This online workshop is designed for anyone interested in the art of memoir, autobiography, or autofiction writing, whether you are focusing on short pieces or longer personal narratives. Email us at ambika@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! Each week, participants will engage with a selected reading from a supplied list. These readings will serve as a basis for … 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
A workshop dedicated to short-short prose of any kind: flash fiction, lyric essay, parable, fairy tale, dialogue, mini-play, whatever. The pace is brisk and the energy frenetic: you’ll be workshopped 3 times over the course of the 7-week class. No written feedback on the manuscripts themselves but expect generous, in-depth discussions of your work. Perfect … 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 … Read more
***If these times don’t suit, please get in touch about a potential morning edition that Susanna will launch later.*** Like the proverbial frogs we’ve been sitting in a pot of slowly boiling water for years, and now we find ourselves spending hours gazing at scrolling screens, handing over our attention in return for brain fog, … Read more
This is a five week course for non-fiction writers wishing to incorporate lived experiences into their writing (whether research-based, journalistic or otherwise), and likewise for literary fiction writers and poets wanting to open up and bring more of their own life stories onto the page. Email us at hello@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! Designed to foster self inquiry, … Read more
This five-week workshop is designed for practising translators as well as those curious about the craft of literary translation. The workshop will be held in English. We’ll begin with close readings of contemporary texts into English, identifying and discussing the techniques at work. As the workshop progresses, we’ll evaluate these approaches in the context of … Read more
This ten-week course is designed for writers who are already writing a novel (or a collection of connected short stories). Based on the workshop model, the course will also function as masterclass (in which you get to pick the topics) and support group (Hi, my name is Victoria Gosling and I’m a relapsing novelist). In a … Read more
If you’ve even considered writing a novel, this is the workshop for you. Over seven weeks, we will be breaking down the process and looking at the different ways of writing a novel. We’ll take a deep dive into plot, structure, characterisation and revision and discuss classic texts from a range of genres, analysing why … Read more
So, you have an idea for a TV series. Or, you’ve already written a TV pilot. What comes next? 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 … Read more
A 5-week Autumn course for poets, literary fiction writers and literary non-fiction writers, interested in bringing ecology, hydrofeminism and other more-than-human knowledges into their work — both in content and via technique. Email us at hello@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! The course includes how ecological thinking can inform writing through form (such as tuning into more-than-human communication to … Read more
This five-week intensive distills Olivia’s seven-week fiction workshop into a focused exploration of endings and revision. Endings carry enormous weight: they must feel surprising yet inevitable, resonate back through the story, and linger. But how do you find an ending if you don’t yet know where your story is going? How do you strike the … Read more