Workshops, seminars, readings, and meetups from Berlin's open international writing community.
Readings and Events
Welcome
Upcoming workshops and other classes appear at left. Upcoming readings, meet-ups, and other events (always free) are listed above. Browse all our classes using the menu at the top of the page. If a class isn’t currently open for enrolment, sign up for the individual class waitlist to receive emails about the next workshop.
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What We Do
Courses
We offer monthly courses and weekend workshops for professionals and hobbyists alike.
Events
We host free literary readings, community meet-ups, and write-a-thons across Berlin.
Services
Workshops at Work: We provide personalized storytelling and narrative workshops for creative teams.
"The instructors at the Berlin Writers' Workshop are among the best in the business: brilliant writers, thorough editors, thoughtful teachers, and insightful critics."
— Carmen Maria Machado, author, Her Body and Other Parties
"I feel lucky to have gotten to know and work with the faculty of the Berlin Writers' Workshop in classroom settings and beyond. As instructors, they're welcoming and warm. As working writers, they have firsthand experience navigating the world of contemporary publishing."
— Ariel Lewiton, Vice President, Tuesday Agency