Seit 2006 finden in der Lettrétage ca. 120 öffentliche Literaturveranstaltungen jährlich statt – Lesungen, Workshops, Diskussionsrunden, literarische Performances und Formate dazwischen. Bekannte und unbekannte Autor*innen und Künstler*innen verschiedener Sprachen und Nationalitäten sind hier schon aufgetreten.
Seit 2013 liegt der Programmfokus u.a. auf neuen Wegen der literarischen Präsentation und Live-Produktion: Dazu zählen u.a. die internationalen bzw. transnationalen Literaturfestivals „Soundout!“, „¿Comment!“, „Berlinisi“ und „Syn_Energy“, aber auch das viel beachtete Netzwerkprojekt „CROWD“ und multimediale Projekte wie die Reihe „CON_TEXT“ oder das „Poetry Audio Lab“. Eine vollständige Liste der Lettrétage-Projekte finden Sie hier.
Als Ankerinstitution für die freie Literaturszene Berlins stellt die Lettrétage außerdem ihre Räume für Literaturveranstaltungen aller Art zur Verfügung. Zahlreiche freie Veranstalter*innen nutzen unsere Infrastruktur regelmäßig – für Literatur-Workshops, Lesereihen in verschiedenen Sprachen und Buchpräsentationen. Mehr zu den Möglichkeiten der kostenlosen Raumnutzung erfahren Sie hier.
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Veranstaltungen
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Fr.28Juni202419:30Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21, Eintritt frei
The Reader Reads: An Evening out of the Workshop (#2)
© privat We’re back! And we too can hardly believe that it’s already been a fall and a spring of workshops and writing! But all these poems have been composed, essays envisioned, and fiction imagined. Time must have passed! Join us and the rest of The Reader Berlin community to hear what everyone's been working on this past year—and to celebrate the summer’s advent. Our writers in Berlin have been penning personal essays and memoirs, spinning out speculative flash fiction, writing poetry, and polishing short stories for submission. Stop by for a listen.
Tutor and writer Sanders Isaac Bernstein will moderate the evening of readings.
Founded by Victoria Gosling➚ in 2011, The Reader Berlin➚ has been hosting creative writing workshops, seminars, events, and get-togethers for over a decade. Berlin is our home and we’re very much part of the international community of writers here. Writing can be joyous but it is solitary; we aim to bring writers together, to share contacts and build bridges to the publishing industry.
© privat Born in 1981 in Istanbul, Orkun Balkanci is a software engineer, living and working here in Berlin for the last five years. He started writing fiction with The Reader Berlin workshops in 2021. He has no published works yet.
© privat Lauri Moeller➚ is a Danish artist and writer living in Berlin. Calling New York her home throughout most of her 20s, studying acting and working in comedy has shaped the tone of her work. She tries to find humor in the darkest of times. For the last four years, she's been working on a short story collection set to finish this year and is a long-term stan of Jane Flett's class at The Reader Berlin.
© privat Charlotte Nijhuis is a Berlin-based journalist and writer from the Netherlands, who shares a birthday with Zadie Smith and Sylvia Plath (no pressure). In her writing, she explores the themes of feminism, queerness and community. When she’s not working with words, she likes to take (night)trains across Europe, rearrange her furniture and cook without recipes. Also goes by Charlie.
© privat Andrew Ritchie➚ is a writer and comedian who grew up in Chicago and spent a decade trying to reshape himself into a New Yorker before settling in Berlin. His work is eclectic and genre bending. Art in America magazine called his comedy "bleeding edge... that would leave a casual SNL fan confused and broken.« His writing has appeared in VICE and Nobody Zine. And he's performed on stages at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, the Bell House in Brooklyn and the Edinburgh Fringe. His first hour long show, “Momma’s Boy,” debuted earlier this year at Comedy Cafe Berlin.
© Theresa Pleitner Sanders Isaac Bernstein, born in London, grew up in New Jersey (USA). His writing has appeared, among other places, in newyorker.com, Jewish Currents and The Bad Version, which he founded and edited from 2011-2014, and most recently in Coda Story and The Baffler. He holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Southern California and currently works as Stage Editor of Exberliner.He has led writing workshops at The Reader since 2021.
Workshops & Infoabende
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Sa.23Nov.2019So.24Nov.201910 AM - 16 PM 125€
The Reader’s acclaimed two-day introductory workshop
A Workshop covering the basics of fiction writing by Victoria Gosling and Jane Flett
Suitable for new writers or offering a shot in the arm for those who want to reinvigorate their writing practise, the course will cover establishing a writing routine, with exercises to kickstart the imagination, tuition on characterisation and dialogue (Saturday), followed by a class on plot and structure, guidance on editing, and a brief overview of how to begin finding publishers for your work (Sunday). The perfect place to reignite your love of writing, the workshop will provide inspiration and encouragement in equal measure in a supportive, creative environment.
The Workshop will start at 10:30 and continue until 16:30 with a one-hour lunch break. Maximum number of participants is 14.
To sign up, please email hello@thereaderberlin.com.
Victoria Gosling is the founder of The Reader Berlin and The Berlin Writing Prize. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Serpent’s Tail in July 2020 (UK) and Henry Hudson in 2021 (US). She is represented by Judith Murray of literary agency Greene & Heaton. Alongside directing The Reader’s day-to-day activities, Victoria works as a freelance editor, writer and consultant and is a former contributing editor of Berlin Stories for NPR. Offering manuscript assessments, mentoring, expert feedback and guidance, she has worked with hundreds of writers and consulted on a wide range of publications currently available in print and online.
Jane Flett’s writing has been published in over 70 literary journals and translated into Polish, Croatian and Japanese. Her poetry features in the Best British Poetry anthology and her fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4. Jane is a recipient of the Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award and was voted Berlin’s best English-language writer in 2015 by Indieberlin.