Empowerment
through writing

From March 20 to 21, 2024, Esther Yi conducted a two-day workshop at Marie-Kahle-Gesamtschule in Bonn. Esther Yi is the renowned author of „Y/N,“ a distinguished Finalist for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2023, a New Yorker Best Book of 2023 (Essential Read), and a TIME Must-Read Book of 2023. Photos capturing moments from the Bonn workshop are available here!

Michael Meyer is the author of „A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman’s Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century“ and a Holtzbrinck Fellow of the Class of Spring 2024 at the American Academy in Berlin. He taught a workshop at Trude-Herr-Gesamtschule Köln-Mülheim on March 19, 2024. Impressions from the workshop can be found here.

Author, journalist, and translator Victoria Belim led two workshops in Frankfurt/Main and Leipzig. Originally from Ukraine, Victoria spent her formative years in the USA before relocating to Brussels, Belgium. Her debut book, „The Rooster House,“ a memoir chronicling her Ukrainian family’s experiences, was published by Virago and has been translated into sixteen languages.

On July 5, Ali Fitzgerald taught Creative Writing at the Gesamtschule Treuenbrietzen. She writes and draws a monthly column titled „America!“ for The New Yorker and currently writes comics for the Book Section of The New York Times. Photos from the workshop can be found here!

Fatin Abbas held an Authors at School Workshop on June 16! Abbas taught Creative Writing at Saaleschule für (H)alle. Impressions from the workshop day can be found here!