Fitzcarraldo x DAAD

03.10.2026 / 15:00 – 22:00

With Ed Atkins & Chris Shields, Kirsty Bell, Katy Derbyshire, Vincenzo Latronico, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Maria Stepanova, Saskia Vogel
Hanne Lippard and Tanasgol Sabbagh will read from works by Svetlana Alexievich and Fernanda Melchor.

London-based press Fitzcarraldo Editions and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program present a day dedicated to contemporary literature to celebrate the beginning of DAAD Artists’ residency at Grüner Salon.

The two institutions share a constellation of writers and artists—from Nobel laureates Svetlana Alexievich and Olga Tokarczuk to artists and authors such as Ed Atkins, Vanessa Onwuemezi, and Maria Stepanova, as well as longstanding friends and collaborators including Kirsty Bell, Katy Derbyshire, Vincenzo Latronico, Saskia Vogel, and many others. The event brings these affinities into focus for an afternoon and evening in the Grüner Salon. 

The program gathers for a collective reading around a long table, continuing in the late evening with a concert after the premiere in the main stage has ended. The bar will be open throughout the day, with cucumber sandwiches and drinks. 

Schedule

15:00 – Doors open

15:30–16:30 – Readings
Katy Derbyshire · Tanasgol Sabbagh reading Fernanda Melchor

17:00–18:30 – Readings
Kirsty Bell · Saskia Vogel · Maria Stepanova

19:00–20:30 – Readings
Vincenzo Latronico · Hanne Lippard reading Svetlana Alexievich · Vanessa Onwuemezi

21:00–22:00 – Concert
Ed Atkins & Chris Shields

Bar until 23:00 · Books, drinks & records throughout

Programme not set in stone.
Capacity is limited.

In collaboration with Fitzcarraldo Editions, London
Book table by desirelinesbooks

Grüner Salon of the Volksbühne
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
10178 Berlin-Mitte

Free admission / in English