queer.lit!: Queer Schreiben mit Jutta Reichelt

Take part in the queer writing workshop!

Far more than many people realize, we are often restricted by "invisible" normative ideas. This applies to "real life" (heteronormativity) as well as to "real writing".

The four open dates of Queer Schreiben: Against the Norm! (29.03., 07.06.26, 23.08.26 and 25.10.26, each from 13.00-17.00) are an invitation to question and undermine these norms and conventions through writing and thus to get to know writing as a self-empowering and resistant means of expression. There will be the opportunity to write on a queer alphabet ("Queer from A-Z") or to pursue other impulses (including your own!) through writing. In addition to and after writing, there will be an opportunity for exchange and reading aloud, for questions and support. There is also the opportunity to be inspired by the Weserburg itself - from the works in the collection exhibition As We Are, Murat Önen's "Moving Pile under the Blue Sky" (2022) to Zoe Leonard's queer political manifesto: "I want a president" (1992).

The four open workshop dates will be led by queer Bremen author Jutta Reichelt(www.juttareichelt.com) and are aimed at all queer people, regardless of origin or writing experience. Everyone who wants to write and exchange ideas in a group is welcome! You can take part on one or more dates without prior registration.

On 19.09.2026 there will be a writing workshop with Jutta Reichelt in combination with a drawing workshop by Lee Doubleu, registration is required. All information can be found here.

Jutta Reichelt (1967) is a writer and storyteller living in Bremen. She writes novels, short stories, literary essays, blogs about writing stories and runs writing workshops. Her texts have won several awards, including the Würth Prize of the Tübingen Poetry Lectureship in 2001, for which Herta Müller gave the laudatory speech. In 2015, the novel Wiederholte Verdächtigungen was published by Klöpfer & Meyer (Tübingen), in 2020 the literary portrait volume Blaumeier oder der Möglichkeitssinn (Bremen). For her work on Mein Leben war nicht, wie es war, she received the Literature Project Grant from the Bremen Senator for Culture in 2020. The novel was published by Kröner Verlag in 2024.

In 2024, queer.lit!, the reading series with a queer focus at the Literaturhaus Bremen, was resumed. Since then, the program has revolved around empowerment through queer language and performance and there have been several readings as well as various writing workshops by queer authors - queer.lit! also celebrates its conclusion in 2026 with a reading stage where participants of the writing workshops read their texts as well as with their own publication! queer.lit! is an invitation to read and write against the so-called norm - for more visibility and self-empowerment!