In-Person

Join us in a FREE workshop that focuses on a component of the taste/tongue map (sweet, sour, and spicy) and poetry. This 4-hour workshop enchances the participants’ competences and skills through non-formal learning by guiding participants through bodily awareness exercises via taste experimentation and teaching creative writing exercises, and engaging in a creative process seeking to produce a new piece of artistic work by having participants produce a poetic text.

Sign-Up for the Workshop Here!!!
You will receive an email confirmation within 72 hours.

What will I learn?

• How to brainstorm poems and creative ideas

• How to write poetry

• How to write poems about food & the senses

• How to use the senses for creative inspiration

• How to use taste to enhance creativity

• How to create multi-textile art and poems

• How to strengthen a connection with self

What will I need?

Something to write with and on

Sweet, Sour, Spicy items, tea & Coffee will be provided :)

Please let us know if you have absolutely any allergies!

Who is the workshop for?

This entry level workshop welcome writers from all genres and experience levels. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. You are always welcome to write in any language. Space is limited. Please sign-up early to avoid disappointment.

Unfortunately, the location is not wheelchair accessible. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the area.

Who is your workshop leader?

Claire Olirencia Deville is a dancer, author and feminist and has lived in Brussels since 2008. Graduating with a Masters in Literature and specializing in Argentine tango, in 2013, Deville participated and won the Libération’s APAJ competition for young writers with “Dernier tango à Bruxelles.” After moving to Buenos Aires, they wrote and published their first novel Les Poupées Sauvages (Délirium, 2014) and won critical and public success. Les Citrons (Editions Murmure des Soirs, 2017), their second novel, was published with a discovery grant from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation later ; she also wrote Contes défaits, performed at the Théâtre National’s MAD Festival (2023). Her poetic monologue He Ate the Sun was performed at Fabrique de théâtre Festival (2023) again with the support FWB, SCAM, and Camilo Cordoba’s musical accompaniment. Later, her first poetry book Since It's the End of the World (angry poems because how can you not be) (Double Punctuation, 2023) was perfomed at Maison Poème as a slam play (DEMAIN) directed by Joëlle Sambi and accompanied by DJ Yasmina Tayoub/Gem&I. They are also collaborating with Joëlle on a new idea “La plage avant” with Passa Porta, Maison Poème, and Bellone. And Claire's next novel La nuit Berlin is slated to be published in May 2024 by Double Punctuation.

Instagram: @claireolirenciadeville

We’re BAAAAACK :D!!! This week, the most fabulous Cafe Anne Blume is hosting the WWBL community as it invites and writes in our special edition Writing Lab session by Claire Olirencia Deville who will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

Embroidery & Storytelling Workshop for BIPOC/Migrant/Refugee Women*

A collaborative workshop with artist Ksenia Telepova & Allia Sadeghipour President of Women Writing Berlin Lab (WWBL)

Join us in an embroidery and storytelling workshop for BIPOC/Migrant/Refugee women*come together to share their individual stories, community and/or family histories, learn how to embroider, and represent their knowledge and narratives through textiles embroidered work represented and symbolised with storytelling elements.

The woman's side of a family tree is often not acknowledged or passed on through textile skill sets passing down family and/or community stories. Such histories and skills can disappear under imperialist extortion, appropriation, and colonial processes. For migrant women*, the ability to embroider can help weave their history and narrative together, reflecting on their own experiences and identities, while passing the knowledge onto the next generation.

In this 4-hour, one-time weekend workshop, we hope to help develop the skills to guide you to answering the important questions:  How can you tell your story through embroidery? How can you translate your story into a different medium of expression? How can family stories be passed down through learned skills? Why is it important to have the representation and passing on of family or community knowledge?

Identity, Embroidery, Empowerment, & Community through Stitching and Root Building

What will I learn?

• How to generate creative inspiration

• How to stitch

• How to brainstorm stories and creative ideas

• How to create multi-textile art and stories

• How to strengthen your own identity

• How to express your identity through embroidery and storytelling

• How to tell your story through embroidery

• How to decolonize and empower yourself or through embroidery

• How to tell your narrative/story

• How to become more confident in sharing your history

What will I need?

• All embroidery materials are provided :)

• Your ideas and vulnerability

• Feel free to bring additional materials/textiles

Who is the workshop for?

This entry-level workshop for BIPoC Women*, Women* with Migration and/or Refugee Background

Basic stitching experience is nice but not necessary.

The location is wheelchair accessible. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Alexanderplatz area. 

POSTPONED!!! Will return in the Fall :)

Jewellery Making & Ancestral Connection Storytelling Workshop by Nelden Djakababa Gericke

Craft making is a refuge and means of taking care of oneself. In trauma recovery, community based circles, weaving and crafting, pulling and pushing, is a symbolic means of helping us work through something in an environment where we feel supported, safe, and comfortable to explore these knots and loops within ourselves. Jewellery are tangible objects, embodied experiences, sometimes passed down through generations to remind oneself of a moment, a memory, a person, an ancestry, or a feeling. It is also something you wear that connects and touches your body (“The Body Keeps the Score”). We choose the symbols of our lives and how they compliment them by adorning our experiences on our body, like with jewellery. Your survival does not depend on whether or not you wear the right bracelet, but it can be used to signal what is important to you OR your representation/how we want to present ourselves to the world. It’s like a happy place you take with you ;p. 

While experiences are valid, they can sometimes feel less tangible as time goes on. Through jewellery making, we are reminded that we are real, valid, and adaptable. Just like the pieces we create, play with objects and possibilities without it being set in stone (or resin!) just yet. 

In this 4-hour, one-time weekend workshop, we learn the skills of jewellery making, connect with community by telling our stories and craft, create, adapt, and set a piece of  jewellery that you get to take home with you. Join us in crafting, creating, and learning together. 

What will I learn?

• How to make jewellery

• How to create pendants

• How to set resin

• How to manipulate material

• How to connect with ancestral memories

• How to symbolize experiences into physical forms
  

What will I need?

• All jewellery making materials are provided :)

• Old photos of ancestors (ideally more than one copy of the original, because we’re gonna cut them up to size and if there’s a mistake, we can take the second copy)

• Small objects like buttons, coins, stamps, etc. (Whatever the items, be mentally ready to encase them in resin)

• Your ideas and vulnerability

• Feel free to bring additional materials/textiles

Who is the workshop for?

This entry-level workshop for BIPoC Women*, Women* with Migration, and/or Refugee Background

Basic jewellery making experience is nice but not necessary.
The location is wheelchair accessible. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Alexanderplatz area.

POSTPONED!!! Will return in the Fall :)

Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

#writing #women #womenwriting #writinglab #creative #creativewriting #writingcommunity #womenwritingtogether #berlin #community #berlinevents #eventsforwomen

RAGE CON

A Day of Discussions, Panels, and Workshops organised by Feminist Fiction Berlin and Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V.

You’d look so much prettier if you smiled. You have a resting Bitch face. What do you have to be angry about? EVERYTHING! Capitalism, patriarchy, my ex, my delayed period war, injustice, and I want to RAGE.

Sounds relatable? Joins us on June 22 for a day of talking and learning about female rage and developing tools to process it. The event will include a panel discussion, writing workshop, boxing workshop, drama workshop and a Spoken Word RAGE Mic where everyone can express their rage.

The event is organised by Feminist Fiction Berlin and Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V.

ACCESS THE FULL PROGRAM HERE!!!

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!!!

Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

#writing #women #womenwriting #writinglab #creative #creativewriting #writingcommunity #womenwritingtogether #berlin #community #berlinevents #eventsforwomen

In-Person

As writers, we can forage for stories, just as others forage for sustenance. On this walk through Berlin, led by writer Demi Anter, we will slow down, look, touch and listen, practicing the art of paying attention and finding new ways of writing the blocks we may stroll down every day. From the details we mine, we will use guided writing exercises to reimagine our day-to-day environment, finding inspiration from history or creating new stories that are totally our own.

The session will consist of reading and discussion of writers from a range of disciplines, a guided walk through Bergmannkiez, stops for refreshments at Another Country Bookshop, writing exercises and feedback, and a final wander through Viktoriapark.

TENTATIVE ITINERARY

• Meet at Another Country Bookshop: 13:00 - 14:00

• Wander Through Bergmannkiez: 14:00 - 15:00

• Viktoriapark: 15:00 - 16:00

• Back to Another Country Bookshop: 16:00 - 17:00

What will I learn?

• How to brainstorm stories and creative ideas

• How to define creative cycles

• How to walk toward inspiration

• How to re-imagine daily life

• How to shift perspective and be inspired

• How to write about your surroundings

• How to wander through a city

• How to hibernate productively and creatively

What will I need?

Something to write with and on

Comfortable walking shoes

Water and a blanket

Trinkgeld for drinks

Who is the workshop for?

Writers from all genres and experience levels are welcome. The workshop will be conducted primarily in English but can be supplemented with German. You are always welcome to write in any language. Space is limited. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Accessibility: The session will be a mix of walking and sitting; please be prepared to be on your feet for some time. Write to us with any questions, concerns, or accommodation requests.

Who is your workshop leader?

Demi Anter is an Austrian-American writer, performer and teacher. Her work has appeared in Magma, Banshee, Ninth Letter, Figure 1, and The Times UK, as well as on BBC Radio London. She has been a featured performer at Glastonbury Festival, Electric Picnic, the Scottish Storytelling Centre, and Poetry Ireland. After five years in Berlin, she now lives in London where she is completing an MFA at Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance. Demi's debut collection Small Machine is forthcoming with Write Bloody UK in 2022, and has been called "Tender, visceral, beautifully vulnerable,” by Musa Okwonga (In The End, It Was All About Love.), and "Strikingly luminous and soothing,” by Chanel Miller (Know My Name).

BUY TICKETS TO THE WORKSHOP HERE!!!

Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

#writing #women #womenwriting #writinglab #creative #creativewriting #writingcommunity #womenwritingtogether #berlin #community #berlinevents #eventsforwomen

Publishing Pathways Workshop with Demi Anter & Ceri Savage (Savage Edits)

An online seminar with writer Demi Anter and Ceri Savage (Savage Edits) for Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V..

ONLINE

In this 3-hour online seminar, writer Demi Anter and self-publishing expert Ceri Savage of Savage Edits share their collective publishing experience, covering traditional pathways and self-publishing for poets, writers of literary fiction, genre fiction, and more.

Demi and Ceri will share lessons learned from their publishing careers: Demi's debut poetry collection, Small Machine, came out in April 2022 with Write Bloody UK, and was shortlisted for the Poetry Book Awards after a successful international tour. With her company Savage Edits, Ceri guides authors through every step of the self-publishing process.

This session will also cover how to approach publishers with your book idea, marketing for authors, and where the industry is going next. Demi and Ceri will lead some fun, short exercises to help participants brainstorm next steps in their publishing journeys.

What will I learn?

Attendees can expect practical advice and tools, and answers to questions like: "How do I decide between traditional and self-publishing routes for my book?" "How do I find the right publisher for me?" and "How much can writers earn from various modes of publishing?"

Who is the workshop for?

This seminar is recommended for authors with yet-to-be-published manuscripts and for early-career writers seeking guidance as they plan toward a book-length work.

Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended.

Please share questions ahead of the event using the form when you sign up on Eventbrite, and bring any additional questions to the session. We look forward to answering them!

About Your Workshop Leaders

Demi Anter is an award-winning writer and performer, with work spanning poetry, creative nonfiction, script- and playwriting. She has been published in the US, Europe and the UK by Magma, Banshee, and The Times, and has performed at Glastonbury Festival, Bristol Old Vic, Poetry Ireland, and more. Her teaching focuses on the power of writing from personal experience, and she has conducted workshops at various institutions worldwide.

Ceri Savage is a self-publishing expert who’s guided over 25 writers through the process in the last 7 years. She’s edited 86 books, including 2 USA Today bestsellers. Her business Savage Edits is about to become the first all-in-one digital platform for self-publishing authors. Ceri is also a writer, published in The Honest Ulsterman, Passengers, ASP Literary & more, with a BA in Literature from Exeter University.

Buy Tickets HERE!!!

Movement & Writing Workshop by Crystal Joy Hardman from Welcome to the Blu Room

In-Person

Join us in a FREE movement & writing workshop for BIPOC/Migrant/Refugee women* to come together, write, and heal. Writing can be an isolating experience, and this course addresses the challenges of sitting with our thoughts. We'll discuss the healing potential of feeling and expressing trauma – recognizing that the discomfort is a crucial step towards growth. Participants will be encouraged to grant themselves permission to heal, acknowledging that writing can be triggering, especially when sharing personal stories. The journey to healing involves going through those triggers, ultimately leading to a fulfilling sense of accomplishment.

This 4-hour workshop will have lectures, writing exercises, and a talk with the participants to discuss their feelings, answer questions, and engage with their community. Topics will include understanding triggers, overcoming procrastination, embracing vulnerability, and giving ourselves permission to write through the pain. We'll explore the power of expressing emotions without shame and discuss the transformative effects of creating a supportive community.

This workshop is designed to be a welcoming space for individuals seeking to explore their creativity, overcome writing barriers, and express themselves authentically. Through a combination of writing exercises, discussions, and supportive feedback, participants will embark on a journey to unlock their writing potential, navigate challenges, and find joy in the process.

Sign-Up for the Workshop Here!!!
You will receive an email confirmation within 72 hours.

What will I learn?

• How to tell your narrative/story

• How to understad the influence of your environment on mental health and creative expression, particularly when dealing with trauma.

• How to decolonize and empower yourself

• How to explore collective healing through writing with others who are also navigating their pain.

• How to connect and express emotions without shame

• How to overcome obstacles and finding clarity in writing, even amidst personal traumas and triggers.

• How to utilize writing as a tool to express and process emotions productively

• How to embrace growth and change as essential for personal evolution, especially in the face of past traumas.

• How to embrace writing as a tool to confront and process procrastination patterns, allowing for greater self-awareness and personal growth.

• How to recognize how procrastination can be a barrier to healing and creative expression, particularly when dealing with trauma.

Who is the workshop for?

This entry-level workshop for BIPoC Women*, Women* with Migration and/or Refugee Background

Unfortunately, the location is not wheelchair accessible. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the area.

About Your Workshop Leader

International artist Crystal Joy Hardman (also under the DJ moniker Folâsé) received a journalism degree from Loyola University Chicago, and expanded on an acting journey that spanned from New York City theater at The Producers Club and Davenport Theater to international screens. Crystal has produced, written, and acted in ten projects over the past eight years, including productions in South Africa and Ghana.

Crystal has found a way to combine her international travels with her love of storytelling — making room to work not only as a multi-hyphenate actress, writer, and filmmaker but also as the founder of her production company, Blu Room Productions.

Website: https://www.blu-room.net/

Youtube: Blu Room Productions (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSypaJrsD8Rj2rAW3CuZDQ)

Instagram: @djfolase
@bluroomproductions

Body Empowerment Party by DJ Folâsé from Welcome to the Blu Room

A collaborative event by Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V. and Welcome to the Blu Room

Join us for a night of body empowerment with a curated DJ set connecting ancestry and roots with emotional release and self-discovery. Through Afrobeats and Amapiano, we welcome participants to engage with the music, their bodies, and the rhythm of words to dance, chat, write, and release their anxieties through communal dancing and community spaces. Join us in celebrating the freedom of our bodies and the power of our roots!

The event is free. Trinkgeld recommended :)

About Your Hosts

International artist Crystal Joy Hardman (also under the DJ moniker Folâsé) received a journalism degree from Loyola University Chicago, and expanded on an acting journey that spanned from New York City theater at The Producers Club and Davenport Theater to international screens. Crystal has produced, written, and acted in ten projects over the past eight years, including productions in South Africa and Ghana.

Crystal has found a way to combine her international travels with her love of storytelling — making room to work not only as a multi-hyphenate actress, writer, and filmmaker but also as the founder of her production company, Blu Room Productions.

Website: https://www.blu-room.net/

Youtube: Blu Room Productions (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSypaJrsD8Rj2rAW3CuZDQ)

Instagram: @djfolase
@bluroomproductions

IMPORTANT NOTE:

- This event is open everyone as long as they adhere to the Community Guidelines. There will also be a safety and awareness team on site :).

- We encourage womxn of color, black womxn, womxn with disabilities, Asian womxn, womxn from the Global South, womxn coming from minorities, womxn of every religion, ethnicity, language, skin color, nationality to join our event :). And if we are forgetting to mention some categories, please just remember one thing: EVERY WOMAN* is welcome!! ♥

- The WWBL Body Empowerment Party is meant to be a safe space for women*'s voices and creativity. Therefore, we do not accept any form of hate speech, racist, homophobic, aphrophobic, and/or islamophobic jokes or expressions. There won't be space for any form of discriminating attitude or messages. We have enough hate in the world, let’s platform the beauty.

Editing & Feedback Writing Workshop

IN-PERSON

A couple months into our writing season, and we have been writing and developing like crazy. At some point, we stop and look around and wonder, “Am I ever going to finish this? Is it any good? How do I make this better? Oh god, which one do I choose?”

In this 4-hour, weekend workshop, we will be working in small groups, we will be editing and providing feedback on each other’s stuff. Each group will be led by a community member who will guide the group in editing, feedback, and revision techniques that each writer can apply to their craft.

What will I learn?

• How to provide constructive feedback

• How to apply revision techniques 

• How to advance one’s craft

• How to participate in group discussions

• How to collaborate in writing circles

What will I need?

• 5 Pages of Work Maximum (poetry, a short story, novel excerpt, script, etc.). Please double space longer prose texts)

• Bring a digital copy of your work OR 4-5 printed copies (For physical copies, you are more than welcome to email us no later than 24 hours beforehand and we can print it for you. Please email womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com Subject Line: Workshop Printing Please :)).

• Something to Write with/on (pen/laptop/etc.)

Who is the workshop for?

The workshop is for any level writer looking to improve their craft. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. If bringing a non-English work, please bring an English, German, or Italian translation. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Kreuzberg area. The location is not wheelchair accessible. 

We do not correct grammar! We speak multiple languages and codes. You agree to adhere to the protection of ideas and intellectual properties act which means that we are creating a safe space to share our ideas without the fear of them being stolen, ripped off, copied, adapted, appropriated or taken by someone else.

BUY TICKETS HERE!!!

Who are your Workshop Leaders?

Donjeta Hasani is the daughter of Kosovo-Albanian immigrants, Donjeta (or Dona) was born and raised in Stuttgart and studied archaeology and philosophy in Heidelberg, where she also worked as a bartender for years before starting a career in the film industry in Berlin. Her writing involves dissecting her own neurosis and questions of identity. She loves the strong community at WWBL and how it has helped her writing and disciplined her creativity, and therefor wants to spread the good vibes further.

Allia Sadeghipour is is a queer Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, writer, teacher, punk, poet and Drag King. She is President of the Women Writing Berlin Lab e.V. and has taught workshops locally and internationally for GLADT and Feminist film organizations.

She won the Sherry Debrowski Prize for Best Feminist Multi-Genre Fiction writer in 2009 and has not stopped since. Most recently, her work has been featured in The Bear: Favorite Storyteller (2018 & 2020), KCRW and the Goethe Institute (2018 & 2020), The V Series Poetry Anthology (2019), Berlin Untelevised (2019), Coven (2019), What's Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?! (2019), The Ghosts of Berlin: Der Geister von Berlin (2019), Literarische Diverse (2019), Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility (2020), Salty World (2022) and much more. She has had the honor of performing for Pop-Kultur, GLADT, Wicked, Nightschool Berlin, Viva Con Aqua, SO36, the IDP Collective, and the Iranian Re(connect) Festival.

Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

#writing #women #womenwriting #writinglab #creative #creativewriting #writingcommunity #womenwritingtogether #berlin #community #berlinevents #eventsforwomen

Erotica Spoken Word Night (FLINTA +friends)

Sensual, sexy, scandalous, and cuntsent. Join your hosts Ana Ornelas (Pimenta Cítrica) and Allia Sadeghipour (The Golden Dick) for a night of curated erotica poetry, spoken word, drag and artistic performances. It’s time to release all that pent up winter hibernation and time to slip and slide into this new year with glamor, empowerment, and sexual positivity. 

***Dress code: Glam, funny, and grime, we love all your looks. We are not the fashion police. We just want you to feel good and vibey :). We do a sliding scale donation at the door!!! Show up on time to enter to win our amazing prizes!!!

BUY TICKETS HERE!!!

About Your Hosts

Ana Ornelas (she/her), aka Pimenta Cítrica, is a Berlin-based author, screenwriter, and pleasure activist from Brazil. In her work she focuses on a feminist and inclusive perspective, writing for a multitude of platforms including PORNCEPTUAL Mag, Cheex, Lustery, and many more. She's also one of the voices behind I Am the Clitoris, a sex education project set out to spread cliteracy.

Allia Sadeghipour (she/they), aka the Golden Dick (he/him), is a Queer Iranian-American president of the Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V., Drag King, producer, performer, artist, educator, punk & poet. Having been published in What’s Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?!, Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility, and Salty World, and performed for Pop-Kultur, SO36, Viva Con Aqua, Refuge Worldwide, and many more.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

- This event is FLINTA only meaning open to all individuals identifying as women, to intersex, trans, non-binary and gender fluid individuals as well. We also welcome the +friends of FLINTA as long as they adhere to the Community Guidelines.

- We encourage womxn of color, black womxn, womxn with disabilities, Asian womxn, womxn from the Global South, womxn coming from minorities, womxn of every religion, ethnicity, language, skin color, nationality to join our event :). And if we are forgetting to mention some categories, please just remember one thing: EVERY WOMAN* is welcome!! ♥

- The WWBL Spoken Word Night is meant to be a safe space for women*'s voices and creativity. Therefore, we do not accept any form of hate speech, racist, homophobic, aphrophobic, and/or islamophobic jokes or expressions. There won't be space for any form of discriminating attitude or messages. We have enough hate in the world, let’s platform the beauty.

- If you are going to talk about sensitive topics (rape, racism, violence, depression, suicide, experiences of abuse, sexual assault, etc. ...), please preface your performance with a trigger warning.

Hair (Haare) Publication Release Party!!!

Our breathtaking publication showcases our community's mind-blowing talent and diversity in this collaborative publication with Picture Show Press surrounding the theme of “Hair/Haare.” The event will begin with a social meet&greet where our writers and fans will get the opportunity to meet. Shortly after, we transition into the best part of the night where featured writers will read their pieces from the publication. We then end the night with a short Q&A and music. Invite your friends, family, and loved ones to celebrate these amazing women*’s stories, voices, and roots.

About the Publication

Political, personal, spiritual,

Too much, too little, in the wrong places, in all  directions…

Big, curly, none, grey…

Cover it, show it off, cut it down, tame it…

Afro’s to head covers to cancer recovery. 

Unkempt, untamed, wild, wrong, luscious to lissotrichous, our relationship to hair  is complex, cultural, political, triggering, traumatising, empowering, and revolutionary.  The horrors and healing of our relationship to hair are ongoing and complex. Our relationship to our hair is just that: ours. And this publication seeks to remind us that no one tells us otherwise. 

🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂

Join us in celebrating these amazing voices. You can peruse and purchase the anthology at our event. But there are only a limited physical copies for purchase! Come talk, connect, and listen to the contributors share their stories and work. Come on by and support our community by purchasing this amazing publication or providing donations. There is a selection of wine, beers and soft drinks available for purchase. If you are not able to make it, you can also purchase the online (https://www.wearewwbl.com/wwbl-online-shop).

Much Love Wonderful Women* and We Look Forward to Celebrating with You!!!
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

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Erotica Writing Workshop by Ana Ornelas AKA Pimenta Citrica

Dive into an adventure where your fantasies meet the page. In this vibrant, judgment-free zone, mingle with like-minded FLINTA* pals and explore your inner desires without creative handcuffs. Pimenta Cítrica, will guide you in turning your fantasies into words with practical tools that will make putting pen to paper much easier. Learn about poetic language, the history of erotica, and leave the workshop with your own erotic short story! And if you’d like, step up to the mic at our spoken word event and showcase your literary prowess. Whether you're a seasoned pro or a curious adventurer, just bring your open mind and secure your spot for an afternoon of self-discovery, creative tools for life, and newfound confidence to express your desires on paper.

What will I learn?

Designed for a reduced crowd of maximum 15 participants, the 4-hour workshop encourages partakers to find their own voice through writing, and implement their own stories and fantasies in order to create fun and delightful pieces. It also drives them to find out insights about their own sexuality and needs which lead them to more satisfying sex lives.

Who is the workshop for?

This entry-level workshop is open to professional writers, beginners, or curious souls alike, of all genders, sexual orientations, and ages. The primary goal is to foment a safe and colorful environment to come in contact with the art of erotic literature as well as specific professional techniques which can boost creativity. No previous knowledge is required.

An activity projected to make each participant’s idiosyncrasies and stories shine so all of them can find their own unique erotic voice.

Who is your Workshop Leader?

Ana Ornelas (she/her), aka Pimenta Cítrica, is a Berlin-based author, screenwriter, and pleasure activist from Brazil. In her work she focuses on a feminist and inclusive perspective, writing for a multitude of platforms including PORNCEPTUAL Mag, Cheex, Lustery, and many more. She's also one of the voices behind I Am the Clitoris, a sex education project set out to spread cliteracy.

Website: PIMENTA CÍTRICA – De tão cítrica, fica azeda – Erotismo, sexo, comportamento e muito mais (pimentacitrica.com)

Instagram: @pimentacitrica @iamtheclitoris

BUY TICKETS TO THE WORKSHOP HERE!!!

Editing & Feedback Writing Workshop

IN-PERSON

A couple months into our writing season, and we have been writing and developing like crazy. At some point, we stop and look around and wonder, “Am I ever going to finish this? Is it any good? How do I make this better? Oh god, which one do I choose?”

In this 4-hour, weekend workshop, we will be working in small groups, we will be editing and providing feedback on each other’s stuff. Each group will be led by a community member who will guide the group in editing, feedback, and revision techniques that each writer can apply to their craft.

What will I learn?

• How to provide constructive feedback

• How to apply revision techniques 

• How to advance one’s craft

• How to participate in group discussions

• How to collaborate in writing circles

What will I need?

• 5 Pages of Work Maximum (poetry, a short story, novel excerpt, script, etc.). Please double space longer prose texts)

• Bring a digital copy of your work OR 4-5 printed copies (For physical copies, you are more than welcome to email us no later than 24 hours beforehand and we can print it for you. Please email womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com Subject Line: Workshop Printing Please :)).

• Something to Write with/on (pen/laptop/etc.)

Who is the workshop for?

The workshop is for any level writer looking to improve their craft. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. If bringing a non-English work, please bring an English, German, or Italian translation. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Kreuzberg area. The location is not wheelchair accessible. 

We do not correct grammar! We speak multiple languages and codes. You agree to adhere to the protection of ideas and intellectual properties act which means that we are creating a safe space to share our ideas without the fear of them being stolen, ripped off, copied, adapted, appropriated or taken by someone else.

BUY TICKETS HERE!!!

Who are your Workshop Leaders?

Donjeta Hasani is the daughter of Kosovo-Albanian immigrants, Donjeta (or Dona) was born and raised in Stuttgart and studied archaeology and philosophy in Heidelberg, where she also worked as a bartender for years before starting a career in the film industry in Berlin. Her writing involves dissecting her own neurosis and questions of identity. She loves the strong community at WWBL and how it has helped her writing and disciplined her creativity, and therefor wants to spread the good vibes further.

Allia Sadeghipour is is a queer Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, writer, teacher, punk, poet and Drag King. She is President of the Women Writing Berlin Lab e.V. and has taught workshops locally and internationally for GLADT and Feminist film organizations.

She won the Sherry Debrowski Prize for Best Feminist Multi-Genre Fiction writer in 2009 and has not stopped since. Most recently, her work has been featured in The Bear: Favorite Storyteller (2018 & 2020), KCRW and the Goethe Institute (2018 & 2020), The V Series Poetry Anthology (2019), Berlin Untelevised (2019), Coven (2019), What's Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?! (2019), The Ghosts of Berlin: Der Geister von Berlin (2019), Literarische Diverse (2019), Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility (2020), Salty World (2022) and much more. She has had the honor of performing for Pop-Kultur, GLADT, Wicked, Nightschool Berlin, Viva Con Aqua, SO36, the IDP Collective, and the Iranian Re(connect) Festival.

Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

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*SPECIAL EDITION by Crystal Joy Hardman

This week, the most fabulous C+ Bakery is hosting the WWBL community as it invites and writes in our special edition Writing Lab session by Crystal Joy Hardman. She will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

#writing #women #womenwriting #writinglab #creative #creativewriting #writingcommunity #womenwritingtogether #berlin #community #berlinevents #eventsforwomen #crystaljoyhardman

Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

#writing #women #womenwriting #writinglab #creative #creativewriting #writingcommunity #womenwritingtogether #berlin #community #berlinevents #eventsforwomen

Editing & Feedback Writing Workshop

IN-PERSON

A couple months into our writing season, and we have been writing and developing like crazy. At some point, we stop and look around and wonder, “Am I ever going to finish this? Is it any good? How do I make this better? Oh god, which one do I choose?”

In this 4-hour, weekend workshop, we will be working in small groups, we will be editing and providing feedback on each other’s stuff. Each group will be led by a community member who will guide the group in editing, feedback, and revision techniques that each writer can apply to their craft.

What will I learn?

• How to provide constructive feedback

• How to apply revision techniques 

• How to advance one’s craft

• How to participate in group discussions

• How to collaborate in writing circles

What will I need?

• 5 Pages of Work Maximum (poetry, a short story, novel excerpt, script, etc.). Please double space longer prose texts)

• Bring a digital copy of your work OR 4-5 printed copies (For physical copies, you are more than welcome to email us no later than 24 hours beforehand and we can print it for you. Please email womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com Subject Line: Workshop Printing Please :)).

• Something to Write with/on (pen/laptop/etc.)

Who is the workshop for?

The workshop is for any level writer looking to improve their craft. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. If bringing a non-English work, please bring an English, German, or Italian translation. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Kreuzberg area. The location is not wheelchair accessible. 

We do not correct grammar! We speak multiple languages and codes. You agree to adhere to the protection of ideas and intellectual properties act which means that we are creating a safe space to share our ideas without the fear of them being stolen, ripped off, copied, adapted, appropriated or taken by someone else.

BUY TICKETS HERE!!!

Who are your Workshop Leaders?

Donjeta Hasani is the daughter of Kosovo-Albanian immigrants, Donjeta (or Dona) was born and raised in Stuttgart and studied archaeology and philosophy in Heidelberg, where she also worked as a bartender for years before starting a career in the film industry in Berlin. Her writing involves dissecting her own neurosis and questions of identity. She loves the strong community at WWBL and how it has helped her writing and disciplined her creativity, and therefor wants to spread the good vibes further.

Allia Sadeghipour is is a queer Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, writer, teacher, punk, poet and Drag King. She is President of the Women Writing Berlin Lab e.V. and has taught workshops locally and internationally for GLADT and Feminist film organizations.

She won the Sherry Debrowski Prize for Best Feminist Multi-Genre Fiction writer in 2009 and has not stopped since. Most recently, her work has been featured in The Bear: Favorite Storyteller (2018 & 2020), KCRW and the Goethe Institute (2018 & 2020), The V Series Poetry Anthology (2019), Berlin Untelevised (2019), Coven (2019), What's Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?! (2019), The Ghosts of Berlin: Der Geister von Berlin (2019), Literarische Diverse (2019), Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility (2020), Salty World (2022) and much more. She has had the honor of performing for Pop-Kultur, GLADT, Wicked, Nightschool Berlin, Viva Con Aqua, SO36, the IDP Collective, and the Iranian Re(connect) Festival.

IDENTITY & RITES OF PASSAGE WORKSHOP 🌸🌸🌸

(Istanbul, Turkey)

Identity? What does that even mean in this current climate?? The 20’s are difficult enough having to navigate adulthood, we feel fuxked up, lost, confused, and pressured into a very limited time period of our lives while also somehow having to figure it all out at the same time?! 

We can feel lost and that’s okay. Sometimes, we just want to be present, play, and get lost in the experience. We still have time. We also have our 30’s, 40’s, humans can live up to 120 years!!! BUT It will never be enough because identity is always changing, shifting, and growing. THAT is the point of life. 

Come get lost with us in our writing, thoughts, and experiences as we delve into the confusion and uncertainty of what it means to be in this part of our lives searching for identity. Leave it be. Leave it lost. Experience it. Explore it without fear of judgement, expectation, or outcome. Join us for a 4-hour evening of writing together and exploring identity through storytelling. Let’s write away our uncertainty together 🙏🏼🌺🫶🏽🌸

What will I learn?

• Tools for written expression

• How to dive into identity

• How to reflect on external pressures

• How to journal

• How to express one’s thoughts 

What will I need?

Curiosity and something to write with.

Language?

Turkish with English translation upon request

Who is your workshop leader?

I was born in Istanbul and currently live in Germany. I am a Comparative Literature student. While I working in the field of literature, I am trying to improve myself in cinema and screen writing. Writing and reading are my comfort zones. My communication skills are what makes me feel most confident. Dancing, cooking, communicating with people, and watching sitcoms are my favorite activities. I'm grateful to be a part of the team and excited for my adventure with WWBL!  

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Register by sending us a message to Insta@wearewwbl or womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com

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Writing Sessions are Back Y’all!!!

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D.

We look forward to seeing you there! As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.

#writing #women #womenwriting #writinglab #creative #creativewriting #writingcommunity #womenwritingtogether #berlin #community #berlinevents #eventsforwomen

Editing & Feedback Writing Workshop

IN-PERSON

A couple months into our writing season, and we have been writing and developing like crazy. At some point, we stop and look around and wonder, “Am I ever going to finish this? Is it any good? How do I make this better? Oh god, which one do I choose?” 

In this 4-hour, weekend workshop, we will be working in small groups, we will be editing and providing feedback on each other’s stuff. Each group will be led by a community member who will guide the group in editing, feedback, and revision techniques that each writer can apply to their craft.

What will I learn?

• How to brainstorm stories and creative ideas

• How to edit one’s work

• How to provide constructive feedback

• How to apply revision techniques 

• How to advance one’s craft

• How to prepare text for submissions

• How to participate in group discussions

• How to collaborate in writing circles

What will I need?

• 5 Pages of Work Maximum (poetry, a short story, novel excerpt, script, etc.). Please double space longer prose texts)

• Bring a digital copy of your work OR 4-5 printed copies (For physical copies, you are more than welcome to email us no later than 24 hours beforehand and we can print it for you. Please email womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com Subject Line: Workshop Printing Please :)).

• Something to Write with/on (pen/laptop/etc.)

Who is the workshop for?

The workshop is for any level writer looking to improve their craft. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. If bringing a non-English work, please bring an English, German, or Italian translation. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Kreuzberg area. The location is not wheelchair accessible. 

We do not correct grammar! We speak multiple languages and codes. You agree to adhere to the protection of ideas and intellectual properties act which means that we are creating a safe space to share our ideas without the fear of them being stolen, ripped off, copied, adapted, appropriated or taken by someone else.

BUY TICKETS TO THE WORKSHOP HERE!!!

Who are your Workshop Leaders?

Donjeta Hasani is the daughter of Kosovo-Albanian immigrants, Donjeta (or Dona) was born and raised in Stuttgart and studied archaeology and philosophy in Heidelberg, where she also worked as a bartender for years before starting a career in the film industry in Berlin. Her writing involves dissecting her own neurosis and questions of identity. She loves the strong community at WWBL and how it has helped her writing and disciplined her creativity, and therefor wants to spread the good vibes further.

Cecilia Gigliotti is a writer, photographer, podcaster, and musician. Much of her work consists of travel highlights, language musings, and pop culture criticism. She holds the MA in English from Central Connecticut State University and the BA in Creative Writing from the Writers Institute at Susquehanna University. Her short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art have appeared in collections, anthologies, journals, newspapers, and WWBL’s own in-house publications; she also served as Poetry Editor of volume 2 of the Connecticut Literary Festival Anthology. A New England native, she has lived in Berlin since July 2019.

CV & Cover Letter Writing Workshop by Allia Sadeghipour

A workshop by WWBL President, Producer, Performer, Artist & educator Allia Sadeghipour

ONLINE

New Year, New You, Same Old Glass Ceiling. While Covid still lingers, many of us are left wondering if this is truly what we want but are restricted by financial limitations and responsibilities. Some of us have hopes of navigating a new job market, but have no idea what to look for, what current employers are searching for, or what the hell SCRUM means?! Some of us don’t know how to update our resumes for the CV market, let alone understand the M/W/D next to each German job posting. Whereas the American job postings and CVs prefer total anonymity, the German market requires all of your information up front. Let’s be honest, the world needs to change and we want to change too, but we need financial support to do it.

In this 4 hour workshop, attendees will write their way into the careers they want by analyzing the German and American job markets, CV’s, cover letters, and utilizing the course materials to write job application materials (CV’s, outreach emails, cover letters, etc.) with the guidance of the workshop leader. There will be ample time for participants to draft their CV’s and cover letters during the workshop. After each workshop, the attendees will have a better understanding of each topic and be able to draft their own outreach email/CV/cover letter.

What will I learn?

• How to search for a job

• How to analyze German/American job markets & posting

• How to write outreach/networking requests

• How to write, construct, and design a CV

• How to write cover letters

Who is the workshop for?

This entry-level workshop is open to any woman* looking to enter a new field, start or change their career, find financial stability, get back into the job market, immigrate to a new one, shift gears, break through the glass ceiling, carve a new path, make a life for themselves, their family, and/or those who came before and after. It’s for those who want to do something new but don’t know where to start!

No previous experience required. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended.

Your workshop leader also offers one-on-one sessions for a sliding scale of 15-20€/hr (private clients) and 50-64€/hr (business/corporations). 

Who is your Workshop Leader?

Allia (A.E.) Sadeghipour is a Queer Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, producer, performer, artist & educator. She is the President of the Women* Writing Lab Berlin (WWLB), taught workshops for GLADT and Feminist film organizations, and works for a plethora of academic institutions such as the Volkhochschule Mitte, Saddleback College, and Humboldt Universitaet Berlin. Born in the United States, her family moved to Iran where Farsi became her first language. She later moved back to the United States, and, in re-learning English, excelled and earned her BA and teaching credential in English and an MA in Literature and Writing Studies. She has a keen sense for language learning and has taught a variety of courses from: ESL, business, modern culture and folklore, mental health and cognitive science, and writing workshops for Women and LGBTQI+ organizations. By sharing her narratives and perspectives, she hopes to reach out to the world and introduce them to hers www.awerfjil.com

BUY TICKETS TO THE WORKSHOP HERE!!!

CV & Cover Letter Writing Workshop by Allia Sadeghipour

A workshop by WWBL President, Producer, Performer, Artist & educator Allia Sadeghipour

ONLINE

New Year, New You, Same Old Glass Ceiling. While Covid still lingers, many of us are left wondering if this is truly what we want but are restricted by financial limitations and responsibilities. Some of us have hopes of navigating a new job market, but have no idea what to look for, what current employers are searching for, or what the hell SCRUM means?! Some of us don’t know how to update our resumes for the CV market, let alone understand the M/W/D next to each German job posting. Whereas the American job postings and CVs prefer total anonymity, the German market requires all of your information up front. Let’s be honest, the world needs to change and we want to change too, but we need financial support to do it.

In this 4 hour workshop, attendees will write their way into the careers they want by analyzing the German and American job markets, CV’s, cover letters, and utilizing the course materials to write job application materials (CV’s, outreach emails, cover letters, etc.) with the guidance of the workshop leader. There will be ample time for participants to draft their CV’s and cover letters during the workshop. After each workshop, the attendees will have a better understanding of each topic and be able to draft their own outreach email/CV/cover letter.

What will I learn?

• How to search for a job

• How to analyze German/American job markets & posting

• How to write outreach/networking requests

• How to write, construct, and design a CV

• How to write cover letters

Who is the workshop for?

This entry-level workshop is open to any woman* looking to enter a new field, start or change their career, find financial stability, get back into the job market, immigrate to a new one, shift gears, break through the glass ceiling, carve a new path, make a life for themselves, their family, and/or those who came before and after. It’s for those who want to do something new but don’t know where to start!

No previous experience required. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended.

Your workshop leader also offers one-on-one sessions for a sliding scale of 15-20€/hr (private clients) and 50-64€/hr (business/corporations). 

Who is your Workshop Leader?

Allia (A.E.) Sadeghipour is a Queer Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, producer, performer, artist & educator. She is the President of the Women* Writing Lab Berlin (WWLB), taught workshops for GLADT and Feminist film organizations, and works for a plethora of academic institutions such as the Volkhochschule Mitte, Saddleback College, and Humboldt Universitaet Berlin. Born in the United States, her family moved to Iran where Farsi became her first language. She later moved back to the United States, and, in re-learning English, excelled and earned her BA and teaching credential in English and an MA in Literature and Writing Studies. She has a keen sense for language learning and has taught a variety of courses from: ESL, business, modern culture and folklore, mental health and cognitive science, and writing workshops for Women and LGBTQI+ organizations. By sharing her narratives and perspectives, she hopes to reach out to the world and introduce them to hers www.awerfjil.com

BUY TICKETS TO THE WORKSHOP HERE!!!

Editing & Feedback Writing Workshop

IN-PERSON

A couple months into our writing season, and we have been writing and developing like crazy. At some point, we stop and look around and wonder, “Am I ever going to finish this? Is it any good? How do I make this better? Oh god, which one do I choose?” 

In this 4-hour, weekend workshop, we will be working in small groups, we will be editing and providing feedback on each other’s stuff. Each group will be led by a community member who will guide the group in editing, feedback, and revision techniques that each writer can apply to their craft.

What will I learn?

• How to brainstorm stories and creative ideas

• How to edit one’s work

• How to provide constructive feedback

• How to apply revision techniques 

• How to advance one’s craft

• How to prepare text for submissions

• How to participate in group discussions

• How to collaborate in writing circles

What will I need?

• 5 Pages of Work Maximum (poetry, a short story, novel excerpt, script, etc.). Please double space longer prose texts)

• Bring a digital copy of your work OR 4-5 printed copies (For physical copies, you are more than welcome to email us no later than 24 hours beforehand and we can print it for you. Please email womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com Subject Line: Workshop Printing Please :)).

• Something to Write with/on (pen/laptop/etc.)

Who is the workshop for?

The workshop is for any level writer looking to improve their craft. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. If bringing a non-English work, please bring an English, German, or Italian translation. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Kreuzberg area. The location is not wheelchair accessible. 

We do not correct grammar! We speak multiple languages and codes. You agree to adhere to the protection of ideas and intellectual properties act which means that we are creating a safe space to share our ideas without the fear of them being stolen, ripped off, copied, adapted, appropriated or taken by someone else.

BUY TICKETS TO THE WORKSHOP HERE!!!

Who are your Workshop Leaders?

Donjeta Hasani is the daughter of Kosovo-Albanian immigrants, Donjeta (or Dona) was born and raised in Stuttgart and studied archaeology and philosophy in Heidelberg, where she also worked as a bartender for years before starting a career in the film industry in Berlin. Her writing involves dissecting her own neurosis and questions of identity. She loves the strong community at WWBL and how it has helped her writing and disciplined her creativity, and therefor wants to spread the good vibes further.

Cecilia Gigliotti is a writer, photographer, podcaster, and musician. Much of her work consists of travel highlights, language musings, and pop culture criticism. She holds the MA in English from Central Connecticut State University and the BA in Creative Writing from the Writers Institute at Susquehanna University. Her short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art have appeared in collections, anthologies, journals, newspapers, and WWBL’s own in-house publications; she also served as Poetry Editor of volume 2 of the Connecticut Literary Festival Anthology. A New England native, she has lived in Berlin since July 2019.

Had a fabulous summer? Missing the joy of writing with other fab humans? We’re baaaaaaack!!! We’re all feeling the change of season, and, as most Berliners, we lived the summer through a quick and illuminating rush of energy. Now, the light is dimming, and this is our cue for some good ol’ reflecting time. What better way to do so then with a group of fellow writers?

Each week, a community member will guide us through different writing prompts/topics. Let’s come together collaborate, commiserate, and write our way through the winter!!!

Be sure to bring something to write on, with, monies for food stuffs, and your glorious selves :D. We look forward to seeing you there!

As a safety to our community, please be sure to follow the 3G's. The location is close to public transport

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via FB or Insta. See you then!

***Events are for community members only. If you are interested in joining the community, go to the community tab in our Facebook page below and please read our Community Guidelines before sending the request.