This month, new books from Lynn Jeffress, Christopher Vanier, Margo Berdeshevsky, Janet Skeslien Charles, Mark Morrison-Reed, Charles Glass and Ellen Hinsey; literary magazines Five Dials, Seizure, Cerise Press, Versal Magazine, and calls for submissions for Bonjour Paris and AUP’s Paris Atlantic; meet-ups; opening of registration for the Geneva Writers’ Conference and a workshop in erotic writing with Mitzi Szereto…and a strange tale concerning
New Books
Lynn Jeffress The Dali Code and Other
Published by
Christopher Vanier
A story of self-discovery, told in language rich enough to eat: breadfruit, breadnut, bamboo, lignum vitae, marouba, weedee, and calabash. Funny and engaging, it speaks of breaking the barriers of identity and finding them again. A rare view of the emigrants tale.
Christopher has read at the British Institute of Paris and The American Library of Paris. In 2006 he was awarded first prize at the annual WICE Paris Writers Workshop. In the same year he won a fellowship to the Summer Literary Seminar in
Margo Berdeshevsky Beautiful Soon Enough
Winner of FC2's American Book Review/Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize:, "Beautiful Soon Enough" is a collection of hypnotic stories that capture the lives--worldly, sexual, obsessive--of twenty-three arresting women.
The launch for Beautiful Soon Enough will be at the The Village Voice Bookshop on Thursday November 12th, @
Ellen Hinsey's
Update on the Descent is arranged in an extremely sophisticated pattern, alternating Dantean visions, contemporary accounts of torture, and thoughts on our human condition which crystallise into formulae possessing all the depth and darkness of Heraclitus.
Janet Skeslien Charles Moonlight in
Janet will be reading from her acclaimed new novel at the Village Voice on November 5th at
See my interview with Janet here!
Charles Glass Americans in
'An account of the 2,000 Americans who remained in Paris during the Second World War is rich in intrigue and heroism ... for anyone interested in France during this period it is a fascinating treat.' --
Mark Morrison-Reed In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby
New literary magazines
Five Dials is a London-based literary magazine, launched by Hamish Hamilton and edited by Craig Taylor (author of One Million Tiny Plays About Britain). The
Download the pdf here!
International journal of literature, arts and culture based in
November’s issue will focus on contemporary French poetry and photography.
Paris-based/France-based contributors will include Marilyn Hacker, Amina
Saïd, Auxeméry, Olivier Schwartz, Michael Katakis, John Taylor etc.
Open to submissions.
http://www.cerisepress.com
Check out the inaugural issue at: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features
Call for submissions: A VERSAL CALL
Versal wants your poetry, prose, and art for its eighth issue due out in May
2010. Internationally acclaimed literary annual published in
bringing together the world's urgent, involved, and unexpected.
See website for guidelines and to submit: http://versal.wordsinhere.com.
Inquiries (only) can be directed to: versal@wordsinhere.com.
Deadline:
Seizure
A new literary magazine! To read or submit, please see: www.seizureonline.com
2009 New Delta Review Creative Nonfiction Contest
Judge: Peggy Shinner
NDR seeks pieces that activate the compelling bits of “real” life. Prize: $150 and publication in New Delta Review. Finalists will be considered for publication.
$10 submission fee includes option to purchase discounted two-issue subscription to NDR for an additional $10.
For details: http://www.lsu.edu/newdeltareview/New_Delta_Review/CONTESTS.html
Paris/Atlantic, the AUP creative publication
Whether you are a poet, photographer, script writer, a lyricist... – To submit, contact: Oona or Saara, and/or to email us at parisatlantic@gmail.com
For more Events and Contests, see Jen Dick’s listing http://parisreadingsmonthlylisting.blogspot.com
Other Magazines about French culture and living
Bonjour Paris
To submist, please contact Karen Fawcett President Paris New Media, LLC
Culturekiosque
The European Magazine of Arts, Culture and Ideas Worldwide
Writers Conferences !
The
Check out their website !
Literotica: Erotic Writing with Mitzi Szereto
Join trendsetting author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto for a weekend erotic writing workshop on the
Fun literary get-togethers
http://www.culturerapide.com/programme
Writers’ meetups http://www.meetup.com/pariswriters/fr/about/
In other news: see the Rue 89 article about renowned author Tatiana de Rosnay's struggle to prove her nationality http://www.rue89.com/cabinet-de-lecture/2009/10/14/tatiana-de-rosnay-rejoint-les-radies-de-la-nation
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