This month, news from Alice Notley, Joe Ross, Amy Hollowell, Elyane Dezon-Jones, Lillian Allen, Sassafrass Lowrey, Sousan Hammad, Alena Mealy, Jackson Connor, Chloe Rash, Rachel Neilsen, Lucy Hopkins, Bill Griffin, Dr. Michael Connors, Rosemary Flannery, Philippe Labro, Thomas Gatus, Edward Hall, Laurel Zuckerman, Martin Raim, Gary Lee Kraut, Spoken Word and more. Many terrific new books too!
Selected literary and other events this November in Paris
(for more listings, in particular of poetry, concerts and bilingual events see Fragment78 Paris readings and events; for political or business oriented events, see The America Clubs listing. Also check Paris bookstores and cultural orgs listed on the sidebar)
5 November 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris Every Monday. from 8pmto midnight. Stand up, Theatre, Cabaret, Dance and Magic all welcome. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. http://spokenwordparis.com/
5 November 21h Performance and reading by Sassafrass Lowrey, author of Roving Pack, and Kestryl Cael, the performance artist behind XY(T). AT: La Mutinerie, 176 Rue Saint Martin, 75003 Métro: Rambuteau et Etienne Marcel
5 NOVEMBER 7 pm : AJA MONET SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE AT Shakespeare and Co
6 November 19h Poets Live reading featuring Alice Notley, Joe Ross and Amy Hollowell. . AT: Le Bal Cafe, 6 Impasse de la Défense, 75018, Métro Place de Clichy).
6 November 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Elyane Dezon-Jones on Marcel Proust AT: American Library in Paris,10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, Metro Alma-Marceau or Ecole Militaire
Tue 6 November, 2012 – PARIS - American Elections Event at The American Business School of Paris 7:00 pm, US Election 2012
Tue 6 November, 2012 – PARIS - AUP - US Presidential Election Results Live at the AMEX 10:00 pm, American University of Paris
Tue 6 November, 2012 – PARIS - PlayOff - US Election Evening 11:00 pm, US Election 2012
Tue 6 November, 2012 – PARIS - YOUNG DEMS Election Night IN PARIS 11:00 pm, Democrats Paris
7 November 19h La Méduse, a feminist reading series, presents the dub poet, Lillian Allen. AT: La Mutinerie, 176 Rue Saint Martin, 75003 Métro: Rambuteau et Etienne Marcel
Wed 7 November, 2012 – PARIS - American Library - Aristotle Circle / Fulbright Commission: College Night 7:30 pm, American Library in Paris
Thu 8 November, 2012 – PARIS - French American Foundation - Post Election Special 8:30 am, French American Foundation
8 November 18h Young Writers and Translators Reading at American University of Paris. Sousan Hammad, Alena Mealy, Jackson Connor, Chloe Rash, and Rachel Neilsen introduced by Joshua Kruchten AT: The American University of Paris Grand Salon, 31 avenue Bosquet 75007 Métro: La Tour Maubourg, RER: Pont d'Alma
8 November 19h Les jeudis de l'Oulipo. Tonight’s theme “Peu à peu" Entrée libre. AT: BNF François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium, quai François Mauriac, 75013 Paris. Métro: Quai de la gare ou Bibliothèque.
10 November 15h30 Lucy Hopkins presents Le Foulard. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud, Paris 75020, 7€
Sat 10 November, 2012 – PARIS - Toastmasters International - Conférence d'Automne 10:00 am, PARIS
12 & 13 November 19h. "Betrayal" at Théâtre de Nesle 8. An original play in English about the last years of VanGogh written by & performed by Bill Griffin. Presented in collaboration with the Dear Conjunction Theatre Company. “ 12 euros. Contact [email protected] AT: Théâtre de Nesle 8, rue de Nesle 75006 Métro: Saint Michel, Mabillon
12 November 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes.http://spokenwordparis.com/
12 NOVEMBER 7pm : PERCIVAL EVERETT AT Shakespeare and Co Paris
Tue 13 November, 2012 – PARIS - American Library - International Fine Art Photography Competition 7:30 pm, American Library in Paris
14 November 19h30 Dr. Michael Connors AT: American Library in Paris,10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, Metro Alma-Marceau or Ecole Militaire
Wed 14 November, 2012 – PARIS - French American Foundation - Un américain à Paris Rencontre autour de Philippe Labro 6:30 pm, French American Foundation
Wed 14 November, 2012 – PARIS - English Speaking Union - Discussion Debate : American Night on the aftermath of the Elections 7:00 pm, PARIS
15th November 2012 at 7pm Harriet Welty Rocheford will present and sign her book Joie de Vivre. AT WH Smith Paris
16-18 November : l’autre LIVRE - 10e Salon des éditeurs indépendants. AT: Espace des Blancs Manteaux 48 rue vieille du Temple PARIS 4e M° Hôtel de ville)
Sat 17 November, 2012 – PARIS - American Church - Christmas Market 11:00 am, American Church Paris
Sat 17 November, 2012 – PARIS - Mona Bismarck American center - Word for Word Style Acting Workshop for Adults 11:00 am, Mona Bismarck
18 November 19h30 MOVING PARTS presents Thomas Gatus' screenplay NICOLAS. AT: AT: Carr's Pub, Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris (métro Tuileries) Sun 18 November, 2012 – PARIS - Mona Bismarck American center - Café Littéraire and Staged Readings 4:00 pm, Mona Bismarck
Mon 19 November, 2012 – PARIS - AUP Arts Arena - 5TH ANNUAL YALE ARTS ARENA LECTURE 7:00 pm, Arts Arena
19 November 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris: Open mic in English, open to all languages. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes.http://spokenwordparis.com/
22 November to 2 December: La nuit des Rois (Twelfth Night) de Shakespeare au Théâtre Nanterre Amandiers. Words Alive organise un groupe pour le mardi 27 novembre à 20h Confirmer votre nom, nombre de places et la date au [email protected] Billets 15 euros. Durée du spectacle 2h30 entracte compris. Spectacle en anglais surtitré. Mise en scène : Edward Hall. Compagnie de Théâtre Propeller. AT: 7 Avenue Pablo Picasso 92022 Nanterre, RER: Nanterre-Préfecture
Fri 23 November, 2012 – PARIS - AUP - AUP Open House 1:00 pm, American University of Paris
26 November 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris: Open mic in English, open to all languages AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. http://spokenwordparis.com/
28 November 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Rosemary Flannery presents Angels of Paris AT: American Library in Paris,10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, Metro Alma-Marceau or Ecole Militaire
29 November 19h UPSTAIRS AT DUROC, the Paris literary journal, invites you to a fiction/nonfiction reading in their series "Pause on the Landing", with writers Laurel Zuckerman, Martin Raim and Gary Lee Kraut. AT: Berkeley Books of Paris, 8 rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, Metro Odéon.
NEW BOOKS!
Angels of Paris: An Architectural Tour Through the History of Paris by Rosemary Flannery (Author, Photographer) - Angels of Paris features beautiful photographs taken from dawn to dusk, in all seasons, accompanied by text explaining the story behind the creation of each angel and of the location in which it is found. Organized chronologically, the book delves into the artistic trends and historic movements the angels reflect and the stories of the artists who created them and of those who commissioned them. Readers will learn about Paris’s history, buildings, and monuments through the abundant, beautiful, and surprising depictions of angels from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century
Grey Cats by Adam Biles - Writer, translator and journalist based in Paris, Adam Biles' short stories, poetry and translations have been published in 3:AM Magazine, Vestoj, Her Royal Majesty andChimera, as well as being displayed in the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. As Paris correspondent and contributing editor for Ling, Biles wrote on subjects as diverse as taxidermy; carousels; street art; Henry Miller, Brassai & psychogeography; and the vile but intoxicating stench of the Seine. His journalistic research and my life in Paris – as well as the serendipitous eruption, in 2010, of Eyjafjallajokul – helped inspire the novel GREY CATS which, in June 2011, was selected as a runner-up in the inaugural Paris Literary Prize, and will be published in autumn 2012 by 3:AM Press
Loire Valley Sketchbook by Jean-Paul Pigeat (Author) and Fabrice Moireau (Illustrator)
The Marcel Network: How One French Couple Saved 527 Children from the Holocaust by Frederick Coleman - Fred Coleman’s long career as a foreign correspondent included five years as Newsweek’s bureau chief in Paris and eight years as the magazine’s bureau chief in Moscow. Coleman and his wife, Nadine, live in Paris.
Paris Sketchbook by Mary Kelly and Fabrice Moireau
Literary Cafés of Paris by Noel Riley Fitch - Noël Riley Fitch is a biographer and historian of expatriate intellectuals in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. (Literary Cafes of Paris, Walks in Hemingway’s Paris, Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation, Anaïs: The Erotic Life of Anaïs Nin, Julia Child - Appetite for Life: the Biography of Julia Child, The Ernest Hemingway book.
Paris: An Inspiring Tour of the City’s Creative Heart by Janelle McCulloch - Janelle McCulloch is a journalist specializing in design, architecture, travel, and style. She has written for publications around the world, including Vogue Living, Elle, and Home Beautiful. She divides her time between Melbourne and Europe.
The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle - Peter Mayle is the author of twelve previous books, six of them novels. A recipient of the Légion d’Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, he has been living in Provence with his wife, Jennie, for twenty years.
Paris Bon Appetit: Shops, Bistros, Restaurants by Pierre Rival and Christian Sarramon
Provence: Lasting Impressions by Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett
Cooper's Promise by Timothy Jay Smith - Timothy Jay Smith is a novelist and screenwriter who has won numerous awards, including the Paris Prize for Fiction, the Stanley Drama Award, and Grand Prize in several international competitions for his screenplay adaptation of COOPER'S PROMISE (Owl Canyon Press, 2012). He is the founder of Kosmos Films and the executive producer of a web- based comedy series. Tim and his partner split their time between Paris, Greece, and Miami Beach.
UQ11: Dawn's Improbability by Jean Lamore - Writing in both English and French, Jean Lamore is the author of works in fiction and essays on the intersection of culture, politics and science, and edits the cultural magazine Mamba. His works include Tideworks, L’Homme-Feu, The Kite, Poison Ivy,Sunstorm, and Diario del Polisario. AKA is his first book published in English
Treasure of Saint Lazare by John Pearce - John Pearce first became interested in the Nazis' looted art when working as a journalist in Washington and Europe, covering economic affairs for The Associated Press and the International Herald Tribune. Now and then he'd find a story about long-lost art and he kept files that turned out to be useful in developing the plot of Treasure of Saint-Lazare.
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay - From Tatiana de Rosnay, the New York Times bestselling author of Sarah’s Key and A Secret Kept, comes The House I Loved, an absorbing new novel about one woman’s resistance during an époque that shook Paris to its very core
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New interviews with Paris writers
Interview with Guillaume Serina, author of Obama, face aux 9 plaies de l’Amérique
Richard Grant, author of God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre, talks with Dominique Godrèche,
Janet Hulstrand, educator, author, and founder of Writing from the Heart offered in Essoyes, France talks with journalist Pamela Leavy on teaching, coaching and the writer's craft
Stephen Clarke on French history, Paris bookshops and Paul West's debt to DSK
Graphic designer Lydia D'moch on creating an original book cover
Workshops in Paris
Write In Mondays at WICE: November 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10, 17 Weekly Write-Ins where you can join other committed writers Host: Kate Kemp-Griffin is the Creative Writing Program Director at WICE For more information or to register, click here.
WICE Flash Non-Fiction Class: Narrative, Voice and Imagery under 1,000 words: Tuesdays November 13, 20, 27; December 4: For writers of all levels. In this workshop, we’ll begin by discussing flash non-fiction work, from more literary to journalistic pieces under 1,000 words - personal essays, monthly columns and more. Our discussions and discoveries will serve as departure points for our own explorations on the page. Instructor: Heather. For more information or to register for this course,click here.
Saturdays 5pm-7pm The Other Writers' Group: a drop-in feedback writing & readers’ workshop. Writers! Bring 6 copies of your story, poems, etc to get feedback (up to about 10 mins reading time for prose, max 2 or 3 pages of poetry) Readers! Come & listen, give your reaction & join in the discussion. Meets: upstairs at Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de le Bucherie, Metro St Michel or Maubert Mutualite. Fee; 5 euros a meeting. For more info: http://spokenwordparis.com/the-other-writers-group/ Salons in Paris:
*REGISTRATION OPEN on the Paris literary salon website* Fall dates below: November 23-25th Short Stories (Cheever & Carver) and To be Determined.... (Bible selections? Woolf? D. H Lawrence? Looking for suggestions...
Calls for Submissions
(From Geneva!) Submissions are open for Offshoots 12. The guidelines for submissions are posted on our website. Please remember that to submit, we ask that you be active members (2012-13).
Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition, closing date 31 January 2013, www.kentandsussexpoetry.com
Michael Hulse, our guest poetry instructor 2011, welcomes submissions to The Warwick Review, a quarterly magazine of new writing, published by the Depart of English at the University of Warwick. For enquiries, [email protected]
For more poetry submissions (or other submissions and contests), check last issue of Poets & Writers, www.pw.org/classifieds
VERSAL, Amsterdam call for work!! ''Amsterdam's acclaimed literary & arts journal, Versal, is now reading for its 11th edition. Its editors are looking for excellent prose, poetry, art and the inbetween.'' Guidelines http://www.versaljournal.org/guidelines A $2 submission fee applies, or submit for free between October 1 and October 7, 2012. For a close look at Versal's tastes, purchase the current no. 10 or a back issue: http://www.versaljournal.org/order. Pre-order Versal 11 when you submit and we’ll waive the submission fee. The deadline for submissions to Versal 11 is January 15, 2013. Read some recent press about Versal here: http://ht.ly/dUI1T and here: http://www.thereviewreview.net/interviews/my-job-editor-be-one-half-relationship-writers
SAND JOURNAL Issue 7 Sneak Sneak Peek / Call for submissions Accepting prose, poetry, and artwork/photography submissions at [email protected] (check our website – www.sandjournal.com for complete guidelines). Our deadline for the next issue is December 15th.'' Ten Minute Play Competition 2013 – English Theatre Berlin http://www.etberlin.de/ten-minute-plays-mainmenu-44 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 12th 2012. ANNOUNCEMENT of the five winners: JANUARY 21st 2013. PERFORMANCES of the five winners: March 2013.
THE LAB at English Theatre Berlin: ''... accepts submissions of new plays and performance pieces for the MADE IN BERLIN program year-round. The only formal requirements are that the work is in English, the submitting artist is based in Berlin and that it has not previously been presented in public. The LAB team will evaluate submissions on an ongoing basis as they are received and attempt to provide a response within thirty days. To submit your work, please send an email with your play or performance piece, a synopsis and character breakdown and your CV to [email protected]. Daniel Brunet & Tom Strauss, LAB Curators Glen Sheppard & Annie Last, LAB Associates'' See www.etberlin.de for more info.
