OCTOBER 4th 2026 from 6.30 P.M. AT THE CANETTI HOUSE “HAUCH” (BREEZE) OR THE LETTER AGAINST THE DIGITAL SCREEN “Hauch” is an epistolary novel written at a time when postal services across Europe are struggling and clearly need support. In smaller towns, post-boxes are disappearing with increasing frequency or the post simply isn’t More...
OCTOBER 4th, 2026, FROM 5.30 P.M. AT THE CANETTI HOUSE SCHWIMMEN IN DER TINTE (SWIMMING IN THE INK) This is the fascinating title of Rumiana Ebert’s book, which we will be presenting on the 4th of October. She is a renowned Bulgarian and German poet, writer, essayist and translator who has been combining More...
3 October 2026 from 7.00 at the Canetti House A LETTER THAT IS NOT PRONOUNCED, BUT CONVEYS A LOT The second event on the first day of the festival features Jehona Kicaj. Kicaj was born in 1991 in Suharekë, Republic of Kosovo, and moved to Germany with her parents in the 1990s. More...
Official opening of the 19th ‘Voice of Reason’ International Literary Festival 3 October 2026 from 5.30 p.m. at the Canetti House Saturday 3 October 6.00 p.m., Canetti-House Immediately following the festival’s official opening, there will be an event at which the audience will have the opportunity to meet Elli Unruh and learn More...
Under this motto, the Ruse International Literature Festival is celebrating its 19th anniversary. The festival is the flagship event of the Cultural Centre of the International Elias Canetti Society and traditionally provides a platform for the diverse voices of artists from different generations to be heard. Each with their own theme and their own pain, More...
In 2026, the LITERATURE NIGHT will take place for the fifteenth consecutive year. At 13 locations across Bulgaria, a variety of spaces – some of which might be unusual for literary events – will be transformed simultaneously into “reading nooks” on October 1st for a few hours. Various artists, journalists, and translators will read excerpts More...
(AUFKLÄRUNG IN ZEITEN DER VERDUNKELUNG) 3–11 October 2026 Canetti House · 12 Slavyanska Street · 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria THE INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL RUSE For almost two decades, the International Literature Festival Ruse has established itself as a cultural forum with a strong European and international presence. Bringing together contemporary literature and the arts, the More...
AUFKLÄRUNG IN ZEITEN DER VERDUNKELUNG 3–11 October 2026 · Canetti House · 12 Slavyanska Street · 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ THE INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL RUSE For almost two decades, the International Literature Festival Ruse has established itself as a cultural forum with a strong European and international presence. Bringing together contemporary literature and the More...
Bogdan Cosa from Romania is the 2026 selected holder of this year’s edition of the ”Sharing Future” Artist in residence scholarship. His artistic project idea was selected from amongst more than 20 truly inspiring artistic applications from Europe, Asia and the Americas. The jury was impressed by the Romanian writer’s idea to develop his new More...
📢 Reminder: “Sharing Future” Artist-in-Residence Scholarship 2026 International Elias Canetti Society Funded by the Danube Rectors’ Conference The International Elias Canetti Society is pleased to remind artists across Europe — including the Western Balkans and Turkey — about the open call for the “Sharing Future” Artist-in-Residence Scholarship 2026 in Ruse, Bulgaria. The residency supports painters, photographers, More...
