch! | 15:30 to 17:00 PM

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19. Jan 2025 – I want to hug you with words | 10:30 AM, Poetry reading for children with Lena Raubaum | as part of the Lyrikfestival Basel (www.lyrikfestival-basel.ch)

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16. Feb 2025 – Stories from the north | 9:30 to 11:30 AM

16. Mar 2025 – Huts, houses and palaces | 15:30 to 17:00 PM

6. Apr 2025 – Order and chaos | 9:30 to 11:30 AM

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25. May 2025 – Otto von Irgendwas | 15:30 to 17:00 PM, with Peter Stamm, in collaboration with «Basel liest ein Buch» (www.buchraumbasel.ch)

Children's Book Festival
The Children's Book Festival is an integral part of the international literature festival BuchBasel. Authors and illustrators will present their new works. The next Children's Book Festival will be held in November 2025.

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Stories in Kannenfeldpark
The big reading festival always takes place on the last Sunday in August: Stories from all over the world are read aloud every thirty minutes in eight Mongolian yurts in Kannenfeldpark. With GGG Stadtbibliothek, Bibliothek St. Johann Jukibu, Baobab Books, Vorstadttheater, Bibliothek PZ.BS, KJM Basel, Musikbox der Vera Oeri Bibliothek, Club der Vorlesenden und Basel Authors. The next event will take place in September 2025.
 
Club of the Readers
In a one-day basic seminar, all topics and principles for the work as a volunteer reader are discussed and worked on. Those who have attended this seminar are accepted into the Club of the readers, receive a certificate, an ID card and an annual pass from the GGG public library.