Ghostly and ghastly and gorgeous. In this workshop, we’ll be taking a delve into poetry’s most haunting aspects. We will look at the collision of spirits in a figurative and literal way in poetics. We’ll read essays, have guided discussion, as well as read and write poems. We’ll read works by Solmaz Sharif, Dorothea Lasky, … Read more
Crafting Fiction: A 5-Week Short Story Writing Workshop This 5-week workshop is designed for anyone interested in the craft of fiction writing, focusing on the art of short stories. Whether you’re new to writing or seeking to refine your storytelling, this course will help you develop compelling fictional narratives. Email us at ambika@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! … Read more
Over seven weeks, students will explore and practise ways of writing movement and migration, including through memoir, poetry, fiction, journalism, essay, as well as graphic and digital storytelling. Whether you’re writing fiction about moving to a new place, or telling personal, familial or ancestral stories of migration, this workshop is for you. Email us at … 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
In this 8-week course, students will write and workshop original TV pilots and learn how to take the next steps toward getting them off the page and onto the screen. They can expect to leave the course with a first or new pilot draft, and an understanding of how to pitch their series to producers … 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 everyone in an … Read more
