{"title": "Emmanuel Carrère. Kolchose", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schleichers Buchhandlung", "address": "Königin-Luise-Straße 41, 14195 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/autofiction", "history/russia"], "description": "An evening of reading and conversation with the writer Emmanuel Carrère, presenting his new novel »Kolchose«, hosted by the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. In conversation with his translator Claudia Hamm, he traces four generations of his family's lives, loves and sufferings across Russia, Georgia, German exile and France. The starting point is the death of his mother Hélène Carrère d'Encausse and of her husband Louis, after which Carrère discovered his father's genealogical research while clearing out their flat. The event is sold out and takes place in French with German translation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/emmanuel-carrere-kolchose-104560/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/aa6a49adf97302965108b878d047a2a4469bfd269da5a5d1d897b96789314f23-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schleichers Buchhandlung", "address": "Königin-Luise-Straße 41, 14195 Berlin", "tickets": "sold_out"}], "similar": [{"title": "Misha Schoeneberg liest aus „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht” mit musikalischer Begleitung", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Buchhandlung am Schäfersee", "address": "Markstraße 6, 13409 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature", "music"], "description": "Misha Schoeneberg reads from his book „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht“, accompanied by musician Michael Gerlinger, who sings songs by Leonard Cohen in German to the guitar. In this deeply personal book, the author traces the story of his father, a member of a Jewish Berlin family who survived the horrors of Auschwitz. It is about silence and speechlessness in the family, remembrance culture and the upheavals of the present up to the events of October 7. The reading takes place at Buchhandlung am Schäfersee in Berlin; advance registration is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/misha-schoeneberg-liest-aus-vielleicht-wollte-er-gar-nicht-s-13471/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76d528393fa3deeeebccf968b564e266c0db82854844ae3c870ae2192546799-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lesung mit der Dramatikerin und Autorin Ishbel Szatrawska aus dem Roman „Die Tiefe”", "start": "2026-11-18T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-18T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/war", "literature/fiction"], "description": "A reading from the novel „Die Tiefe” as part of the series „Polish Affairs. Polnische Kultur zu Gast in der Stabi”. The dramatist and author Ishbel Szatrawska takes the family home in the Masurian province of the former East Prussia as the starting point for a moving tale of four generations of a family, of the region's multiculturalism and the painful experiences of war, flight, loss of homeland and a new beginning. The event takes place in the Theodor-Fontane-Saal of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, in cooperation with the Zentrum für Historische Forschung Berlin of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the editor and translator Benjamin Voelkel. Registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-mit-der-dramatikerin-und-autorin-ishbel-szatrawska-au-109760/", "official_url": "https://blog.sbb.berlin/termin/lesung-mit-der-dramatikerin-und-autorin-ishbel-szatrawska-aus-dem-roman-die-tiefe/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ef5d0cc37c18f59cb79010c0aa0ccfa7d7fe6bfb52183bf2f98c24fb7dbd6ee2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Sophie Calle »Erinnerungen an Ostberlin«", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "A book launch at Literaturhaus Berlin where Sophie Calle presents her new book »Erinnerungen an Ostberlin«. In it, the French artist documents places in Berlin from which the visible symbols of East German history were removed after reunification, asking passers-by and residents to describe what had once filled these now-empty spaces. In conversation with the author and filmmaker Felix von Boehm, she talks about remembering, her art and writing. The event is held in French with simultaneous German interpretation by Kerstin Elsner; Carolin Haupt reads.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sophie-calle-erinnerungen-an-ostberlin-209/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/sophie-calle-erinnerungen-an-ostberlin/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Literaturcafé", "start": "2026-11-19T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T16:30:00+01:00", "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Karow", "address": "Achillesstraße 77 13125 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literaturcafe-15913/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293314&ls=0&c=409&v_ort=46367&stichwort=Literaturcaf%C3%A9&date_start=01.10.2026", "image": ""}, {"title": "Literarische Erinnerungsbilder", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung", "address": "Straße der Pariser Kommune 8A, 10243 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "literature"], "description": "\"Literarische Erinnerungsbilder\" is a reading followed by a conversation. The authors Regina Scheer and Annett Gröschner read from their family novels \"Machandel\" and \"Schwebende Lasten\", in which individual fates form a multiperspectival mosaic of twentieth-century German history; the conversation is moderated by literary scholar Therese Hörnigk. The event takes place in the Eva-Mamlok-Bibliothek of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and is accessible, registration is requested. Literary images of memory are meant to broaden the range of society's perceptions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literarische-erinnerungsbilder-97085/", "official_url": "https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/YWZCR/literarische-erinnerungsbilder?cHash=784309a7c779e052580b64ff3c5d54eb", "image": "https://noky.io/images/575c4c578c748ea7fdb4b59a6de9414192fc00aa1475a32faab15ae71ceac786-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Buchvorstellung: Utopie und Terror: Sibirien", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum Berlin-Karlshorst", "address": "Zwieseler Straße 4, 10318 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/contemporary-fiction", "history/ussr"], "description": "A book presentation evening at Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is devoted to Viktor Remizov's novel \"Permafrost\". The novel's translator Franziska Zwerg and political scientist Félix Krawatzek explore how literature addresses the world of forced labour camps under the Stalinist terror in the Soviet Union of the 1930s and 1940s centred on the building of the \"Great Stalin Railway\", moderated by Nina Frieß of ZOiS. Admission is free, and registration by e-mail is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchvorstellung-utopie-und-terror-sibirien-98195/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Exklusive Berlinlesung mit Eva Sichelschmidt", "start": "2026-11-19T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Whisky and Cigar Bar", "address": "Sophienstraße 8 – 9, 10178 Berlin", "price": "15 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "An exclusive Berlin premiere: a reading and conversation with author Eva Sichelschmidt in her Whisky and Cigar Bar. In conversation with her editor Marcus Gärtner, she presents her novel „Schön, dass du da warst“, which tells of family life, care and farewell across generations through shifting perspectives. There will be a book table, and the book can be signed by the author. About the author: she grew up in the Ruhr area, worked in Berlin as a costume designer and opened the shop „Whisky & Cigars“ there; she lives in Rome and Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/exklusive-berlinlesung-mit-eva-sichelschmidt-13447/", "official_url": "https://www.buchboxberlin.de/event-calendar/exklusive-berlinlesung-mit-eva-sichelschmidt-der-whisky-and-cigar-bar", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e9248510d0580c4f02d8f259c933b5eb98bdb14d1861c4378cb7fbc5c8118869-600.webp"}, {"title": "»Aufwachsen in prekären Verhältnissen – und dann auch noch queer« – Lesung & Gespräch mit Marek Torčík & Ruben Höppner", "start": "2026-11-19T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "€5 – €7 (zzgl. VVK)", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "7.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/novel", "society/queer", "history"], "description": "A reading and conversation at the BrotfabrikGalerie. Czech author Marek Torčík reads from his novel »Was die Zeit nicht nimmt« (Anthea, 2026), translated into 27 languages, which tells of a nightly call from his mother that pulls Marek back into his youth: a dysfunctional family and a conservative industrial city that punishes otherness. In conversation with publisher Ruben Höppner of the Anthea publishing house, which he took over in 2024 and which won the German Publishing Prize in 2025, the evening turns to origins, class, body and queerness in post-socialist Czechia. The event takes place in German and Czech, with translator Mirko Kraetsch present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aufwachsen-in-prekaren-verhaltnissen-und-dann-auch-noch-quee-31897/", "official_url": "https://brotfabrik-berlin.de/veranstaltung/aufwachsen-in-prekaeren-verhaeltnissen-und-dann-auch-noch-queer-lesung-gespraech-mit-marek-torcik-ruben-hoeppner/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bde0e90bc3b54ccd043b6ff6ec0055acb6df84b0545a5de2cde67f98bc2b5ef4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung. Lesung mit Tania Arcimovich, Karima Shabrang und Fariba Vafi", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schloss Schönhausen", "address": "Tschaikowskistraße 1, 13156 Berlin", "price": "15 €, ermäßigt 12 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A reading titled \"Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung\" at Schloss Schönhausen. The writers in exile Tania Arcimovich (Belarus), Karima Shabrang (Afghanistan) and Fariba Vafi (Iran) read texts born from a literary engagement with the palace and its history during the Nazi era, drawing on their own experiences of exile and political pressure, in their original languages. Actress Melika Foroutan presents the German translations, and cellist Basilius Alawad accompanies the evening with music. The event is inspired by the Weiter Schreiben interventions and ends with a reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/exiltexte-kunst-macht-erinnerung-lesung-mit-tania-arcimovich-12534/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bac59a00fc6e07b1c6b537c7dae5d24dad5e3004a3463316b846a6b01b1aecb4-600.webp"}, {"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"}]}