Anthology of Litfest homochrom
The largest festival for German-language queer literature, which is being held in the West-German queer capitol Cologne, celebrates belletristic writing on LGBTIAQ characters and topics not only by inviting the authors of the best submissions to read their texts on the festival stages in front of audiences and cameras, but also by publishing as many of them as possible in the collections edited by Litfest director Martin Wolkner – a good amount of contributions not published before.
As the title »Queeres entdecken« (roughly translated: discover what’s queer) suggests, all editions give an panoramic overview of contemporary queer literature. To set the mood, each text is introduced by an aesthetic, double-paged photo. With each text having a reading duration of 20-30 minutes, the gorgeous books are good travel companions – and perfect gifts for friends and family, too, as they contain something for every taste, interest or mood. The anthologies are artistic, not commercial endeavours, therefore the prices are kept very low. The non-profit festival organisation, homochrom e.V., earns less than 1€ per copy sold and invests it in new cultural projects.
The first edition, »Queeres entdecken«, boasts a very diverse, entertaining and thought-provoking selection of short stories, monologues, excerpts from novels and other texts from the 1st Litfest homochrom, which took place in August of 2021. Of the 33 texts selected to be read, the proud number of 27 are included on the book’s 362 pages. It was published on February 22nd, 2022, as the idea to publish an anthology emerged during the authors‘ networking events of the festival. It is internationally available in several formats: e-book (DE: 2,99€), paperback (DE: 12,99€) as well as hardcover (DE: 19,99€).
The second edition, »Queeres entdecken 2022«, comprises 25 captivating, touching and informative short stories as well as excerpts of recently published novellas and novels read at the 2nd Litfest homochrom, which that took place in July 2022 and had invited 36 author. The text are slightly longer and add up to 386 pages. Published on September 09th, 2022, it is also internationally available in several formats: e-book (DE: 2,99€), paperback (DE: 13,99€) as well as hardcover (DE: 19,99€).
In addition to „Queeres entdecken“, homochrom has been involved in publishing the German-language queer poetry collection »Pride-Poesie«. On 186 pages, it contains 25 poems which were made into poetry films during the video competition of the same name.
»Pride-Poesie« – quadratisch, lyrisch, queer!
Zusätzlich zu »Queeres entdecken« ist homochrom beteiligt an der Veröffentlichung des queeren Gedichtbands »Pride-Poesie«. Auf 186 Seiten sind 25 der Beiträge enthalten, zu denen beim gleichnamigen Wettbewerb 2021 deutschsprachige Lyrikvideo entstanden.
Überall im Buchhandel als E-Book (2,99€), Taschenbuch (10,99€) und gebundene Ausgabe (16,99€) bestellbar, z.B. bei Amazon oder Thalia, aber am fairsten direkt bei tredition.