12.11.2026 – 14.11.2026
It’s that time of year again: for three evenings, Salzburg is transformed into a stronghold of crime fiction: at the PENG! crime fiction festival, a number of authors will be appearing each evening to present their new releases through short readings and moderated discussions. The aim of the festival, which features German-speaking and international authors, is to bring the ‘dangerously’ vibrant crime fiction genre to the public’s attention through readings and discussions (as well as, at times, interdisciplinary and cross-genre events involving film, music and exhibitions); to invite both renowned writers and debut authors; and to present their must-read new releases to the audience in a way that is both engaging and critical. This also builds a bridge between younger and older writers, between well-known and lesser-known authors, and demonstrates that the boundaries between popular and serious literature have long since blurred – and that good crime novels, short stories and the like have a firm place in the programme of a literary centre.
Thu 12 November, 7.00 pm:
Katharina Eigner, *Nothing Fades Away Forever* (Haymon Verlag, 2026)
Kristof Magnusson, *The Journey to the End of History* (Klett-Cotta, 2026)
Tatjana Kruse, *Who Reads First Dies Last* (Insel, 2026)
Hannes Stein, *The Messiah Conspiracy* (Edition Faust, 2026)
Fri, 13 November, 7.00 pm:
Friedrich Ani, *Felsenkeller* (short crime story from *Tatort Alpen*, ars vivendi, 2026)
Ellen Dunne, *The Sleeping Dogs of Dublin* (Haymon, 2026)
Marcello Simoni, *The Stone Angel* (Folio, 2026)
Sophie Sumburane, *Nothing Out of the Ordinary* (Edition Nautilus, 2026)
Sat 14 November, 7 pm:
Oliver Bottini, *The Sum of All Things* (Dumont, 2026)
Daniel Faßbender, *Heaven’s Gate* (Diogenes, 2026)
Ursula Poznanski, *The Signal* (Droemer Knaur, 2026)
Eva Rossmann, *Light Burns* (Folio, 2026)
Peng! 18th Salzburg Crime Fiction Festival
12.11.2026 – 14.11.2026
Literaturhaus Salzburg
Trubergasse 23
H.C. ARTMANN-Platz
5020 Salzburg
www.literaturhaus-salzburg.at
