Materials/Materialien are publishers of poetry, prose, polemics, mostly in chapbook and pamphlet formats. Previously based in Cambridge, UK, and now based in London & München, the publication series is co-edited by David Grundy and Lisa Jeschke, and accompanied by an independent reading series. At Halle für Kunst Lüneburg e.V., the readings will be followed by a Q & A. A selection of books published by Materials/Materalien will be available on a book table which will remain on site as part of the exhibition.

James Goodwin is a poet doing a PhD in English and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London. His most recent book, Faux Ice, has just been published by Materials.

David Grundy is a poet and scholar living in London. He co-runs the poetry press and reading series Materials/Materialien and is the author of Present Continuous (Pamenar Press, 2022) and A Black Arts Poetry Machine: Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets (Bloomsbury, 2019), and co-editor of the forthcoming Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton (Wesleyan University Press, 2023). He is currently working on critical books on poetry and music.

Lütfiye Güzel, born in Duisburg in 1972 and traveling between the Ruhr region and Berlin, is a poet and has been publishing poems under her own label go-güzel-publishing since 2014. In 2017, Lütfiye Güzel was awarded the Ruhr Literature Prize. Her current book L-ABLA was published in 2022.

Lisa Jeschke is a poet, performer, and translator, writing in English and German. Their recent publications in English include The Anthology of Poems by Drunk Women (Materials, 2018), and Anarcho-Boys* vs. Anachro-Cavalry Württemberg (Earthbound, 2021). 

Laurel Uziell is a poet based in London and the author of T (Materials, 2020).

The annual program at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg e.V. is funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Sparkassenstiftung Lüneburg, and Hansestadt Lüneburg. The educational program at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg e.V. is funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony. The exhibition and the reading searies are made possible by Neustart Kultur/Stiftung Kunstfonds.