The First Time
And this is Barney, Barney said, while tickling his hamster’s nose. I’ve had him for a year now and – But how rude of me. Barney – say hello to my friend Frieda. Frieda removed her coat and tried to decide which of the two sofas to sit on: the powder blue one with the […]
Aquarium
I stood behind the glass and watched someone sleeping under a big oak tree on the left. I moved closer and watched a couple fiercely arguing and air-gesturing in the far corner. I took another step and stuck my nose on the glass and watched an old man clutching his chest and collapsing, on the […]
AUTORENLOFT: NEW SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE WRITING IN BERLIN
What do Kafka, Twain, Isherwood, Grass, and Sontag have in common? If your first guess was to say that they are all writers, then well done, you’re correct. But if you also said that they spent long periods living in Berlin, then congratulations – you get the gold star! This city has always been a […]
First page – New Service for Writers Launches in Berlin!
First page, have you heard of it yet? If not, and you are a writer in Berlin looking to get published, then you probably should take notice! Described as a “literary magazine that values the passion and energy writers put in their first pages”, first page will house only the opening paragraphs of a writer’s […]