This month, news from Sarah Towle, The Tower Theatre Company, The Young Authors' Fiction Festival, David Barnes, The Paris Short Story Contest, Shakespeare and Company’s Paris Literary Prize for a novella, Bloomsday, Cara Black, Caroline de Margerie, English Theater with WordsUp, Katy Masuga, Robert Olen Butler, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Adeena Karasick, Bill Bissett, David Downie, Alison Harris, Dinaw Mengestu, Tishani Doshi, Pierre Joris, Sylvia Mae Gorelick, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Terrance Gelenter, Pat Boran, Katherine Duffy, Mary Montague, Gerry Murphy, Priya Basil, Truong Tran, Nicolas Carras, Robert Silvers, Peter James, Helen Schulman, Meghan O'Rourke, Darin Strauss, Rufo Quintavalle, Colin Herd, Suzanne Allen,Mark Gevisser, Aleksandar Hemon, Nathan Englander, Chris Adrian, Sheila Kohler, Elena Odessa Ray, Marten Ingle, Bob Stoner, and Lance Tait
News:
Sarah Towle is launching her new exciting new travel app and looking for beta testers. You can read her article "From Print to Digital Media: How I Made the Shift" !
Tower Players do Macbeth! June 7-12, in the Bois de Boulogne. Not to be missed!
The Paris Short Story contest announces the winners! See authors and stories here.)
Ann Mah signs for a new book! Mastering the art of French eating (See our interview with Ann here)
In anticipation of Bloomsday, 16 June, James Joyce’s 265,000 word-long Ulysses is being minced into mobile phone "tweet" messages and made public by a team of volunteers.
JUST coming out, the PARIS ANTHOLOGY, STRANGERS IN PARADISE! Order or preorder your copies now!
Paris Writers News welcomes a new collaborator: Nisha Somwang! Nisha will update the WRITERS DIRECTORY and conduct interviews this summer.
The American Library in Paris will be closing temporarily this summer for renovation work. From June 19 to July 31st.
Selected events
SAT 4 June 10 - 19h and Sunday 5 June 13-19h Used Book Sale at the American Library in Paris. AT: American Library in Paris,10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, Metro Alma-Marceau or Ecole Militaire
5th June at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: “The Blue Room” by David Hare, dir. by Colin David Reese; with Elena Odessa Ray and Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau (Attn: Nudity) website: www.words-up.com. Looking forward to seeing you, says Diana Stewart-Rossine AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, M° Abbesses. Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
6 June 7:00pm Shakespeare & Co : Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler will read from his latest book Hell. Robert Olen Butler is the author of twelve novels, six story collections, and a book on the creative process, From Where You Dream. In addition to a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 and National Magazine Awards in 2001 and 2005, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction and an NEA grant, as well as the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. AT: Shakespeare & Co
6 June 20h SPOKEN WORD Paris: Come read YOUR work in ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN or any other language ; play a short musical piece or read a poem by an author you admire ! 20h sign up/hang out 20h30 first round starts 15 min break 21h45 second round starts 15 min break 23h00 third round starts stop at midnight. 10 poets/singers/comedians/dancing pets per round. The exact start times for rounds depend on people signing up, but stopping at midnight is fixed. AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville. http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/
7 juin at 19h30 IVY WRITERS PARIS ANGLOPHONE READING: with Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Adeena Karasick & Bill Bissett. AT : Le NEXT (downstairs in the sous-sol): 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris, M° Etienne Marcel ou RER Les Halles, More info at: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com
7 June 2011 18:30- 20:30pm PAN Writer Series - Award-winning author of murder mysteries, Cara Black is best known for her Aimée Léduc mystery novels featuring a female private investigator based in Paris. Listed in "Great Women Mystery Writers", Cara will talk about her latest novel, Murder in Passy. (see interview here) Join us for a glass of wine and a thrilling discussion! RSVP to Laurel Zuckerman at pariswritersnews@gmail.com Metro - Hotel de Ville
7 June 19h David Downie and Alison Harris celebrate the publication of the 2011 editions of Paris, Paris Journey into the City of Night & Quiet Corners of AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
Tuesday 7 June -Sunday 12 June Tower Theatre Company - Theatre de Verdure, Jardin Shakespeare, Pre Catelan, Bois de BoulogneMACBETH
Places remain for: 19h00 Wednesday 8 June; 19h00 Thursday 9 June; 15h30 and 19h00 Saturday 11 June; 15h30 Sunday 12 June. Tickets: 18 euros (concessions 15 euros: under 14 years 10 euros) Performance : about 2 hours and 30 minutes, including an interval, subtitles in French as well as a scene-by-scene synopsis of the play in French in our free programme. We perform whatever the weather provided we have an audience (only 2 shows have been cancelled due to rain in the last 19years) so bring a raincoat in case of showers and/or a hat because there isn't much shade when it is hot. Do bring drinks or a picnic as there is nowhere nearby to buy any refreshments. Group price: 12 euros per head instead of 18 euros for pre-booked parties of 10 or more) The Box Office opens one hour before each performance. TO BOOK FROM NOW ON (or to check availability) please contact Robin Baker Tel: 01 45 20 67 30 Mob: 06 65 16 16 93 email Chairman@TowerBridge.fr or Kate Thweatt Tel: 01 43 35 18 60 Mob:06 99 29 28 75 email Treasurer@TowerBridge.fr Please visit our website at www.towertheatre.org.uk/paris.htm for further details, online bookings in euros and directions for getting to the Theatre (it is near the well-known Pre Catelan restaurant, Route de Suresnes, Bois de Boulogne)
8 June 19h30. Evenings with an Author - Dinaw Mengestu award-winning author of The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air back to the Library. Dinaw Mengestu was named one of twenty best writers under the age of 40 by The New Yorker in 2010. He was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2008. He also won the Guardian First Book Award in 2007. Here in France, he has won the Prix du Premier Meilleur Roman Etranger. AT: American Library in Paris
9 au 11 juin 2011 : « Legacies of Modernism. The state of British Poetry Today, » All-day conference, part English, part French AT l’Institut Charles V, Université Paris-Diderot sont disponibles à l’adresse suivante : http://legaciesofmodernism.blogspot.com/
9 June 7:00pm Tishani Doshi will read from The Pleasure Seekers published in French in a translation by Karine Lalechère under the title Le Plaisir ne saurait attendre. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
9 juin 19h00 Poésie is not dead, soirée. http://lesvoutes.org/ AT: 19 rue des Frigos 75013 Paris Métro/RER C : Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
9 juin 19h-20h les jeudis de l'Oulipo, Tonight’s theme “Orifices” AT: BNF François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium, Entrée libre
9 juin à 19h BILINGUAL READING by British authors GERALDINE MONK, CAROL WATTS et JOHN WILKINSON. READING AT : la Mairie du 3e arrondissement, 2 rue Eugène Spuller, salle Odette Pilpoul, M° Temple, Entrée libre.
9 juin 19h30 Judith Elbaz et Sébastien Smirou vous invitent à partager « Un temps pour s’étreindre dans le champ » (lecture-mêlée) AT: Studio Le Regard du Cygne 210 rue de Belleville - 75020 Métro: Place des Fêtes ou Télégraphe
10 June Young Author's Fiction Festival AT The American Library
11 June 14:00 Cara Black discusses Murder in Passy - an Aimée Leduc Investigation in Paris AT: Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore 22 Rue St Paul 75004 01 48 04 75 08 Metro - Saint Paul
12th June at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: Mag and Bag by Barry Dickens, dir. by Quentin Ochem and Robert Brazil ; with Simonne Hurse and Jacqueline Mifsud (Attn: Adult language AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
12th June at 7.30 pm Moving Parts Play reading : Marten Ingle "Grandfather Buffalo" (in English) AT Carr's Pub & Restaurant
13 June 20h SPOKEN WORD Paris AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville.http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/
14th June, 19h15: Poets Live with Pierre Joris, Sylvia Mae Gorelick and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte. Note the different venue to Poets Live on 28th June. Poets Live AT: Bar Long Island, 47 rue Washington, M George V.http://poets-live.com/
16 June 7pm Terrance Gelenter will read from his memoir From Bagels to Brioches Paris Par Hasard. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon (read our interview with Terrence here)
16 June 19h30 Bloomsday Dedalus Irish Poets: A bilingual poetry reading by Pat Boran, Katherine Duffy, Mary Montague and Gerry Murphy, and their French translators. Celebrate Bloomsday with a glass of wine and a selection of Irish cheeses, courtesy of An Bord Bia. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg. Admission free, reservation recommended.
17th June 6:00pm In celebration of Shakespeare and Company’s Paris Literary Prize for a novella, the winner and two runners-up will read a short extract of their work, followed by music from Australian songbird Nadeah. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
19th June at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
20 June 7:00 pm Priya Basil reads from her provocative novel The Obscure Logic of the Heart. ‘A searing love story ... burns and scorches with wry conviction about young love that refuses to say die.’- India Today. Raised in Kenya, Priya’s first novel, Ishq and Mushq, was short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
20 June 20h SPOKEN WORD Paris: AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville.
22 juin à 19h30 : IVY WRITERS PARIS bilingual reading with American poet & artist Truong Tran & French author, artist & composer Nicolas Carras. (un mercredi, exceptionnellement / please note this is a WEDNESDAY) AT : Le NEXT (downstairs in the sous-sol): 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris, M° Etienne Marcel ou RER Les Halles, More info at:http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com
23-25 June 5pm Shakespeare and Company presents The New York Review of Books conference series at CERI Sciences Po Paris from 23 to 25 June in celebration of Tony Judt's life and work. Robert Silvers, Jean Daniel, Denis Lacorne, Pierre Rosenvallon. Events are free; registration is required. For the full programme visit : www.nybooks.com/calendar/event-62/ Participants include: Robert Silvers, Pierre Rosanvallon, Zeev Sternhell, Alain Dieckhoff, Sari Nusseibeh, Jean Daniel, Anne Marie Slaughter, Bill Bradley, Denis Lacorne, Simon Head, Samuel Moyn, Thomas Piketty, Ronald Dworkin, Richard Sennett, Yves–André Istel, Cathrine Holst, Jonas Gahr Støre, Fritz Stern, Christian Lequesne, Avner Offer, Katherine Fleming, Jacques Rupnik, Jean-François Sirinelli… Registration required at tonyjudtconference@gmail.com AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
23 June 7pm Peter James presents his new Roy Grace novel Dead Man's Grip, publishing in June. RSVP by email to books (at) whsmith (dot) fr with 'Peter James Event RSVP' as the object of the message. (Your name will be registered though no confirmation will be sent). AT: WH Smith 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Métro: Concorde
25 June 7:00pm Mark Gevisser interviews Editor of The New York Review of Books, Robert Silvers AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
26th June at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: Off My Chest! : AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
26th June at 7.30 pm Moving Parts Play reading with Bob Stoner "Odin of the Wild Hunt" (in English) AT : CARRs Pub and Restaurant
Monday June 27 7PM-9PM Around and About Paris with Thirza Vallois AT Where: Hotel La Perle14 rue des Canettes M: Saint-Germain, Mabillon Tickets: 20 euros includes a glass of wine and nibbles. Books will be available for sale and signature.
27 June 7:30pm New York University’s summer writing program in Paris presents reading and Q&A with Helen Schulman, Meghan O'Rourke and Darin Strauss, followed by jazz and tap with Jazmin and the Berets. Please note there will be standing room only for these events as most seats are reserved for NYU students. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
27 June 20h SPOKEN WORD Paris: AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville.
28th June at 19h15: Poets Live with Rufo Quintavalle, Colin Herd and Suzanne Allen, and music by Meghan McNealy. French launch of Rufo’s first collection, Dog, cock, ape and viper, published by corrupt press; the global launch of Suzanne’s chapbook, Verisimilitude, published by corrupt press; and the French launch of Scottish poet Colin Herd’s first collection too ok, published by BlazeVOX. Note the different venue to Poets Live on 14th June. AT: Carr’s Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont-Thabor, M Tuileries. http://poets-live.com/
29 June 7:30pm Editor of Granta, John Freeman, leads a panel discussion on God and Fiction with Aleksandar Hemon, Nathan Englander and Chris Adrian. The evening will start with a reading by the authors from their work. Please note there will be standing room only at these events as most seats are reserved for NYU students. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
Wednesday 29 June 1011 12.30 - 14.00 British Library Summer Scholars Programme Seminar 1 : Dr Katy Masuga on Henry Miller
http://www.bl.uk/eccles/events.html Or : http://www.bl.uk/eccles/events.html#SSP1
Selected Events in JULY
3rd July at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: Off My Chest! : AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
10th July at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: The Blue Room by David Hare, dir. by Colin David Reese; with Elena Odessa Ray and Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau (Attn: Nudity) AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
12 July 2011 - 6:30- 8:30 pm PAN Writer Series with Sheila Kohler. Sheila Kohler is the author of ten books and the winner of numerous literary prizes including O'Henry awards, Antioch Review Prize, and New York Times Editor's Pick. Her third novel, the highly acclaimed "Cracks", was made into a film starring Eva Green. Sheila currently teaches writing at Princeton and Bennington. If you are in town in July, you won't want to miss this terrific evening. Sheila will talk about her new book, "Love Child". RSVP to Laurel Zuckerman at pariswritersnews@gmail.com
17 July 7pm : English-language theater with WordsUp: Mag and Bag by Barry Dickens, dir. by Quentin Ochem and Robert Brazil ; with Simonne Hurse and Jacqueline Mifsud (Attn: Adult language) AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
24th July at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: Two People : An improvised play about a couple created by Elena Odessa Ray and Simonne Hurse AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
31st July at 7pm: English Theater with WordsUp: Mag and Bag by Barry Dickens, dir. by Quentin Ochem and Robert Brazil ; with Simonne Hurse and Jacqueline Mifsud (Attn: Adult language AT : Le Petit Théâtre du Bonheur, 6 Rue Drevet, 75018 Paris, Reservations: contactwordsup@gmail.com
Writing Workshops in Paris
Sunday 5th June 5-7pm, Claire Trévien hosts workshop on the translation of poetry. The workshop is aimed at poets who are fluent in English with a working/intermediate knowledge of French. No previous experience is necessary. This workshop is intended to help poets expand their range by confronting them to the linguistic gymnastics of translation. The act of translation can open up fresh perspectives on the possibilities of your own language. By looking at examples of published translations, practical work and discussions, we will work towards a greater understanding of the process. Workshop attendees are welcome to bring a past example of their translation efforts but must bring at least 5 copies of the original and translation to share with the group. Tea and coffee will be provided.
Tickets have to be reserved in advance here:http://poetrytranslationworkshop.eventbrite.com/
Thursdays in June, stop by WICE's Writers Drop In. This no-host writers' happy hour is connecting WICE writers and readers from around the world. Second language learners are welcome and no pre-registration is necessary. Bring copies of works in progress or share other inspiring readings. For more detailed information, please visit our WICE Writer's Facebook page. Time: 5:00 - 7:00p.m. Fee: FREE with WICE membership Place: Au Chien qui Fume, 33 rue du Pont Neuf; 75001 Paris; Métro: Les Halles. Au Chien qui Fume has non-stop service and a chocolate mousse to put all others to shame. Invite your friends and family to meet you for dinner afterwards. Instructor: Facilitated by the WICE Creative Writing Program Director Suzanne Allen
Calls for Submissions
Lesley Lawson is compiling an anthology of stories about men and women who, like her, married for the first time at 40+. Writers who would like to contribute their story can get in touch with Lesley on lesley@2relationshipsuccess.com or tel. 079 5080284. (Geneva Writers Group)
Ashland Creek Press, a new, small, independent publisher of books with a world view, is calling for submissions for travel stories to eco-literature. "Our mission is to publish books, short stories, and articles that foster an appreciation for worlds outside our own, the animal kingdom, and the ways in which we all connect." Midge Raymond and John Yinker welcome submissions from the Geneva Writers Group. The submission process is online only. Check the website, www.ashlandpress.com,
Expat writing group Writers Abroad are seeking fiction and non-fiction submissions for their 2011 anthology Foreign Flavours. Theme is food, drink and cooking around the world. Entry is free, and while there is no payment, proceeds from the publication will be donated to charity. Entry deadline 09 September. Full details at www.writers-abroad.com
Poets & Writers are calling for essays about stories of perseverence despite rejection, other challenges, whywewrite@pw.org
International Creative Writing Competition for Poems, Short Stories and Flash Fiction: The Bridport Prize 2011 website is now open for entries! The Bridport Prize is the richest open writing competition in the English language - with £5000 first prize for a short story (of up to 5000 words); and £5000 first prize for a poem (of up to 42 lines). The new category of Flash Fiction attracts £1,000 to be won for the best short, short story of under 250 words. Deadline June 30. Enter online at: www.bridportprize.org.uk
Inkwell, Manhattanville College , 14th annual Short Fiction Competition ($1500) and Annual Poetry Competition ($1000), deadline, Oct. 31, 2011; www.inkwelljournal.org
The International Literary Review is now considering unsolicited submissions. Look at the latest issue, "A New Zealand Literary Showcase" at www.interlitq.org.
The Bellevue Literary Review is actively seeking creative nonfiction, visit www.BLReview.org for guidelines.
Swiss News has a call for favorite stories about Switzerland , www.swissnews.ch. Send to info@swissnews.ch.
If you are looking to get published in Europe , Eurowriter is a good source of information. Run by Alistair Scott, Eurowriter is a searchable database of information on European magazines, literary journals and similar publications. You can sign up to have it delivered to your mailbox. There's also a page with details of writing competitions. www.eurowriter.wordpress.com
Check Writer's Market, www.writersmarket.com for information about US markets, and www.writersmarket.co.uk for information about UK markets.
NEW PARIS PRESS! Corrupt press is a small English-language poetry publisher based in Paris, particularly interested in publishing anglophone poetry from the continent of Europe. Corrupt Presshttp://corruptpress.net/ has new books out by Rufo Quintavalle & George Vance and chapbooks by Nina Karacosta & Jennifer K Dick. MANY MORE are on their way! So, please support this press by buying online one of their books or via email their chapbooks and coming to the readings hosted by Corrupt Press editor Dylan Harris that are with his series Poets Live: http://poets-live.com/ this month on the 14th & the 28th of June. Corrupt Press publications: Betwixt by Jennifer K Dick, A5, 24pp, May 2011, €5. Dog, cock, ape and viper by Rufo Quintavalle, pocket book, 103pp, June 2011, €12. Previous Vertigos by Nina Karacosta, A5, 24pp, February 2011, €5. A SHORT CIRCUIT by George Vance, A4, 84pp, May 2011, €12. See the “submissions” call for new work, too. I suggest you buy a book to know their style and range of interests then submit some of your work if you think Corrupt is a fit for you! To contact Corrupt, email mail@corruptpress.net. Books can be ordered directly from Lulu by clicking on info for the books, and chapbooks can be bought directly from Dylan via email ordering.
WEBZINE NEWS from FRANCE REVISITED: To submit to Gary Lee Kraut’s site. France Revisited, see http://www.francerevisited.com or email him for more details or to get on his mail listing at francerevisited@aol.com (read interview with Gary)
Gary is also launching two new wings of the Revisited Project: Europe Revisited,www.EuropeRevisited.com, which is all about the experience of travel & how personal travels lead to shared insights, & USA Revisited, www.USArevisited.com, in which Americans abroad reflect on & revisited the United States. Interested writers should look at the Writers Guidelines for each of the sites.
BOOK REVIEWS NEEDED: The editorial staff of Technoculture is currently seeking book reviews at reviews@tcjournal.org. Technoculture accepts submissions for its book review section on a rolling basis all year round. However, in order to be included in the current issue, submissions will have to reach the editorial staff by May 15, 2012. The books reviewed should focus on cultural studies of technology and be published within the last two years of the May 15, 2012 deadline. All book reviews should be between 500 and 1000 words. They should be submitted in rtf or web equivalent such as flash or html and include the complete details of the book (author(s), publisher, date of publication). Please include a brief bio of the reviewer (no more than 50 words).
NTH POSITION POETRY: A new selection of poetry is up at nthposition featuring work by Les Wicks, Ranjani Murali, Jesse H. McKnight, Christodoulos Makris & Dennis Mahaginhttp://nthposition.com/poetry.php Anyone wishing to submit work should do so via rquintav AT gmail DOT com. No attachments and no more than six poems. Also, see/follow the poetry editor, Rufo Quintavalle’s Blog: “Words Before Breakfast” at:http://rufoquintavalle.blogspot.com/
CFP: STATION to STATION: Colloque nomade et international. new conference call, just out!http://station2stationcolloquenomade.blogspot.com/ The papers for Station to Station can be in any of 5 languages (French, English, Italian, German and Spanish) and the call in each of these 5 languages--starting with French--is posted on the conference site! The conference will take part ON TRAINS! We seek exciting work, including proposals for university performances (which may potentially include of creative works), related to the station and the train as non-spaces, a space of being paused, at a halt, though still in motion. See the full call online for details and ideas.http://station2stationcolloquenomade.blogspot.com/ Please pass the info on and send proposals for contributions by JUNE 15th to the emails listed on our site.
CRITICAL & CREATIVE WORKS SOUGHT, including artwork,: for Technoculture: An Online Journal of Technology in Society, Vol. 2 Contact E-mail: kdorwick@tcjournal.org Website:http://tcjournal.org Inquiries: http://tcjournal.org/drupal/inquiriesWe seek papers from a broad range of academic disciplines that focus on issues that could be briefly summed as “technology and society,” or, perhaps,“technologies and societies.” Successful papers for Technoculture (http://tjcournal.org) should focus on the ways humanists read technology in a range of historical periods and of academic and artistic disciplines as the subject of their work or as a special case of cultural studies. Topics could include depictions of technologies that treat a wide range of subjects related to the humanities. For this second issue, we are especially interested in historical approaches that focus on "dead" or outdated technologies though articles and creative works on any technological subject are appropriate. These subjects might include: • Representations of technology in popular culture including movies and television • Fan reactions and appropriations of science fiction TV series, films and novels• Cultural uses of technology in a variety of cultures (not just the U.S.) • Old technologies and their uses • Ideological approaches to the understanding of a given technology or technologies • Artistic reactions to technology (technology as a subject for the arts) • Use of technology by artists • Social media • War Equipment • Games, game equipment, and gamers • Visions for new technologies (either critical articles that look toward the future or creative works) In particular, we are interested in a conception of “technology” and the “humanist impulse” that pushes beyond contemporary American culture and its fascination with computers; we seek papers that deal with any technology or technologies in any number of historical periods from any relevant theoretical perspective. We will publish art work and media in a variety of media (but designed for display on a computer monitor) including still images, video or audio. Inquiries are welcome at http://tcjournal.org/drupal/inquiries. Calendar Please submit article proposals/abstracts for critical articles (the "journal article") by June 15, 2011. The editorial staff will then request full length drafts from those abstracts still under consideration. Length: For print texts, we seek 6,000 to 7,500 word manuscripts. Creative works in any genre may vary wildly and may be submitted via our web submission form by October 1, 2011. Creative Works Due: October 1, 2011 for immediate review. Calendar for Critical Works: Article Proposals/Abstracts Due: June 15, 2011. Publication: August 15, 2012.
BLAZEVOX 11: The review from Blazevox books publisher is out with its new NUMBER 11 and on a new website! Check out all things Blazevox at: http://www.blazevox.org/index.php/journal/
