The Reader The brilliant Donna Stonecipher returns to bring us another new course to begin in January 2016. The POETRY WORKSHOP with Donna Stonecipher will begin on January 18th and will run for seven weeks at St. Georges Bookshop in Prenzlauer Berg, further details available here.
Lately, when people ask you how your writing is coming along, do you laugh hollowly and put your head in your hands? Why not give yourself an early Christmas present and make sure you begin 2016 inspired and unblocked… On December 12 and 13th, join Jane Flett and Victoria Gosling for a whole weekend devoted to feverish scribbling. Covering the basics … Read more
Do you want to write, but don’t know how or where to start? Are you daunted by the thought of writing alone? Our new creative writing tutor Fatin Abbas will be making her Reader debut at Topics in Neukölln, with a 7 week course starting 3rd November. More details here.
Jane Flett is a philosopher, cellist, and seamstress of most fetching stories. Her poetry is featured in Salt’s Best British Poetry 2012 and her fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio, awarded the SBT New Writer Award, and performed at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She also leads creative writing courses with The Reader.
Join us for a a special half day workshop exploring expressive writing with psychologist and writer Dimitra Didangelou. Combining the joys of writing, nature and personal growth, the workshop will explore and employ the techniques of expressive writing with the aim of enabling you to write freely and without fear of criticism. The workshop will … Read more
Our new collection of short stories is available now. The book anthologises the award-winning stories from our recent competition. In it you will find tales of Berlin spanning 1930’s propaganda, the contemporary club scene, dystopian futures, animals on adventures and so much more besides. Available as an e-book and in print, details are here.
We were recently lucky enough to have Ryan come over from Edinburgh and read us some poems from his new collection The Good Dark.
Copywriting Since 2011, we’ve been copywriting for businesses in Berlin and beyond, crafting website texts, brochures, articles and marketing materials. Our writers excel at creating clear, compelling content in a style that reflects the character and tone of your brand. From design agencies to travel groups, from NGOs to tech start ups, we can craft … Read more
Services for Screenwriters & Playwrights Provided by award-winning playwright CJ Hopkins Script Doctoring Sometimes even the best of us need a little help polishing, rewriting or restructuring a screenplay. The Reader’s script doctor can read and evaluate the current draft of your screenplay, identify structural and stylistic problems, suggest solutions, and, if desired, rewrite/polish your … Read more
If you are fairly confident that your manuscript, story or article is in good shape without needing major structural revisions, then you may want to think about a line edit.