{"title": "Katja Leuchtenberger und Robert Gillett präsentieren „Berliner Sachen” von Uwe Johnson", "start": "2026-10-26T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-26T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Buchhandlung am Schäfersee", "address": "Markstraße 6, 13409 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/berlin", "literature/book-presentation"], "description": "A book presentation at Buchhandlung am Schäfersee of “Berliner Sachen” by Uwe Johnson, a volume of essays from 1961 to 1971 first published in 1975. Katja Leuchtenberger and Robert Gillett, literary scholars and co-editors of the major Uwe Johnson complete edition, present texts Johnson wrote in and about Berlin. In them, Johnson opposes the boycott of the Berlin S-Bahn, tells stories about escape helpers and comments on the events around 1968, always seeking dialogue against the speechlessness of divided Berlin. Registration at stiewe@stadtmuster.de or 0177/7423230 is recommended, but dropping by is also welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/katja-leuchtenberger-und-robert-gillett-prasentieren-berline-13470/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-26T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-26T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Buchhandlung am Schäfersee", "address": "Markstraße 6, 13409 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "„Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin“ – Die Tagebücher Wolf Biermanns", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer", "address": "", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chahargah-tickets-1997393231925", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/diary"], "description": "A book presentation for „„Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin“ – Die Tagebücher Wolf Biermanns“, presenting excerpts from the diaries of the singer-songwriter. The historian Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, a friend of Biermann's, is publishing them on the 50th anniversary of Biermann's expatriation and his 90th birthday, and presents the book together with co-editor Arno Polzin. The conversation is moderated by Doris Liebermann. The event takes place in the visitor centre of the Berlin Wall Memorial, is free of charge, and registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ihr-loscht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-die-tagebucher-wolf-biermann-30517/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/gedenkstaette-berliner-mauer/besuch/programm/ihr-loescht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-die-tagebuecher-wolf?date=2026-11-12T19%3A00%3A00%2B0100", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fd51ab9ebb625aac48d5c9324abb9cadaaed9006a4752eaf0a8c6ffb77a95141-1200.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", "tickets_url": "https://literatur-berlin.tickettoaster.de/produkte/4255-tickets-sophie-calle-erinnerungen-an-ostberlin-literaturhaus-berlin-berlin-am-11-11-2026", "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": "Autoren & ihre Bücher", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kulturring in Berlin e.V.", "address": "Ernststraße 14-16, 12437 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/authors"], "description": "An evening of conversation at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek „Mark Twain“ devoted to authors and their books. Danuta Schmidt talks with Andreas Lehmann, head of the editorial team of the MAGAZIN. The magazine has existed since 1924, thus for more than 100 years. Admission is free, with a donation requested for the friends' association to help co-finance the events; registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/autoren-ihre-bucher-78124/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Gudrun Bernhagen liest", "start": "2026-11-04T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilzentrum PestalozziTreff", "address": "Pestalozzistraße 1A, 12623 Berlin", "price": "6 Euro inklusive Kaffeegedeck", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar-germany", "literature/reading"], "description": "Gudrun Bernhagen reads excerpts from her novel \"Und ... und ... und ... kann ich gut\", which is about the childhood years of a girl from 1945 to 1952. She is accompanied musically by Adrian Wagner and Rudolf Bernhagen. Admission includes a coffee set, and registration is possible by phone at 56 58 69 20. The reading takes place at the Stadtteilzentrum „Pestalozzi-Treff\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gudrun-bernhagen-liest-72804/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Heimweh nach gestern. Eine Geschichte der Nostalgie in Deutschland", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge", "address": "Leipziger Straße 54, 10117 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://museumderdinge.org/events/heimweh-nach-gestern-book-presentation/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation and conversation at Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge. The historian and curator Tobias Becker presents his book „Heimweh nach gestern. Eine Geschichte der Nostalgie in Deutschland“ and discusses it with the journalist and author Jens Bisky. In his book, Becker examines how divided and reunified Germany dealt with its past, from the rediscovery of the „Golden Twenties“ to Ostalgie. The event is free of charge and no registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/heimweh-nach-gestern-eine-geschichte-der-nostalgie-in-deutsc-12716/", "official_url": "https://museumderdinge.de/veranstaltungen/heimweh-nach-gestern-buchpraesentation/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5182d497ad4f198eb93e1448964222e9ef1167d650e86ec63aa8a6aaeb781fa1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Spazieren in Berlin", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Dorotheenstädtische Buchhandlung", "address": "Turmstraße 5, 10559 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.dorotheenstaedtische.de/event/spazieren-in-berlin", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The bookshop hosts a reading from Franz Hessel's book „Spazieren in Berlin“, a textbook on the art of strolling through Berlin first published in 1929. The actor Hans-Jürgen Schatz reads from it, and the evening is moderated by the publisher André Förster. Hessel (1880–1941) was a writer, editor and translator who lived in Berlin in the 1920s and emigrated to Paris in 1938. Walter Benjamin called the book a memorising while strolling, for which remembering was not the source but the muse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/spazieren-in-berlin-22283/", "official_url": "https://www.dorotheenstaedtische.de/event/spazieren-in-berlin/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/faf9fe110b11b1f17ff173b8dee0dd9c07708277df0d93e23d4cc0f60c697d68-600.webp"}, {"title": "Clube do Livro em Berlim : Ilze Scamparini", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchhandlung a Livraria", "address": "Torstraße 159, 10115 Berlin", "price": "Free if the book was bought at the bookshop; otherwise €10 per meeting (€28 per block, €90 for the f", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Clube do Livro em Berlim is a Portuguese-language book club that meets monthly at the A Livraria bookshop in Berlin. It is conceived by Luciana Rangel, a master in biographical and creative writing, and curated by her and Prof. Dr. Leonardo Tonus of the Sorbonne. At this meeting the author Ilze Scamparini takes part online. The selection of works prioritises Brazilian literature but opens space for international dialogues.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/clube-do-livro-em-berlim-ilze-scamparini-13456/", "official_url": "https://www.mondolibro.de/p/do-12-11-2026-oder-18-uhr-i-clube-do-livro-em-berlim-ilze-scamparini", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7030d7e550875192e74558c4b879fd6e677f61a4bc26be97271df089e47db618-1200.webp"}, {"title": "»Berlin Babel. Stories of the city by Berliners old and new«", "start": "2026-11-06T20:30:00+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"], "description": "A book presentation of the new anthology »Berlin Babel«, which brings together 14 stories by writers from 11 countries. Among them are Leon Craig from the UK and Katy Derbyshire, who edited the anthology for V&Q. The evening asks how writers tackle that seemingly eternal subject, Berlin, what makes a good Berlin story, and whose perspective counts. It also includes a reading and talk with Sheila Armstrong and Gesa Stedman as well as music from DJ Natalie Stardust.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berlin-babel-stories-of-the-city-by-berliners-old-and-new-206/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/berlin-babel-stories-of-the-city-by-berliners-old-and-new/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sagen und Geschichten aus Berlin", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Dorotheenstädtische Buchhandlung", "address": "Turmstraße 5, 10559 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "A reading with slide projection and music about legends and stories from Berlin, featuring devils, poor fishermen, goblins, giants and the “Weiße Frau”. Thomas Siener is behind the event and also performs on the harp. It is about the fantastic and the spooky, sometimes with a “kernel of truth”, at locations such as the Pfaueninsel, the Berliner Schloss and Köpenick. Registration is by telephone with the bookshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sagen-und-geschichten-aus-berlin-22284/", "official_url": "https://www.dorotheenstaedtische.de/event/sagen-und-geschichten-aus-berlin/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b612cba6f3a1603d50c7ccee1f188f14908f88be4f735dfae9a26813429cc395-600.webp"}, {"title": "Transformationszeit: Fantasie gegen Realität …", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Regulär: 10 Euro, Ermäßigt: 6 Euro", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://stiftungbrandenburgertor.de/veranstaltungen/liebermanns-welt/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A conversation about life and writing in East and West Berlin, the final installment of the series „Transformationszeit“. Katja Oskamp, a writer born in East Berlin and author of „Marzahn, mon amour“ and „Die vorletzte Frau“, and West Berlin author Björn Kuhligk, known for „Überall Nachbarn“ and „Berlin-Beschimpfung“, join moderator Marion Brasch to discuss inventing reality. They explore how everyday life and social conditions shape writing, what artistic freedoms existed on either side of the Wall, and what changed after 1989. The talk takes place in the salon on the ground floor and lasts one hour and thirty minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitat-11821/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.museum/veranstaltungen/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitaet", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09af503cac5f68817fe03a2a5975b32abb478c6644eab9d240ec33d10e0388f3-600.webp"}]}