This workshop is open to writers of all genres and all levels of experience. Sign up by emailing victoria@thereaderberlin.com
The greatest thing about writing? Drafting! The worst thing about writing? Drafting!
Once your writing practice is up and running, nothing speeds up your development as a writer more than taking part in a workshop. By submitting work, we find out how our writing lands, where it falls wide of the mark, and develop a sense for what feedback to take on board when revising. By offering feedback, we develop a better editorial eye, and by evaluating what works and doesn’t work in our peers’ writing, we often gain vital insight into our own strengths and weaknesses.
Over seven sessions, you will have the opportunity to submit two pieces of work (up to 3000 words long) to the group. These can be self-contained stories or extracts from a longer piece of work. Each week, you will be expected to read and prepare feedback on up to four submissions. Each writer will receive written feedback from the Victoria. Expect an open, warm and supportive environment with guidelines to ensure you get the most out of the experience.
Places are limited – sign up by emailing victoria@thereaderberlin.com
VICTORIA GOSLING is a British author. In 2021, her debut novel BEFORE THE RUINS was published by Serpent’s Tail (UK) and Henry Holt (USA). It was a LitHub “Most Anticipated” book of 2021, received a star in Publisher’s Weekly, and was positively reviewed in The New York Times and The New York Review of Books. Her second novel BLISS AND BLUNDER was published by Serpent’s Tail in 2023 and was a Guardian Book of the Day, a TLS Summer Pick and a Grazia Summer Read. She is the recipient of a Hawthornden Fellowship and was awarded a research stipend by the Berlin Senate. Victoria is the founder of The Reader Berlin and the Berlin Writing Prize. Since 2011, she has been teaching workshops, mentoring writers and providing manuscript assessments. These days, she divides her time between Britain and Germany.
