Reading with SANJINA KASHIKAR

Sanjina Kashikar has been writing prose and poetry since she could write. She studied creative writing and cultural journalism at the Literature Institute at the University of Hildesheim. She has published in anthologies and literary magazines both under her real name and under a pseudonym. Her short story “Keine Zeit” was nominated for the Inklings Prize 2025.

Sanjina Kashikar is a member of the Literaturbüro in der Euregio Maas-Rhein e. V. and co-founder and co-curator of the experimental Aachen reading series AnArCHiEN. She regularly gives readings in various German cities, including as part of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen and at the Sternenklang Festival.

Sanjina Kashikar writes, edits and lives in a cat flat share and, in addition to literature, is interested in art, music and hedonism.

SANJINA KASHIKAR: RAT KING

Noel drifts aimlessly from one intoxication to the next. Until he meets Aliéna, who smells of wilting flowers and claims to live with talking animals. In the autumnal forest, Noel and Aliéna lose themselves in each other until the boundaries between reality and fiction become blurred. When a murder forces Aliéna to leave her familiar surroundings, love turns into an obsession that puts both their lives in danger.
Sanjina Kashikar’s debut novel “Rat King” invites readers on a trip into a world of psychological border crossings that is as morbid as it is supported by opulent imagery.