„Literatur über Bande – Anschrei­ben im Billard-­Forum“ mit Nora Haddada und Thorsten Nagel­schmidt

In the organizer's words:

Reading meets pub flair: on September 15 at 8 p.m., the Düsseldorf Billard Forum will become a stage for urban literature - direct, edgy, sometimes old-fashioned, but never stale. The Literaturbüro NRW invites you to an evening that is more Worringer Platz than Königsallee. This time, Nora Haddada andThorsten Nagelschmidt are on the panel of freshly tapped contemporary literature.

We discuss how literature can tell of everyday life and reality that comes from this very center. Does class still play a role in literature? Is intoxication political? What do "hard work" and literature have in common?

A reading and discussion with late-night flair, instead of feuilleton-speak. Everyone pays their own bill, but the evening is for everyone. Moderated by Meral Ziegler (Literaturbüro NRW) and Bernard Hoffmeister.

Nora Haddada, born in Neunkirchen (Saar) in 1998, studied creative writing and literature in Hildesheim, Berlin and Paris. Her debut novel Nothing in the Plants was published by ecco in 2023. Her second book Blaue Romanze will be published by S.Fischer on 10.09.2025. She lives in Berlin and Paris.

Thorsten Nagelschmidt, born in Rheine in 1976, is an author, musician and artist. He is the singer, lyricist and guitarist of the band Muff Potter and has published the books Wo die wilden Maden graben (2007), Was kostet die Welt (2010) and Drive-By Shots (2015). His most recent novels are Der Abfall der Herzen (2018), Arbeit (2020) and 'Soledad' (2024). His new novel Nur für Mitglieder will be published by MÄRZ Verlag on 08.09.2025.

A cooperation with WPKultur and KreativRaumD, funded by the state capital Düsseldorf and the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building.