From May 15 to 17, 2025, our annual Industry Meetup Literature will once again take place at the Refugio in Neukölln (Lenaustraße 3-4, 12047 Berlin-Neukölln), this time dedicated to the overarching theme “My fear and me: finding security in insecure times”. As always, a very special program highlight will be our Industry Meetup Barcamp, which will take place all day on Saturday, 17 May 2025.
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Fear is currently creeping into all our lives in many ways. For example, as fear of the global situation, fear of the economic crisis, fear of funding cuts or fear of technological disruptions that threaten the existence of many writers. Fear is an emotion and as such is neither good nor bad per se. But our fear wants to talk to us, and at the moment it obviously has a lot to say.
The Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion is once again awarding work stipends for German and non-German literature this year. The application deadlines are 6 May 2025 (work stipends for German literature) and 20 May 2025 (work stipends for Non-German literature) at 11 am, respectively.
To support this year’s applicants, we are offering two digital info sessions in cooperation with the Senate Department next week.
March is just around the corner and with it another colorful bouquet of consultation days, where our experts will answer your individual questions on a variety of practical topics in free 45-minute one-on-one appointments.
From self-publishing and self-marketing to tips and tricks for finding an agency and publisher to questions about the Künstersozialkasse (KSK) – our experts will be covering a wide range of topics during our upcoming consultation days in February.
What counts in the literary world? Talent and expressiveness are prerequisites for success in the literary world. But they alone are not enough for success. Networking, a confident manner, time, financial, psychological and educational resources and many other factors can make or break literary careers. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same starting conditions.
Fear is currently creeping into all of our lives in many different forms. For example, fear of the global political and economic situation, fear of…
Before we take a short break at the end of the year, we will be offering three more consultation days until mid-December, during which our experts will provide assistance with finding an agency and publisher and getting started with podcast production.
On Friday, November 29, Berlin’s literary scene will once again be a guest at Wannsee. The seventh Hafenrevue, which is being jointly organized this year…
In November, most of our consultation days will focus on the organizational and financial issues that freelance writers have to deal with time and again in their everyday lives.