When does the event take place?

The event takes place on Thursday, October 15, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Where does Be Your Change take place?

The event takes place at the Bielefeld City Library, Neumarkt 1, 33602 Bielefeld, in the large event hall SO2 on the 2nd floor. Access is via Kavalleriestraße 17.

Who organizes the evening?

Social worker Liza Snow and doctoral candidate Lena Kristin Wittland, both co-authors of Be Your Change, organize the reading, lecture, and conversation.

What is Be Your Change about?

The focus is on the mental health of young people and young adults, as well as skills and resources for dealing with crises and stressful everyday situations.

Is the entry fee required?

No, entry to the event is free.

Is there a book signing or a Q&A session?

The event is designed as a dialogical evening with conversation and shared exchange. A separate book signing is not scheduled.

Liza Snow Reads Be Your Change Bielefeld 2026

Name: Be Your Change – Reading, Lecture, and Conversation on Mental Health and Prevention
Start: 2026-10-15T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-15T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Stadtbibliothek Bielefeld

Be Your Change: Literature as an Impulse for Mental Health

When personal experiences are voiced, a space for understanding, prevention, and new action possibilities is created. On October 15, 2026, Liza Snow and Lena Kristin Wittland will connect reading, lecture, and conversation around the book Be Your Change at the Bielefeld City Library.

A Reading between Literature and Reality

The focus is on the mental health of young people and young adults, as well as the question of how prevention can become effective in everyday life. The event brings together selected text passages, personal insights, and professional impulses. This creates a literary experience that does not end on the book page but opens up cultural and societal discourse on mental stresses.

Personal Experiences, Skills, and Resources

Be Your Change was created in collaboration with Bielefeld's child and adolescent psychotherapist Ellen Orbke. Young people show how skills and resources can help in dealing with crises and challenging situations based on their own experiences. The combination of narrative closeness, understandable language, and psychological expertise gives the book a special literary and preventive quality.

A Dialogical Evening like a Live Podcast

Liza Snow, a social worker, and Lena Kristin Wittland, a doctoral candidate, will report on the creation of the book, their collaboration, and the development of the prevention project. The conversational format is intentionally designed to be open: Impulses regarding the current situation of young people meet personal perspectives and shared exchanges with the audience.

From the Book Idea to the Prevention Project

The event shows how further educational offerings emerge from a publication. Among other things, the prevention game Skill doch mal, published in 2026 by Beltz Verlag, will be presented. Be Your Change was already awarded the Innovation Prize by the DBT umbrella association in 2022.

Conclusion: Literature that Leads to Conversation

Visitors can expect an informative and personal evening about linguistic art, mental health, and concrete prevention approaches. The reading atmosphere of the city library creates space for attention, exchange, and an author encounter with societal relevance. Those who want to understand how literature can empower young people and spark change will experience this evening best live.