It is with great pleasure that we show you the Weser-Kurier interview with Mahmood Falaki, in which he talks about his work "Deadly Strangers" and his literary work in general. “A lot has to be improved. But as long as the rationalization process of modernity, which stands in fundamental contrast to the closed religious world view of this society, cannot gain a foothold there, one must not speak of 'improvement'." You can find the entire interview HERE!

It is with great pleasure that we can report that the author and editor Amir Shaheen has won a poetry prize from postpoetry.NRW with his poem "Sediment"! We warmly congratulate Amir on this award and look forward to continuing our great cooperation. On September 6, 2018, this year's "Lyriker NRW" jury met in the Literaturhaus Bonn and honored five winners. You can find the article on the pospoetryNRW website

At the start of our series of events "Journeys into Literature - Iranian Evenings", the author Mitra Gaast of the novel "Because you will remember" visited Bremen Zwei and talked to Marion Cotta about her work before she went to the bookstore in the evening Leuwer will hold a reading. We are very happy that Mitra Gaaast is with us and can show the audience something of her novel! Here you can listen to the recording from Tuesday, September 4th, 2018:

We are very happy to announce that Pegah Ahmadi will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year! She will discuss with other authors as part of the panel discussion “Exile – Hopes and Obstacles” (DE/ENG). The event will take place on Friday, October 12, 2018 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the stage (Hall 4.1 B 81). All information can be found HERE!

In a great review, Barbara Zeizinger describes how Pedro Kadivar's "Little Book of Migrations" persuaded her to see the subject with new eyes: "This sentence by Peter Handke came to me while reading Pedro Kadivar's book, because I – to paraphrase Handke – shows previously unthought of aspects of migration. In contrast to today's connotations, Pedro Kadivar has a positive attitude towards the term migration, fanning it out to include its various aspects on the basis of biographies, art and culture

Gerrit Wustmann describes Maisa Bey's "poetically disturbing" novel "Madame LaFrance" as a "history lesson in novel form". You can find the full review here.

This month's issue of German Teachers Abroad contains a review by Jens Drummer of Mitra Gaast's novel Denn du wird mir mir. Return to Tehran” published. Drummer analyzes the novel with empathy and enthusiasm, even though as a mathematics, computer science and physics teacher he actually tends to review specialist literature. After his own trip to Iran, however, the country would not let him go and he satisfied his wanderlust with Gaast's novel. Thank you for this great review! You can find the full review here.

"That a Rolling Stones song [Gimme Shelter] is the climax of the novel and the binding element not only between the protagonists but also between them and their quest for shelter is more than a tongue-in-cheek nod to the universal language of music.” A slightly different review by Gerrit Wustmann can be found in the June issue of Rocks magazine. There Wustmann analyzes the strong topicality of the novel set in 1992 and deals with the solidarity among refugees and helpers, who also through

On June 11, Matthias Holthaus reported in the Weser Kurier about Mahmood Falaki's book premiere, which took place on June 6 at the Villa Ichon in Bremen. An exciting recap of the reading, which allows everyone who could not be there to get an impression of the event. You can find the entire article here. Source: Matthias Holthaus, Weser-Kurier/ Bremer Nachrichten, June 11, 2017

"An outstanding document, definitely worth reading.” Birgit Agada reviewed the novel "Madame LaFrance" by Maisa Bey with great emotion and enthusiasm. You can find her full opinion on the novel, which tells the story of Algeria during the French colonial rule in a poetic way, here: http://afarab.blogspot.de/2018/05/rezension-madame-lafrance.html

A guest commentary by our author Inge Buck on Bremen's literary landscape was published today in the WeserKurier. In this comment, she also praises Sujet Verlag in the highest tones. We thank Inge Buck for her constant support and commitment! Here is the link to the view: Here

The Börsenblatt, a popular trade journal for the German book trade, recently conducted an interesting interview with subject publisher Madjid Mohit. This conversation deals with the challenges for authors in exile and beyond that with the importance of aerial root literature, which brings the positive sides of migration, especially cultural enrichment, into focus. The interview also discusses the growing importance of migrant literature in the German-language literary scene, from which Sujet Verlag also benefits. From the point of view that Mohit experienced migration first hand,

An interview with the poets Inge Buck and Gianna Lange and with Madjid Mohit has been published in Z-Magazin, the magazine for Bremen's urban culture, under the title "Art of Words". The article revolves around the topic of poetry. The interviewees discuss the value of poetry as a print medium vs. digital medium, explain the advantages and disadvantages of poetry compared to prose, explain the differences between Persian and German poetry and, above all, discuss how the Bremen poetry scene is structured and what opportunities for support and exchange are available

In Signaturen-Magazine, the Internet forum for autonomous poetry, Gerrit Wustmann has published a nice review of our special edition of 'Jene Tage'. It was published by Sujet Verlag in October 2017 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Iranian poetic legend Forugh Farrochsād. You can find the whole article here: http://www.signaturen-magazin.de/forugh-farrochs‑d–jene-tage—sonder issue.html

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On June 4th, 2017, the Weserkurier published a list of the 10 best-known writers from Bremen. In addition to Julia Engelmann, who became known for her poetry slam hit "One Day, Baby", and David Safier, author of several well-known books such as Bad Karma and Jesus Loves Me, the top 10 also includes Inge Buck, who has already published several works with Sujet Verlag. We are very happy about this appreciation of our author! Here is the text about Inge Buck: Since the 1970s in Bremen,

Sujet Verlag is delighted that its founder Madjid Mohit has been honored with the renowned Hermann-Kesten Prize for his "continuous and impressive work for authors who do not live in their home country". We are delighted with the numerous positive responses from supporters of the publishing house and are now turning our attention to an exciting new chapter in aerial root literature.