When will the reading with Yasemin Toprak take place?

The reading will take place on Thursday, October 15, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

Where is the event taking place?

The venue is the Scheuermann bookstore at Flachsmarkt 12 in 47051 Duisburg.

How much does admission cost?

The regular admission fee is 8 euros, with a reduced fee of 5 euros.

Who moderates the evening?

The reading will be moderated by Anke Johannsen.

What is the book The Daughter No One Wanted about?

The autobiographical narrative addresses familial exclusion, cultural taboos, homelessness, and the personal journey of the author to a self-determined life.

Is prior registration required?

The Scheuermann bookstore requests prior registration.

Yasemin Toprak reads in Duisburg 2026

Name: "The Daughter No One Wanted" with Yasemin Toprak
Start: 2026-10-15T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-15T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Buchhandlung Scheuermann

Yasemin Toprak reads in Duisburg about courage, exclusion, and freedom

On October 15, 2026, the Scheuermann bookstore will become the venue for an intense encounter with the author: Yasemin Toprak reads from her autobiographical narrative The Daughter No One Wanted. The focus is on breaking taboos, familial exclusion, homelessness, and the difficult path to a self-determined life.

A voice against fear and silence

Yasemin Toprak's book leads into a life story that begins where societal expectations and personal truth clash painfully. After speaking in a podcast about sexuality and cultural taboos, she becomes an outcast in her Yezidi family. The reading makes it palpable how a public voice emerges from injury.

Autobiography as a literary testimony

The Daughter No One Wanted connects personal memory with a socially relevant discourse on patriarchal structures, familial bonds, migration, and the situation of women who assert themselves against silence and control. The narrative power of the autobiography lies in the ruthless proximity to the described experiences and in the linguistic movement from silence to self-assertion.

A reading atmosphere with space for reflection

In the independent Scheuermann bookstore, an intimate atmosphere is created for focused listening and literary exchange. Yasemin Toprak reads from her biography, and the evening is moderated by Anke Johannsen. The event combines reading, author encounter, and cultural discussion into a literary experience of immediate societal significance.

Literature between personal experience and cultural discourse

Toprak's autobiographical writing focuses on the power of origin, community, and language. The themes range from childhood and first sexual experiences in secret to familial breaks and homelessness, culminating in a painful yet liberating new beginning. It is this connection between individual experience and structural critique that gives the book its literary and social relevance.

Conclusion: An evening that lingers long

Visitors can expect a moving reading about the courage to reclaim one's own story. Yasemin Toprak transforms personal experience into a clear, audible language, thus opening up a space for empathy, contradiction, and new perspectives. Those who understand literature as an encounter with other life realities will experience an evening of special intensity in Duisburg.