November 2023 – Multimedia reading at the Amadeu Antonio Art Prize ceremony in Eberswalde
July 2023 – Poetry reading at the Schule am Schillerpark
June 2023 – Two poetry readings/workshops at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
May 2023 – Multimedia reading at the “Keller-Revue” in the Brecht-Haus Berlin, by Martin Jankowski, with: Kirsten Fuchs, Clemens Schittko und Maroula Blades
May 2023 – Poetry reading at the Schule am Schillerpark
March 2023 – Two poetry readings/workshops at the Evangelische Gymnasium Berlin-Köpenick
December 2022 – Two poetry readings/workshops at the Evangelische Gymnasium Berlin-Köpenick
November 2022 – Two poetry readings/workshops at the Schule am Schillerpark
July 2022 – “BLOOD OF A POET” at RosinenBAR THF | Berlin, organized by Danielle de Picciotto
July 2022 – “BRIDGING DIVIDES”, reading at the Unveiling Ceremony for W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Plaque at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
> WATCH ONLINE VIDEO HERE: Excerpts of the reading at HU Berlin on 1st July 2022
> Official website Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
June 2022 – Two poetry readings/workshops at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
Apr. 2022 – “BE AN ANGEL”, reading for Benefiz event at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt organized by Danielle de Picciotto und Alexander Hacke
Jan. 2022 – Poetry reading at the Schule am Schillerpark in Berlin-Wedding
Oct. 2021 – Poetry reading at the Schule am Schillerpark in Berlin-Wedding
Oct. 2021 – Poetry reading at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
May 2021 – Poetry online reading at the Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
April 2021 – Online reading from my story collection “The World in an Eye” organized by Chapeltown Books, UK
> WATCH ONLINE VIDEO HERE: A reading by Maroula Blades from her book “The World in an Eye”
Dec. 2020 – Poetry online reading at the SlovoKult::literARTour Festival in Berlin-Mitte
Dec. 2020 – Poetry online reading with Clemens Schittko organized by Gallery Kungerkiez in Berlin-Treptow
> WATCH ONLINE VIDEO HERE: Autorenlesung Blades und Schittko: Es geht mir gut – I am fine.
Nov. 2020 – Two poetry readings at the Schule am Schillerpark in Berlin-Wedding
Nov. 2020 – Poetry reading readings at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
Jan. 2020 – Two poetry readings at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
Dec. 2019 – “BLADES UND SCHITTKO TREFFEN SHAKESPEARE”, Multimedia poetry reading and a bilingual reading of Shakespeare’s sonnets translated by Clemens Schittko, GALLERY KUNGERKIEZ
Dec. 2019 – “MOTIONS IN SAND”, reading with music, art & video, KULT ART GALERIE
Nov. 2019 – “CODES & COLOURS”, art exhibition, KÜNSTLERHOF ALT-LIETZOW 12
July 2019 – “BURNING INROADS”, reading with music, art & video, KULT ART GALERIE
May 2019 – Poetry reading at the Schule am Schillerpark in Berlin-Wedding
April 2019 – Poetry reading at the Schule am Schillerpark in Berlin-Wedding
Nov. / Dec. 2018 – “TRACKS – From Poetry to Painting”, art exhibition & reading, KULT ART GALERIE
Nov. 2018 – “POETIC SPHERES”, reading with music, art & video, BABYLON
Oct. 2018 – Poetry Workshop at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
July 2018 – “FRINGE”, reading with music, art & video, KULT ART GALERIE
May 2018 – “FRINGE”, reading with music, art & video, Café Villa Oppenheim
April 2018 – “Poetry and Spoken Word” event at the African Book Festival 2018, Babylon Kino Berlin
April 2018 – “FRINGE”, reading with music, art & video, KULT ART GALERIE
April 2018 – Poetry reading at the Französisches Gymnasium Berlin
March 2018 – “WE HAVE OUR SONGS”, reading for Black History Month 2018 with music, art & video, Café Villa Oppenheim
March 2018 – Poetry reading at the Rückert Gymnasium in Berlin
Feb. 2018 – “FRINGE”, reading with music, art & video, Literaturhaus Berlin
Nov. 2017 – Poetry Workshop at the Hector-Peterson-Schule in Berlin-Kreuzberg
Nov. 2017 – “BLACK TIDES – SCHWARZE GEZEITEN – Part 2”, reading with music, art & video, Literaturhaus Berlin
Oct. 2017 – Poetry Workshop at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
Sept. 2017 – “FRINGE”, reading with music, art & video, VILLA KULT – KULT ART GALERIE
Sept. 2017 – “BLACK TIDES – SCHWARZE GEZEITEN”, reading with music, art & video, Literaturhaus Berlin
July 2017 – “DAS GARTENFEST von writers@berlin”, reading with music, art & video, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
July 2017 – “3. OFFLYRIKFESTIVAL in Düsseldorf”, reading with music, art & video, “HAUS DER UNIVERSITÄT” in Düsseldorf
June 2017 – “POETS’ CORNER”, 18. Poesiefestival Berlin, reading with music, art & video, Kunst-Café “ORi”
Feb. 2017 – “BLACK TIDES – SCHWARZE GEZEITEN”, reading with music, art & video, Werkstatt der Kulturen
Feb. 2017 – “Black History Month 2017”, reading with music, art & video, Literaturhaus Berlin
Jan. 2017 – “FRINGE”, reading with music, art & video, VILLA KULT – KULT ART GALERIE
Dec. 2016 – Poetry Workshop at the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gymnasium in Berlin
Nov. 2016 – “INDIGO BLUE – Part 2”, reading with music, art & video, Literaturhaus Berlin
Nov. 2016 – STADTSPRACHEN – internationales Literaturfestival in Berlin, 28. Oct. – 6. Nov. 2016
Oct. 2016 – Poetry Workshop at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
Aug. 2016 – “INDIGO BLUE”, reading with music, art & video, Literaturhaus Berlin
May 2016 – “THE WORLD IN AN EYE”, Lesung mit Musik, Dia-Kunst & Film, VILLA KULT – KULT ART GALERIE
March 2016 – Poetry Workshop at the Hector-Peterson-Schule in Berlin-Kreuzberg
March 2016 – Poetry Workshop at the Rückert Gymnasium in Berlin
Feb. 2016 – “A DARK AWAKENING” Black History Month and then some…, reading with music, art & video, Literaturhaus Berlin
Jan. 2016 – “ONE WORLD POETRY”, with Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo and other poets, Familiengarten Kreuzberg
Oct. 2015 – “PATHS/WEGE”, Lesung mit Musik, Dia-Kunst & Film, VILLA KULT – KULT ART GALERIE
Oct. 2015 – “PATHS/WEGE”, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin | Club
Sept. 2015 – Poetry Workshop at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
July 2015 – “PATHS/WEGE”, Lesung mit Musik, Dia-Kunst & Film, VILLA KULT – KULT ART GALERIE
June 2015 – “POETS’ CORNER”, 16. Poesiefestival Berlin, Gotisches Haus in Spandau
June 2015 – “CARNELIAN ROOMS”, Buch-Lesung mit Musik und Dia-Kunst, Literaturhaus Berlin
March 2015 – Two Poetry Workshop at the Rückert Gymnasium in Berlin
Feb. 2015 – “FREEDOM COME!”, Buch-Lesung mit Musik und Dia-Kunst, Literaturhaus Berlin
Nov. 2014 – “SPACES & SPHERES”, Buch-Lesung mit Musik und Dia-Kunst, Literaturhaus Berlin
Nov. 2014 – Two poetry Workshop at the Kolleg Schöneberg in Berlin
Oct. 2014 – ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2014: Poetry film “FREEDOM COME”, screening at the Babylon cinema in Berlin (ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2014)
June 2014 – “BIGSAS”, Festival of African & African-Diasporic Literatures, University of Bayreuth
June 2014 – “ZINNOBER”, Vaganten Bühne Berlin
June 2014 – “Enpact Slam”, Kalkscheune Berlin
May 2014 – Kölner Lyrikfestival, Poetic Voices Africa – “I sing a new freedom”, Literaturhaus Köln
April 2014 – “The Silence”, SETs
April 2014 – Poetry Workshop for students at the Rückert-Gymnasium (Rückert College)
March 2014 – Two poetry Workshop at the Charlotte-Wollf-Kolleg Berlin (Charlotte-Wollf-College)
Feb. 2014 – Black History Month, Werkstatt der Kulturen
Jan. 2014 – “Triangular Dreams”, Kulturwerkstadt Berlin-Charlottenburg
Dec. 2013 – “Tones in Red”, Buch-Lesung mit Musik und Dia-Kunst, Literaturhaus Berlin
Aug. 2013 – ARRIVING IN THE FUTURE, Ballhaus Naunynstraße
Aug. 2013 – Spilling Words Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin | Club
June 2013 – Poesie Festival Berlin, „Poets Corner“
May 2013 – Vaganten Bühne, „Word Pulse“
April 2013 – Werkstatt der Kulturen, mit Jazz-Band Naked Jazz
March 2013 – Buch-Lesung mit Musik und Dia-Kunst “Blood Orange”, Literaturhaus Berlin
Feb. 2013 – Black History Month, Südblock Berlin
Jan. 2013 – Buch-Lesung mit Musik und Dia-Kunst “Blood Orange”, Literaturhaus Berlin
Dec. 2012 – Buch-Vorstellung mit Musik und Dia-Kunst “Blood Orange”, Literaturhaus Berlin
Nov. 2012 – Poetic Dialogue London – Berlin, Literaturwerkstatt
June 2012 – PANDA-Theater, “Atemtanz – Poesik”, mit Martin Jankowski
2012 – St. Gaudy, Prenzlauer Berg, Poetry Hearings
June 2010 – Literaturfestival – studio im Hochhaus
May 2010 – Theater o.N.: Literatursalon am Kollwitzplatz, Moderator: Martin Jankowski
March 2010 – Poetry-Lesung mit Kunst & Musik für Englisch-Leistungskurse im Rückert-Gymnasium Berlin-Schöneberg
March 2010 – Black History Month – Voices of Women (Poesie) in Zeit-Zone Berlin
2009 – Wellenreisen Theaterhaus Mitte (Poesie)
2009 – Afrika – Wochen im Soldiner Kiez (Poesie) – Prima Center Berlin
June 2009 – Literatursalon Mitte 2009, Moderator: Martin Jankowski
July 2008 – Poetry Festival 2008 in Berlin, in der Schwartzschen Villa
Feb. 2008 – Vorstellung der Anthologie „Kiez Poeten“, Bücherei in Charlottenburg
May 2008 – Vorstellung der Anthologie „Kiez Poeten“, TRIBÜNE
Feb. 2008 – Performance „On The Page“, DIVAN
Sept. 2007 – Performance „Dreams Seeds“, Kunst Cafe Charlottenburg, im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe‚ Kunst im Kiez’
June 2007 – „Words in Motion“, in der Aula des Rückert-Gymnasiums Berlin-Schöneberg, im Rahmen der Analyse von Gedichten von M. Blades im Englisch-Leistungskurs
March 2007 – Leipzig Buchmesse, Leseinsel Junge Verlage
March 2007 – Lit. Köln, Internationales Literaturfest im Theaterhaus Köln
Feb. 2007 – English Theatre Berlin, „A Literary Twist Of Mind“, Poetry-Music-Art-Performance
Dec. 2006 – Literaturhaus-Charlottenburg Creative Writing Group e.V
Oct. 2006 – Buchhändlerkeller-Charlottenburg, Creative Writing Group
Spring 2006 – zwei Lesungen im Festsaal Kreuzberg, veranstaltet vom Verbrecher Verlag Berlin
March 2006 – Rückert-Gymnasium Berlin-Schöneberg, Analyse von Gedichten von Maroula Blades im Englisch-Leistungskurs
Dec. 2005 – Lesung „Creative Writing Group E.V. Berlin“ im Literaturhaus
Sept. 2005 – “Asian Pacific Week Berlin”, Malaysische Botschaft Berlin und Museumsinsel
Aug. 2005 – Poetry-/Music-Performance im Schokoladen
Aug. 2005 – Poetry-/Music-Performance “Fuel” in der Hotel Bar
Dec. 2004 – Lesung „Creative Writing Group E.V. Berlin“ im Literaturhaus
Nov. 2004 – Lesung des Buches „Brüste kriegen“, Verbrecher Verlag, Volksbühne Berlin
Sept. 2004 – „Internationale Poetry-Revue“ in der Kalkscheune in Berlin-Mitte, im Rahmen des Internationalen Literaturfestivals Berlin
May 2004 – Reingold Bar in Berlin-Mitte, „Words in Motion“
May 2004 – Kaffee Burger, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Verbrecher-Verlag
April 2004 – Friends of Italien Opera, „Words in Motion“, Theaterstück
Jan. 2004 – Kaffee Burger, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Verbrecher-Verlag
Jan. 2004 – Theater in der Schwartzschen Villa Berlin, ‘Britain in Berlin II
Nov. 2003 – Im Kunstsalon der Galerie Spandow, ‘Black Widow’
Sept. 2003 – Theater in der Schwartzschen Villa Berlin, ‘Black Widow’
Aug. 2003 – Magic Media Night, im Kronprinzenpalais Berlin (IFA 2003)
July 2003 – Theater in der Schwartzschen Villa Berlin, ‘Britain in Berlin’
July 2003 – Theater in der Schwartzschen Villa Berlin, ‘Black Authors Night’
May 2003 – Kirchentag in Berlin, Kommunikationsmuseum Berlin, ’Poetry Slam’
Feb. 2003 – ‘Noise in the Library’ in Skala-Theater mit den Rob Trio
Feb. 2003 – Black History Month im Soul-Trane, Poetry/Jazz Brunch mit der Tony Hurdle Jazz Band
Nov. 2002 – ‘GLOBAL POETRY CONSPIRACY’ Poetry Lounge II in der Brotfabrik, Berlin
Oct. 2002 – Backfabrik ‘Slam Poets’
Sept. 2002 – ‘Black Widow’, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, beim Backroom-Project als Opening-Performance der New Yorker Jazz/Funk-Band DEFUNKT
Sept. 2002 – ‘Spoken Word’ Literaturhaus, Berlin
July 2002 – ‘Berliner Sommerfest der Literaturen’ in der Brotfabrik ‘Poetry Lounge Berlin’
June 2002 – Humboldt University ‘Britain in Berlin’ gesponsert vom British Council Berlin
May/June 2002 – Theater in der Schwartzschen Villa Berlin, ‘Black Widow’
Oct. 2001 – Stiftung Starke-Löwenpalais, Berlin. ‘Poetry in Music’
May/June 2001 – Zeiss-Planetarium am Insulaner Berlin, ‘Poetry in Music’
March 2001 – Theaterhaus Mitte, Berlin-Mitte, ‘Miscellaneous’