Flyer for a punk hardcore gig with Iron Deficiency, Black Drosera, DTRS and Bancale and Corps Vidés, April 3th, 2026, at Cafard’naüm in Saint-Étienne-Lés-Remiremont, France.

Zollbureau für Zucker und Tabak (Portuguese: Mesa de Inspecção do Açúcar e Tabaco) is a Portuguese–German poetry book by Laura Erber. It was printed in blue typography and was published by Alba in collaboration with Siesta Verlag.

About the author, from Barrio (Bairro) Berlin (translated from the German):

Laura Erber (Rio de Janeiro, 1979) is a writer, editor, and researcher. In Brazil, she founded the publishing house Zazie Edições. Her literary work includes poetry, essays, chronicles, and fiction. In 2006, she published Körper und Tage in German with Merz-Solitude, the result of her residency at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, translated by Timo Berger. Mesa de inspeção do tabaco e açúcar was published in Portugal by não (edições) in the Mutatis Mutandis series. She currently lives and works in the Netherlands.

The 2025 edition of Danksagen. Text als Beziehung (“Acknowledgements: Text as Relationship”) was held in summer/autumn 2025 in the new studio space of Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB). The project logo was designed by Carolina Giovagnoli using Hyper Scrypt by Jérémy Landes and Compagnon Medium by Sébastien Riollier – both available from Velvetyne. The logo was animated by Flor Yacante.

We asked the three authors Paula Fürstenberg, Sharon Dodua Otoo and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah to each found a collective, thereby revealing the network of relationships behind one of their works.

Writing means entering into relationships. Others collaborate on the text, readings, experiences and conversations are reflected in it. That is why hardly any new publication can do without acknowledgements: in just a few lines, they encapsulate the entire social grammar of a book.

All three invite four people who are connected to their publication – be it the editor, their brother or a fellow writer. Starting with informal kitchen meetings and working sessions in the new LCB studio space, the groups write their own text that focuses on the events behind the acknowledgements, highlighting influences and relationships. They then stage it and the book on several stages and in different formats over the course of one evening.

From NWB:

Piou Piou! is a chicken rotisserie located in Paris in the 9th district. At the counter, you'll find a 100% take-away service and eco-responsible offer. On the menu, French chicken, free range, quality, well cooked and well presented. We supported the PiouPiou! team in the definition of their brand platform and the design of visual expression territories ranging from the logotype to outdoor signage.

The typography pairs RL Refusit from Regular Lines with the monospaced Compagnon and Compagnon Medium (available from Velvetyne).