Readings in the Schnoor
The Schnoor is a place for pure literature: around the Badestuben fountain on Stavendamm and at the corner of Lange Wieren and Am Landherrnamt, the neighborhood becomes a stage for atmospheric readings that invite you to listen and marvel. Sometimes poetic, sometimes humorous, sometimes profound and with a local connection – the readings touch, surprise, and leave room for dreams. A feast for all fans of literary treasures in the unique ambiance of the Schnoor.
Sönke Busch
With "The Opposite of Work," Sönke Busch presents a work that is both personally and socially critical.
The protagonist, a 42-year-old artist who grew up in a Bremen neighborhood, is at a turning point in her life and finds herself in a dialogue, both with herself and with society, which she continually re-examines through her unique perspective. Sometimes her gaze is critical, sometimes admiring, often ironic, but never detached from her own position and the ideals with which she grew up.
With gentle humor, clever observation, and a touch of melancholy, Busch takes us on this journey through life, work, and reflections on what work actually means—and what might be the opposite.
Olaf Kretschmer
The end of the 1980s: Business student Marcus Meyer, who started out with high goals, finds himself in a part-time job as a taxi driver, drawn into an (under)world of money, drugs, and easy sex, in which he risks losing himself... For a while, Marcus is on the sunny side of things, able to combine his studies with time spent 'on the bike' in endless night shifts, earning more money than he can spend, and even seeming to have found the woman of his dreams. But whoever flies high comes hard to fall. His character and the existence he has painstakingly built are quickly shaken so profoundly by blackmail, addiction, and German bureaucracy that he soon finds his life in ruins. Therefore, the only option left is a drastic escape... A debut novel that shows Bremen from a different perspective. Disrespectful and crude, suggestive and frivolous. But always tongue-in-cheek and ironic, and above all witty and funny.
Karina Skwirblies
Karina Skwirblies researched her story meticulously and with great attention to detail. In her crime debut, she paints an authentic picture of Bremen at the end of the 19th century—a time when overseas trade flourished and a spirit of optimism prevailed throughout the city.
Winter 1888/89 - Sherlock Holmes investigates an extraordinarily sensitive case on the Weser River. Together with the young pharmacist Johannes Hellmann, he becomes embroiled in a murder that leads the two unlikely friends into the dark alleys of the Schnoor district. With detective brilliance, Holmes ultimately convicts the murderer, solves the case for which he came to Bremen, and also solves a series of mysterious robberies.
He encounters poverty, prostitution, greed and the slave trade on his forays into the various social classes of the city.
