Poetry in memory and present - Funun Festival 2019

Under the title "Poetry in memory and present", the two Syrian authors Ramy Al-Asheq (memory dogs) and Widad Nabi (about thirty, ...kiss me) read from their works for us last Thursday as part of the Funun Festival. The evening was moderated by Jasmina Heritani, with Aladdin Haddad providing the musical accompaniment. The poems were recited in two languages, Arabic and German. Afterwards there was an exciting conversation with the audience about the personal experiences of the two poets with their old and new homeland,

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Poetry in the living room of Sujet Verlag

As part of "Bremen reads!" Last Friday we had a really comfortable time at our publishing house. Shirin Nowrousian, Inge Buck and Gunther Gerlach read from their lyrical works. The publisher Madjid Mohit sat with them on the sofa, did the Persian translation of some of the poems and provided musical interludes in between. In this compilation, very different styles, tones, rhythms and languages, music and lyrics met and resulted in a completely new sound. The living room was full. It was a mixed bag

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Doğan Akhanlı in Weimar – and Bremen!

Doğan Akhanlı, author of "Madonna's Last Dream", is many things: winner of the Goethe Medal 2019, Turkish descent, German citizen, political activist, armed only with the word. Also, he travels a lot these days. He has experienced and suffered a lot and has a lot to say.

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Hot off the press: Madonna's last dream!

The joy is huge! The freshly printed copies of the book "Madonna's Last Dream" by Doğan Akhanlı have just reached us here at the publishing house. We're thrilled to finally be able to hold it in our hands - now we're excited to share the story with you.

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Inge Buck's introduction to the book premiere of The Birds Return

Inge Buck gave the visitors of the book premiere of Jürg Beeler's new volume of poetry "The Birds Return" a wonderful introduction to the author's work. Here you will find a copy of the prelude to a great reading: After his last volume of poetry "In Fremdenzimmer" from Zurich's Wolfbach Verlag, new poems by Jürg Beeler have now been published by Bremen's Sujet Verlag under the title "Die Vogele zurück" (The Birds Are Returning). Jürg Beeler, born in Zurich in 1957, studied German, literary criticism and comparative literature at the Universities of Geneva, Zurich and Tübingen.

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New Review – “Memory Dogs” by Ramy Al-Asheq

The NZZ am Sonntag writes about the recently published volume of poetry “Gedächtnishunde” by Ramy Al-Asheq: “The war in Syria has spread Arabic poetry all over the world. Ramy Al-Asheq (*1989) is one of the countless people who had to flee in 2011 after the suppressed protest against Bashar al-Asad. Now he lives and writes poetry in Germany and forms beguilingly unwieldy language pictures from the devastation of war and the injuries of love. In the eponymous poem “Memory Dogs”, The War in Syria spread Arabic poetry all over the world

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New review of "Ella and Max and the Singing Butterflies"

The Weser-Kurier writes about the recently published youth novel "Ella and Max and the Singing Butterflies" by Monika Dietrich-Lüders: "The 13-year-old investigative duo involuntarily finds itself faced with a new case. "Ella and Max and the Singing Butterflies" is the second children's crime novel by Monika Dietrich-Lüders. While the two friends, who have known each other since first grade, only had to deal with a strange classmate in "On the Trail of the Voodoo Magician", here they meet a whole group of strange people whose peculiarities are mainly due to prejudices

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New review – “Refugee Cafe” by Nahid Keshavarz

There is also a nice review of the 2018 book “Refugee Café” by Nahid Keshavarz. “The journalist and psychologist Nahid Keshavarz, who has lived in Germany for 30 years, works as a psychological consultant and manager of a refugee center in Cologne. In this anthology, translated into German by Monika Matzke, a collection of thirteen stories about people with a migration background and a refugee experience, she describes life in the new homeland and the difficulties of arriving in a new society with different values ​​and norms. in the

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Bremen Diversity Prize 2018 – publishing house founder Madjid Mohit honored with diversity personality

We are very pleased that our founder Madjid Mohit was honored with the Bremen Diversity Prize 2018! At the award ceremony on December 10, 2018, "the gardener of aerial roots" was honored as a diversity personality 2018. The prize is awarded to companies, organizations, as well as initiatives and personalities who are committed to diversity and equal opportunities in a special way. When Madjid Mohit looks up from his desk, he sees a large picture of a suspension bridge in a tropical forest. She looks shaky, her end is not clear to see, veil of fog

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