Parasite press
Die Parasitenpresse is a book publisher specializing in poetry - primarily younger German-speaking poets . It was founded in 2000 in Cologne by Wassiliki Knithaki and Adrian Kasnitz . In addition to its publishing activities, the publisher also organizes readings by authors (currently the Cologne Literature Club, Paratexte, etc.) and small book fairs in the Cologne Indie Book Pop Up Store .
program
From 2000 to 2007 the 14-page volumes of the poetry series were published as small-format booklets (made from recycled envelopes). Since 2005 the conversion to a new format has been carried out. In addition to the actually German-language lyric series, other books with poetry from Latin America or the Benelux countries, with short prose and plays have been published by the parasite press. Younger authors can usually be discovered here with their first book.
Since 2014 the paperback series "The numberless books" has been added, which is now the main series of the publisher. New German and international poetry and experimental prose will appear there . Around 100 titles had appeared in the parasite press by the beginning of 2019.
German-speaking authors are u. a. Kathrin Bach, Timo Berger , Luise Boege , Andreas Bülhoff, Christoph Danne , Johanna Dombois, Dominik Dombrowski , Karin Fellner , Gerald Fiebig , Alexander Gumz , René Hamann , Stefan Heuer , Adrian Kasnitz , Udo Kawasser , Daniel Ketteler, Ilse Kilic , Thorsten Krämer , Jan Kuhlbrodt , Björn Kuhligk , Stan Lafleur , Georg Leß , Wolfram Lotz , Bernd Lüttgerding, Mira Mann, Astrid Nischkauer, Mario Osterland , Christoph Georg Rohrbach, Peter Rosenthal, Bastian Schneider, Tom Schulz , Jan Skudlarek , Enno Stahl , Kinga Tóth , Ulrich van Loyen, Nikolai Vogel , Achim Wagner , Fritz Widhalm , Ron Winkler and Nora Zapf.
Translations come from the Hispanic-American-Spanish and Scandinavian language areas, but also from French, Dutch and Polish. Authors are u. a. by Pablo Jofré , Arvis Viguls, Rafael Cadenas , Martin Glaz Serup, Ruth Lasters, Menno Wigman and Enrique Winter.