Amir Shaheen reads from “I’m not a foreigner, that’s just my name”
In the Epiphany library, Amir Shaheen reads from “I’m not a foreigner, that’s just my name”.
19.09.2024
Local history – with a difference: reading with Markus Peters and Amir Shaheen
The two Cologne authors Markus Peters and Amir Shaheen read satirical, humorous, thoughtful and absurdly funny texts from their current books “Something is always” and “I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name”.
22.06.2024
Halim Youssef reads from “99 Scattered Pearls”
On June 2nd, 2024, Halim Youssef will read from his novel “99 Scattered Pearls” at the Literaturhaus Berlin. Further information follows.
02.06.2024
Reading with Halim Youssef: “99 scattered pearls”
"It is a book that everyone who wants to get an authentic picture of the situation of the Kurds, refugee policy and the situation of migrants should read.” – Dr. Holy Easter Halim Youssef reads from his novel “99 Scattered Pearls”.
25.05.2024
Halim Youssef reads from “99 Scattered Pearls”
"Everything ended with the blow of the sharp iron that fell on his head. The dreams were over. There was no hope left. The eyesight went out. Longings disperse.” Halim Youssef reads from his latest novel “99 Scattered Pearls” in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
23.05.2024
Reading: Bernd Jaeger reads from “Little Days in Closing”
The Bremen poet Bernd Jaeger will read from his volume of poetry “Kleine Tage in Klausur” on Tuesday, May 7th in the Text’n Art rooms at Sujet Verlag. In this he writes with a distancing (self-)irony about his everyday thoughts and prayers, which succeeds in making readers both laugh and think. Using creative and political language, his poetry deals with life, faith and time.
07.05.2024
Halim Youssef reads from “99 Scattered Pearls”
The murder of Azado, who comes from Syria and lives as a translator in Germany, forms the ending of the novel. He translates for refugees from his homeland and is thus confronted with a wide variety of fates that remind him of his own. He confides in his diary Azado's difficult childhood, his longing for his mother, who died giving birth to him, his first, unfulfilled love, and the fears and problems of refugees. Azado is trying to find his way in his new home, but his job as a translator is getting in the way
27.04.2024
Halim Youssef reads from “99 Scattered Pearls”
On April 13, 2024, Halim Youssef will read from his novel “99 Scattered Pearls” in Essen. The novel tells about Azado and how he experiences and goes through different stages of his life. The past is cleverly linked with the present. This is symbolically illustrated by Azado's prayer chain, which consists of 99 beads and which accompanies him throughout his life.
13.04.2024
Salem Khalfani reads from “Flying Cats”
In “Flying Cats” Salem Khalfani reports on a six-story building in a German city. The characters are closely intertwined despite their coincidental connections. A missing cat takes center stage. Salem Khalfani was born in Iran in 1963 and has lived in Germany since 1985. After studying literature at the University of Mainz, he published a study in 2003 on the “similarities of the absurd” in European literature. He also published numerous literary articles, reviews and short stories in Iranian.
12.04.2024
Reading: Gerrit Wustmann reads from “Nothing about it is funny”
Ein Witwer erhält Besuch von seinem toten Vormieter. Ein Hypochonder findet ein Mittel für die ewige Gesundheit – allerdings hat die Sache einen fiesen Haken. Ein kleines Mädchen hat einen neuen imaginären Freund … mit mörderischen Absichten. Ein Beamter will überprüfen, ob ein Mensch existiert – und hat Formulare mit fataler Wirkung im Gepäck. Ein Mann hört wieder und wieder ein mysteriöses Klopfen, das ihn langsam in den Wahnsinn treibt. Und ein Mordermittler verläuft sich mitten hinein in ein furchtbar schlechtes Krimidrehbuch. In
03.04.2024
Author reading: Gerrit Wustmann reads from “Nothing about it is funny”
A widower receives a visit from his dead previous tenant. A hypochondriac finds a cure for eternal health - but there's a nasty catch. A little girl has a new imaginary friend... with murderous intentions. An official wants to check whether a person exists - and has forms with fatal consequences in his luggage. A man hears a mysterious knocking sound over and over again, slowly driving him crazy. And a homicide detective gets lost in the middle of a terribly bad crime script. In the
13.03.2024
Author reading: Salem Khalfani reads from “Flying Cats”
In „Fliegende Katzen” berichtet Salem Khalfani über ein sechsstöckiges Gebäude in einer deutschen Stadt. Die Charaktere sind trotz ihrer zufälligen Bezüge eng miteinander verwoben. Eine verschwundene Katze steht im Mittelpunkt. Nach der Lesung des Wiesbadener Autors iranischer Herkunft ist Zeit für Gespräche bei Häppchen und Tee. Salem Khalfani wurde 1963 im Iran geboren und lebt seit 1985 in Deutschland. Nach seinem Studium der Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Mainz veröffentlichte er 2003 eine Studie über die „Ähnlichkeiten des Absurden” in der europäischen Literatur. Weiterhin publizierte
04.03.2024
Reading with Ali Abdollahi in Dresden
On September 12th, Ali Abdollahi is coming to Dresden to present his volumes of poetry and his anthology “A Thief in the Dark Stares at a Painting”. The anthology was published by us in 2021 and is a collection of Persian-language poetry from the 21st century that Ali Abdollahi selected and translated together with Kurt Scharf. More information about the reading can be found here: https://literaturnetz-dresden.de/veranstaltungen/ali-abdollahi-wetterumschlag/ A thief in the dark stares at a painting The volume brings together a selection of poems by the most important contemporary Persian-speaking poets from all over the world
12.09.2023
European Literature Festival Cologne Kalk with Suleman Taufiq
On Saturday, September 2nd, Suleman Taufiq will be at the European Literature Festival Cologne Kalk. A short film about the person Suleman Taufiq and his literature will be shown. Suleman Taufiq will also present his texts. Suleman reads in German and Arabic. Jonas Linnebank will moderate the event. Reading and speaking take place in Arabic and German. About the author Suleman Taufiq is a German-Syrian author and is known as a poet, storyteller, music critic, publicist, editor and translator of Arabic literature and lives in Aachen. Born in Beirut in 1953
02.09.2023
[CANCELLED] Reading with Gerrit Wustmann
On Thursday, June 2nd, 2022, Gerrit Wustmann will read from his essay "World Literature" in the Bremen City Library. The event begins at 7 p.m. and admission is free. It will be moderated by Jens Laloire. Gerrit Wustmann, born in Cologne in 1982, is a freelance writer and journalist. He writes about world literature for Qantara (Deutsche Welle) and 54books, among others. His articles are also published by WDR, taz, Heise online, Der Freitag and other media. He has published ten books to date, including a German-Turkish trilogy of poetry about Istanbul, which is also published in
02.06.2022
Reading "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name"
On Thursday, May 12th Amir Shaheen will read from his novel I'm not a foreigner, my name is just that, in the bookstore Bücherwelt. The event starts at 8 p.m. When a German native speaker has an Arabic name, it raises legitimate questions in everyday life. If someone like Amir Shaheen is also a writer and publishes books, well, then it makes sense to want to know whether his texts will be translated – into German! Amir Shaheen describes pointedly and wittily what
12.05.2022
Reading "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name"
On Friday, April 22nd is Amir Shaheen in the Altena public library from his novel I'm not a foreigner, my name is just reading. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m. There will be a book table from the Katerlöh bookstore. Admission: 10 euros / with a library card or membership card of the Kulturring: 8 euros Tickets are available in the library and bookshop. When a German native speaker has an Arabic name, it raises legitimate questions in everyday life. If someone like Amir Shaheen then
22.04.2022
Book premiere "Gestalt im Schatten"
On April 14, 2022 at 7 p.m. the book premiere of de Assis Brasil’s book Gestalt im Schatten will take place at the botanika Bremen. Entry is from 6:30 p.m. The publisher Madjid Mohit will moderate, Jürgen Meyhöfer will provide background information on the book and Thomas Roth will read from the novel. Gestalt in the Shadow is about the man who accompanied Alexander von Humboldt on his journey to South America. While the latter is generally well known, the French doctor and botanist Aimé Bonpland was in Germany
14.04.2022
Reading with Angelika Sinn "Between Heaven and Tündük"
On Thursday, April 7th, at 6 p.m., Angelika Sinn will read from her Kyrgyz travel journal “Between Heaven and Tündük”. This takes place as part of the exhibition by the artist Neeharika Donau Hossain in the Onil gallery. About the book: Angelika Sinn's travel journal is a story about encounters with a wondrous country - Kyrgyzstan. An invitation to a symposium for artists and writers takes the author to a yurt camp on the remote mountain lake Issyk Kul. There, the foreign natural landscape becomes a profound experience. Angelika tells the story in poetic images
07.04.2022
Book presentation “KZ-Nr. 32730 - Spiros' Odyssey”
On March 24, 2022, Kostas Chalemos’ book KZ no. 32730 - Spiros' Odyssey presented in the Memorial Bunker Valentin. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. Read by Katharina Guleikoff, commented by Marcus Meyer. The Athenian journalist Kostas Chamelos tells the odyssey of the Greek partisan Spiros Pasaloglou. Just 18 years old, Pasaloglou was arrested during a raid, imprisoned in the Chaidari camp and interrogated at the notorious Gestapo headquarters on Athens' Merlin Street. Spiros witnesses fellow inmates being abused and murdered. Every day he fears
24.03.2022
Reading with Fariba Vafi and Amir Hassan Cheheltan
A reading with Fariba Vafi and Amir Hassan Cheheltan, moderated by Jutta Himmelreich A cooperation between Heinrich-Böll-Haus Langenbroich e.V. and the Düren Kultur public library Registration: boell-haus@düren.de Admission is free! Faribā Vafī was born in 1962 in Tabriz, the capital of the province of East Azerbaijan in north-west Iran. She currently lives in Tehran and is one of Iran's most popular contemporary authors. Iranian critics place her among the top 10 modern writers in the country. She has been awarded the prestigious Huschang Golschiri Prize and the Yalda Prize, as well as in 2017
07.03.2022
Reading: Anthology: This is how you take life with you
We look forward to the reading of the anthology How to take life with you on October 7th, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. in the Villa Sponte. With: Zahirul Islam Babul, Mila Chami, Farhan Hebbo, Saber Latifi, Madjid Mohit, Salman Nurhak, Rosa Jaisli, and Ernesto Salazar-Jiménez On the piano: Milena Minkwitz Afterwards: Discussion with the authors, the editor Angelika Sinn and the Publisher Madjid Mohit Moderation: Jens Laloire Further information on the anthology: The eight authors of the anthology "So you take life with you" come originally
07.10.2021
Reading with Jabbar Abdullah
We look forward to the reading by Jabbar Abdullah on October 2nd, 2021 at 8:15 p.m. in Eschborn. Jabbar Abdullah will read from his work Raqqa am Rhein as part of the intercultural program in Eschborn. On the book From Raqqa on the Euphrates to Cologne on the Rhine – the arduous path from war and repression to freedom In 2012, the Syrian author Jabbar Abdullah took part in the first demonstrations at his university in Aleppo and had to watch how the regime of Bashar Al-Assad the Arab Spring
02.10.2021
Reading with Amir Shaheen
We are looking forward to the event with Amir Shaheen on October 1st, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ost Gallery in Lörrach. Amir Shaheen will present his new book I'm not a foreigner, my name is just that and read from it. Admission is a voluntary donation, registration required. Further information, including registration, can be found at Galerie Ost. Reserve your PLACE today at: eMail@studiokreativ.online
01.10.2021
CANCELLED: Audiobook premiere: "The Silence of My Father" by Doan Bui
With a heavy heart we have to cancel the event on September 27th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., as the author Doan Bui is unfortunately unable to attend the audio book premiere. We cordially invite you to the premiere of the first audio book production The Silence of My Father by Doan Bui. The event will take place in cooperation with the Institut Français in Bremen and the Speicherbühne Mobil e.V. on September 27, 2021 at 7 p.m. in the Institut Français in Bremen. The author Doan Bui becomes digital about the event
27.09.2021
Lesung mit Pedro Kadivar
We look forward to the event Art of Escape with Pedro Kadivar on September 25th, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. in the Theater Erfurt. The event is a cooperation between the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Theater Erfurt and takes place as an introduction to the play The Art of Escape, which will be performed in the Studio Box from October 3rd, 2021. Pedro Kadivar will read from his book The Little Book of Migration and Anna Allstädt (KlangScaffold e.V. Erfurt) will talk to the author and the guests after the book presentation. Further
25.09.2021
At home in the word – Long Night of Poetry with Sarah Kiyanrad
We are looking forward to the event At Home in the Word - Long Night of Poetry on September 17th, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. in the Brunnenhof in the Arsenal in Augsburg. In the beginning was the song. At the beginning of poetry in ancient Greece, the lyrical performance was accompanied by a kithara or lyre. The poem was a song – the song was a poem. After the silence in the pandemic, text and music should have their say again. Five Augsburg authors, Carmen Jaud, Sarah Kiyanrad, Knut Schaflinger, Max Sessner, Siegried Völlger
17.09.2021
Bremen reads
4th Bremen Literature Night The Bremer Literaturkontor and Wellenschlag Text- und Verlagskontor are organizing the Bremen literature festival "Bremen reads" on September 3rd, 2021. At this event, Bremen authors present their works in various bookshops throughout the city. This year, two authors from Sujet Verlag will also be presenting their books. Magdaléna Stárková My Next First Word At 6:30 pm Magdaléna Stárková will read from her new volume of poetry, My Next First Word, in the Pusdorf Studios, Ladestrasse 12–14. The poems of Magdaléna Stárková are in
03.09.2021
Reading with Ramy Al-Asheq in Berlin
On September 2, 2021, the Syrian-Palestinian author Ramy Al-Asheq will read from his collection of poetry, Gedächtnishunde, as part of the reading series "Berlin Contemporary Literature". The event takes place open-air in front of the Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf as part of the "Villa OPENheim" program. Admission is free, but places are limited! More information and how you can take part in the reading can be found on the website of the organizer Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Please register in advance by phone or email: museum@charlottenburg-wilmersdorf.de / Tel. +49 30 – 90 29 24 106
02.09.2021
Being free - "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name" in Altena
Reading and concert On August 1st, 2021 in St. Matthäus in Altena at 5:00 p.m. there will be a reading with Amir Shaheen from his book I am not a foreigner, my name is just that and a concert will take place in which works by Stravinski, Bach, Piazolla, Dagsvik and others can be played. Bernd Bolsinger plays the clarinet and saxophone, Frank Düppenbecker the trumpet and Ansgar Wallenhorst the church organ. "An interdisciplinary cultural project to understand different cultures by showing different cultural influences in music and literature as a complement to the readings
01.08.2021
