How long does the event last?

The reading is scheduled for about 150 minutes, from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM including a discussion round.

Is registration necessary?

Yes, registration is required. Up to two places can be reserved per person via phone 0234 85866 or by email to buechereigerthe@bochum.de.

Is there a book signing?

Information will follow. Please inquire on-site if signing will take place afterward.

How is the accessibility?

The entrance to the library is barrier-free, the toilets are not barrier-free.

Which works will be read?

Excerpts from the novel 'Sound of Steps' and passages from the narrative non-fiction book 'Route is Classy' are planned.

What is the admission fee?

No information regarding the admission fee is available. Please inquire at the Gerthe Branch Library.

Word Art and Running Rhythm: Verena Liebers Reads in Bochum from Sound of Steps

Name: Literary Spring with Verena Liebers
Start: 2026-04-17T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-17T23:30:00+02:00
Location: Zweigbücherei Gerthe (im Schulzentrum Nord)

Spring of Words: Verena Liebers Ignites the Art of Storytelling in Bochum

A literary experience with a close encounter with the author: On Friday, April 17, 2026, Verena Liebers transforms the Gerthe Branch Library into a resonance chamber for language, rhythm, and narrative power. In an intimate reading atmosphere, the Bochum author presents passages from her novel "Sound of Steps" as well as from the narrative non-fiction book "Route is Classy" – two books that connect movement, nature, and friendship with literary quality. Registration required: Phone 0234 85866 or Email buechereigerthe@bochum.de.

Between Breath and Sentence: Sound of Steps

Precise as a metronome and yet warm in timbre: Liebers' voice carries through a novel that weaves the long breath of running with family secrets, music, and memory. Her linguistic art unfolds melodic narratives, where rhythm, thematic development, and perspective shifts elegantly correspond. Thus, a text body emerges that sharpens the ears and opens the senses for subtleties.

Ruhr Area with a Wink: Route is Classy

The second work celebrates the outdoors between bike paths, spoil tips, and hills. Observational skill meets humor, topography meets temperament. Liebers’ style remains precise, vivid, and sensory: asphalt smells of rain, dialogues crackle, the heights of Solingen stand out like musical notes. A literary walk that transforms landscape into language and poetically charges everyday paths.

Literary Scene in Context

As a novelist, poet, and essayist, Liebers has developed a versatile oeuvre – awarded and accompanied by publishers such as Geest-Verlag and SALON LiteraturVERLAG. Her works engage in dialogue with debates on genre boundaries, autofictional methods, and the poetics of the body in motion. The result: texts that combine expertise and experience and assert the literary quality of storytelling in the here and now.

Atmosphere of Closeness: Reading, Listening, Inquiring

The reading atmosphere in the Gerthe Library fosters resonance: nuances of voice, pauses, the fine play of emphases. Here, literature grows from the book into the space – a lively conversation about style, form, and theme, where audience dialogue and questions are explicitly encouraged. Registration possible for up to two places per person.

Conclusion: An evening for all who want to experience language physically – between running rhythm and sentence music, between Ruhr area topography and finely crafted prose. Those who appreciate literature as an encounter should experience this reading live.