Culture Island of Föhr Summer
Book recommendations for sea stories
25.09.2025, admission 4.30 pm
Whether wild and turbulent or calm and endless - the sea has always reflected the emotional worlds of literary characters.
In numerous novels, it becomes a mirror of inner states, a projection screen of longing, freedom or threat. Let yourself be surprised by the books selected by the Wyker bookseller Kirsten Müller-Weckenmann and (Heike ?), a passionate reader, to lead us into stormy and quiet passages of literature.
Admission free - nevertheless we ask for a free ticket booking via ticket2Go as a reservation and admission control.
An exciting interplay of contrasts unfolds between the churning sea and the mirror-smooth ocean: Stories tell of the brute force of a hurricane, of sudden calm, of the pulsating life of summer or of the deep winter silence that settles over the island.
The Föhr erlesen literature festival opens its doors for the fifth time from 19 to 27 September 2025. It invites you to explore the interplay of storm and silence in literature and life as well as to listen to the words that oscillate between these extremes and open up new perspectives. The weather determines everyday life, just as inexorably as the ebb and flow of the tide. That's just the way it is. The people here know that the two are inseparable - unpredictable forces of nature and those moments of calm when time seems to flow more slowly.
To kick off the Book Days and as a member of the jury for the story competition for Föhr primary school children, the Föhr erLesen team was able to win over bestselling author Stephan Schäfer, who will be reading from his novel "25 Last Summers".
In keeping with the theme, the renowned Storm expert Jochen Missfeldt and the author Silke von Bremen will also enrich the programme with readings, and numerous events are planned again this year in cooperation with a wide range of partners, including Föhr Touristik, the Nieblum spa administration, the Dr. Carl Häberlin Friesen Museum, the Ferring Foundation, the town library, the St. Johanniskirche e.V. support association, the Hospiz Initiative Föhr-Amrum e.V. and the VHS Föhr. Another highlight is the planned awarding of the fourth Föhr Poetry Prize. In addition to Peter M. Röhm, Jochen Gemeinhardt and Amelie Ahrens, Britta Cathleen Krebs, winner of the 2023 Poetry Prize, has been added to the jury.
We will publish the programme at the beginning of May - it will be exciting!
