{"title": "James Joyce's Ulysses", "start": "2026-10-29T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zurich James Joyce Foundation", "address": "Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zurich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading group devoted to James Joyce's 1922 novel \"Ulysses\", a landmark of literary modernism. The group is run by the Zurich James Joyce Foundation, with Martin Mühlheim involved. The novel is described as great fun, and the group can be joined at any time. 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Each session begins with a very short introduction, after which one short story from James Joyce's \"Dubliners\" is discussed. Martin Mühlheim is behind the group, which is made possible by the Friends of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. No prior knowledge or registration is required.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/events/dubliners-in-17-sessions-59875/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/c71863de5c02ae116a03d901ec497809a6c9b1faf30c2b50cbc4286e4e93a863-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Silent Book Club", "start": "2026-10-29T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The Silent Book Club is a get-together where everyone reads quietly in their own book, as there is no prescribed reading. It is run by the Self-Access Center (SLZ) of the Language Center of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. We just meet and share our silent reading for an hour, and at the SLZ we help participants to find the ideal reading for their desired language, level and interests. Register online or just drop by!", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/events/silent-book-club-8318/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lesegruppe Altstetten", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Altstetten", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Lesegruppe Altstetten is a reading group of the Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Altstetten library. It is run by PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Altstetten. At this meeting the group discusses the book «Leidenschaft» by Irene Nemirowsky. Important: the event takes place at GZ Loogarten.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/events/lesegruppe-altstetten-59860/", "official_url": "https://www.pbz.ch/event/lesegruppe-altstetten-56/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/e13e704f4d5b1a4dfd34c38bcd498cee974acc95bda3582e7700f7da5aa76b16-2000.webp"}, {"title": "AI Culture & Society reading group", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Punto d’Incontro", "address": "Josefstrasse 102, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society"], "description": "A reading group that deals with culture and society in relation to artificial intelligence. For its November session, the group will read \"The next Turing tests: Reimagining conceptions and measures of AI\" by Jose Hernandez-Orallo et al., published in Science. 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Peter Stamm is one of the most important German-language authors of our time; his latest story collection «Auf ganz dünnem Eis» appeared in 2025.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/events/gastveranstaltung-literarischer-club-zurich-mit-peter-stamm-49886/", "official_url": "https://www.literarischerclubzuerich.com/vorschau/peter-stamm/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Silent Reading Rave", "start": "2026-11-06T22:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Zürich", "address": "Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei, keine Anmeldung notwendig", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A silent reading rave: a crowd reads side by side in the reading room of the Literaturhaus, a space otherwise open to members only. It is run by the Zurich association Silent Reading Rave, which brings people together to read all over Switzerland. 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The stories carry listeners from the workplace to the South Seas, and from the dream academy to an apple paradise. Entry is free with a collection, and a book table is on hand.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/events/traumlesung-59390/", "official_url": "https://die-aus-zuerich.ch", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/49b5a1820b5d36d43fa3694f3e06183e25af82786cba018d7f0582e4b714be0f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Crash Course Thesis", "start": "2026-11-11T13:10:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T14:45:00+01:00", "place": "Y25 H 92, Campus Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "\"Crash Course Thesis\" is a course run by the University of Zurich's library for students writing a bachelor's or master's thesis who do not know where to start. It offers a refresher on literature research, literature management and citation, as well as the use of AI. The course consists of two units that can also be attended separately, and is aimed at BA and MA students of the MNF as well as VSF students. It is led by Merula Stout, Christine Verhoustraeten, Anna Véron and Marco Weber; no registration is needed and it is offered on two days, in German and in English.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/events/crash-course-thesis-40729/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/f2a9717cdedb444efe912530dd4c2feb693e735e8cb4f0a9184dad9adf1459c2-2000.webp"}]}