The Reader Berlin

Where: Zabriskie Books, Reichenberger Str. 150, 10999 Berlin

Number of sessions: 5

Maximum participants: 12

Cost: €150

This is a five week course for non-fiction writers wishing to incorporate lived experiences into their writing (whether research-based, journalistic or otherwise), and likewise for literary fiction writers and poets wanting to open up and bring more of their own life stories onto the page.

Email us at [email protected] to sign up!

Designed to foster self inquiry, to encourage personal openness, and to access memories more vividly, the course covers topics such how to “get out of your own way” and write your life experiences with honesty and conviction; how to touch a wide audience even when your subject matter is intensely personal; the art of blurring the boundaries between the personal, the political and the mythological; writing practice as therapy; and how to work through the emotional effects of having your personal stories go public.

This is an intensive course for writers who want to push the boundaries between research, creativity and radical honesty.

Siouxzi Connor is an Australian-born writer and experimental filmmaker, based in Berlin. She has previously taught “On the Nature of Writing” for The Reader. Her new book, ‘Your Body of Water’, was published by Repeater Books in June 2025 and launched at Hopscotch Books Berlin and San Serriffe Amsterdam with an accompanying scent installation. Siouxzi’s first book was published by Repeater Books in 2017, titled ‘Little Houses, Big Forests (desire is no light thing)’, and was launched with an accompanying film and artworks, titled ‘In the dark, dark room’. She is also a former research fellow of the ICI.

Thanks so much to everyone who joined our q***r workshop yesterday and Lettretage for having us. It was a wonderful group. There was singing, body parts in conversation with one another, strawberries in various states of despair, and overall, it was really super joyful. We hope to do it again soon.
-- Helen & Ambika

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An interview with Siouxzi Connor. Her workshop On the Nature of Writing starts this Wednesday. Visit our website to signup!
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