This month, news from Marilyn Hacker, Douglas Kennedy, Harriet Rochefort, Cécile David-Weill, Alfred Corn, Jennifer K. Dick, Will Inrig, Kate Noakes, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Dot Devota, Brandon Shimoda, Zachary Schomburg, Jenny Colgan , Roger Hoeberichts, Roderick Ford, Angela Bartie, Eleanor Bell, John Calder, Jim Haynes, Kate Stables, Lauren Elkin, Joanna Walsh,John Baxter, Victoria Zackheim, Thomas Gatus, Stephen Dau, Anne Marsella, Rosa Rankin-Gee, Gerald Fleming, Jeffrey Green, Harriet Lye, William Powers, and the Young Authors Fiction Festival. (update in progress, more to follow)
New interviews with Paris Writers
Stuart Nimmo on Perilous Moon, Occupied France 1944 The End Game
Berna Huebner, editor of I Remember Better When I Paint, on improving care for people with Alzheimer's
Peter Silverman, author of Leonardo's Lost Princess, on discovering a masterpiece
Barbara Navarro, author of Amazon Rainforest Magic, on the Yanomami, indigenous peoples and art
New Books
Hemingway's France: Images of the Lost Generation by Winston Conrad
The Suitors by Cécile David-Weill
The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France by John Baxter
Selected Literary Events in Paris
(for more events see the links on the right sidebar!)
March 1, 7 pm : an exceptional evening of poetry and discussion with Marilyn Hacker and Alfred Corn, two major American poets and translators. The event will be moderated by another highly accomplished poet and professor, Jennifer K. Dick. Will Inrig will be welcoming the Paris community. Refreshments will be served and books will be available for purchase. This event will be held at the American University of Paris: 7 p.m. in the Grand Salon, 31 avenue Bosquet, 75007.
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March 3 Sunday: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Open Reading @ La Générale |
A new reading series, the first Sunday of every month, in Sévres (Métro 9, Pont de Sévres) at the famous artists collective La Generale (directly on the other side of the bridge, next to the Musée de Ceramique) beginning at 6:30-7 p.m.
March 3 Sunday: 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Paris Lit Up Writing Workshop @ Shakespeare and Company Into the Light – join Kate Noakes for a themed writing workshop looking forward to lengthening days and banishing the dark.
March 4, 7 pm: John Baxter on The Perfect Meal @ Shakespeare and Company, Paris
March 7 Paris Lit Up Open Mic @ Culture Rapide Thursday: 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
March 10 7:30 pm: Thomas Gatus : "The Timely Death of Rudolph Bloc" (screenplay in English) @ Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris (métro Tuileries) Time : all readings start promptly at 7.30 pm
March 11, 7 pm: An evening of Oulipo with Lauren Elkin and Joanna Walsh @ Shakespeare and Company, Paris
Wednesday 13 March 2013 19:30 Evenings with an Author: William Powers, Hamlet's Blackberry @The American Library in Paris
Saturday 16 March 2013 11:00 - 13:00 Writing Workshop with Victoria Zackheim @The American Library in Paris
March 18, 7pm: International Writer's Conference Revisited: Edinburgh, 1962 editors Angela Bartie and Eleanor Bell talk with the original Conference organisers - pioneering publisher John Calder and seminal arts figure Jim Haynes - about their memories of the ground-breaking 1962 International Writers' Conference. @ Shakespeare and Company, Paris
March 18 7pm. THE BIG PARIS LAUNCH for Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K Dick and visit with local Montmartre artist Nassim Al-Amin in the lovely home-gallery space "Chez Grace". Lisa Pasold"s most recent book is ANY BRIGHT HORSE. Her first book of poetry WEAVE, was hailed as a masterpiece by Geist. Her second book of poetry, A BAD YEAR FOR JOURNALISTS, was nominated for an Alberta Book Award. The Globe and Mail called this new poetry collection "critical, darkly funny and painstakingly lyrical." Her debut novel,RATS OF LAS VEGAS, was described as "enticing as the lit-up Las Vegas strip and as satisfying as a winning hand at poker" by The Winnipeg Free Press. As a journalist, Lisa has published articles in newspapers and magazines such as The Globe and Mail, The Chicago Tribune, The National Post, Billboard Magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle. She has also written for guidebooks such as Fodor's, Time Out, and Michelin. Jennifer K Dick's books include "Fluorescence" (University of Georgia Press, 2004), "Circuits" (Corrupt Press, 2013) and the eBook "Enclosures" (BlazeVox eBooks, 2007) as well as 3 chapbooks (Betwixt from Corrupt Press, 2012, Tracery from Dusie Press, 2012 and Retina/Rétine from Esteppa editions, 2005) and inclusion in 6 anthologies--most recently 12x12: Conversations in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (Univ of IA Press). She is also the co-editor with Stephanie Schwerter of "Transmissibility and Cultural Transfer: Dimensions of Translation in the Humanities" (Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012) and a poetry editor for the Amsterdam-based lit mag VERSAL. For more, see Jennifer's blog ARTIST Bio forthcoming--There will be an expo by Nassim Al-Amin for the event and on March 16-17--check out the Chez Grace Meetup space for info on that. AT: chez Grace, 46 rue des Abesses, 75018, 3rd floor, FB event announcement at: https://www.facebook.com/events/382664958508080/
March 19 7:30 pm Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Dot Devota, Brandon Shimoda and Zachary Schomburg with translations into French of their works by Virginie Poitrasson, Jacques Rebotier, Paul and Martin Richet (tbc). The reading will take place at DELAVILLE cafe, 34 blvd Bonne Nouvelle, 75010 Paris, M° Bonne Nouvelle at 19h30 IVY WRITERS
March 19 Signing from 6-7pm, Reading from 7-8pm Jenny Colgan will present and sign her book THE LOVELIEST CHOCOLATE SHOP IN PARIS @ WH Smith (To RSVP, please send an email with your complete contact information to books(at)whsmith.fr with 'RSVP - Jenny Colgan Event' as the message's subject. You will NOT receive a confirmation, but your name will be added to our guest list.)
Wednesday 20 March 2013 19:30 Evenings with an Author: John Baxter, The Perfect Meal @The American Library in Paris
March 20, 3 pm: Children's Hour with Kate Stables. Music, rhythm and stories for kids: Bring your children (2-6 year-olds, siblings welcome too) to the library at Shakespeare and Company for an hour of music, songs and stories in English (for all nationalities, even those who don't speak English). Led by the magic Kate Stables, mum and singer/songwriter from This is the Kit, this lovely event is fast becoming an institution. There will be instruments to play and a lot of noise to make! Four euros donation appreciated. @ Shakespeare and Company, Paris
Friday 22 March 2013 19:00 - 21:00 Songwriting with Roger Hoeberichts @The American Library in Paris
March 22 7:30 pm Arts in Paris presents reading with authors Stephen Dau, Anne Marsella, Rosa Rankin-Gee; poets Gerald Fleming, Jeffrey Greene and editor/writer Harriet Lye. @ Martha’s Place, 26 rue du Chalet 75010 Porte Bronze
Saturday 23 March 2013 17:00 - 18:00 Teen Writing Group @The American Library in Paris
March 24 7:30pm : Roderick Ford : "Tenebrae" (stage play in English) @ Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris (métro Tuileries) Time : all readings start promptly at 7.30 pm
Tuesday 26 March 2013 19:30 Trends Shaping Education 2013 @The American Library in Paris
Thursday 28th March - 6-8pm Douglas Kennedy presents his new novel book Five Days on its publication date at WH Smith! Signing: 6-7pm. Presentation: 7-8pm. From 'the absolute master of love stories with heart-stopping twists' (The Times), FIVE DAYS is a compelling novel about how life can change with one brief encounter. Kindly RSVP on WH Smith's Facebook page or by emailing books(at)whsmith.fr.
MARCH 29, 2013 AT 6:30 PM Harriet Welty Rochefort, author of three books about the French, will speak to us about her latest work, JOIE DE VIVRE : Secrets of Wining, Dining, and Romancing like the French. PAN Book Talk Paris 7Free for PAN members, 5€ for non-members To sign up please contact Mary Ann Rivet at [email protected] .
Call for submissions
Fiction Open. First place: $2,500 and publication in Glimmer Train. Deadline: March 31.Open to all writers. Any story that has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in a print publication is welcome. Winners and finalists will be announced in the June 1 bulletin, and contacted directly one week earlier. Complete writing guidelines.
Monday 01 April 2013 - 2013 Young Authors Fiction Festival - Deadline for submissions
