The Open Mic / Dec 10

Just in time for the darkest days of winter – the last Open Mic of 2024!👏 Where: Das Gift, Donaustrasse 119 (U-bahn Rathaus Neukölln) When: Tuesday, December 10; Doors open at 18:30. Emceed again by the amazing Will Buckingham – back in Berlin! Sign up for a 5-minute reading slot at the door (starting at … Read more

Berlin Book Launch: Feast While You Can By Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta / November 13th

Join us November 13th at 19:00 for the Berlin Book Lunch of Feast While You Can By Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta at Keith Bar (Schillerpromenade 2, 12049 Berlin) in Neukölln. Jane Flett will be moderating and Marc Yates will do the opening reading. ‘A truly monstrous romance’ JULIA ARMFIELD, AUTHOR OF OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA … Read more

THE OPEN MIC / Tues. Sept. 10

🎤 Get ready to rock the mic at our next OPEN MIC Night! 🎉 This time, emceed by the one and only Will Buckingham—screenwriter, reader tutor, and all-around story wizard. 🪄✨ Where: Das Gift, Donaustrasse 119 (U-Bahn Rathaus Neukölln) When: Tuesday, Sept. 10 Doors open at 18:30, Sign-ups start at the door (first come, first … Read more

BERLIN BOOK LAUNCH: Freakslaw by Jane Flett / July 5

On July 5th, join us for the Berlin book launch of the much awaited FREAKSLAW by Jane Flett! Doors open at 19:00 @ Lettretage (Veteranenstrasse 21, 10119) It’s the summer of ’97 and the Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the Freakslaw – a travelling funfair populated by deviant queers, a contortionist witch, … Read more

THE READING #10: The Shining Mountains with Alix Christie / Dec 11, 2023

  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

Out of the Workshop: Writers from The Reader Berlin

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

THE READING # 8: Jennifer Neal / July 4, 2023

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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

The Reading #7 Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield / May 31, 2023

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

The OPEN MIC / April 25, 2023 at Das Gift

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

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