Bestseller Author Thomas Raab at the Haugsdorf Library

What's it about?

Thomas Raab is known to a broad audience for his crime novels featuring the restorer Willibald Adrian Metzger (which have also been successfully adapted into films) and the elderly detective Hannelore Huber, and has received numerous awards. For 18 years, he has traveled through Austria, performing on stages, opening his books—and reading less and less in the process. Because the interlude is simply so much more fun. The free storytelling. The storytelling with a twist. The digressions. The shared laughter. The direct exchange with the audience. Now Thomas Raab is doing exactly that: VERLESUNG—and other embarrassments—instead of reading aloud, he shares behind-the-scenes stories: about writing and failure, about cut passages, particularly unsuccessful published sentences, embarrassing moments that never made it into the book. About readings where everything went wrong, the absurdities of the literary world. About his time as a teacher at a Vienna high school—what a math or gym class sometimes has in common with a reading—and much more! VERLESUNG is not a traditional reading and not cabaret, but a personal, very funny evening about the life of an author who never really wanted to become one and who has been on the road for years—carrying more stories than can fit in books... Friday, 13 November 2026, 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) Meeting room in the Haugsdorf Town Hall Admission: €10 (ticket pre-sale from September at the Haugsdorf library, Wednesdays 9:00-10:00 AM, Fridays 5:00-6:30 PM, or at the Alexowsky bookstore) Book table by the Alexowsky bookstore During the break and afterwards, the library team will provide some refreshments!

Where?

Amtshaus Haugsdorf
Laaer Straße 12

Organiser: Bücherei Haugsdorf