Ambika 
Do you have a personal story that is calling you to write? Following on from our Autofiction I & II courses, this is an advanced course for writers with an ongoing writing project that involves their lived experience. This could be memoir, poetry, an essay collection, lyrics, a screenplay… no matter the form it takes, … Read more
Are you looking for a dependable, empathetic, and inspiring space to get your story out of your head and onto the page? This supportive, 4-week workshop would provide a regular space for writers, poets, songwriters and screenwriters working on their first draft manuscript (any form/ genre, and any stage of the manuscript). Based on the … Read more
In this workshop, we will closely examine how land and language are connected forces, both in contemporary poetry and in our own writing. Poets often turn to the natural world as a means for investigating that which is hidden from view. Flora and fauna can reflect a speaker’s interiority, refract a memory, or represent a … Read more
A Writing Group meeting at different locations in Berlin to write together and evolve our writing projects, taking prompts from the cityscape and its people. This format combines a generative writing workshop and a support group for writers, exchanging skills and knowledge and much needed encouragement. Leaving the desk and changing perspective helps to unblock … Read more
Reading your work on stage presents its own set of challenges: stage lights, stage fright, microphones (or no microphones), a strange sense of time, and a text that was once meant only for the page but now needs to be received sonically in a room. In this workshop, we will look at how to prepare … Read more
This is an advanced five week course for writers who already have some experience writing autofiction (non-fiction writers wishing to incorporate lived experiences into their writing and likewise for literary fiction writers and poets wanting to open up and bring more of their own life stories onto the page.) It’s particularly aimed at those with … Read more
This online workshop is designed for anyone interested in the art of memoir, autobiography, or autofiction writing, whether you are focusing on short pieces or longer personal narratives. There is a week break on October 7th, so the last session is October 21st. Email us at ambika@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! Each week, participants will engage with a … Read more
What kind of stories do you want to tell, and what is the best way of telling them? Open to writers of all levels, this seven-week workshop will allow you to experiment with and develop your own writing, with an eye to generating stories that are efficient, loaded, and urgent. In the first half of … Read more
A workshop dedicated to short-short prose of any kind: flash fiction, lyric essay, parable, fairy tale, dialogue, mini-play, whatever. The pace is brisk and the energy frenetic: you’ll be workshopped 3 times over the course of the 7-week class. No written feedback on the manuscripts themselves but expect generous, in-depth discussions of your work. Perfect … Read more
A 5-week poetry workshop with award-winning poet Donna Stonecipher, PhD, author of six books of poetry. This class will consist of two components: an exploration/discussion of published poems provided by Donna, and a workshop. Participants will submit 10 pages of poetry in two rounds of five on a rotating schedule, and receive constructive feedback from … Read more
***If these times don’t suit, please get in touch about a potential morning edition that Susanna will launch later.*** Like the proverbial frogs we’ve been sitting in a pot of slowly boiling water for years, and now we find ourselves spending hours gazing at scrolling screens, handing over our attention in return for brain fog, … Read more
This is a five week course for non-fiction writers wishing to incorporate lived experiences into their writing (whether research-based, journalistic or otherwise), and likewise for literary fiction writers and poets wanting to open up and bring more of their own life stories onto the page. Email us at hello@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! Designed to foster self inquiry, … Read more