On Friday, the 21st of November the three Berlin-based writers Madeleine Watts, Vijay Khurana and Gabriel Flynn, all of whom have recently published novels (Elegy Southwest, Passenger Seat and Poor Ghost!), will talk about their working practice during a live event at Lettrétage. The three of them are members of a small, long-running writing group that has become an essential part of their creative practice. Founded around a decade ago by Habib William Kherbek, the group now meets weekly online, with members spread across Berlin, New York, and Paris. What began as a space for sharing fiction has expanded to include non-fiction and translation, maintaining a rhythm of regular meetings and open discussion rather than formal written feedback. In this conversation, Watts, Khurana, and Flynn discuss how trust, consistency, and friendship sustain their work as individual writers; how deadlines and dialogue shape their drafts; and how the group offers a space apart from the noise of the literary establishment — a place to think only about the writing itself.
