{"title": "Buchvorstellung und Gespräch: Barbaros Altuğ Die dunkelste Nacht eines langen Winters", "start": "2026-11-20T21:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-20T23:00:00+01:00", "place": "Eisenherz", "address": "Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/turkey", "society/queer", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation and conversation with Barbaros Altuğ about his new novel, in which a writer living in Berlin investigates the mysterious disappearance of a young officer in Turkey. The novel revolves around social pressure, foreignness, memory and suppressed desire, as well as the suppressed sexual identity and a traumatic experience of violence of its protagonist. Since early September, the social media accounts of the author, who lives in exile in Berlin, have been blocked by the Turkish authorities, amid violence and measures against the LGBTQ* community in Turkey. The conversation is moderated by Alexandra Weltz-Rombach, a filmmaker, curator and producer based in Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchvorstellung-und-gesprach-barbaros-altug-die-dunkelste-na-14675/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1117051d2b9c2b20b301828bcc2bc7f74413ef05d042ebf71de310ef0eb8dcc9-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-20T21:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-20T23:00:00+01:00", "place": "Eisenherz", "address": "Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Buchklub für alle | Fikri Anıl Altıntaş", "start": "2026-11-19T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "address": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The Buchklub für alle (book club for everyone) invites you to a reading and conversation, free of charge and without registration. The author and journalist Fikri Anıl Altıntaş, winner of the 2026 Robert Gernhardt Prize, reads from his novel \"Zwischen uns liegt August\" (August Lies Between Us). It tells of an adult son losing his mother, of the everyday routines before her death, and of what the son, at home in Germany, knows of his mother's youth in Turkey. The conversation is moderated by Mareice Kaiser; the audience is invited to listen, ask questions and join the discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchklub-fur-alle-fikri-anl-altntas-2626/", "official_url": "https://www.zlb.de/veranstaltungsuebersicht/buchklub-fuer-alle-fikri-anil-altintas/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d85bc0df24bbd004f5411c7380ce0b1bb159342a2029e44586fcf8a045053c5d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Literatur vor Ort: Autorenlesung mit Turgut Altuğ und Tuncay Gary", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "REDSdeli", "address": "Kreuzbergstraße 10, 10965 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading", "society/migration"], "description": "„Literatur vor Ort“ is a joint author reading at the REDSdeli Speisenmeisterei in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Tuncay Gary reads from his book „Mein grünes Niltagebuch“ as well as previously unpublished poems about personal experiences, memories and the search for identity and home. Turgut Altuğ reads from his second book „Von den Baumwollfeldern Anatoliens bis ins Berliner Parlament“, telling of his life between Anatolia and Berlin, of migration, losses and the will to take his own life into his hands. The result is an evening with two authors, personal stories and literary perspectives on origin, paths through life and home.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literatur-vor-ort-autorenlesung-mit-turgut-altug-und-tuncay-72187/", "official_url": "https://roter-baum.berlin/event/literatur-vor-ort-autorenlesung-mit-turgut-altug-und-tuncay-gary/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/417b4dffe9e2417ca04bb08c541ff85baad12c2c7246e1ca5c1f3100dc346758-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç: \"Hundesohn\"", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda", "address": "Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç reads from his debut novel “Hundesohn” at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda, moderated by Georgina Fakunmoju. The novel tells a love story: Zeko lives in Berlin, meeting men in parks, cafés and on dating apps, but whenever their lips touch his thoughts drift back to Hassan, the neighbour's boy in Adana whom his grandfather only ever called “Hundesohn”. The book tells radically and poetically of love and desire, of euphoria and vulnerability, fear and happiness. Keskinkılıç, born in 1989, studied political science and in 2025 was among others awarded the ZDF-»aspekte«-Literaturpreis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ozan-zakariya-keskinklc-hundesohn-116195/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/bibliotheken/bezirkszentralbibliothek-pablo-neruda/veranstaltungen-projekte/ozan-zakariya-keskinkilic-hundesohn-1720641.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/06978e5e10d9090b9820505fa02f7dcbe9ab7b23f72499ea8fc57a1902b90d41-600.webp"}, {"title": "Home & Reckoning: Edwin Nasr in conversation with Sharmaine Lovegrove", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Chapters", "address": "Wilsnacker Straße 60, 10559", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction", "society/migration"], "description": "A book launch and conversation at Chapters: Edwin Nasr presents his debut novel \"Fear Eats Ali\", celebrated as a first collaboration with the publisher Wirklichkeit Books. The novel follows Ali, who left southern Lebanon for Berlin almost a decade ago and now stands accused of assaulting a police officer at a Palestine solidarity demonstration. Carried by tragic humour and political reckoning, it is a forthright novel about the time and place of resistance, the debt it leaves behind, and the helplessness of men in the face of immense historical change. In conversation with Chapters founder Sharmaine Lovegrove, Nasr discusses migration, sexuality and belonging, and how questions of identity connect us to the political landscape in Berlin and Germany today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/home-reckoning-edwin-nasr-in-conversation-with-sharmaine-lov-40416/", "official_url": "https://www.chaptersberlin.com/events/gw1lpnn44wzm11sgribao9oxp56vbu-c7278", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dfdce5429f997509f934568b72e430820f0de046355ce05b3bb6644c1763ef55-2000.webp"}, {"title": "She said Premiere \"Fear eats Ali\" with Edwin Nasr and Edna Bonhomme", "start": "2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "She said", "address": "Kottbusser Damm 79, 10967 Berlin", "price": "€10,00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/novel"], "description": "The bookstore She said hosts a premiere and conversation: the author Edwin Nasr presents his novel \"Fear eats Ali\" and talks with critic, journalist and historian of science Edna Bonhomme. The novel follows Ali, a gay Catholic who immigrated to Berlin from southern Lebanon almost a decade ago and stands accused of assaulting a police officer at a Palestine solidarity demonstration, now facing possible deportation and preparing to say goodbye to a city in ebullition. It is described as a forthright novel about the time and place of resistance, the debt one carries in its wake, and the helplessness of men in the face of immense historical transformations. A number of solidarity tickets are available, which can be requested by email from the bookstore.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/she-said-premiere-fear-eats-ali-with-edwin-nasr-and-edna-bon-104563/", "official_url": "https://www.shesaid.de/products/premiere-fear-eats-ali-with-edwin-nasr-and-edna-bonhomme", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7ed8de9e080d5b0c2c41c4123598d2c5ae96e6ba02eacf137ab403622b31d53-1200.webp"}, {"title": "\"Haltung ohne Hass\"-Premiere mit Ahmad Mansour und Güner Balci!", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum für Kommunikation", "address": "Leipziger Straße 16, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society"], "description": "This event has been cancelled; a free replacement event takes place the same evening at the Museum für Kommunikation Berlin. It is the book premiere of \"Haltung ohne Hass\" with psychologist and extremism expert Ahmad Mansour and journalist Güner Yasemin Balci. Mansour describes a society that has forgotten how to listen and, using concrete examples, explains what must be done now to curb radicalisation, conspiracy narratives and disinformation. Balci is integration commissioner for the Berlin district of Neukölln and has made the challenges of an immigration society her life's theme.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/haltung-ohne-hass-premiere-mit-ahmad-mansour-und-guner-balci-13445/", "official_url": "https://www.buchboxberlin.de/event-calendar/haltung-ohne-hass-premiere-mit-ahmad-mansour-und-g%C3%BCner-balci", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2abeb78f2708c84f16d2e95baf8603ab272ff438355136b18439d96ff4ec73c5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Gespräch und Lesung mit Alice Hasters und Mohamed Amjahid", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek am Luisenbad", "address": "Badstraße 39, 13357 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature", "society"], "description": "A talk and reading with Alice Hasters and Mohamed Amjahid. The author presents her latest book „Anti Opfer- Warum wir Verletzlichkeit verachten“, in which she describes a cultural change that coincides with a rise of authoritarianism and fascism. It deals with questions such as what happens to a society in which sensitivity is considered elitist and the right of the strongest is seen as authentic. The talk is held with the German-Moroccan journalist and author Mohamed Amjahid; registration in advance is requested under https://pretix.eu/bibliothek-am-luisenbad/Hasters/, as places are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gesprach-und-lesung-mit-alice-hasters-und-mohamed-amjahid-2585/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Meral Kureyshi: Im Meer waren wir nie", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Grüner Salon", "address": "Rückerstraße 9, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading and conversation with Swiss writer Meral Kureyshi, moderated by Teresa Bücker, at Grüner Salon. She talks about her book Im Meer waren wir nie, which centres on female friendship that becomes family, alongside questions of responsibility and belonging. It is about confinement and departure, dreams and fairy tales, and decisions that shape more than one life. The event is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/meral-kureyshi-im-meer-waren-wir-nie-288/", "official_url": "https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/meral-kureyshi-im-meer-waren-wir-nie/20261111-1800/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Club de lectura de noviembre: Malina, de Ingeborg Bachmann", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bartleby & Co.", "address": "Boppstraße 2", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/novel"], "description": "In November, the Bartleby reading circle meets at the Bartleby & Co. bookshop on Boppstraße 2. The Spanish-language bookshop invites its readers to read a book together and then discuss it in person. The chosen title is Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann, an astonishing portrait of a writer trying to tell her own story in a world dominated by men. The novel follows a woman in postwar Vienna between her inaccessible lover Ivan and her reserved flatmate Malina, a feminist psychological masterpiece of European literature.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/club-de-lectura-de-noviembre-malina-de-ingeborg-bachmann-12904/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5f679be336ded5a712898b70574c79015fbfe42ff1b6224a7eae4b1e54d0b62-2000.webp"}, {"title": "\"Ausländergöre\": Literatur LIVE mit Alexandra Stanić", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heimathafen Neukölln", "address": "Karl-Marx-Straße 141, 12043 Berlin", "price": "20 €", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/memoir", "society/migration"], "description": "Alexandra Stanić presents her debut \"Ausländergöre\" at Literatur LIVE at Heimathafen Neukölln. The journalist, one of the most important critical voices in German-language social media, weaves her own migration story between Frittatensuppe and Ćevapčići together with her queer self-discovery. She uses labels such as Ausländergöre or Švabica as narrative starting points to examine class issues, misogyny and right-wing populism. The event is accompanied by the BuchBox! Kiezbuchhandlung bookshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auslandergore-literatur-live-mit-alexandra-stanic-13446/", "official_url": "https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/alexandra-stanic/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/661f175500fe5b45575cb5d275edfc65cf1ac5097b0a173aeb9a7d9eebde849e-600.webp"}]}