The Reader 
🎤 Get ready to rock the mic at our next OPEN MIC Night! 🎉 This time, emceed by the one and only Will Buckingham—screenwriter, reader tutor, and all-around story wizard. 🪄✨ Where: Das Gift, Donaustrasse 119 (U-Bahn Rathaus Neukölln) When: Tuesday, Sept. 10 Doors open at 18:30, Sign-ups start at the door (first come, first … 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
This workshop is open to writers of all genres and all levels of experiences. Email victoria@thereaderberlin.com to sign up. Whether you’ve got a full draft, an outline, or just an idea for a novel, this workshop will help you on your way. Over seven weeks, we’ll be looking at process, plot, structure, characterisation, revision and … Read more
This workshop is open to writers of all genres and all levels of experiences. Email victoria@thereaderberlin.com to sign up. Blocked, bored, cramped, or stuck in a rut with your writing? Will you clean your bathroom tiles with a toothbrush rather than get down to work? Would it serve your writing practice to loosen up, have … Read more
This workshop is open to writers of all genres and all levels of experience. Sign up by emailing victoria@thereaderberlin.com The greatest thing about writing? Drafting! The worst thing about writing? Drafting! Once your writing practice is up and running, nothing speeds up your development as a writer more than taking part in a workshop. By … Read more
Crafting Memoir, Autobiography, and Auto-Fiction This workshop is designed for anyone interested in the art of memoir, autobiography, or auto-fiction writing, whether you are focusing on short pieces or longer personal narratives. Email us at ambika@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! The workshop is divided into three main components: 1. Weekly Readings and Discussions: Each week, participants will engage with … Read more
MARKUS KIRSCHNER has spent the past 15 years working in all aspects of filmmaking. As a screenwriter, Markus adapted Colum McCann’s DANCER for Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler’s Maven Pictures. He co-wrote the original script, BIG PLAY, with Yaron Zilberman (A LATE QUARTET, INCITEMENT) for Opening Night Productions. Most recently, Markus wrote HERSHEL for producers … Read more
WILL BUCKINGHAM has worked in the international entertainment industry for over 10 years. He has written made-for-TV movies that have aired around the world on Lifetime Channel, Hallmark, SkyTV, Prime, TF1, M6, Antena3, and more. He has developed series with DARK co-creator Jantje Friese, and optioned original TV & film projects to Germany’s Network-Movie and … Read more
MICHAEL JEFFREY LEE’s first collection, Something in My Eye, received the Mary McCarthy Prize and was published by Sarabande. His second collection, My Worst Ideas, is forthcoming in 2023 from Spurl Editions. His stories have appeared in N+1, BOMB, The Rupture, and The Southern Review, among others. He has taught fiction at Tulane University, the University of Louisiana, and … Read more
DONNA STONECIPHER is the author of five books of poetry, including Transaction Histories, which The New York Times cited as one of the 10 best poetry books of 2018. Her work has been published in The Paris Review, amongst others. She has taught at the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Berlin.
JANE FLETT is a Scottish writer based in Berlin. Her fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4, featured in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, and awarded the New Orleans Writing Residency. Her poetry features in the Best British Poetry and received the Berlin Senate Award for non-German literature. She is represented by Marina de Pass … Read more
CYNTHIA CRUZ’s most recent collection of poems, Hotel Oblivion (Four Ways Books, 2023), won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award. Her other publications include Steady Diet of Nothing (Four Ways Books, 2023), Back to the Woods (Four Ways Books, 2023), Guidebooks for the Dead (Four Way … Read more