ONLINE EVENING COURSE: Write Your Novel I, Tuesdays from November 11

If you’ve even considered writing a novel, this is the workshop for you. Over seven weeks, we will be breaking down the process and looking at the different ways of writing a novel.

We’ll take a deep dive into plot, structure, characterisation and revision and discuss classic texts from a range of genres, analysing why the authors have chosen to tell their stories the way they have. You’ll develop an outline for your novel and have the chance to pitch your book in our very own “writers room”. You’ll also be invited to submit an opening extract for constructive feedback. Victoria has created this course to share everything that she wished she’d known before starting out. She took the long way round – maybe you don’t have to! You’ll also have an opportunity to ask your questions about the publishing industry and learn how to find representation for your work

Time: 6-8pm UK time/7-9pm CEST. 7 consecutive week. Places are limited to twelve. Cost: €275 or £240. Email victoria@thereaderberlin.com to sign up or ask any questions.

VICTORIA GOSLING is a British author. In 2021, her debut novel BEFORE THE RUINS was published by Serpent’s Tail (UK) and Henry Holt (USA). It was a LitHub “Most Anticipated” book of 2021, received a star in Publisher’s Weekly, and was positively reviewed in The New York Times and The New York Review of Books. Her second novel BLISS AND BLUNDER was published by Serpent’s Tail in 2023 and was a Guardian Book of the Day, a TLS Summer Pick and a Grazia Summer Read. It is currently in development for TV. She is the recipient of a Hawthornden Fellowship and was awarded a research stipend by the Berlin Senate. Victoria founded The Reader Berlin in 2011 and has been teaching workshops, mentoring writers, hosting writing retreats and providing manuscript assessments ever since. She has taught for major UK literary festivals and in prisons and will be tutoring for the Arvon Foundation in December 2025. These days, she divides her time between Britain and Germany.