{"title": "Düster-Queere Welten - Queere Dark FAntasy und Science Fiction", "start": "2026-11-13T21:13:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T23:00:00+01:00", "place": "Eisenherz", "address": "Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fantasy"], "description": "A queer fantasy and science fiction salon at Eisenherz that journeys into the gloomy realms of queer dark fantasy. The evening is hosted by the bookshop Eisenherz, featuring Christian Handel, Maike Stein, Kathrin Tordasi and EFv.Hainwald, moderated by Nancy Schmolt, with comic author Rory Stad presenting his horror comic \"Ivory Bayou\". At its center is a discussion of Cameron Sullivan's fantasy novel \"Red Winter\", along with presentations of further dark fantasy and reading suggestions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/duster-queere-welten-queere-dark-fantasy-und-science-fiction-14680/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/57cbb271421ef5c4d8703db11f4d7e732e9081d5373cd768e0143a63ef22c4d0-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T21:13:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T23:00:00+01:00", "place": "Eisenherz", "address": "Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Que(e)r Lesen - Lesung zu Parabolis Virtualis 5", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek Schöneberg", "address": "Hauptstraße 40, 10827 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei & ohne Anmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "„Que(e)r Lesen“ is a reading at the Bibliothek Schöneberg. It presents the fifth volume of the successful poetry collection „Parabolis Virtualis“ with fresh new queer voices. Hannah Schraven, Pia Laguna de la Vera and Mátyás Dunajcsik will read, moderated by Kevin Junk with a greeting from Jim Baker of Querverlag. The event is a cooperation with Querverlag and the Stadtbibliothek Tempelhof-Schöneberg and takes place free of charge with no registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-lesen-lesung-zu-parabolis-virtualis-5-82267/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=295460&ls=0&c=145&date_start=31.10.2026", "image": ""}, {"title": "Büchertisch: Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER Vol 3", "start": "2026-10-31T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Eisenherz", "address": "Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing", "society/queer"], "description": "The Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER continues its series in 2026; in each workshop session, two literary texts in progress are read and discussed. Up to five queer authors from Berlin give appreciative feedback, together with the audience, in a moderated session lasting 120 minutes. The workshops make visible how many decisions lie behind writing that is often solitary, and they also serve to network queer writers, especially those just starting out. They are a cooperation between »Glitter – Die Gala der Literaturzeitschriften«, the bookshop Eisenherz and BrotfabrikLiteratur.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchertisch-berliner-literaturwerkstatt-queer-vol-3-14678/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8066c99e09151c04d6d617d4673534290abbd2a612297eed005fb87c590cb614-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Hex, Hex – Ein Fest zwischen Zauber- und Widerspruch", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://literatur-berlin.tickettoaster.de/produkte/4247-tickets-hex-hex-ein-fest-zwischen-zauber-und-widerspruch-literaturhaus-berlin-berlin-am-31-10-2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/comics", "literature"], "description": "\"Hex, Hex – Ein Fest zwischen Zauber- und Widerspruch\" is an evening of readings, talks, comics, a book revue and Modern Tarot. It features Laura Freudenthaler, Sole Otero, Lara Rüter, Zara Zerbe and Anna Zett, curated and hosted by Giorgio Ferretti and Linn Penelope Rieger, in cooperation with Edit e.V. The theme is the many meanings of witchcraft in literature, ranging from essays and comics to novels, tarots, spells and small acts of magic. Anyone who brings a small magical object and trades it with others during the breaks gets reduced admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/hex-hex-ein-fest-zwischen-zauber-und-widerspruch-199/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/hex-hex-ein-fest-zwischen-zauber-und-widerspruch/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER Vol. 3", "start": "2026-10-31T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlos (zzgl. VVK)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing", "society/queer"], "description": "The Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER is a moderated event at which two literary texts in progress are read out and discussed together. For Vol. 3, the writers Ade Ajayi, Crispin Scholz, Danou Chazarenc, Anja Kümmel and Sonja M. Schultz take part, with moderation by Donat Blum. Up to five queer writers from Berlin and the audience offer appreciative feedback, and the workshop also serves as a networking event for queer writers. The cooperation between »Glitter – Die Gala der Literaturzeitschriften«, the Buchladen Eisenherz and BrotfabrikLiteratur takes place in the Roter Salon.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berliner-literaturwerkstatt-queer-vol-3-48487/", "official_url": "https://brotfabrik-berlin.de/veranstaltung/berliner-literaturwerkstatt-queer-vol-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07b4ca817f76a476eab7720ad4a7ca0eab3b3688bd0d7fb2c2bc2e49527fe19a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lustre & Ruin: The Launch of Intimate Infinity / Intimität der Unendlichkeit", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Chapters", "address": "Wilsnacker Straße 60, 10559", "price": "", "price_from": "6.51", "price_to": "6.51", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/lustre-ruin-the-launch-of-intimate-infinity-intimitat-der-unendlichkei-tickets-2003704676626", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "literature/poetry"], "description": "An evening of reading and conversation marking the launch of \"Intimate Infinity / Intimität der Unendlichkeit\", a book of photographs and asemic drawings alongside essays in German and English. It is an echo of the blog Berlin Reified, a companion to Sylee Gore's first poetry collection Maximum Summer (2025), and an evocation of light and summer in Berlin. Behind it are Berlin-based literary translator Sylee Gore, poet Donna Stonecipher and novelist Dilek Güngör, and all three will be present. The evening turns on lustre, ruin and the urban pastoral – a love letter to the city.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lustre-ruin-the-launch-of-intimate-infinity-intimitat-der-un-40414/", "official_url": "https://www.chaptersberlin.com/events/lustre-ruin-of-intimate-infinity", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e40740a05e5adf31f2807172b5e7a639dad25fb90c4da3f36fa0a453fe5d830-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sasha Marianna Salzmann & Raphaëlle Red", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sinema Transtopia", "address": "Lindower Straße 20/22", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "ALL YOU CAN READ is a reading series that invites its guests to a shared meal at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA. It is curated by Josephine Apraku and Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç, who ask how literature changes when writing and reading take place at the kitchen table. In this edition, writer, playwright, essayist and curator Sasha Marianna Salzmann and writer Raphaëlle Red take a seat at the table. Together they talk about texts, memories, family influences and political questions – while eating and in good company.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sasha-marianna-salzmann-raphaelle-red-50390/", "official_url": "https://sinematranstopia.com/de/all-you-can-read/sasha-marianna-salzmann-raphaelle-red", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a9ad3dd37f1bfcab0858cb397e1a219fe09f3c95435a5200501d3a8af108247-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Spells and Stories | Crafts Night", "start": "2026-10-31T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Diffrakt", "address": "Crellestraße 22, 10827 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei (free admission)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "art/crafts"], "description": "Spells and Stories | Crafts Night is a late-night event at diffrakt, a centre for theoretical periphery. It is co-organised by Erin Honeycutt and Elin McCready. The evening revolves around the night, ghosts, witches, poets, storytelling, spell-casting, listening, watching and conspiring. Visitors will listen to stories, immerse in sound, learn how to craft spells and hang out, and may bring short ghost stories, embroidery projects or songs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/spells-and-stories-crafts-night-14497/", "official_url": "https://diffrakt.space/events/of-spells-and-stories-a-crafts-night/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/de0b10417304c72b23484aef37fe7de636f6ee9dec1b65d3aa512c17d85fa1dd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sheila Armstrong and Gesa Stedman", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://literatur-berlin.tickettoaster.de/produkte/4251-tickets-across-the-page-sheila-armstrong-gesa-stedman-berlin-babel-dj-natalie-stardust-literaturhaus-berlin-berlin-am-06-11-2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "A reading-and-talk evening at the Großer Saal of Literaturhaus Berlin. Sheila Armstrong, an Irish writer living in Berlin-Neukölln, reads from her novel 'The Red Mouth', published in 2026, and discusses with Gesa Stedman (HU Berlin) how to write about one's homeland of Ireland from afar. This is followed by a presentation of the book 'Berlin Babel' with Leon Craig and Katy Derbyshire, after which DJ Natalie Stardust plays. The event is a cooperation with the Center for British Studies and the British Council.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sheila-armstrong-and-gesa-stedman-205/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/reading-talk/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lettekiez liest! \"Queere Tiere\" Lesung & Gespräch mit Magda Wystub", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kultur- und Dialograum \"M5\" (Markstr. 5, 13409 Berlin)", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/animals", "society/queer"], "description": "„Lettekiez liest!“ is a reading and talk from the book »Queere Tiere« by author Magda Wystub, who today makes artistic documentaries about what society prefers to overlook. The book introduces creatures that live gender, sexuality and family quite differently from what biology textbooks and regulars' tables would have us believe, from lesbian albatrosses to drug-affine reindeer. With biting humour and illustrated with charmingly beastly drawings, it takes a power-critical look at the natural sciences, dispelling the myth of the „natural order“. The reading takes place in the Kultur- und Dialograum „M5“.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lettekiez-liest-queere-tiere-lesung-gesprach-mit-magda-wystu-82181/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98dc2727be57ca6bf0429c942161594f93e48d2f37924533127e490651162f9d-1200.webp"}]}