Association of German Writers Lower Saxony/Bremen in cooperation with the Bremen Literaturkontor Impulse lecture and panel discussion “What does my book cost?” – four actors from the German literary world will address this question in a panel discussion in the Bremen press club, moderated by Dr. Lore Kleinert. (Aspiring) authors and anyone interested are warmly invited to find out about the current opportunities and conditions for publishing a book in 2024. The publishers and the author on the podium discuss various practices and visions for future interactions with each other. Under…

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In his last major novel, Sankofa (Sujet Verlag), which is now published posthumously, Doğan Akhanlı (1957–2021) draws a wide arc from persecuted opposition activists in an Anatolian village to Cologne at the time of the NSU murders to the USA during Black Lives Matter demos. Gerrit Wustmann and Çiler Fırtına talk about the novel and its author. In all twenty-six years, she had never heard her husband say anything political. In fact, the first lieutenant had to witness the events between himself and himself…

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Friday, December 13th at 6 p.m. in Bremen Book presentation and discussion in Persian Dr. Mahmood Falaki The inhibiting role of mysticism in the development of thought in Iran...

On December 18th at 6 p.m. there will be a poetry evening at Sujet Verlag; The 2025 poetry calendar will be presented there and all the participating poets will read from their poems. The evening offers a great opportunity to celebrate the run-up to Christmas and the end of the year here at the publishing house. Admission is free, so feel free to stop by!