This
month, news from Shakespeare and Co, the Paris Writers Workshop, Paul
Schmidtberger, Dmitri Keramitas, Jerry Prillaman, Jena Osman, Rob
Halpern & Frank Smith, Jennifer K. Dick, Heather Hartley, Laurel Zuckerman, Joël Baqué, Nicole Mauro, Stephen
Vincent, Suzanne Allen, Keri Walsh, Nicola Keegan, Dan Chiasson, Meghan
O’Rourke, Alice Notley, Matt Thorne, Janet Skeslien Charles, Ann Mah
Dear writer friends, June is such a great month for events, readings, plays and workshops that I can only list a selection. For more complete information please see Jen Dick's list here and the Paris Writer Events sidebar. (update in progress!)
Friday 4th June 5-7 pm "The Best of Both Worlds: Combining French and American Culture" Laurel Zuckerman (Sorbonne Confidential) and Elizabeth Bard (Lunch in Paris: A love story with Recipes). Come join a friendly discussion over drinks. Café Etienne Marcel 75002
Sunday 6th June 5-7 pm "How to find your
own Mr. Big" Jamie Cat Callan (French women don’t
sleep alone) Café Etienne Marchel 75002
All this is part of the WHSmith reading series around the launch of Sex in the City 2 –Café Etienne Marcel, 32 rue Etienne Marcel 75002
7 June 19h Double Change invites you to a bilingual reading with Jena Osman, Rob Halpern & Frank Smith. BIOS on :www.doublechange.org AT : Fumoir du China, 50, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, M° Ledru Rollin
8 June at 19h30 Ivy Writers bilingual reading
with Joël Baqué, Nicole Mauro & Stephen Vincent. BIOS on http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com AT: Le Next (downstairs - au sous-sol)
17 rue Tiquetonne5002 Paris M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles.
8 June 19h30 Authors and editors/publishers:
Jennifer K. Dick, Heather Hartley & Laurel Zuckerman share experiences
& thoughts on the topic of “Writers
on Writing: Vehicles to get your work seen”. AT: American Library
9 June: 19h30 Robert Paxton, presents In search of Vichy France: An American scholar's odyssey.American Libary 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
10 June : at 17h. Writers’ drop in: Come meet
director of WICE’s creative writing dept, Suzanne Allen, make contacts and
more! AT: Au Chien qui
Fume, 33, rue du Pont Neuf, M°: Les Halles
10 June : 19-21h Edith Kuntz, author of Fatal: How French Women Do it talks with Terrance Gelenter about the merits of middle-aged men (and where to find them). 20 euro fee. At the Restaurant des Beaux Arts, Odeon For info and reservations, contact [email protected]
13-20th June : 33rd Annual Festival Franco-Anglaise de la poésie. A series of readings, poetics discussions, art and music shows all week + publication of La Traductière.
14
June: from
15 June at 19h30 Bilingual Ivy Writers Paris
reading with RACHEL BLAU DUPLESSIS and J-P AUXEMERY BIOS http://rachelblauduplessis.com &
also: http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/authors/duplessis and http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com for more ! AT: Le Next (downstairs - au sous-sol)
17 rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles.
16 June at 19h30 : Keri Walsh presents “The
Letters of Sylvia Beach” at the American Library in
17th June
AT:
WH Smith, 248, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris M° Concorde
17-20 June : Annual Marché de la Poésie—hundreds
(thousands ?) of readings, shows, workshops, booktables, signings and more
for this Poetry Market year. http://poesie.evous.fr/ or Download in PdF format the entire
programme: http://poesie.evous.fr/spip.php?page=article&id_article=2703
18th - 20th June from 11am to 7pm: Shakespeare & Co’s 4th bi-annual
literary festival FESTIVAL AND CO Including :
Martin Amis, Fatima Bhutto, Zena Edwards, Hanif Kureishi, Philip Pullman, Will
Self, Jeanette Winterson, Yosuf Komunyakaa & many others… In the Square
Réné Viviani, next to Shakespeare & Company (37 rue de la Bûcherie)
20
juin de 15 à 17h : TRILINGUAL Reading in English, Catalan & French
with La Traductière: Claire Potter, Francesc Parcerisas, Jennifer K Dick,
Denise Desautels, Bruno Doucey, Claude Held, Pierre Ouellet, et Patrick
Williamson. AT : Café de la Mairie, 8,
place Saint-Sulpice, Paris 6e, M° Saint-Sulpice.
28 June, 7pm Writers, poets and editors Dan Chiasson
& Meghan O’Rourke. AT: Shakespeare & Co.,
37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
Paris Writers Workshop Lecture Series
The Paris Writers Workshop offers a series of special lectures about the practical and prosaic aspects of writing presented by well-know English-language writers.
Presenters include: Gretel Furner, Ann Mah, Christine Buckley, Janet Charles Skeslien, Paul Schmidtberger, and Laurel Zuckerman.
The events are free to PWW participants and open to WICE members and the General Public; there is a 10 Euro fee for the lectures, readings are free. Books by the authors will be available at all the events.
Jun 28: The
Novel and Globalization
Jun 30: Nuts
& Bolts: Taking Your Novel to the Market Place
Jun 30:
Electronic Books: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Writers
29 June at
Theatre and Play readings
4 et 5 juin à 19h30 Brokentalkers presents the
sell-out hit of the 2009 Dublin Theatre Festival « Silver Stars » by
Sean Millar. Free, in English. [email protected] to reserve. AT : Le Centre Culturel
Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. www.centreculturelirlandais.com,
Tel: 01 58 52 10 30.
at Moving parts:
6 June
20 June Jeff Taylor "Papy Payne" (en francais): www.movingparts.org.uk AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont
Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
Diane Johnson talks with Rosalia Gitau about
Laurel Zuckerman talks with Ann M Mah about food, identity and humor
in Kitchen Chinese
Margo Berdeshevsky talks with Rosalia Gitau about life, love and her
new book, Beautiful Soon Enough
Laurel Zuckermantalks with Frances Gendlin about memoir and
travel writing, as well as
See also:
Berna Huebner on the groundbreaking Alzheimer's film: I
REMEMBER BETTER WHEN I PAINT narrated by Olivia DE HAVILLAND
Christopher Vanier on
Nicola Keegan on Swimming
Janet Skeslien Charles on Moonlight in
