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This Saturday, July 8th at 7pm, Samanta Schweblin will be at the Otherland for a little reading / Q&A event. I'm pretty excited about this, even though I have only read her here featured book Distancia de rescate ( Fever Dream in English, which has been made into a netflix movie) but I'm very very interested in her work in general. I find horror which mixes with magical realism extremely fascinating and I'm curious what the author will say about her understanding of horror and literature. Entrance is free as always, the event will be in Spanish with German translation, and if you want to participate make sure to drop Wolf a line at the usual email adress - service@otherland.de, because there is a limit to the number of people who can be at the store as far as I understand. Samanta Schweblin is an Argentine author currently based here in Berlin, who wrote numerous books such as Mouthful of Birds, Seven Empty Houses, Little Eyes , and the above mentioned Fever Dream . S...

My favorite final girls in Berlin* are back with another Brain Binge weekend on the 3rd and 4th of June. The discussions this year are pretty awesome ranging from women's contribution to horror sfx makeup, to the lesbian vampire following the model of Countess Elizabeth Báthory, to motherhood and the reluctant mother as monster in horror cinema and so much more.

Talking about movie festivals, the Final Girls Berlin are giving us a summer treat: the "Brain Binge"- horror talk weekend! On June 11th and 12th you can participate via Zoom to some seriously interesting talks revolving around women* and horror. Here's the link for subscription. I'm especially excited for "I am She: The Witch Archetype & Patriarchal Disruption", "Beyond the Freak Show: Disability and Horror" as well as "The Monstruous Feminine & Political Abjection". And all the other too, to be honest! All talks are free and donation based.