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.
Auf dieser Seite präsentieren wir einen nicht vollständigen Einblick in unser vergangenes Programm.
Veranstaltungen
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Mi.07Mai202519:30Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21, Admission 5€/18€
SAND 28: "Cycles" Launch
Launch Party & Reading
Join the team behind SAND to celebrate the launch of their 28th issue on 7th May!
The evening will feature performances by the issue’s Berlin-based contributors, as well as the chance to connect with writers, readers, and editors from Berlin’s international literary community.
With 37 contributors living in 14 different countries, SAND 28 is an anthology of contemporary poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art. It has demons that skateboard, cell towers disguised as evergreen trees, gods that send text messages, astronauts on missions to find heaven, and a corporate skyscraper reclaimed by wild animals.
Based in Berlin, SAND is a twice-annual, submissions-based journal created by a passionate international team in Berlin. On and off the page, they aim to foster a community-led approach while publishing work that is as diverse, experimental, international, and subversive as Berlin itself.
Admission: 5€/18€ (incl. SAND 28 Print Edition)
(c) Lilian Scarlet Löwenbrück Celina Baljeet Basra is a writer, curator, and art historian, based in Berlin. She published her debut novel "HAPPY" with Astra House, New York, in 2023 (New York Times Editor’s Pick). She is a founder of the curatorial collective "The Department of Love" and is currently working on her second novel.
(c) Victoria Brooks Victoria Brooks (they/she) is a writer and parent to an octopod (identical twins). They have published two nonfiction books as well as various essays and short stories. Her first queer sci-fi novel, "Silicone God" , was published in the UK by MOIST and is forthcoming in the US from HOUSE OF VLAD PRESS in spring 2025.
(c) Lia Robert Horne Lia Robert Horne (they/them) is a Berlin-based writer and performer originally from the UK. They view poetry as a form of echolocation—a tool to situate themselves in the world. Their work has been featured in FLORETS. You can find Lia on Instagram at @nudgingwords.
(c) Óscar Perdomo Óscar Perdomo (he/they), born in 1991 in Colombia, writes poetry, essays, and novels. They are pursuing a PhD in medieval history at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2015, "The god of the heretics" (El dios de los herejes) was published. In 2024, their novel "Jupiter 3" was selected for the Berlin Senate Scholarship.
(c) Anke Steinberg Bradley Schmidt lives in Leipzig, where he works as a translator as well as teaching at Leipzig University. His translations of contemporary German prose and poetry have been published widely. In 2023, he was awarded the Rhine Translation Prize for "Spring Awakening" , a novel by Isabelle Lehn.
(c) Katharine Tyndall Katharine Tyndall is a writer based in Berlin. Her short stories have been featured in Fatal Flaw, Broccoli, and Nightmare, among others. When she’s not writing, she can be found in the woods identifying plants and fungi.
(c) Natasha Warder Natasha Warder (she/her) is a poet and interdisciplinary artist. Her pamphlet "devoutdoublecoupletifonly" was published in 2024. She also works as a freelance editor and teacher as well as part-time elsewhere.
© Beina Xu Beina Xu is a writer and visual artist. Her work has been published in Southern Humanities Review, The Common, Jezebel, and The Offing, among others. She was a Tin House 2023 Scholar, and a 2024 Artist in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts. She lives in Berlin.
Workshops & Infoabende
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Sa.24Nov.2018So.25Nov.201810:30Registration Fee: 125€
Here & Elsewhere: Place Writing
Workshop with Paul Scraton and Marcel Krueger
© Joseph Carr Whether you are writing essays, blogs, a journal of your travels or the story that will become a novel, creating a strong sense of place is crucial. Suitable for anyone interested in turning the sights, sounds and soul of place into engaging prose, this workshop will explore place writing in all its facets and why through the wide world of literature, location matters.
Over two days, participants will discover key works of place writing and learn about the different techniques to be found within this broad genre, including journalism, memoir and creative non-fiction accounts. Through a series of readings and exercises (which will include a ramble through the neighbourhood), participants will try a variety of fresh and creative approaches to writing about place and will work on a draft of a short piece of place writing - fiction or non-fiction - to be considered for publication on the Elsewhere: A Journal of Place blog.
© Katrin Schönig Paul Scraton is a British-born writer and editor, based in Berlin. He is the editor in chief of Elsewhere: A Journal of Place and the author of a number of creative non-fiction books. Built on Sand, a collection of stories from Berlin, is his debut work of fiction and will be published by Influx Press in 2019. 
© John Farrell Marcel Krueger is a German writer and translator living in Ireland. For Berlin – A Literary Guide for Travellers he has provided new translations. His articles and essays have been published in The Guardian, the Irish Times, Slow Travel Berlin and CNN Travel and he also works as the Books Editor of Elsewhere: A Journal of Place. His latest book Babushka's Journey - The Dark Road to Stalin's Wartime Camp explores the wartime experiences of his grandmother Cilly through a travel memoir.