{"title": "From Draft to Direction: A Writing Course with Celina Baljeet Basra", "start": "2026-11-03T19:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-08T12:30:00+01:00", "place": "Chapters", "address": "Wilsnacker Straße 60, 10559", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "A writing course for people who already have words on the page, made up of six Tuesday evenings. Berlin-based novelist, interdisciplinary curator and art historian Celina Baljeet Basra, whose debut novel HAPPY was published by Astra House in 2023 and selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice, guides participants through questions of voice, structure and sustaining a piece of work. Sharmaine joins the opening and closing sessions to share her perspective on the journey from manuscript to published book. 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