FRUIT SALON - Readings & Art @ The Hoxton

Join us for FRUIT SALON, Berlin’s newest literature and arts event, happening quarterly at The Hoxton, Charlottenburg.

Writer/performer Demi Anter (as seen at Glastonbury Festival, Electric Picnic and EdFringe) hosts an all-new night, combining the best of poetry open mic, interactive art salon, and quirky community space—all in The Hoxton’s swanky Wintergarden.

Our event on May 14th features: a short performance by your host, open mic slots, a special still-life drawing session with artist Luca Bentley, and a raffle for decor donated by Berlin-based maker Very Ugly Plates with proceeds going to doggos-in-need.

• Sign up for an open mic slot in advance for a reduced ticket.
• Eight slots are available per event, with four slots reserved for attendees of Creative Fruits Mornings, the monthly workshop at the Hoxton.
• Each open mic slot is five minutes.
• Readers are welcome to share work in any language (the night is primarily hosted in English).
• All types of writing are encouraged, from page poetry to spoken word to fiction, essays, scripts, travel writing, you name it.
• The only thing we don’t want to see is AI-generated writing, and anything racist, sexist, fascist, ablist, etc.

The aim of FRUIT SALON is to create a fun, high-energy, and supportive event for writers of all experience levels and backgrounds across Berlin.

We can’t wait to see your work, whether it’s something brand new, something highly polished, or something you’ve left in a drawer for years and forgot about until right this second.

Silly, serious, overly ripe, or not ripe enough: FRUIT SALON is ready for you!

About your host:

is an award-winning writer and performer, with work spanning poetry, creative nonfiction, script- and playwriting. She has been published in the US, Europe and the UK by Magma, Cheerio and The Times (UK), and has performed poetry at festivals around the world. Her teaching focuses on the power of writing from personal experience, and she has regularly teaches for the Royal National Theatre, London's Irish Cultural Centre, and YEN, among others. Her poetry collection Small Machine, which documents her first years in Berlin, was published by Write Bloody UK in 2022. Chanel Miller called it, "Strikingly luminous and soothing." Musa Okwonga called it, "Tender, visceral, beautifully vulnerable.”

About Luca Bentley:

is a ceramic artist, creative workshop organizer and art teacher based in Berlin. He co-runs Queer Trans* Life Drawing Berlin, Clay Jam, works as an artist with the collective Social Muscle Club, Gelbe Villa and is part of the 90Mil Ceramics Community, as well as running individual creative workshops. Luca’s workshops centre the joy of play, collaboration and curiosity. Working in the cultural arts scene in Berlin has solidified the importance for establishing community, especially in times when we need connection the most. Luca’s work aims to build a welcoming space to learn and explore creatively, without judgement.

About Very Ugly Plates:

Very Ugly Plates is the project of Berlin-based artist and maker Kamila Majcher, specializing in “funny & unhinged wall plates for people who hate boring homes.” Featured in VOGUE, Exberliner, Elle Decor Italia (and Demi’s kitchen wall since 2018). Find them online or in person at Torstrasse 24.

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