Category: Allgemein

The European Writers Salon (EWS) was created with the idea of bringing writers together from across Europe to connect, collaborate, and support one another. What started as a simple tweet has quickly grown into a community-driven initiative with big plans for the future. With events in multiple cities and an expanding network, EWS aims to foster a sense of belonging and inspiration for writers at every stage of their careers. In preparation for the upcoming EWS Open Mic Night at Lettrétage on 27th March, we chatted with Deborah Zafer, founder and director of EWS. Read on to learn more about the vision behind this exciting new project and what’s coming next!

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After a rather quiet start in January, our 2025 event program really picks up speed in February – with a colorful mix of interdisciplinary performances, lectures and discussion panels, as well as more experimental reading formats. We invite you to a program dedicated to exploring the connections and interfaces between literature, other art forms and socio-political and philosophical issues and questions.

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A breaking point in a relationship, the intrusion of the private into the political, breaking language into verses: in November at Lettrétage we will explore different kinds of breakage in literature. Together with numerous narrative voices, we will set off on journeys, examine the possibilities of the connections between activism and literature and attend events that break down the apparent boundaries between literature and other art forms. Book presentations, performances and discussion formats invite you to a diverse programme from the independent scene.

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As part of the Barrio | Bairro Berlin literature festival, which takes place from October 10 to 17, there will be five events in the Lettrétage. The festival aims to make the Latin American literary scene in Berlin more visible and improve networking between its players. The events will focus on Berlin as a central location for Latin American writing outside Latin America and will be held in German & Spanish or German & Portuguese with simultaneous translation. Videos and sound interventions by various artists will also be shown during the talks and readings.

For the second interview in our series we have spoken with author J. A. Menéndez-Conde about his view on the Latin American literary scene in Berlin, his desicion to write short stories and the developement of his writing.

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Back from the summer break, we are still in the holiday mood. In September, we become travellers and explorers. While we deal with this topic more directly in our German events, we take a more metaphorical and musical journey in the english ones.

On Friday the 13th of September at 8.00 pm, we will linger in the world of creative possibilities. In Convergence IV, the Kross Collective presents a multi-sensory performance and explores the connections between sound, text and visuals. There will be four shorter and two longer performances. Christian Forte, Ginés Olivares, Felipe Sáez Riquelme, Elina-M. Pantsyr, Ana Gagulidze, Mire, Julia Witas and Days Like Television will present their works. Tom Bresemann will be the moderator.

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The Dead Ladies Show happens every two months or so and celebrates ladies who were fabulous while they were alive, in English and in German.

Each time, the two co-hosts, Katy Derbyshire and Florian Duijsens, invite two special guests to share their love of particular ladies of yore in the form of lively presentations showcasing these people’s lives, works, and achievements. Covering all walks of life – from ancient mathematicians to silent-movie stars to record-breaking athletes – the Dead Ladies Show is all about women or non-binary people who achieved great things against all odds. The live footage from the shows is used as material for the monthly feminist history podcast, so deceased-dames fans can also listen in or catch up from wherever they may be.

Previously hosted in our immediate neighbourhood at ACUD, the Dead Ladies Shows now take place at Lettrétage. To mark the occasion, we spoke to one of the hosts, Katy Derbyshire, about the format of her shows, the selection of people featured and what has changed recently.

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The Lettrétage is an anchor-institution of the independent literature scene in Berlin. This means that we:

• provide free spaces for evening events, such as readings, performances, or panel discussions.
• offer free spaces for daytime use, such as writing groups, editorial meetings, or workshops
• take care of the technical aspects and beverages for evening events and assist in promoting the events.
• organize free professional consultations for those involved in writing, translating, editing, or organizing literature.
• host the “Industry Meetup: Literature” once a year. Those professionally engaged in literature can find like-minded individuals for exchange and networking.
• initiate projects that explore ways to innovate and redefine literature.

This July sees the launch of Paul Brody’s LOVE&DEMOCRACY, a sound installation in four parts that will accompany Lettrétage until the end of the year.

Paul Brody has lived in Seattle, Boston, California and Berlin, to name just a few. As a sound artist, composer and trumpeter, he works regularly on projects at the Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne, the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Berliner Schaubühne, the MC93 Paris, the New York Harlem Opera and the Wiener Burgtheater, among others – and now also at Lettrétage.

“The theme of Love&Democracy stems from the necessity of our times. They are a silent duo. Without a love of place and our neighbors, we cannot truly have a democracy, and without treating each other fairly – democratically – there can be no real love”, Paul Brody explains about his project.

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April at Lettrétage is all about numbers. In Redfern Jon Barret’s novel PROUD PINK SKY, which will be presented on April 1, Berlin has grown to 24 million inhabitants. It’s the first gay nation of the world, divided into neighborhoods for each sexual orientation. Cissie loves Berlin’s towering high rises and chaotic multiculturalism, yet she’s never left her heterosexual district — not until she discovers a walled-off slum of perpetual twilight, home to the city’s forbidden trans residents.

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