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Book Launch with Alix Christie, Donovan Dennis and Joachim Zepelin
The Reader Berlin presents the Berlin book launch of THE SHINING MOUNTAINS with author Alix Christie in conversation with writer, publisher and journalist Joachim Zepelin. The evening will be accompanied by short fiction from Donovan Dennis.
„The Reading #10: The Shining Mountains with Alix Christie“ weiterlesen
Concert featuring the voices of Ellen Hinsey, Katherina Oguntoye, Carolyn Gammon, Mariam Rasheed, Isaac Goodman.
Composer and sound artist Paul Brody will perform his third set of musical compositions inspired by the voices of poets he recorded. The poets in this round will share their sense of belonging and exclusion. Poet, community builder and activist Katherina Oguntoye, for example, tells about growing up Afro-German in Zwickau, while the young queer poet Isaac Goodman satirically recounts how they discussed femininity with their doctor.
„Live electronics & poetry: Love&Democracy Part 3“ weiterlesen
Sand 26 Launch Party. Featuring Déborah-Loïs Séry, Lukas Kofoed Reimann, Max Steiner, Bachittar Singh and Frances Margaret Rebollido.
The poetry, prose and art of SAND 26 linger in the in-between, unable to pick a reality, or unwilling to face what the new reality might be. Or perhaps choosing to reject reality altogether in favour of alternative worlds.
Reading by Poetic Hafla
Poetic Hafla, a variety show with a Mediterranean flair! 10 artists, 1 host, lots of magic. It is a celebration of Berlin art and culture. It will be a night full of performances from up-and-coming recording artists, spoken word performers, dancers and actors.
Queer Poetry with Elena Lazutkina
Sound installation artist and composer, Paul Brody, creates live compositions in dialogue with the voices of recorded poets.
The music is created from samples of orchestral sounds, prepared piano, environmental noise, percussion derived from toys and kitchen utensils, and more. The selected poets are Marica Bodrožić, Orsolya Kalász, Uljana Wolf, Tom Bresemann, Dmitri Strozew, Marina Frenk.
Reading and Book launch with Megan Fernandes and Edgar Kunz; moderation: Tracy Fuad
Megan Fernandes and special guest Edgar Kunz join Tracy Fuad of the Berlin Writers’ Workshop to celebrate the launch of Fernandes’s third poetry collection I DO EVERYTHING I’M TOLD. It explores disobedience and worship, longing and possessiveness, and nights of wandering cities.
An evening of readings with Sanders Isaac Bernstein
The Reader is beginning another fall of workshops and writing! Join The Reader Berlin’s community to hear what everyone’s been working on this past year- and to start off the next. „Out of the Workshop: Writers from The Reader Berlin“ weiterlesen
A Book release, lecture-performance and text-based art exhibition with Artemis Chrysostomidou
Poetry, text-based art, worlds full of contradictions, women, mistakes and forgiveness. OH, THAT HAND OF YOURS was written trying not to injure the present. „Oh, That Hand of Yours | A High-Level Trauma“ weiterlesen
The Reading #9 with Victoria Gosling: Berlin Launch of her new novel
On Monday August 28th, The Reader Berlin and Lettretage host the Berlin launch of Bliss & Blunder, Victoria Gosling’s scandalous retelling of the Arthurian legend for the twenty-first century. „Bliss & Blunder“ weiterlesen