{"title": "Write Out Loud", "start": "2026-11-14T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Vastela Books", "address": "Birmensdorferstrasse 255, 8055 Zürich", "price": "CHF 0.00", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "«Write Out Loud» is an open mic reading night where writers present their own work aloud to an audience. The event is hosted by Vastela Books, a bookstore on Birmensdorferstrasse in Zurich. It celebrates poetry, fiction, essays, memoir and experimental writing in all forms, with each featured reader getting up to 10 minutes. 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It asks what makes a text effective, how to write without stress taking over, and how scientific and creative writing can be discovered from new perspectives. Participants gain impulses for their everyday writing and reflect together on texts, quality and creativity – for anyone who writes, publishes or simply enjoys language. A data visualisation competition with cash prizes also takes place at Campus Oerlikon.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/high-impact-publications-without-stress-94878/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Silent Book Club", "start": "2026-11-05T14:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The Silent Book Club is a get-together where everyone reads quietly in their own book, as there is no prescribed reading. 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During the event you spend 15 minutes with each book, exploring different stories, writing styles and genres, and at the end you choose your favourite to take home, included in the ticket price. If you have already read one of the selected books, a replacement is chosen, and if none feels right you may pick another book from the store instead.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/book-speed-date-25829/", "official_url": "https://www.vastelabooks.com/products/book-speed-date-november-8", "image": "https://noky.io/images/84d87a72c07e7e2e736c1e59c5760b8482aefbbe13337000558f901ba3f116ec-2000.webp"}]}