Category: Events

16.10.2018 – 20 Uhr

Neuköllner Buchläden gegen Rechtspopulismus und Rassismus

Veranstaltungsreihe im September und Oktober 2018

Kein Schlusswort!

Der Prozess gegen mutmaßliche Mitglieder und Unterstützer des NSU war eines der aufwendigsten Verfahren der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte. Die Plädoyers im Münchner NSU-Prozess gehen Fragen der Betroffenen nach und zeigen, wo die Aufklärung weiter gehen muss. Die Herausgeberin des Buches Kein Schlusswort (VSA Verlag, 2018) Antonia von der Behrens ist Rechtsanwältin in Berlin und war Nebenklagevertreterin im NSU-Prozess. Sie präsentiert das Buch in einer abendlichen Lesung.

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22 September 2018, Saturday – 7 pm

Reading and Discussion with Bini Adamczak

https://www.facebook.com/events/2140592129538955/

We are celebrating the translation of Bini Adamczak’s Communism for Kids to Turkish! Adamczak’s book, which was originally published in German in 2004 as Kommunismus: kleine Geschichte, wie endlich alles anders wird, has been translated to many languages (Chinese, Czech, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish). The English translation by Jacob Blumenfeld and Sophie Lewis was published by the MIT Press in 2017. The Turkish translation by Pınar Erol Pur was recently released by Versus Kitap.

Author Bini Adamczak will also attend the event during which excerpts from the Turkish text Herkes İçin Komünizm: Her Şeyin Sonunda Varacağı Yerin Kısa Bir Hikayesi will be read out. The following discussion will take place in German and possibly also in English.

“Once upon a time, people yearned to be free of the misery of capitalism. How could their dreams come true? This little book proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism. Offering relief for many who have been numbed by Marxist exegesis and given headaches by the earnest pompousness of socialist politics, it presents political theory in the simple terms of a children’s story, accompanied by illustrations of lovable little revolutionaries experiencing their political awakening. It all unfolds like a story, with jealous princesses, fancy swords, displaced peasants, mean bosses, and tired workers-not to mention a Ouija board, a talking chair, and a big pot called ‘the state.’ Before they know it, readers are learning about the economic history of feudalism, class struggles in capitalism, different ideas of communism, and more. Finally, competition between two factories leads to a crisis that the workers attempt to solve in six different ways (most of them borrowed from historic models of communist or socialist change). Each attempt fails, since true communism is not so easy after all. But it’s also not that hard. At last, the people take everything into their own hands and decide for themselves how to continue. Happy ending? Only the future will tell. With an epilogue that goes deeper into the theoretical issues behind the story, this book is perfect for all ages and all who desire a better world” (The MIT Press, 2017).

08. Juni 2018 – 20:00 Uhr

Sprachwandler – ein Abend zur Kunst des Übersetzens

Die Weltliteratur wird von Übersetzern gemacht, sagte José Saramago: Bei den „Sprachwandlern“ kommen die Autoren hinter den Autoren zu Wort. In Lesung und Diskussion präsentieren drei Übersetzerinnen Lieblingswerke aus ihrem Repertoire.

Mit:

Anke Burger (Eileen von Ottessa Moshfegh, aus dem Englischen)

Sonja Finck (Die Jahre von Annie Ernaux, aus dem Französischen)

Jennie Seitz (Jerusalem von Alexander Ilitschewski, aus dem Russischen)

Moderation: Nadine Püschel

https://www.facebook.com/events/201713010638981/

Im Rahmen von LiteraTour Neukölln 2018 Festival der unabhängigen Buchhandlungen Neuköllns

 

Offenes Neukölln Festival

02 June 2018,  Saturday – 7 pm

Limited-seating (admission is on a first-come, first-served basis)

https://www.facebook.com/events/214673669266303/

Author Mike Hembury will be reading at BuchHafen from his recently published novel New Clone City, published by The Wild Word. Part cyberpunk, part literary fiction, part thriller it is a beatnik homage to contemporary Neukölln transported to the slipstream anglosphere. English-language readings will be interspersed with live Turkish tunes, with the fabulous Sara Altun on vocals, the inimitable Jenka Bühler on saxophone, and Mike on guitar.

More info on the book can be found here and the festival page is here.

Literally Speaking is a monthly fiction reading series organized and curated by Traci Kim, featuring  local writers and the authors that inspire their stories. Each month, five writers share their original work, as well as an excerpt from an inspiring author of their choice that highlights the month’s theme. The purpose of the excerpts is to literally get everyone in Berlin’s literary community “on the same page.” It’s a way to see what’s catalyzing our local writers and bring us closer together through literature.

The next reading is on Wednesday, April 25th. Berlin’s evil twin is going into hibernation and giving way to the Berlin we all know and love. Let’s celebrate spring in full swing and gather for some stories!

Door opens at 7:45 pm, reading starts at 8:15 pm
Entrance: €3, *cash bar
Limited seating (admission is on a first-come, first-served basis)

https://www.facebook.com/events/174023230057240/

11 Berliner Friedhöfe, die man gesehen haben muss, bevor man stirbt

Autorenlesung – 08. Februar 2018

Einlass 19.30 Uhr – Beginn der Lesung 20 Uhr

Eintritt €3

https://www.facebook.com/events/280663985790268/

mit freundlicher Unterstützung des be.bra Verlags 

http://www.bebraverlag.de/

“Friedhöfe sind nicht nur Orte der Trauer. Sie bieten dem Besucher zuweilen auch einfach eine Oase der Ruhe – abseits der großen Parks, in denen man von Skateboardern überfahren wird oder von Musikanten nicht immer angenehm überrascht. Aber einige Friedhöfe können noch viel mehr: Sie bieten Überraschendes und Erbauendes, Verstörendes und Horizonterweiterndes. Wer sich auskennt, kann zum Beispiel Zwiesprache mit Hegel halten, mit einem Glas Sekt auf E.T.A. Hoffmann anstoßen, nächtliche Gespenster jagen oder in umgebauten Friedhofskapellen Kaffee trinken und über das Leben nachsinnen. Oder über die Irrungen und Wirrungen der deutschen Geschichte, die sich gerade auf Friedhöfen besonders deutlich manifestieren. Jörg Sundermeier verrät in diesem Buch, welche elf Berliner Friedhöfe man unbedingt besucht haben sollte, bevor man selbst ins Grab sinkt.”

Jörg Sundermeier, geboren 1970 in Gütersloh, ist Verleger des 1995 gegründeten Verbrecher Verlags und Autor für diverse Zeitungen und Magazine, u. a. für die tageszeitung, die Berliner Zeitung und Jungle World. Als Verleger wurde er 2014 mit dem Kurt-Wolff-Preis ausgezeichnet. Er ist Herausgeber und Autor zahlreicher Bücher. Seit 2015 ist Sundermeier Mitglied im Vorstand der Kurt Wolff Stiftung zur Förderung einer vielfältigen Verlags- und Literaturszene.

Literally Speaking is a monthly fiction reading series organized and curated by Traci Kim, featuring  local writers and the authors that inspire their stories. Each month, five writers share their original work, as well as an excerpt from an inspiring author of their choice that highlights the month’s theme. The purpose of the excerpts is to literally get everyone in Berlin’s literary community “on the same page.” It’s a way to see what’s catalyzing our local writers and bring us closer together through literature.

The next reading is on Wednesday, January 24th. After all the holiday cheer has subsided…there’s still 2+ months left of Berlin winter. Let’s stay warm (and optimistic) by gathering for an evening of stories!

Door opens at 7:45 pm, reading starts at 8:15 pm
Entrance: €3, *cash bar
Limited seating (admission is on a first-come, first-served basis)

https://www.facebook.com/events/147651469201544/

Inviting Utopia: Radical dreams and practices in and beyond the 1989 revolution

18 January 2018, Thursday – 8 pm

Readings and conversation with Elske Rosenfeld, artist and writer, and Max Hertzberg, author.

Both Max and Elske write about the utopian potential of the East German revolution of 1989, and at BuchHafen Max will read from his trilogy (EAST BERLIN SERIES) of political fiction set in a counter-factual post-1990 GDR and talk about how he saw a grassroots democracy as a real possibility. Elske will be reading from a chapter of her forthcoming book A Vocabulary of Revolutionary Gestures which sketches the radical scope of the practices and projections of the 1989 revolution.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1895272340735806/

http://www.elskerosenfeld.net/

http://dissidencies.net/

http://www.maxhertzberg.co.uk/

Picture: CC-BY-SA Bundesarchiv/Hubert Link

 

ROBERT CARRITHERS, CAROLA GÖLLNER, STEVE MORELL, MARK REEDER, KENTON TURK and ANDRÉ WERNER

read from and present

CITY PRIMEVAL: NEW YORK – BERLIN – PRAGUE

09 December 2017, 19:30 – Entrance €3

https://www.facebook.com/events/544150292592425/

CITY PRIMEVAL is a constellation of personal documentaries of place & time by key contemporary writers, poets, musicians, designers, filmmakers, photographers, artists, editors, performers from within the New York, Berlin & Prague underground scenes from the late 1970s to the present; from New York Post-Punk & No Wave, to the fall of the Berlin Wall & Reunification, to the Velvet Revolution & the Prague Renaissance.

Including contributions by Louis Armand, J.Jackie Baier, Robert Carrithers, Max Dax, Nat Finkelstein, Carola Göllner, Timo Jacobs, Lydia Lunch, Steve Morell, Mona Mur, Julia Murakami, Mark Reeder, Kenton Turk, André Werner, Nick Zedd and Miron Zownir among others.

CITY PRIMEVAL: NEW YORK, BERLIN, PRAGUE is a personal journey through time in each city told by writers, artists and photographers from each city.

More info and a full list of contributors can be found here:

https://litterariapragensia.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/city-primeval-new-york-berlin-prague/

https://www.facebook.com/CityPrimeval/