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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)

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.