The Reader

Special Coaching Package from Susanna Forrest this Autumn!

by
Susanna Forrest

This autumn Reader tutor Susanna Forrest will be offering ten writers an online coaching package of three one-hour feedback/editing sessions at your convenience between September 24 and December 23 2020! If you have a substantial creative nonfiction project that you’d like to polish, complete, or boost Susanna will give you detailed feedback at each one-to-one meeting. … Read more

New Episode! Corona Files: Episode Two

by

In Episode Two of our Corona Files Podcast, you’ll find us in conversation with Reader Berlin tutor Jane Flett. Jane shares extracts from her lockdown work, alongside a section of delights from the authors who inspired her. Listen to the complete episode right HERE…

Susanna Forrest’s Insight on Research, Resources and Rabbit Holes

by

Focus is hard to come by these days. I remember reading that the best way to fix procrastination was not to berate yourself or think about will power but to find bigger incentives to do the work. Right now, writing promises one very valuable incentive: escape from the sinister headlines and constant hand-washing. In other … Read more

Spring Workshops

by

We’re springing into March and April with a stunning variety of writing workshops, including daytime, evening and weekend courses. Take a look for yourself and if anything entices you, email us at hello@thereaderberlin.com with the name of the course you want to book:   – DAYTIME WORKSHOPS –   Imagination Unfurled – Part One on … Read more

The Circus

by

The Reader Berlin, The Circus Hotel and KLAK Verlag proudly present the 10 winners of the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize in an anthology.

Berlin is a city of ideas. Wherever you look, someone’s dreams are coming to life. And what better theme than „The Circus“ for a writing prize arising from one of the world’s most exciting, independent literary scenes? Selected from over 350 entries by judges Sophie Mackintosh, May-Lan Tan, Elnathan John, Martin Jankowski, Katrin Schönig and Victoria Gosling, this collection will engage, intrigue and surprise you: from a personal essay about a heart transplant, to tall tales of alien abduction; from a circle-shaped essay-constellation on bears, to stories of sisterhood, transformation, rebellion and resistance. Prepare to be captivated.

The anthology brings you fresh, original writing by first-prize winner S.K. Perry, runners-up Victoria Manifold and Anbara Salam, and shortlisted authors …

Read more

2019 Berlin Writing Prize: On Bears: A Constellation by Sarah Van Bonn (Shortlist)

by

 Sarah Van Bonn was shortlisted for the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize with her lyric essay ‘On Bears: A Constellation’, excerpted here in the run-up to the launch of the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize Anthology, The Circus, forthcoming from The Reader Berlin in partnership with KLAK Verlag in 2020. Fact. Bears can swim. Indeed, bears are excellent swimmers.   Legend. The Ojibwa … Read more

2019 Berlin Writing Prize: Ventimiglia by Nicholas Ruddock (Shortlist)

by

 Nicholas Ruddock was shortlisted for the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize with his entry ‘Ventimiglia’, excerpted here in the run-up to the launch of the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize Anthology, The Circus, forthcoming from The Reader Berlin in partnership with KLAK Verlag in 2020.     The two strongmen set out twenty minutes before dawn, stepping down from their caravan, weaving between … Read more

2019 Berlin Writing Prize: Délphine by Eliza Robertson (Shortlist)

by

Eliza Robertson was shortlisted for the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize with her entry ‘Délphine’, excerpted here in the run-up to the launch of the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize Anthology, The Circus, forthcoming from The Reader Berlin in partnership with KLAK Verlag in 2020.     After you admitted your fear of ketchup, the perverse side of me went to Dépanneur Ultra … Read more

0
    0
    Your Cart
    Your cart is emptyReturn to Shop
    Continue Shopping