Two books, two perspectives on what defines our humanity:
In “Uplifted” (“Emporgehoben”), Iris Wameling tells a sharp-witted crime satire from seven different viewpoints: of a woman who escapes her tormentor and, years later, meets him again as a celebrated artist; of experts, lawyers, filmmakers, and agents whose paths intersect in a web of power, morality, and manipulation.

In “A Second Life” (“Ein zweites Leben”), the author turns her gaze inward: in the midst of her life, she is confronted with a fatal diagnosis—and writes about what remains when all outward things fall away. About love, family, and the realization that true beauty is only revealed in the light of transience.

A reading about connections and contradictions, about guilt and forgiveness, about life and death—and the question of what holds us together on this journey. Admission free, donations welcome.

Iris Wameling is a self-employed architect with offices in Bielefeld and Munich, based in Berlin since 2002. She began writing in spring 2023.

Her autobiographical debut “A Second Life” (“Ein zweites Leben”), published in March 2025, launched an international film adaptation process in 2024 under the title “A Second Life.”

For her crime-poetic satirical novel “Uplifted” (“Emporgehoben”), a television series titled “Uplifted – High in the Air” is currently in development.