In its fifth year, the literature festival "Ins Offene" will move from the Burggarten in Sonnenberg to the heart of the city and present its program from 2 to 6 July where literature is at home in Wiesbaden - around the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine on Kleine Wilhelmstraße, which will then be closed to traffic, in the garden of the villa and on the open spaces of the house up to the neighboring Anglican Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury.

In addition to its regular visitors, the festival will also attract a walking audience along the cultural institutions on Wilhelmstrasse. In the event of rain, the permanent buildings of the villa and the church will be available as shelters. The users of the church and villa, here: Literaturhaus, Presseclub, Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and Hessischer Literaturrat, are cooperation partners of the festival, as are the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Frauenmuseum, the city's owner-managed bookshops, filmfest exground, Verlagshaus Römerweg, as well as the Wiesbadener Partnerschaftsverein Wiesbaden - San Sebastián (Basque Country), the NKV, the Museum Wiesbaden ...

Between July 2 and 6, renowned as well as newly discovered authors will present their novels in moderated discussions and actors will read from them in around 25 events on the stage facing Frankfurter Straße. An actor as author, such as Christian Berkel, will of course read himself - announced on July 5, 7.30 pm.

With Tijan Sila and his autobiographical novel "Radio Sarajevo", a festival program will open on 2 July at 6 p.m. that addresses political issues, asks social questions and also examines the role of literature itself. There will be multilingual program items (German/Arabic, German/English, German/Spanish), singer/songwriter evening programs in the garden of the villa and a "Faust II" special with Playmobil figures in the church.