reading & Conversation “Nothing about it is funny”

Forough Book Jahnstraße 24, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

Gerrit Wustmann will be giving a reading on March 29, 2025 at 7:30 p.m & Gespräch in der Forough Buchhandlung in Köln halten. Dort wird er aus seinem "Nichts daran ist witzig" und "Sterben in deinem Geweih" vorlesen. Anahita Redisiu wird die Moderation übernehmen. Der Eintritt ist 10€.

10€

Reading in Aachen with Taufiq Suleman

Convent-Museum Hühnermarkt 17, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia

On Friday, April 4th at 6:30 p.m., Suleman Taufiq will keep a bilingual reading in Arabic and German. This reading is part of the world's program, organized by the Volkshochschule Aachen. Suleman Taufiq is a German-Syrian author and known as a poet, narrator, music critic, publicist, editor and translator of Arabic literature and lives in Aachen. His first volume of poems appeared in German in 1978. In addition to poems, novels, stories, stories and essays, he writes stories for children and translates Arabic works into German and numerous…

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7€ – 9€

Min reading in the poetry café

Over to Papenstraße 6, Bremen, Bremen

Am Samstag, dem 26. April, findet im UMZU in Bremen auf dem Hanseatenhof eine Lesung des Poesiecafés statt. Gelesen werden Texte und Gedichte in mehreren Sprachen. Dabei sind sowohl efahrene als auch neue Dichter*innen, eine Poetry-Slammerin und eine Gruppe schreibender Jugendliche. Das Programm sieht wie folgt aus: 15:00 - Lesung auf drei Sprachen mit Alev, Lisa-Marie Klug, Inge Buck und Madjid Mohit 17:00 - Lesung mit Kina Lila und Jugendlichen aus dem Projekt "Sprache im Herzen" Zusätzlich zur Lesung wird es auch Kaffee

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Free

Goethe's West-Eastern Divan and the Diwan from Hafis

House of Science, Little Hall Sandstr. 4/5, Bremen, Bremen

West-Eastern Diwan e.V. “… floating between the worlds…” with Dr. Peter Ludwig, Saarbrücken moderated by Prof. Dr. phil. Gert Sautermeister West-Eastern Diwan e.V. together with the Goethe-Gesellschaft Bremen. Violence, terror, war - in many places, societies and cultures are currently exhausted and destroyed. Completely different, the literary encounter between the great Persian poet Hafis, donated for centuries with his Diwan (14th century) and Goethe, which gains shape and expression in the poetry of his western-Eastern Divan (1819/1827). In the meantime there have been…

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9. Tehran book fair - uncensored

Sujet Verlag Bornstraße 18, Bremen, Bremen

This year a trade fair will take place at the publisher as part of the Tehran book fair without censorship on May 5. At the same time as the book fair in Tehran in Iran, Iranian independent publishers outside of Iran show the literature that may not be published in its country of origin. The fair is not only a sale of books, but also a civilian protest for the back of the right to creativity and freedom of expression. Readings and discussions are planned during the trade fair period. Follow more information about the authors that follow…

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6€

Beyond all performance - reading in the Balchem ​​house

District library Haus Balchem Severinstraße 15, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

On May 15th at 7:30 p.m. there will be a reading in the Haus Halchem ​​district library (Severinstraße 15, 50678 Cologne). The central theme are cheerful and backlit poems and short stories. The author of Sujet Verlags Amir Shaheen will also read. Evert Everts, Petra Reachui and Rolf Polander are also represented. Admission is free. Amir Shaheen, born 1966 in Lüdenscheid, studied German studies, English, theater, film and television science. The trained publisher is an author, editor and PR editor and writes poetry, prose, satirical and columns. Since 1989…

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Free

In another language - reading with Halim Youssef

International meeting center Hühnefeldstrasse 54a, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia

Am 24. Mai um 19 Uhr findet eine Lesung mit Halim Youssef statt. Veranstaltet wird sie vom Literaturhaus Wuppertal im Internationalen Begenungszentrum der Caritas Wuppertal/Solingen. Die Lesung eröffnet die Veranstaltungsreihe "In einer anderen Sprache", welche sich auf Autor*innen konzentriert, die nicht primär auf Deutsch schreiben und so ihr Leben und Wirken zwischen den Sprachen in den Vordergrund rückt. In diesem Rahmen wird Halim Youssef mehrere Kurzgeschichten vorstellen, die zum Teil unveröffentlicht sind und erstmals auf Deutsch gelesen werden. Moderiert und kuratiert wird die

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Free

Reading and music with Schirin Nowrousian and Marcus Wesche

Sujet Verlag Bornstraße 18, Bremen, Bremen

A bracelet that glitters in the sun on May 30th at 6 p.m. will occur the poet Schirin Nowrousian and the luteist Marcus Wesche in the text nart area of ​​the Sujet Verlag (Bornstrasse 18, 28195 Bremen). The title of the reading, "A bracelet that glitters in the sun", comes from a poem of the poetry band "Wilna words" by Schirin Nowrousian, who was published in 2022. On May 30th, the author will read from him for the first time in Bremen. In addition, poems from the "glass feud" are read, 2019 in the subject…

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Free

Translation interview with Alida Bremer and Hartmut Fähndrich

Little hall, youth hostel Solothurn Landhausquai 23, Solothurn, Solothurn

On May 31 at 10 a.m., Alida Bremer and Hartmut Fähndrich will appear as part of the Solothurn Literature Days. In the little hall of the Solothurn youth hostel, the two will have a translation interview in which they tell of their work and their experiences. The event is moderated by Zarina Tadjibaeva. She unites many years of experience in the translation of literary works from the Mediterranean: Bremer translated from the Serbo -Croatian into German, Fähndrich specializes in Arabic literature. As the editor, they made other authors accessible to the reading audience in German.…

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20CHF

Hartmut Fähndrich - translator in portrait

Little hall, youth hostel Solothurn Landhausquai 23, Solothurn, Solothurn

On May 31 at 1 p.m. Hartmut Fähndrich will appear as part of the Solothurn Literary Days. In the little hall of the Solothurn youth hostel, there will be a more detailed insight into him, his work and his life. The event is moderated by Christina Caprez. From 1978 to 2014 the Fähndrich born in Tübingen taught Arabic language and cultural history at ETH Zurich, until 2010 he was editor of the series “Arabic Literature” (Lenos Verlag). His translations from Arabic were awarded multiple awards, around 2016 with the Swiss Special Prize…

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20CHF