This November, news from Paris writers Peter Gumbel, Chantal Bizzini, Tom Parker, Samantha Chang, David Siefkin, David Downie, Kaaren Kitchell, Jane Augustine, Megan Fernandes, Michael Heller, Nina Zivancevic, Roger Goldsmith, Marilyn Kallet, Jeanette Winterson, Marilyne Hacker, Paris Lit Up, Moving Parts, Shakespeare and Company, Berkeley Books, the American Library in Paris, Culture Rapide, Spoken Word, WICE, the Irish Cultural Center, Maison de la Poésie, Dear Conjuctions, and more (update ongoing...)
NEWS:
Shakespeare and Company café opens! With tasty pastries and giant glass windows facing the Notre Dame Cathedral, this is the best new coffee place in Paris! And it's right next to the venerable bookstore - bravo!
France announces top literary prizes! Goncourt to Mathias Enard for Boussole! Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française to two books, Les Prépondérants by Héddi Kadour and 2084 by Boualem Sansal!
NANOWRIMO started on Nov 1st. Good luck to all you participating writers! (Curious about what it's like: see Coffee to Float a Book: a Writer Reflects on National Novel Writing Month by Mary Ellen Gallagher)
New PWN author interview of David Downie, author of A Passion for Paris, by Kaaren Kitchell !
JAILED: Stephan Templ, the Austrian author of the groundbreaking expose "Our Vienna: Aryanization Austrian Style" is still in jail on charges that appear to have been invented just for him by the Austrian authorities. German language newspapers report that the writer was punched in the face and subjected to invasive physical exams in Simmerling, the Austrian prison where he is incarcerated. Austria has had a lot of trouble digesting its Nazi past - and was even boycotted by the EU for including Jorg Haider's far far right FPO in its government in 2000 - but this is the first time since 1945 that it's jailed a journalist and Holocaust claimant.Writers, bloggers, journalists, help free Stephan Templ. Contact me for more information.
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LITERARY EVENTS IN PARIS
OPEN MIC MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS IN PARIS
Every Monday: from 8pm: SPOKEN WORD PARIS Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. Check out weekly themes and guest author info: http://spokenwordparis.org/
Every Thursday from 7:30pm Paris Lit Up Open mike nights weekly at Culture Rapide, At: 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/
3 NOV 7:30 pm Evenings with an Author: Peter Gumbel, Navigating through the French school system (without drowning)
@ American Library in Paris
3 NOV 7:30 PM Poets Live presents: Jane Augustine, Megan Fernandes, Michael Heller and Nina Zivancevic @ · Berkeley Books of Paris · Paris
4 novembre 2015 - 19H00 STEFAN HERTMANS & PHILIPPE CLAUDEL Rencontre animée par Margot Dijkgraaf Rencontre
+INFOS RÉSERVER @ Maison de la Poésie
5 NOVEMBER 2015, 7:00 PM Jeanette Winterson on The Gap of Time @ Shakespeare and Company
7 NOV 3pm Cara Black to sign books @WH Smith
8 Nov. at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Andrew Auerbach "The Secret House" (stage) Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est
9 November 2015, 7:00 pm Poetry with Marilyn Hacker and Karthika Nair @ Shakespeare and Company
10 NOV 7:30 pm Evenings with an author: Wendell Steavenson, Circling the Square, Stories from the Egyptian Revolution @ American Library in Paris
13 Nov. at 7pm "Love Letters" by A.R. Gurney. Performed in English by Dear Conjunctions. Melissa & Andrew sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards, in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes & ambitions, dreams & disappointments, victories & defeats, that have passed between them throughout their separated lives. Wonderful. Go see it. Précisez Words Alive O pour bénéficier du tarif Words Alive O Amis. AT: Theatre Nesle, 8, rue de Nesle 75006 Paris. map Reservatios : 01 46 34 61 04.
17 Nov 7:30pm 19:30- Evenings with an Author: Lan Samantha Chang on The Great Gatsby @ American Library in Paris
17 November: 19h30 Ivy Writers Paris bilingual reading with Chantal Bizzini and Marilyn Kallet. For more see our blog: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.fr/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/101898279922603/ and https://www.facebook.com/ivywritersparis?fref=ts At : Delaville Café (au 1er étage) 34 bvd bonne nouvelle 75010 Paris M° Bonne nouvelle (ligne 8 ou 9)
18 NOV 10am-12:00 Wikipedia writing workshop with David Siefkin (part 3 of 4) @ American Library in Paris
18 November 7:30pm (WEDS NIGHT!) Korean-American Author Myung Mi Kim reads for Ivy Writers Paris. She will read in English and new translations (first translations!) of her work by Abigail Lang will be presented in French. Her collection of poems Under Flag (1991) won the Multicultural Publishers Exchange Award of Merit; subsequent collections include The Bounty (1996), DURA (1999), Commons (2002), River Antes (2006), and Penury (2009). To read the full Poetry Foundation bio: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/myung-mi-
See Ivy FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/101898279922603/ and « community » page on FB https://www.facebook.com/ivywritersparis?fref=ts details:http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.fr/
22nd Nov. at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Roger Goldsmith "Grey Matters" (stage) Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est
24 – 25 Nov 7.30pm, Theater at Irish Cultural Center: Rough Magic presents “How to Keep an Alien” €7 (€5 for students and unemployed), reservation recommended, in English approx.: 75 mins Written by Sonya Kelly Directed by Gina Moxley Performed by Sonya Kelly and Justin Murphy Following her delightful performance of The Wheelchair on my Face in 2012, Sonya Kelly returns to the CCI with a tearfully funny, tender memoir about securing an Irish visa for her Australian partner. They met. They fell in love. Now all they have to do is prove it to the government beyond any reasonable doubt. Winner Best Production (Tiger Dublin Fringe 2014) AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.comwww.centreculturelirlandais.com
24/11-12/12 (Date de la soirée WordsO à confirmer) "Handspring Puppet Co./William Kentridge. Ubu and the Truth Commission" Director William Kentridge. Nous irons voir cette pièce jouée en anglais la date sera confirmé. (surtitres français). Si vous souhaitez venir avec nous, confirmer par email à wordsaliveo@gmail.com Grande Halle de la Villette M° Porte de Pantin accès
25 NOV 7:30 pm- Evenings with an Author: Tom Parker, Tasting Terroir @ American Library in Paris
27 Nov. 7pm "Love Letters" by A.R. Gurney. Performed in English by Dear Conjunctions. Melissa & Andrew sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards, in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes & ambitions, dreams & disappointments, victories & defeats, that have passed between them throughout their separated lives. Wonderful. Go see it. Précisez Words Alive O pour bénéficier du tarif Words Alive O Amis. AT: Theatre Nesle, 8, rue de Nesle 75006 Paris. map Reservatios : 01 46 34 61 04.
29th Nov à 15h30 play in English, which you can attend at a special WordsAlive rate: "The Ventriloquists Convention" (1h40) Directed by Gisèle Vienne, Dennis Cooper & Puppentheatre Halle. The Ventriloquists Convention est une reconstitution fictionnelle d’une rencontre internationale de ventriloques, qui a lieu tous les ans, dans le Kentucky. En anglais. Surtitres français. Si vous souhaiteriez venir avec nous, veuillez confirmer nom et nombre de billets à wordsaliveo@gmail.com Billets à 15 euros (Aussi possible adhésion à 15 euros et puis billets à 10 euros pour toute la saison. Contactez wordsaliveo@gmail.com pour les modalités d'adhésion). At : Théâtre Nanterre. (Il est possible d'assister à "The Ventriloquists Convention" aux autres dates aussi 27/11 au 4/12 en réservant en avance directement au théâtre 01 46 14 70 00 (précisez Words Alive O pour bénéficier du tarif à 15 euros).
NEW PUBLICATIONS!
The thirteenth volume of Offshoots, the biennial literary anthology of the Geneva Writers’ Group, was launched at Webster University! With 54 contributors from some 20 countries on six continents, this volume celebrates the rich diversity of human experience.
LINKS TO WRITING WORKSHOPS IN PARIS
- NEW! Write-in Paris (WIP) with Sion Dayson: Communal scribble sessions in a cozy environment. Each weekly meeting offers 2 hours of dedicated writing time + 30 minutes of discussion. A great way to focus on your work in the company of creative people. Daytime WIP: Mondays, 3-5:30 pm. Evening WIP, Thursdays, 7-9:30 pm. Upcoming sessions: 2-week vacances scolaire special (25 euros) and 6-week session starting early November (90 euros). Tea and water provided. Contact Sion Dayson at sdayson@yahoo.com to sign up!
- Acting classes with the Bilingual Acting Workshop in Paris
Poetry workshop with Marilyn Kallet In 2005, she was inducted into the East Tennessee Literary Hall of Fame in poetry. She has performed her work on campuses and in theaters across the United States, as well as in Poland and in Auvillar, France, where she leads a poetry workshop each spring for VCCA-France. For information about the workshop: http://www.vcca.com/main/node/572. For more about her work:http://marilynkallet.com/
- Paris Lit Up Drop in Writing Workshops: Sat 15-17h. see ParisLitUp for details on what to bring and how. (upstairs at L’Autre Café, 62 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud).
The Language of Fiction: 10, 17 & 24 Nov
The Migrant Soul: 12, 19 & 26 Nov
Write In: 6, 13, 20 & 27 Nov. & 4 Dec
