{"title": "Romantic & Ruinous Bookclub", "start": "2026-11-09T19:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-09T20:15:00+01:00", "place": "Chapters", "address": "Wilsnacker Straße 60, 10559", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "A monthly book club meeting this time to discuss Brit Bennett's novel \"The Vanishing Half\". The club is led by bookseller Saleema. It centers on the Vignes twins, who ran away at sixteen from a small southern black community and now live separate adult lives – one back in her hometown with her daughter, the other secretly passing for white. The novel weaves together generations and places from the 1950s to the 1990s into a family story about race, gender and identity. RSVP by email is essential.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/romantic-ruinous-bookclub-40412/", "official_url": "https://www.chaptersberlin.com/events/femi-fadugba-in-conversation-with-gertrude-agbozo-74nse", "image": "https://noky.io/images/22a79c18a79293660a2111d115f5d270049abd7b76eee83220364f43b8087891-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T19:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-09T20:15:00+01:00", "place": "Chapters", "address": "Wilsnacker Straße 60, 10559", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Lesung und Gespräch mit der Autorin Lena Müller", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Pro Kiez Bötzowkiez e.V.", "address": "Esmarchstraße 18, 10407 Berlin", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Lena Müller reads from her novel »Club der Verschwenderinnen« and then talks about it. In it, on a hot summer in the big city, single mother and translator Eli meets Gunda, who has been standing alone behind the bar of a pub for 20 years. Out of an initial makeshift arrangement a friendship gradually grows that becomes a great story. The event by AG Kultur bei Pro Kiez e.V. and the Kurt-Tucholsky-Bibliothek takes place in the reading room on the ground floor left; registration by e-mail is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-und-gesprach-mit-der-autorin-lena-muller-24490/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=295241&ls=30&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b20fea682d96371a2ea0645f8655578325f34a4c87d61fd442cd89760aeeecda-600.webp"}, {"title": "Ditha Brickwell liest aus ihren neuesten Werken", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Kladow Forum", "address": "Neukladower Allee 9", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "Ditha Brickwell reads from two of her most important novels, which also have a little to do with Kladow, at Kladower Forum, capping the evening with a »Zuckerl« from her hometown Vienna. »Der Kinderdieb« tells of Otto, a young man coming of age in the dark Vienna of the 1950s, who falls in love with a refugee girl from Hungary and does something unheard of to find comfort. »Die andere Seite der Nacht. Eine Erzählung vom Standhalten und Überleben« recounts the fate of Jewish families in Berlin and their Christian helpers during the National Socialist era. The author, committed to justice and democratic values, engages lively with her audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken-26240/", "official_url": "https://kladower-forum.de/veranstaltung/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0334517afc520c0930cd118d8e6673f313b3f61d3f5030c7facb4c5c027c3d44-2000.webp"}, {"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, "tickets_url": "", "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": "Ditha Brickwell liest aus ihren neuesten Werken", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Haus Kladower Forum", "address": "Kladower Damm 387, 14089 Berlin – Kladow", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "Ditha Brickwell reads from her latest works at the Kladower Forum. The author, born in Vienna and living in Vienna and Berlin, previously an architect and educational economist, presents two of her most important novels, which also have something to do with Kladow. Der Kinderdieb tells of Otto, an adolescent in the dark Vienna of the 1950s, who falls in love with a refugee girl from Hungary, loses this love and does something unheard-of. Die andere Seite der Nacht tells of the fate of Jewish families in Berlin and their Christian helpers during the National Socialist era, with the courage and empathy of strong women in the leading role.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken-57885/", "official_url": "https://kladower-forum.de/veranstaltung/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74ab934cf35add2dbd6f0ef68f4fed1e9a064023ec6522e4e6637a3258fb1c54-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Queer Fiction Bookclub", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek e.V.", "address": "Anklamer Straße 38, 10115", "price": "€ 2 reg. / € 1 erm. per month", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club", "society/queer"], "description": "The Queer Fiction Bookclub is a reading circle for everyone interested in reading lesbian and queer fiction together. It is run by Clara and Juliette, invited by the organization Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek e.V. In November, the group discusses \"Waist Deep\" by Linea Maja Ernst. The meeting takes place online, and registration by email is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-fiction-bookclub-73241/", "official_url": "https://spinnboden.de/angebot/queer-fiction-bookclub-engl-dt/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4aaf8513b100ac22c96b1093a1b04ddf4662cffe598c113f8f82eee93bed773d-600.webp"}, {"title": "JMB Buchclub mit The Future von Naomi Alderman", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Jüdisches Museum", "address": "Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rundfunkchor-berlin.de/konzerte/rundfunkchorlounge-26-27-sauberes-wasser-und-schmutzige-geschaefte/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/science-fiction"], "description": "A book club at the Jewish Museum Berlin devoted to discussing the science fiction novel “The Future” by Naomi Alderman. Led by Monika Sommerer (JMB library) and Lena Kugler, it is about Martha Einkorn, who works for a powerful media mogul, and a group of friends planning a bold action to save the world from greedy tech giants. The event is part of the exhibition “Das Gegenteil von Jetzt. Künstlerische Wege in eine andere Gegenwart” and takes place at the W. Michael Blumenthal Akademie.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jmb-buchclub-mit-the-future-von-naomi-alderman-12091/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7f7133c988773db5b802439292125dff05950c9faa1894f1661d646de298b2ed-600.webp"}, {"title": "Silent Book Club – Chapter Lankwitz", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Lankwitz", "address": "Bruchwitzstraße 37, 12247 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Silent Book Club – Chapter Lankwitz is a monthly gathering for shared silent reading at the Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek library. Everyone reads on their own in good company, with their own book or one borrowed from the library – whether novel, non-fiction or comic. It is about a cozy, relaxed break with a good book. Visitors are invited to get comfortable and simply drop by.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/silent-book-club-chapter-lankwitz-28835/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/26635e8d29fffd725343d591aed8108625cecfb01fb373e963d4a2f61c36d6c8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lesekreis der Ingeborg-Drewitz-Bibliothek", "start": "2026-11-02T17:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek", "address": "Nentershäuser Platz 1, 14163 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club"], "description": "The reading circle is a gathering where a selected book is discussed. It is run by the Stadtbibliothek Steglitz-Zehlendorf, the public library of Steglitz-Zehlendorf. This session is devoted to „Der Fischer und der Sohn“ by Zülfü Livaneli. All readers who know the book at least in part are welcome, and admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesekreis-der-ingeborg-drewitz-bibliothek-57686/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=131915&ls=0&c=67&date_start=27.10.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2727655a968a79817208eecd9279d86f95b0623d14bec2873519c152b9cec91d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Lesekreis der Ingeborg-Drewitz-Bibliothek", "start": "2026-11-02T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ingeborg-Drewitz-Bibliothek", "address": "Grunewaldstraße 3, 12165 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club"], "description": "A reading circle where a selected book is discussed. It is organised by the Stadtbibliothek Steglitz-Zehlendorf at the Ingeborg-Drewitz-Bibliothek. All interested readers who know the book at least in part are warmly welcome. This session is devoted to Zülfü Livaneli's \"Der Fischer und der Sohn\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesekreis-der-ingeborg-drewitz-bibliothek-72065/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=131915&ls=0&c=11&date_start=29.10.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2727655a968a79817208eecd9279d86f95b0623d14bec2873519c152b9cec91d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Book Club \"Her Body And Other Parties\" by Carmen Maria Machado", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Otherland", "address": "Bergmannstraße 25, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "The Otherland Speculative Fiction Book Club meets at the Otherland bookshop on Bergmannstraße to discuss \"Her Body And Other Parties\" by Carmen Maria Machado. The meeting is run by the book club of Otherland, a bookshop for science fiction and fantasy. Participants are asked to register in advance by email, and drinks and snacks are available. Anyone interested can sign up for updates and vote on the books to be read.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/book-club-her-body-and-other-parties-by-carmen-maria-machado-26337/", "official_url": "https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/book-club-her-body-and-other-parties-by-carmen-maria-machado.html?day=20261030&times=1793388600,1793388540", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c4339d6660e9ed33156973eb62d706eff5d9679af8c427247b907da9c2c7b46d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Buchpremiere Olivia Laing „Buch der Träume“", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Georg-Kolbe-Museum", "address": "Sensburger Allee 25, 14055 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/books"], "description": "A book launch for Olivia Laing's novel „Buch der Träume“ with a conversation. The author talks to Kathleen Reinhardt, director of the Georg Kolbe Museum, about Venice as a place of longing and her novel about two men who meet in Venice and plunge into the dream world of Cinecittà, until their excessive lives grow threatening amid Italy's 'Years of Lead'. The German passages will be read by the actress Veronika Bachfischer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchpremiere-olivia-laing-buch-der-traume-11976/", "official_url": "https://georg-kolbe-museum.de/programm/veranstaltungen/buchpremiere-olivia-laing-buch-der-traeume/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/963dfc3ce2312221f7c1557dd52600717f2b139338417b53806f2bc00df01532-2000.webp"}]}