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.
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
We are looking forward to the book premiere of the new book of poetry Im Traumen, the animals stand still by our Bremen author Ulrike Marie Hille. The event will take place on December 16 at 6 p.m. in the Wall Hall of the Bremen City Library, Am Wall 201. Prof. Dr. Gert Sautermeister take over. In Dreams, the animals stand still, Ulrike Marie Hille takes her readership with her on her travels. With a view of the world, the lyrical I travels through "poetic landscapes" until it finds itself in the
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
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
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
Inge Buck Time and Memory We are looking forward to the book premiere of the new book of poetry Time and Memory by the Bremen author Inge Buck on August 11th in the Franz Leuwer bookstore at 7:00 p.m. With time and memory, the Bremen author Inge Buck presents another engaging volume of poetry. The poems deal with the author's experiences and adventures during visits to museums and historical places. The volume contains poems that were written on trips between 1980 and 2020
