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The Reader Berlin, Victor Breidenbach and Siena Powers invite you to celebrate the 3rd edition of How to Book Swap and Party! The details: Friday December 8th at Das Gift Starting at 19:30 All you need to bring are 2-3 books, be ready to swap and read the text below. Posters will be available for … Read more
The Reader Berlin invites you to the Berlin book launch of THE SHINING MOUNTAINS with author Alix Christie in conversation with writer, publisher and journalist Joachim Zepelin. Accompanied by short fiction from Donovan Dennis. When: 11 December, 2023 Doors open at 19:00 and readings will start at around 19:30. Where: Lettrétage (Veteranenstrasse 21, Mitte) … Read more
When: Saturday, September 16, 2023 Where: Lettrétage (Vetranenstrase 21, Berlin-Mitte) Doors open at 19:00/ Readings begin at 19:30 Admission is free of charge. https://www.facebook.com/events/1514121302458805 An evening moderated by Sanders Isaac Bernstein. Our writers in Berlin have been penning personal essays, spinning out speculative flash fiction, writing poetry for the first time, trying out comedy writing, … Read more
This workshop is designed for both experienced writers and total beginners, working in any genre. We will focus on generating new poems and writing and creating a sustainable writing practice. In this workshop we will both discuss ways to write poems “all the time”, and also ask ourselves the questions…why make poems? And why do … Read more
*This class is now full!* If you would like to be put on a waiting list for a forthcoming class with Sanders in Winter 2024, drop us a line at hello@thereaderberlin.com. Personal essays can be as unique and heterogenous as each of us. Though sometimes maligned, the personal essay is a vital and vibrant contemporary … Read more
The Reader Berlin hosts the Berlin book launch of Bliss & Blunder, Victoria Gosling’s scandalous retelling of the Arthurian legend for the twenty-first century. When: August 28th, 2023 Doors open at 19:00 and readings will start at around 19:30. Where: Lettrétage (Veteranenstrasse 1, Mitte) Free entry. Victoria Gosling will be in conversation with author Jane … Read more
The Berlin Book Launch of NOTES ON HER COLOUR by Jennifer Neal On July 4th, The Reading in collaboration with Daddy Magazine present the launch of One of Electric Literature’s Books by Women of Color to Read This Year! Florida kitsch swirls together with magical realism in this glittering debut novel about … Read more
Christopher Kloeble in conversation with Liska Jacobs Bartholomew is an orphan from Bombay. He’s twelve years old and speaks almost as many languages. That is why, in the year 1854, he is hired as a translator by the brothers Schlagintweit from Germany who, with the support of Alexander von Humboldt and the East India … Read more
The Berlin book launch of OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA by Julia Armfield: with Mikaella Clements and Lizzy Yarwood When: Wednesday, May 31, 19:00 Where: Lettrétage (Veteranenstrasse 1, Mitte) “Part bruisingly tender love story, part nerve-clanging submarine thriller” (The Times). OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA is Julia Armfield’s chilling and tragic debut novel. Miri thinks … Read more
This class is full! Michael’s next class will start April 16. If you would like to be put on the waiting list for his next class, drop him a line at michaeljeffreylee.biz@gmail.com to sign up! Writing Flash Fiction: Fast, Fierce, Compact The goal here is simple: learn to trust your instincts, get over your writing … Read more
The Essay Generator Has your nonfiction project lost momentum? Are you doubting your own writing judgment? Do you want to get something finished for once? Show up and sit down (virtually) with a small, focused workshopping group overseen by The Reader teacher, editor and author, Susanna Forrest. Susanna will draw on twenty years’ experience to … Read more
Where: Das Gift, Donaustrasse 119 (U-bahn Rathaus Neukölln) When: Tuesday, April 25; Doors open at 18:30. Sign up for a 5-minute reading slot at the door. OPEN MIC begins at 19:00. Cost: Free https://www.facebook.com/events/229553252919203?ref=newsfeed The next OPEN MIC – by The Reader Berlin – is back! — Our first OPEN MIC in February brought in 21 (!) … Read more