{"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. 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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. 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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": "VOCI IN TRANSITO (it)", "start": "2026-11-07T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchhandlung a Livraria", "address": "Torstraße 159, 10115 Berlin", "price": "Freies Angebot / free donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/italian-literature"], "description": "A literary reading with Italian authors in Berlin. Lucia Camilloni, Fedra Mincio, Linda Nocera and Daniela Porto read short stories, excerpts from novels, poems and reflections. They tell of being in transit between Berlin, Italy and the world, of changes and challenges, and of the wish to give voice to their own voice and uniqueness. Afterwards there will be an open discussion between the authors and the audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/voci-in-transito-it-13461/", "official_url": "https://www.mondolibro.de/p/sa-07-11-2026i-17-uhr-i-voci-in-transito-it", "image": "https://noky.io/images/34dbca9a64865198ba619a56aa6b939de87297a02ef8747a3b3b1414146a5dee-1200.webp"}]}