WRITERS INK Newsletter March 2012

WRITERS INK Newsletter March 2012
It is perfectly okay to write garbage-as long as you edit brilliantly.
JC Cherryh
Writers Ink members
Read-Inn, 10 March, 11 am, IHK
We will meet as usual at the IHK Braunschweig (Anfahrt) on January
h
14 , at the door opposite Karstadt Gewandhaus at 11 am. If you
cannot find the door/ cannot get in, call 0160-90 88 31 55 :-)
We dedicate the first 30 minutes from 11 to 11:30 am to Writers Ink.
matters and then do 2 hours of writing and reading until 1:30 pm.
Past event: Poetry workshop with Richard
Toovey, 25 February
We had a great time with British author and translator Richard
Toovey at our poetry workshop at the Raabe-Haus. We had a look at
haibun poetry, even sang a bit (!) and did inspiring writing exercises.
My thanks go to Writers Ink. for funding the workshop, to Hans-Gerd
Hahn for operating as amiable host, to the Raabe-Haus for having
us, to Richard for holding the workshop and to everyone who
participated (including Nelo from Berlin). Repetition welcome!
Photo, from the left: Ottmar Bauer, Kathrin Marquardt, Simone Breier,
Stephanie Lammers, Brigitte Paetzold, Richard Toovey, Nelo Locke, Janna
Schiller, Mauricio Menendez Cina.
Past event: Birthday Party, 26 February
About 20 people gathered to celebrate 10 years of Writers Ink.
Lawrence held a speech commemorating Writers Ink.‘s history (see
attached pdf). There were culinary treats by Colette (the famous
carrot cake), Anke and others (thanks to Ottmar for organizing food
and beverages). Maren presented the texts written by members on
De Chirico‘s painting Mystery and Melancholy of a Street. And there
was a shared writing task: Every guest wrote a line, then Maren put
the lines together – read our Birthday Poem in the second attached
pdf and have a look at more photos from the party (thanks to
Katerina and Jed!).
Somewhere to go......in and around Braunschweig
Mord u. Totschlag
Sedaa
Literatour d‘amour
Gina Mayer
7 Mar: Reading: Philip Omlor, LOT-Theater, 7 pm, free entrance
9 Mar: Exhibition: Louise Herve and Cloe Maillet, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Remise, free entrance
Reading/Music: Bumsdorfer Auslese: Literatour d’amour, DRK-Zentrum KaufBar 8 pm, 5
Euros.
Reading: Fasten ohne Ende – Krimiwerkstatt Braunschweig presents five stories, Antiquariat
Mord und Totschlag, Karl-Marx-Str. 6, 8 pm, 8 Euros.
10 Mar: Reading: Hartmut el Kurdi reads myths from the Ruhrpott region, Buecherwurm, 3:30 pm, 5
Euros.
Music: Sedaa – Mongolian meets Oriental, Hallenbad Wolfsburg, 8 pm.
11 Mar: Reading: H.R.F. Keating’s Inspektor Ghote zerbricht ein Ei, read by actors K. Reinhardt
and J. Beck-Rabenholz, Raabe-Haus, 3 pm, free entrance.
12 Mar: Reading: Roland Kremer reads from ‚Gulliver’s Travels‘, Augustinum Braunschweig, 7:30
pm, free entrance
14 Mar: Reading: ‚Wir haben Raketen geangelt‘, Karen Koehler reads from her texts, LOT-Theater,
7 pm, 6 Euros.
18 Mar: Music: Taiko Trommelkonzert, Hallenbad Wolfsburg, 6 pm.
21 Mar: UNESCO Welttag der Poesie!
22 Mar: Book presentation: ‚Von fleissigen Mitmachern, Aktivisten und Taetern. Die Technische
Universitaet Braunschweig im Nationalsozialismus‘, Universitaetsbibliothek TU BS,
Pockelsstr. 14, free entrance.
Film: How much does your building weigh, Mr Foster, about architext Norman Foster,
Universum Filmtheater, 7 pm, 7.50 Euros
23 Mar: Reading/Performance: Best of Poetry Slam..and All Stars, Roter Saal im Residenzschloss,
8 pm, 10 Euros
Music: Triangle play Irish Folk, DRK-Zentrum KaufBar, 8 pm, 6 Euros
Reading: Gina Mayer reads from her book ‚Das Lied meiner Schwester‘, Galerie auf Zeit,
see www.galerie-auf-zeit-bs.de for exact location, 8 pm, free entrance
29 Mar: Music: Lennart & Moritz, singers/songwriters, DRK-Zentrum KaufBar, 8 pm, free entrance.
Somewhere to go......in the rest of Germany
12 Mar (start): Festival: Krimifestival Muenchen.
14-23 Mar: Festival: Lit.Cologne, Koeln.
15-18 Mar: Book fair: Leipziger Buchmesse, Leipzig.
16 Mar: Performance/Reading: Philosophy Slam, Goethe-Institut Berlin, 7 pm, free entrance.
Reading/Music, Texts by Ian Watson, music by Juergen Preckel (piano), Haus der
Wissenschaft, Sandstr. 4/5, 8 pm, Bremen.
21 Mar: Reading: International poets read their texts on the occasion oft he UNESCO Welttag der
Poesie, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin, 8 pm, free entrance,
make a reservation under 030-22633030.
Reading: Klaus Maria Brandauer reads texts by Luis Bunuel, Concordia-Versicherungen,
Hannover, 7:30 pm, 39 Euros.
Readings: zweisprache Lyrik, 33 poets from different countries read from their texts, various
locations in Bremen.
---> for more literature events in Berlin see more, for literature events in Niedersachsen see the
Literaturdatenbank Niedersachsen, for literature events all over Germany see the Literaturkalender für
Deutschland.
Please write..
......if you have any news you'd like to share with members of Writers Ink that have to do with your writing,
literary events, etc. I will gladly collect your inquiries & suggestions and send them out. Please write to
[email protected]. Deadline: First day of every month.
..... if you do not want to receive this newsletter any longer (impossible!)...
Best wishes,
Kathrin