Anthology release party „Vier Uhr morgens“

At this time, the world is everything and nothing, reality seems far away and the surreal all too close. The fiction anthology “Four in the Morning” captures the unspoken thoughts, unseen people, and half-awake dreams of this time.


At the launch, the five authors Anna Wonde, Olga Schierhorn, Katharina Stein, Nadja Kasolowsky, and Petra Lohan will read from their newly published texts. In doing so, they explore the emotions, worries, and hopes that move us at four in the morning. “Four in the Morning” is the fifth anthology from the literary network #BerlinAuthors. With regular networking events, readings, and publications, #BerlinAuthors is committed to creating low-threshold access to the literary world and connecting writers of all genres, backgrounds, and levels of experience.


Anna Wonde was born in Heidelberg in 1987. She spent her childhood and youth in rural Odenwald before studying linguistics and cultural studies in Heidelberg and Cologne. She lives in Berlin with her husband and their dog Effi, and writes short stories and novels. Anna Wonde has been interested in language, communication, and literature since her youth, which influenced not only her choice of studies but also her professional career as a marketing specialist.

In addition to classic English literature, including works by Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, her influences include contemporary literature by authors such as Margret Atwood, Jeffrey Eugenides, Emilia Hart, and Sally Rooney.


Olga Schierhorn was born in Moscow, USSR, in 1979, from where she fled to Germany with her father and mother. She has lived in Berlin for almost 30 years and has been a passionate writer all her life. She reads her texts, fairy tales, and poems mainly at private events. Her first literary text was published by Quintus, followed by further publications by Stelling and Lorbeer. In November 2024, she was named the winner of the Bonn Book Fair Migration (3rd prize in the short story genre).


Katharina Stein writes short stories, poetry, and everything in between in at least two languages. She has been living in Berlin since 2013 and co-founded the #BerlinAuthors network. She has self-published a collection of short prose and a novella; her other texts can be found in various anthologies and literary magazines. She also works as a freelance editor.



Nadja Kasolowsky was born in East Frisia in 1999 and lives in Berlin. She studied social and cultural anthropology and political science and writes fiction, literary fantasy, and young adult fiction. Her short stories have been published in various anthologies and literary magazines. Since summer 2021, she has been part of the #BerlinAuthors management team and co-editor of the anthologies.


Petra Lohan was born in 1967 and grew up in Karlsruhe. She lived in Stuttgart and Vienna for several years, where she devoted herself entirely to painting. She has been a resident of Berlin since 1995. Here she founded the Shiatsu room “Shiatsu im Türkis” and began to write. Today, she works as a Shiatsu practitioner and author of short stories. She is a team member of the open reading stage SoNochNie in Berlin-Pankow. Her text “Das pinkfarbene Mädchen” (The Pink Girl) appeared in 2021 in the #BerlinAuthors anthology Großstadtgeheimnisse – Funkentanz am Dämmergrund (Big City Secrets – Spark Dance at Dusk).


(IN GERMAN)