This month, news from Jon Delogu, Alexander Maksik, Andrew Auerbach, Selden Edwards, Mary Louise Roberts, Justin E. H. Smith, Meg Bortin, Gary and Beth Hoover, Peter May, the Young Authors Fiction Festival, and the Geneva Writers Conference, as well as calls for submissions from PLU Magazine, and the Mature Women’s Guide to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!
NEWS
SELECTED LITERARY EVENTS IN PARIS (update ongoing)
(For most recent updates see Paris Writers Events links on right hand side and Jen Dick's excellent Paris Readings and Events)
Recurrent events
Open Mic poetry Mondays and Thursdays! Check out Paris Lit Up for details!
Weekly drop in Writing Workshop on Saturdays! Check out Paris Lit Up for details!
Sunday, 12th January 2014 at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay by Gary & Beth Hoover SATISFYING ALICE In this witty sex comedy, three disfunctional thirtysomethings come to find they’re all being treated by the same sex surrogate. Orgasm-challenged Alice, clueless live-in boyfriend James, and the bi-curious Geoff spend a long weekend hopping in and out of bed with the enigmatic Carole, whose unorthodox therapy brings their "pas de trois" to a satisfying close. With ZACK BUELL, MICHAEL MARICONDI, CLARA KUNDIN, PHILIPPINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY AT Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro : Tuileries
Wednesday 15 January | 19h30 Alexander Maksik tracks the haunting story of a survivor of Charles Taylor's Liberia in A Marker to Measure Drift. AT The American Library in Paris
Tuesday 21 January | 19h30 Justin E. H. Smith - Immigrants and expatriates
Professor Justin E. H. Smith will expand on his recent opinion piece in The New York Times about immigration in France. AT The American Library in Paris
Tuesday 21 January | 19h00 Reading and Q & A with Author Meg Bortin
The AUP Creative Writing Club is pleased to announce a Reading and Q & A with Author Meg Bortin, who will be discussing her new novel, Desperate to be a Housewife. The discussion will be moderated by AUP’s Writer-in-Residence Andrew Davidson, to be followed by a book signing and reception! (See our interview with Meg Bortin here) AT American University of Paris, Grand Salon, 31 ave Bosquet 75007
26th January 2014 at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay by Andrew Auerbach MENTAL AT Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro : Tuileries
Tuesday 28 January | 19h30 Selden Edwards will speak about both The Little Book and its sequel The Lost Prince. AT The American Library in Paris
Wednesday 29 January | 19h30 Mary Louise Roberts explores the unblinking truth about U.S. soldiers and sexual predation during WWII in What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France.
AT The American Library in Paris
Wednesday 22nd January 2014 Peter May will present and sign his latest novel ENTRY ISLAND. Signing 6-7pm Presentation 7-8pm. Kindly RSVP on our Facebook page or by emailing books(at) whsmith.fr.
