In this first bulletin, exciting news from Mary Duncan, Lizzie Harwood, Rénée Kaplan, Nicola Keegan, Dimitri Keramitas, Dr Sophie Loussouarn, Vanina Marsot, Harriet Welty Rochefort, Keith Spicer, Heather Stimmler Halls, Janet Skeslien Charles, Patricia Westheimer and the Abbey Bookshop…
NICOLA KEEGAN’s debut novel, Swimming (Knopf) has been selected by the
Book of the Month Club--First Fiction Award.
To be released in the USA on July 14th
LOUISE THUNIN’s second novel, Les archanges n'ont pas le sens de l'orientation, has been published in French. Contact Louise for a copy : louise.thunin@free.fr.
LIZZIE HARWOOD published an article on "Mom Entrepreneurs" in The French Paper,a new monthly English newspaper.
PATRICIA WESTHEIMER is working on her vignettes about being a Godmother called Madrinha while writing bi-weekly columns in The Portugal NEWS. Pat is also looking for a one bedroom apartment in the 6-7th.
HARRIET WELTY ROCHEFORT's "French Toast" will be published for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction
(St. Martin's Press, 2010). The book has been out in hardcover since 1999.
KEITH SPICER, whom CNN's Jim Bitterman called a "cultural James Bond" has published Paris Passions: Watching the French Being Brilliant and Bizarre. Check out Keith's blog for more info and reviews!
Dimitri KERAMITAS recently began a regular film review column, "A Cinematic World", on the corporate blog WCWinSight
Heather Stimmler Hall's latest guidebook, Naughty Paris: A Lady's Guide to the Sexy City, was named Best Travel Guidebook of the year in the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Heather is also the author of Secrets of Paris . Check out her blog!
Le Nouvel Observateur interviews Rénée Kaplan on L’Amie Américaine
Publishers Weekly reviews Janet Skeslien Charles' novel Moonlight in Odessa, which comes out in September: Watch for Publisher Weekly's profile of Janet this fall!!
San Diego Magazine profiles Mary Duncan in an article entitled : Is the World Big Enough for Mary Duncan?
Patrick Cox of The World in Words
interviews Vanina Marsot on Foreign Tongue
and Laurel Zuckerman on Sorbonne Confidential
Dr Sophie LOUSSOUARN will present her new book, L¹Odyssée politique de Tony Blair(Séguier, 2009), and discuss the influence of Tony Blair on French politicians from all sides of the political spectrum, followed by a film by Charles-Antoine Hennegrave : From Dartmouth House to Westminster.Tuesday 30 June 2009 at 19h (Maison des Associations du 7ème Arrondissement 93 rue Saint Dominique 75007 PARIS M° : Invalides, Latour-Maubourg)
Special Kudos to Jennifer Dick, poet, workshop leader and author of Fluorescence, who obtained her PhD mention très bien !
For literary events, check out Jen's blog.
July 1st is the 20th anniversary party of Abbey Bookshop (at the cloisters of St Severin, 19h30 - 22h30. Authors will include Stephen Clarke, Keith Spicer, Heather Stimmler Halls, myself and many more!! Come celebrate with us!!
Announcing Cuturekiosque, (published for the last eleven years and founded in Paris) providing coverage, commentary and information on arts, culture and ideas across Europe and North America,
To share your news, please check out the submission guidelines !
Feedback much appreciated !! at pariswritersnews@gmail.com
Please alert all writers, in Paris or anywhere else, about the global project: A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. We have many visual artists contributing to the project, but not enough writers.
Please see: A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/
Details on the call, exhibition and venue are all on the web site. Thanks... MR
Posted by: MATTHEW ROSE | 21 June 2009 at 16:24