Heidi Greßmann tells and reads from the book of the same name by Tania Schlie. World literature was written at the kitchen table between plates and breadcrumbs. Scary crime novels were conceived while washing up, cheeky children's stories were thought up in bed, great novels were written in cold garden sheds....
Heidi Greßmann tells and reads from the book of the same name by Tania Schlie.
World literature was written at the kitchen table between plates and breadcrumbs. Scary crime novels were conceived while washing up, cheeky children's stories were thought up in bed, great novels that warmed millions of hearts were written in cold garden sheds. A round one-legged table with a walnut top turned out to be the smallest desk in the world....
There are unhoused poets who were always on the move and only achieved their daily norm in this way. And there are those who needed fixed times and rituals in well-ordered chaos to get their thoughts down on paper.
"The interest of readers who want to know where and under what circumstances their favorite book was written is legitimate," says Tania Schlie.
The literary association invites you to join Heidi Greßmann as she talks about the places where books began and were then put down on paper.
This reading is part of the Bad Doberan "Kultur INITIATIVE" program, which is dedicated to WOMEN IN CULTURE in 2026.
