HUBERTUS KOCH "LOST BOY"

In the organizer's words:

Whether political reports, interviews with musicians or videos about his own addiction story. Hubi Koch is a guest in Stuttgart with his new book.

Hubertus Koch knows what it means to burn out. For years, he led a life as a high performer - his own hustle made him known to a wider audience. Whether political reports, interviews with musicians or videos about his own addiction story. In both his journalistic work and personal videos, he displayed a level of honesty that is hard to find in the media world.

Now the Bremen-based journalist is breaking new ground and publishing his first book: in LOST BOY, Hubertus Koch reflects on topics he has never spoken about before: the clichés of a media world, burnout and hustle culture, being overwhelmed by world-weariness, drug excesses and the difficulty of entering into real relationships. The themes of his life, wrapped up in the autobiographical story of a backpacking trip through Bosnia, Albania and Montenegro. In times of well-organized vacations and optimized lives, LOST BOY is both a harsh reckoning and a tender love song, an ode to chaos and analogue, unplanned journeys full of honest encounters. LOST BOY shows that this ugly world has so much beauty to offer: if you want nothing from it and instead of working towards something, simply observe.The book will be published by Ullstein Verlag in March.

With LOST BOY, Hubertus Koch is opening a new chapter. He is doing something he has never done before: he is going on tour - on a reading tour! For the first time, he is meeting his audience in person - and not just in Internet commentary columns. In his luggage he has the most personal work he has ever produced. In it, he addresses the issues of the day without chasing trends - with his very own attitude and language. If you like Hubertus Koch's films, you shouldn't miss the book and, above all, the readings!