Reading with Katharina Köller (GERMAN ONLY)

"Running wild"

About the book "Wild wuchern":
The author succeeds in empathizing with the lives of two very different women and comparing their different perspectives.
Marie is on her way to visit her cousin Johanna, who has been living alone in a remote hut in Tyrol for years. She is on the run from her old life in Vienna and her husband Peter.
The spoiled fashion designer has to get used to the hard life in the mountains. She doesn't let it get her down, enjoys her freedom and begins to grow.
Katharina Köller tells the serious story of self-liberation in a humorous and loving way.

About the author:
Katharina Köller was born in Eisenstadt, Austria in 1984, studied philosophy and drama and has been working as a freelance author, actress and theater maker since 2011. Following her debut "Was ich im Wasser sah" (2020), "Wild wuchern" was published by Penguin Verlag in 2025, "a novel like a force of nature" (Doris Knecht). Katharina Köller lives with her family in Vienna and Innsbruck.

Following the reading Dominika Meindl to the author talk to the author. An opportunity to find out more about the genesis of the novel.
About Dominika Meindl, who will lead the author talk:
Dominika Meindl was born in Linz in 1978. Writer, moderator and literary organizer in Linz, Wilhering and Wels. Runs the reading stage Original Linzer Worte. Curates the experiment literatur series in the Alter Schlosshof Wels. Spokesperson for the GAV Upper Austria. Novel "Selbe Stadt, anderer Planet", 2024, "Die Raumforderung" expected in fall 2026, both Picus. Self-proclaimed federal president. Loves the Tote Gebirge. Ongoing life mystery in the blog "Eine Frau mit recht wenigen Eigenschaften".