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Reading

17.01.2026

Disco son and demo what? How does democracy work?

Reading

17.01.2026

Come and listen to a reading of the classic picture books ‘Ich bin für mich‘ by Martin Baltscheit und Christine Schwarz as well as ‘Jetzt bestimme ich!‘ by Julie Zeh und Dunja Schnabel.

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- Children
- Politics & Society
Humboldt Forum: Saal 3 Humboldt Forum: Saal 3

14:00 – 14:30

https://www.humboldtforum.org/de

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Reading

17.01.2026

Cordula Stratmann & Michel Abdollahi „Wo war ich stehen geblieben? Grübeleien und Geistesblitze“

Reading

17.01.2026

Cordula Stratmann's new book "Where was I standing? Musings and flashes of inspiration" is about the small and big things in our existence, about ants and parental love, about diversity and wokeness, about sports and glasses. She digs in astutely where it…

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- On Tour
Schlosspark Theater Schlosspark Theater

16:00

https://www.schlossparktheater.de/produktionen/cordula-stratmann-michel-abdollahi-wo-war-ich-stehen-geblieben-gruebeleien-und-geistesblitze.html

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Reading

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Reading

17.01.2026

9th Reading Night at the M8

Reading

17.01.2026

11 reading locations – 11 genres – 39 authors. That's what the 9th Reading Night at M8 2026 will be like.

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Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Lehmhaus ALPHA II
Schorfheidestr. 52
12689 Berlin

18:30 – 22:30

https://www.lesenacht-an-der-m8.de/

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Reading

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Reading

17.01.2026

10 years of vauvau press

Reading

17.01.2026

They are taking the 10th anniversary of ‘vauvau-Verlag für interaktive Lyrik’ as an opportunity to celebrate with authors and friends of the publishing house. The evening will be hosted by the two publishers Christian Vater and Thomas Vömel.

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- Literature
Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21 Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21

19:00
Reading

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Reading

17.01.2026 + 7 additional dates

Poetry Slam Spandau

Reading

17.01.2026 + 7 additional dates

Just a stone's throw from Spandau train station, Samson has been presenting the Poetry Slam Spandau for years. The best poetry slam in Spandau. The only poetry slam in Spandau.

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- Spandau
- Literature
Kulturhaus Spandau Kulturhaus Spandau

20:00

https://kulturhaus-spandau.de/ev_event/poetry-slam-spandau-4/
Reading

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Reading

17.01.2026

Stefan Kaminski reads from: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

Reading

17.01.2026

The legendary novel “Game of Thrones” reinterpreted.

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- Literature
- On Tour
Pfefferberg - Theater Pfefferberg - Theater

20:00

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Reading

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Reading

18.01.2026

Kiezpoeten: Wedding Slam Royale - year finale

Reading

18.01.2026

Wedding Slam Royale used to be called "Fusion Slam"—don't worry, they're still the same old thing, just with a glamorous new name.

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Ballhaus Wedding Ballhaus Wedding

20:00

https://tickets.kiezpoeten.com/p/reservix/group/452743

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Reading

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Reading

19.01.2026

Book premiere: „Rainer Maria Rilke”

Reading

19.01.2026

The actor Samuel Finzi reads selected passages. Schaper's biography invites readers to discover Rilke's work and his artistic world from a new perspective – in the context of the significant anniversaries of the poet's birth and death, an opportunity to…

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- Literature
Deutsches Theater Berlin: Rangfoyer Deutsches Theater Berlin: Rangfoyer

20:00

https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/lesung-rainer-maria-rilke
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Reading

20.01.2026 + 10 additional dates

Walter Plathe - Ich habe nichts ausgelassen

Reading

20.01.2026 + 10 additional dates

On stage he played the seductive Liliom, the mischievous Schwejk and the tragic Professor Unrat. He played comical and serious roles in films, and on television he was the down-to-earth, likeable country doctor for seventeen years. As dazzling and versatile as…

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Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal

19:30

https://www.komoedie-berlin.de/produktionen/sauerkohl-und-missetaten.html
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Reading

20.01.2026

"And the raver couple dances to the S-Bahn orchestra" – Release reading of the student literature anthology

Reading

20.01.2026

This release event is all about the voices of student authors in Berlin! The literary anthology ‘und das raverpaar tanzt zum s-bahnorchester’ (and the raver couple dances to the S-Bahn orchestra), published by the Studierendenwerk Berlin, brings together texts…

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- Literature
Lettrétage Lettrétage

20:00
Reading

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Reading

21.01.2026

Milk Tooth #1: Re/Generation (Poetry Zine)

Reading

21.01.2026

The Milk Tooth Poetry Collective is a group of writers devoted to a poetics of expansiveness, rigor, and mutual support. Our first poetry zine explores the topics of generation and regeneration through poems that span the radically political to the deeply…

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- Literature
Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21 Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21

19:00
Reading

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Reading

22.01.2026

"Der Paketzusteller"

Reading

22.01.2026

Richard Schuberth reads from his new novel "Der Paketzusteller" (The Parcel Delivery Man), another instalment in his Comédie humaine, which this time shifts between digital and analogue society, a wickedly frivolous tour de force through Vienna and the…

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Lettrétage Lettrétage

19:00
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Reading

22.01.2026

"a rhyme" – Book launch with reading & sound performance by Sophia Barthelmes & Alexey Kokhanov

Reading

22.01.2026

Sophia Barthelmes will read from her new collection that evening. Voice and performance artist Alexey Kokhanov, who has written compositions for some sections of the long poem, will interpret individual words, letters, lines, and pairs of lines sonically…

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- Literature
Brotfabrik Kino Brotfabrik Kino

19:30
Reading

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Reading

23.01.2026 + 10 additional dates

Silent Reading Club

Reading

23.01.2026 + 10 additional dates

Never get a chance to read a book in peace? If that sounds familiar, join the Silent Reading Club at the Mark Twain Library!

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- Free of charge
- Literature
Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain"

18:00

https://www.berlin.de/bibliotheken-mh/angebote/silent-reading-club-1619829.php
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Reading

23.01.2026

Isabella Dorta

Reading

23.01.2026

Join a magical evening of live poetry and spoken word. Get ready for heartfelt poems, big feelings, and all the raw emotion you didn’t know you needed!

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BKA Theater BKA Theater

19:00

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23.01.2026

Variationen für zehn Minuten oder länger. Eine Erodierende Lesung

Reading

23.01.2026

Poets Olav Amende, Mathias Traxler and Patrick Wilden present their latest poetry collections and new texts, weaving the individual texts together live into a wide-ranging overall composition.

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- Literature
Lettrétage Lettrétage

20:00
Reading

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Reading

25.01.2026

CHARLOTTENGRAD - A PIECE OF RUSSIA IN THE MIDDLE OF BERLIN

Reading

25.01.2026

Almost exactly 100 years ago, hundreds of thousands of Russians emigrated to Berlin. The October Revolution of 1917 and the civil war that followed caused numerous nobles, businessmen and intellectuals to leave their homeland.

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Theater im Palais Theater im Palais

16:00

https://www.theater-im-palais.de/event/charlottengrad-ein-stueck-russland-mitten-in-berlin

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Reading

25.01.2026 + 3 additional dates

Solve the case

Reading

25.01.2026 + 3 additional dates

Detectives, take note! ‘Solve the Case!’ is a spectacular, interactive crime thriller event!

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- Literature
Monbijou Theater: Märchenhütten Monbijou Theater: Märchenhütten

19:00

https://maerchenhuetten.com/programm/knack-den-fall/
Reading

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Reading

27.01.2026

Tobias Bamborschke: From a distance, hell seems like an adventure.

Reading

27.01.2026

A yearning for authenticity: Tobias Bamborschke is the singer and lyricist of the band Isolation Berlin. His poems are raw and untamed. Laconic and with a cheerfully relentless pathos, the furious melancholic Tobias Bamborschke laments the inescapable…

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- Literature
- City of music
Pfefferberg - Theater Pfefferberg - Theater

20:00

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Reading

27.01.2026

LEBEN NACH DEM ÜBERLEBEN

Reading

27.01.2026

It has been eighty years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of the concentration camps. Even today, the survivor’s lives are still marked by deep trauma.

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- Jewish Berlin
Maxim Gorki Theater: Studio Я Maxim Gorki Theater: Studio Я

20:30

https://www.gorki.de/de/leben-nach-dem-ueberleben
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Reading

28.01.2026

Berlin Stories 2026 – die studentischen Stadtschreiber*innen

Reading

28.01.2026

Be there when the new student city writers for 2026 are chosen!The Berlin Stories programme, launched by the Kulturwerk des Studierendenwerks Berlin, offers students a platform to process life and observations in the big city in literary form.The Berlin…

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- Literature
Lettrétage Lettrétage

20:00