Broken Dimanche Press

25/07/2020

tropeztropez.de

Please join us live now! https://tropeztropez.de/tv

18/07/2020

Link in bio. Please subscribe to our new podcast series, providing you with literature and good conversation all summer! Also available on Apple Podcasts.

16/07/2020

‎Empathy When on Apple Podcasts

Now also available on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/empathy-when/id1523499637?l=en

‎Books · 2020

11/07/2020

Empathy When

We've started a new podcast this summer, 'Empathy When'. A question, but also a statement. Listen here to the first episode, during the beginning of which I shout like a demented MC (every podcast's first episode has to be a bit dodgy!) and the great Dani Ghassan Arbid reads from his forthcoming, prize winning novel The Years of Things Lost. After which we have a chat about various things, and even get heckled about German Romanticism! Check it out. Co-produced by the great team at Tropez. The series continues later today (most Saturdays we intend to record life at Tropez, so book your tickets for the pool!)

Reality has gotten strange. Accompany us in summer 2020 - we would like to invite you to join us at the poolside in Tropez for a series of readings and poolside chats with writers, poets and artists. Literature has the means to help us escape, reimagine the world anew, or offer bold new ways to e...

01/07/2020

Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year's Writing Prize! We're very excited to delve into your work!

26/06/2020

Join us this Saturday at Tropez for a reading by Dani Arbid. Winner of the 2019 Büro BDP Writing. The deadline for this year’s prize is fast approaching!

14/06/2020

12/06/2020

THE 2020 BÜRO BDP WRITING PRIZE — Büro BDP

THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2020 WRITING PRIZE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT JUNE 30 DUE TO RECENT DISRUPTION.
Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, cosmopolitan and open city of Berlin and its inhabitants the award will result in a book publication. The first prize in 2019 was awarded to Dani Arbid for his work ‘The Year of Things Lost’.
About
It is envisioned that this is a reward for the best contemporary (and for want of a better word) creative writing that isn’t afraid to be formally innovative, genre bending and which may point toward the possibility of a new, supra-national tradition . A familiarity with the BDP backlist may point toward the arena of literature and contemporary art in which the press is interested in producing.
The shortlist will be selected by the BDP team from which the jury shall choose a winner. The juries will judge these shortlisted entries anonymously.
Prize
1st Prize: 1000 euro cash prize
The winner will have an opportunity to publish a book with Broken Dimanche Press in 2021 and excerpts from the shortlisted entries will be collected together in a journal, which will be published at the time of the prize giving.
Entry
The prize is open to anyone who who is resident in the EU and Associated Agreement countries
Entries should take the form of:
A writing sample of up to 3000 words
A description of the overall book
CV or biographical note with contact email
Order Number as proof of payment of entry fee (https://www.brokendimanche.eu/shop-1/the-2020-bro-bdp-writing-prize-1)
Entry fee is 10 euros. This goes towards running costs of the prize and its viable continued existence in the future.
Email [email protected]
Deadline: midnight JUNE 30, 2020 (if you have already submitted you can re-submit free of charge)
Timeline
The deadline is JUNE 30, 2020 at midnight.
The shortlist will be announced on July 14.
The winner will be announced at a party at Babes Bar in Berlin at the end of August.
About The Supporter: Babes Bar
Babes Bar invites artists to create works, situations and performances across a variety of contexts: from dinners to karaoke to concerts. Since 2016 Babes Bar has hosted many events at venues including Agora, BQ Gallery, Berlinische Galerie, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Martin Gropius Bau.
The Year of Things Lost
Dani Arbid
Forthcoming Autumn 2020
Winner of the inaugural Büro BDP Writing Prize, 2019.
In this kaleidoscopic novel, Dani Arbid tells the story of a contemporary hero - the cult figure of Zahreddine, migrant, prophet and mystery, as they embark on nothing less than world domination. Tracing the legacy of the War on Terror and its brutal beginnings as the catalyst of a new world, The Year of Things Lost is a radical re-positioning of the novel as it moves from the Iraq War and Abu Ghraib revelations to the rise and fall of the Arab Spring, the migration “crisis” in Europe and the rise of rightwing populism across the Western world.
Amidst an Arabfuturist, genderfluid backdrop, characters from all sides of an enduring struggle - military psychologists, human rights lawyers, arms dealers, freedom fighters - face off in a fight of life and death as events from the last twenty years erupt in this magnificent tale of love, rebellion and devotion, offering stark portrayals of the grittiest arenas of war.
Born in London, raised in Abu Dhabi, Dani Arbid is a writer, filmmaker and recent entrepreneur. He has worked and lived in Istanbul, Beirut and Berlin where, in 2018, he co-founded Barakunan GmbH, a publishing and media start-up. In September 2019, he was awarded the inaugural Büro BDP Writing Prize, with the novel The Year of Things Lost forthcoming in 2020. Literature Ireland Electric Literature European Culture Babes EDIT MAG Haus der Kulturen der Welt Marcel Duchamp

Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, ...

08/06/2020

THE 2020 BÜRO BDP WRITING PRIZE — Büro BDP

THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2020 WRITING PRIZE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT JUNE 30 DUE TO RECENT DISRUPTION.


Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, cosmopolitan and open city of Berlin and its inhabitants the award will result in a book publication. The first prize in 2019 was awarded to Dani Arbid for his work ‘The Year of Things Lost’.

About
It is envisioned that this is a reward for the best contemporary (and for want of a better word) creative writing that isn’t afraid to be formally innovative, genre bending and which may point toward the possibility of a new, supra-national tradition . A familiarity with the BDP backlist may point toward the arena of literature and contemporary art in which the press is interested in producing.

The shortlist will be selected by the BDP team from which the jury shall choose a winner. The juries will judge these shortlisted entries anonymously.

Prize
1st Prize: 1000 euro cash prize

The winner will have an opportunity to publish a book with Broken Dimanche Press in 2021 and excerpts from the shortlisted entries will be collected together in a journal, which will be published at the time of the prize giving.

Entry
The prize is open to anyone who who is resident in the EU and Associated Agreement countries

Entries should take the form of:

A writing sample of up to 3000 words

A description of the overall book

CV or biographical note with contact email

Order Number as proof of payment of entry fee (https://www.brokendimanche.eu/shop-1/the-2020-bro-bdp-writing-prize-1)

Entry fee is 10 euros. This goes towards running costs of the prize and its viable continued existence in the future.

Email [email protected]

Deadline: midnight JUNE 30, 2020 (if you have already submitted you can re-submit free of charge)

Timeline
The deadline is JUNE 30, 2020 at midnight.

The shortlist will be announced on July 14.

The winner will be announced at a party at Babes Bar in Berlin at the end of August.

About The Supporter: Babes Bar
Babes Bar invites artists to create works, situations and performances across a variety of contexts: from dinners to karaoke to concerts. Since 2016 Babes Bar has hosted many events at venues including Agora, BQ Gallery, Berlinische Galerie, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Martin Gropius Bau.

The Year of Things Lost
Dani Arbid
Forthcoming Autumn 2020

Winner of the inaugural Büro BDP Writing Prize, 2019.

In this kaleidoscopic novel, Dani Arbid tells the story of a contemporary hero - the cult figure of Zahreddine, migrant, prophet and mystery, as they embark on nothing less than world domination. Tracing the legacy of the War on Terror and its brutal beginnings as the catalyst of a new world, The Year of Things Lost is a radical re-positioning of the novel as it moves from the Iraq War and Abu Ghraib revelations to the rise and fall of the Arab Spring, the migration “crisis” in Europe and the rise of rightwing populism across the Western world.

Amidst an Arabfuturist, genderfluid backdrop, characters from all sides of an enduring struggle - military psychologists, human rights lawyers, arms dealers, freedom fighters - face off in a fight of life and death as events from the last twenty years erupt in this magnificent tale of love, rebellion and devotion, offering stark portrayals of the grittiest arenas of war.

Born in London, raised in Abu Dhabi, Dani Arbid is a writer, filmmaker and recent entrepreneur. He has worked and lived in Istanbul, Beirut and Berlin where, in 2018, he co-founded Barakunan GmbH, a publishing and media start-up. In September 2019, he was awarded the inaugural Büro BDP Writing Prize, with the novel The Year of Things Lost forthcoming in 2020.

Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, ...

28/05/2020

Due to recent disruption on several levels we have decided to extend the deadline. For those who have already submitted you can easily just resubmit with your current confirmation number. More details in our link! #burobdpwritingprize Supported by @babes_bar

28/05/2020

ANNOUNCING NEW DEADLINE TO OUR WRITING PRIZE: JUNE 30. THIS IS DUE TO A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN LIGHT OF RECENT DISRUPTION.

27/05/2020

Last days! Please check out our Writing Prize and spread the word!

20/05/2020

6 of the Best Independent Bookstores in Berlin

Please remember - if you want to enjoy human and physical environments once this time is over, please support high street shops NOW. Do not support Amazon. Buy books directly from publishers or directly from your local independent bookstore. These are incredibly hard times for everyone but support at a local level can help. (And this is not just for books but also clothes and all the rest...). For the UK you can order books via https://www.hive.co.uk/ which is high street indy bookstores. In Berlin any of these https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/6-of-the-best-independent-bookstores-in-berlin/ Many indy bookstores will be more than delighted to order your book desires! Happy reading! X

Book lovers in Berlin are in for a treat with our list of wonderful indie bookstores around the city.

08/05/2020

More trash! Thanks to @dontlitterlouth the council for the picker. Have a great weekend! X #2kmcleanup #2kmfromhome #coronavirus #goodcraic

29/04/2020

The work goes on. Our collaboration with Stine Marie Jacobsen continues.

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Bonne nouvelle : le manuel "Group-Think" vient d'être édité chez Broken Dimanche Press et imprimé par KOPA spaustuvė, leidinių dizaino studija !

Dans le cadre du Tiers Programme de Manifesta 13, l'artiste Stine Marie Jacobsen a élaboré un programme novateur d’éducation civique et sportive au sein de plusieurs établissements scolaires marseillais, intitulé Group-Think.

En attendant de retrouver ce manuel lors de la biennale, découvrez Group-Think à travers l'interview de Stine enregistré depuis son atelier à Berlin.

🎧 ÉCOUTER ICI → https://bit.ly/3dRxdZF

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Good news: the "Group-Think" manual has just been published by Broken Dimanche Press and printed by KOPA spaustuvė, leidinių dizaino studija!

As part of Manifesta 13's Le Tiers Programme, artist Stine Marie Jacobsen has developed an innovative civic and sports education programme in several Marseille schools.

Before the manual's publication during the biennial, discover Group-Think through the interview with Stine recorded from her studio in Berlin.

🎧 LISTEN HERE → https://bit.ly/3dRxdZF

#Manifesta13Marseille #TiersProgramme

22/04/2020

die anonyme Liebe — Büro BDP

From last summer, we were delighted to be able to help this intriguing project and writing initiative, co-produced by @tropez check it out: https://www.brokendimanche.eu/shop-1/die-anonyme-liebe

die anonyme Liebe  is an address to love itself: an anthology of new and largely non-native German texts exploring unusual facets of love and anonymity. The poems read like unfinished reflections and uncensored chains of thoughts - whether about children's power games, success or the durati

21/04/2020

Forest – Emergence Magazine

Artist Katie Holten reads the poem "Forest" by Forrest Gander.
For our Trees Issue, Forrest and Katie collaborated to create a multimedia story that evokes a language of the redwood forests of Northern California.
In the multimedia story, Forrest’s words are translated into an alphabet of sprouting seeds and growing spores. View the story on our site: https://buff.ly/3876HIA

In this multimedia piece, poet Forrest Gander and artist Katie Holten collaborate to evoke a language of the redwood forests of Northern California.

28/03/2020

The 2020 Büro BDP Writing Prize — Büro BDP

'Don’t get started on that book you always meant to write. Books that are any good are written out of irresistible compulsion, not the want of a pastime. You may indeed have a book in you, but as Will Self wisely remarked, you are not the one who should write it. Leave it to those poor drudges, the professionals, who, as Flaubert’s mother said of her son, have thrown their lives away on a mania for sentences.

Instead, learn to bake bread.' -- John Banville

Entries are open for our writing prize!

https://www.brokendimanche.eu/the-2020-bro-bdp-writing-prize

Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, ...

22/03/2020

Happy Mother's Day!

22/03/2020

Broken Dimanche Press's cover photo

17/03/2020

Please support bookshops at this time. Many are still up and running but have their doors closed. Some randome suggestions follow. Berlin: The Curious Fox, Zabriskie - Buchladen für Kultur & Natur, Saint George's English Bookshop Berlin. London: Burley Fisher Books. Dublin: Books Upstairs...

15/03/2020

Due to covid 19 travel arrangements we will be closing our online shop. But you can still order books via our distributors: VICE VERSA (Germany and Europe), Turnaround Ps (UK and Ireland) and Small Press Distribution (North America). You can also of course order via your neares independent bookshop - they all love to order books and do a better job than Amazon. Merci!

16/02/2020

The 2020 Büro BDP Writing Prize — Büro BDP

PSA: Prize! Open! https://www.brokendimanche.eu/the-2020-bro-bdp-writing-prize

Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, ...

27/01/2020

The 2020 Büro BDP Writing Prize — Büro BDP

We are delighted to announce the 2020 Büro BDP Writing Prize, in cooperation with Babes Bar. Submissions are now open, closing at the end of May.

https://www.brokendimanche.eu/the-2020-bro-bdp-writing-prize

Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, ...

19/01/2020

@zoe.c.miller Still hottt-ish off the press! The Society for Matriarchal World Domination: publication no. 1 with @broken_dimanche press, essays by @eva__wilson & Cecilia Valenti & Bini Adamczak, artwork by @radicalized_faghag & @mollydogson & @candicebreitz & @peachesnisker & Vela Arbutina @nina__franz & @julietaranda & @the_chus_martinez & @aishathesheriff & @chocolatinaruiz & @lenamemrich & Gabriele Kachold-Stötzer & @bonejelly & @hanoi_lizard & @luciiid & @ancgn & @marlene_stark & @die_roemischen_votzen & Bini Adamzcak & @zzzzccczzzz, printed by @coloramaprint #thesocietyformatriarchalworlddomination GIF art direction by @michimustermann nails by Taxi