01 December 2006

DECEMBER 2006 & JANUARY 2007 readings!!!

HELLO ALL!
Sorry about the November absence, but here is December 2006 list, PACKED Poetry month before everyone skedaddles for vacation time, but don’t miss readings with:
** Upstairs at Duroc (11 Dec, launching Michelle Noteboom’s & Sandy Florian’s books!) at Berkeley Books (1st reading event in this great store!!!)
**IVY the 12th (with Vanina Maestri & Sandy Florian) at Les Voutes
**Marilyn Hacker the 5th Dec at Red Wheelbarrow
**Kerry Hardie reading from her highly recommended NOVEL the 7th at Village Voice!
**See Live Poets the 16th
**NEW: Playreading series once-a-month Mondays, 4th Dec for start!
**Don’t miss other PLAYS read via Moving Parts, the 3rd, 17th, etc.
**American Library events are back, esp in January, so stop in to see ‘em!!!
**& YOU READ 4th and 18th Dec with Kerouac Spoken Word Open Mic Nights!

Finally, don’t miss the opportunity to submit to many presses and Magazines, but most importantly to the EXCITING ANNUAL DECEMBER FICTION CONTEST and READING at/for ABBEY BOOKS—get your 2006max-length-words stories in by 9 December (see under listings by date) and then come and hear others (and maybe you?) read the 13th!!!!

FUTURE GLIMPSE: I am thrilled to mention that January will see LYN HEJINIAN with Virginie Poitrasson reading in Paris for IVY (the 30th) and for Double Change (in ile de France area), so please set your schedules for that!!!!

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List Order:
Part I: Readings (w/asterisks) & Other Events in order of date for December 2006 Part II: Writing Workshops & Courses to sign up for, listed by start date
Part III: Reviews News & New Reviews: calls for work, new books, etc!

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PART I: READINGS & EVENTS in DEC 2006 + January 2007
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*1 décembre 20h Lecture des Cahiers de la guerre à Paris A l'occasion de la parution des Cahiers de la guerre et autres textes de Marguerite Duras , Michaël Lonsdale et Agnès Sourdillon en liront des extraits le vendredi 1er décembre 2006 à 20h à Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris. Rés : 06 12 72 55 36 Participation aux frais : 10 euros, étudiants 5 euros (caisse ouverte à partir de 19h15 à la librairie Tschann, 125 Bd du Montparnasse, 75006 Paris)
www.textes-et-voix.asso.fr

1st Dec--Nutcracker in a Nutshell – A Dance Workshop for Kids 5+ AT : American Library in Paris, 10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire, Alma-Marceau, RER C Pont d'Alma Bus: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87 and 92 For more information, please call 01 53 59 12 60 ; e-mail communication@americanlibraryinparis.org www.americanlibraryinparis.org

1 DEC-21h30 - 2h Elvis homage eve : , with DJ Whistle Punk who vous fait vivre l'instant magique de ce jour-là à Memphis en vous offrant aussila possibilité de renifler tous les ingrédients de la jambalaya musicale de laquelle ce moment est sorti. Venez goûter l'histoire du rock n roll. Vous ferez votre mère fière de vous ! AT : Mange Disque, 58 rue de la fontaine au roi, Metro: Goncourt Co-sponsored by www.TakeOnParis.com

2nd Dec--Janet McDonald – Project Girl for Teens 12+ AT : American Library in Paris, 10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire, Alma-Marceau, RER C Pont d'Alma Bus: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87 and 92 For more information, please call 01 53 59 12 60 ; e-mail communication@americanlibraryinparis.org www.americanlibraryinparis.org

*3rd Dec at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Kenneth Hickey "The Rose" AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries www.scamparis.com or movingparts@wanadoo.fr for mailings + Info with StephanieCampion on : 06 14 67 18 58

**3 Dec 18h30. Thirza Vallois, Author, Expert On Paris reads & discusses: Paris: Contradictions, Myths, Charm with PARIS SOIREES. A unique opportunity to hear author Thirza Vallois at the Galerie Vivienne as this week we will discover the second arrondisement together. We will meet in the famous, histoirc, enclosed arcade: Galerie Vivienne (near the Bourse). Our dinner will take place at art gallery: Galerie Martine Moisan inside the enclosed arcade. For directions, email Patricia or call her (details listed below). The entrance to Galerie Vivienne is at 5 rue de La Banque. Other Paris soirees this month: + 10, 17, 24, 31 Dec! PARIS SOIREES take place every Sunday and Wednesday evening with cocktails, dinner and discussion, many with writers and artists, others for business encounters. Contact to get on listing: Patricia Laplante-Collins, 13, rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris, France, Tel: (33) 1 43 26 12 88 Email: parissoirees@hotmail.com or see their site ! http://www.parissoirees.com

Jusqu'au 3 décembre : Exposition de photos d'HÉLÈNE EPAUD, "Tamponnées". "Une série étonnante et colorée, l'exploration d'un objet féminin et inattendu. Tout ce qui coupe, fend, coud est là, tout ce qui maquille aussi : un défilé de peits dandys fin prêts pour la parade en s'amusant au catalogue des vanités". C'est drôle et poétique, surprenant. Une exposition sélectionnée pour le Mois de la Photo-Off. Hélène Epaud est présente tous les dimanches aux heures d'ouverture de la librairie. à la librairie Violette and Co 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

***4 Dec—7:30pm. Remember the play readings in English at the Café de Flore? See them in a different guise and at a NEW VENUE venue starting Monday December 4th. The readings are going to kick off with Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler". Next: Readings to be held every first Monday of the month (except January 8th 2007) & Peggy Smithheart and Damian Corcoran are keen to hear from actors interested in performing in these rehearsed readings as well as potential directors to cast and rehearse selected plays. AT: Le Pavé d'Orsay, 48 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris, Metro Rue du Bac. You can contact Peggy on 0664350561 or Damian on 0613213658

*4th Dec—from 9pm ON! Kerouac open mic poetry COME AND Read YOUR writing! Monday Kerouac - fortnightly spoken word open mic poetry night. Poets wanted for downstairs backroom to burn burn burn like fabulous Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... Organized by David Barnes. Underground AT: The Lizard Lounge, 18 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, Metro Hotel de Ville. Go downstairs, then to the left roung the corner into the back room past the middle room.Free.

*4 décembre 19h : Christine Montalbetti à propos de Samuel Beckett Soirée "Beckett/permanence" organisée par la Maison des écrivains et New York University. Présentation, par Sylvie Gouttebaron et Tom Bishop. Lecture, par Marie-France Pisier. Conférence "Le voisin de zéro", par Hélène Cixous. Dialogue avec Christine Montalbetti ( Western ) et Pierre Parlant. Lecture, par Michael Lonsdale. à la Sorbonne, amphithéâtre Richelieu, 17 rue de la Sorbonne 75005 Paris.

**5 dec 19h--Marilyn Hacker, lecture & signature of ESSAYS ON DEPARTURE, New and Selected Poems, 1980-2005, Carcanet Press, 2006. Marilyn is familiar to most of you, but for anyone who is not familiar with her writing, she is the author of over a half-dozen collections of poetry as well as the translator from the French of a collection of short stories by Vénus Khory-Gata and poetry by numerous French and francophone authors, including numerous collections by Claire Malroux. Samples of her work can be spotted online to give you a hint of what pleasures await you at this reading!!!! AT: Red Wheelbarrow, 22 rue St-Paul, metro St-Paul, Bastille or Sully-Morland.

**5 décembre 2006 à 19h30 : L'Ecole nationale supérieure de création industrielle Emmanuel Fessy, directeur et la Maison des écrivains présentent : translations #1 lectures sonorisées AVEC : Emmanuel Adely : édition limitée, Jérôme Mauche : l’atelier des anciens et avec les élèves du studio son de Roland Cahen David Hanriot-Colin - Jane Park - Alessia Genova - Svetlana Bogomolova, Benjamin WULF - Aurélie Eckenschwiller – Christophe Dubois - Géraldine de Beco. translations est une résidence d’écrivains menée au sein de l'E.N.S.C.I. / Les Ateliers en collaboration avec le programme « Le Temps des écrivains à l’Université et dans les grandes écoles » de la Maison des écrivains AT : Ensci/Les Ateliers : 48 rue Saint-Sabin 75011 Paris 01 49 23 12 57 - 06 64 91 85 12 Métro : Bréguet-Sabin

**5 déc 20h30 : Charles Juliet à la Maison de la Poésie A l'occasion de la parution de L'Opulence de la nuit et de la mise en scène de Lambeaux , rencontre avec Charles Juliet à la Maison de la Poésie de Paris dans la salle Pierre-Seghers. Lectures conversation ; rencontre. Entrée libre
Réservation indispensable au 01 44 54 52 00 Maison de la Poésie de Paris, Passage Molière 157 rue St Martin 75003 PARIS www.maisondelapoesieparis.com

6 décembre à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition de photos de CHRISTELLE VINCENT-POUPIN : "Près de moi". A travers trois séries, cette exposition explore la relation à l'être aimé dans sa dimension intime. (exposition jusqu'au 31 décembre) à la librairie Violette and Co 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

6 Dec 18h30. + 13, 20, 27 Dec: PARIS SOIREES take place every Sunday and Wednesday evening with cocktails, dinner and discussion, many with writers and artists, others for business encounters. Contact to get on listing: Patricia Laplante-Collins,13, rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris, France, Tel: (33) 1 43 26 12 88 Email: parissoirees@hotmail.com or see their site ! http://www.parissoirees.com

**7th Dec at 7 pm The Irish poet and novelist Kerry Hardie presents her new novel The Bird Woman A gripping and engrossing novel about the Troubles in Ireland, a novel which tells the story of a woman torn between two cultures and even two countries, Northern Ireland, her native country and The Republic of Ireland, her adopted one.It is also a novel about the evolution of Ireland on both sides of what was once a bloody border and what has now become almost a symbolic one.It is also a story about love, commitment to art and a subtle examination of a woman's healing gift.' The Bird Woman is a haunting, richly observed, beautifully written novel about a highly contemporary dilemna' AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com

**7 déc à 21h30 Follow your listening at Village Voice with some Poetry & Jazz (in English, French, etc)! An Evening of Poetry and Jazz at the Swan Bar Poet Heather Hartley and the Chris McDonald Quartet will perform poems by Boris Vian, Jessica Care Moore, Frank O’Hara, Allen Ginsberg, as well as original works. Jazz and poetry at the Swan Bar, 165, boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris 75006 Métro Vavin, Raspail, Port Royal. Entree 10 euros. AT: Swan Bar, 165, boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006 Métro Vavin, Raspail, Port Royal(conso obligatoire)'la musique de jazz, c'est une insouciance accélérée . . .'Francoise Sagan

**7 decembre à 19h, Lecture au Musée Zadkine : Albane Prouvost Albane Prouvost est l’auteur du recueil Ne tirez pas camarades, Unes, 1995.En écho à sa démarche où la rigueur poétique s’allie au lyrisme, Albane Prouvost a choisi aussi de lire des textes de Victor Chlovski, Nadjeda Mandelstam et Svetlana Alexievitch, autant de vie et d’écriture qui s’inscrivent dans l’histoire tragique de l’Union soviétique.Victor Chlovski fut membre du groupe des formalistes russes. Proche des futuristes, il est aussi l’auteur d’essais Théorie de la prose, Résurrection du mot comme de romans Zoo, Voyage sentimental, La Marche du cheval.Nadjeda Mandelstam (1899-1980) fut l’épouse du poète Ossip Mandelstam, et comme lui, persécutée par le régime stalinien. On lui doit, outre des correspondances avec Chamalov ou Soljenitsyne, une trilogie autobiographique : Contre tout espoir. Svetlana Alexievitch (1948) est journaliste et écrivain. Son livre le plus fameux est Les cercueils de zinc (1989) consacré à l’invasion soviétique de l’Afghanistan. Elle est aussi l’auteur d’une enquête à propos de Tchernobyl La Supplication (1998).Entrée libre AT : Musée Zadkine 100 bis rue d’Assas 76006 Paris Tél : 01 55 42 77 20 Fax : 01 40 46 84 27 http://paris.fr/musees/zadkine M Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Vavin RER B Port-Royal Bus 38, 82, 83, 91

**7 déc 18h et 20h : Liliane Giraudon à Paris A l'occasion d'une soirée en hommage de Robert Walser intitulée « Mon Walser et moi » qui aura lieu au Centre Culturel Suisse le jeudi 7 décembre 2006 à partir de 18h, l'actrice Myrto Procopiou lira Mon Walser de Liliane Giraudon .
A 20h, Liliane Giraudon (Greffe de spectres ) participera à une table ronde en compagnie de Jurg Amann, Pierre Assouline, Fleur Jaeggy, Antonin Moeri et Enrique Vila-Matas. Salle de spectacle/entrée libre AT : Centre Culturel Suisse, 32 et 38 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75003 Paris. Tel : 01 42 71 44 50

**7 déc à 18 h 30 IN MARSEILLE : Autres et Pareils présente Le Mot et le Reste exposition : Yves Jolivet + lecture : Joseph Mouton, Olivier Domerg AT : Librairie-Galerie Katia Imbernon, Unité d'habitation Le Corbusier - 280 bd Michelet, Le Corbusier - 3ème rue - Marseille

8, 15, 22 Dec--6:30 PM Meetings every Friday! PARIS POETRY CIRCLE. 15th year and still going strong! Around biscuits and tea, we read and discuss poems, the best we know or can find. Some of us write and these receive special attention. Anything goes, but ideally we want to read true, sweet, serious poems that take us forward, help us understand. Intelligent conversation, some fellowship, no showing off… it’s a good way to spend a Friday evening in this dry world. Come and join us, but please ring before to let us know! You don’t have to talk or bring poems. AT: 65 rue Pascal, 75013 PARIS Métro: LES GOBELINS or GLACIÈRE chez Dr. NAGPAL, in a pretty courtyard, ground floor left. Plaque to indicate. Tel: 01.47.07.55.28 Email: nagpal@nip.com.fr

**8 décembre à 19h : Rencontre avec CLÉMENTINE AUTAIN et ANNE DELABRE pour la parution de Clémentine Autain, portrait (Danger Public). "Je mesure mes handicaps : je suis jeune, je suis femme et je suis blonde." Adjointe à la jeunesse du Maire de Paris, Clémentine Autain désire incarner la relève politique et représenter une jeunesse en révolte. Un portrait étonnant dressé par Anne Delabre, journaliste, qui a aussi publié Paris Gayment (Parigramme). à la librairie Violette and Co 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

9 Dec: Submission DEADLINE! 7:00 pm, by post or hand to Abbey Bookshop, 29, rue de la Parcheminerie 75005 Paris (RER B/C/M4) St Michel (M10) Cluny la Sorbonne. 5th Annual Abbey Bookshop Short Story contest! Good Luck! The contest is open to anyone! Even though the contest is just before Christmas, there is no particular designated theme, we only ask that the story not be inappropriate for reading at the Christmas party. Conditions: English or French or combo of both. Max 2006 words. 1 submission per person. Story not previously published b/c winner agrees to allow Abbey Bookshop/ Canadian Club 1st publication of story. INCLUDE: Cover page w: 1) writer’s name, 2) address 3) tel. numbers + 4) Title of the story. NOTE: the author’s name must not appear on the story itself. 2 judges review submissions, pick a winner, & select other entries to be read Dec 14th. The author of winning story + people’s choice prize on night of reading will be awarded a 100e gift certificate to Abbey Bookshop!

9 Dec 3:00pm-6:00pm Booksigning with David Downie and Alison Harris! Join David Downie and Alison Harris as they share their 10-year journey in creating Paris, Paris, Journey into the City of Light, a collection of thirty essays by Downie, accompanied by thirty b&w photos by Alison. These evocative, original reflections on the Paris Downie has called home for 20 years offer a fresh view - and memorable insights - into the City of Light for newcomers, visitors and long-time residents alike. Be sure to ask Downie and Harris about their decade-long adventure walking across France to the Pyrenees, primarily on old pilgrimage routes! AT: Red Wheelbarrow, 22 rue St-Paul, metro St-Paul, Bastille or Sully-Morland.

9th Dec—19h30 (?) Clotilde Noblet On The Brooklyn Bridge – meet the photographer AT : American Library in Paris, 10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire, Alma-Marceau, RER C Pont d'Alma Bus: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87 and 92 For more information, please call 01 53 59 12 60 ; e-mail communication@americanlibraryinparis.org www.americanlibraryinparis.org

**10 Dec 4-6PM: A PARIS LITERARY SALON at Brentanos: Terrance Gelenter, founder/director of Paris Through Expatriate Eyes welcomes the author of LE DIVORCE and INTO A PARIS QUARTIER, the doyenne of expat letters, Diane Johnson and John Baxter, author of WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS for an informal Paris lovefest. Everything you ever wanted to know about Paris: where to shop, eat and sleep and what books to read from the thousands that have been written about her. Raffles of Paris-related goodies! So join us as we toast the City of Light. Seating is limited so please reserve early: Brentanos 01-4261-5250 or via email: Terrance@paris-expat.com Paris Through Expatriate Eyes The Ultimate Destination for All Things Parisian http://www.paris-expat.com AT : Brentanos, 37 Avenue de l'Opera, metro Pyramides.


***11 Dec--7 PM Berkeley Books of Paris and the Wice literary journal Upstairs at Duroc invite you to a reading by poets Michelle Noteboom and Sandy Florian. We will also be celebrating the Paris launch of both poets' first books. Michelle Noteboom won the 2006 Heartland Poetry Prize for her book Edging (Cracked Slab Books). Other work has appeared in Verse, Fence, Boston Review, Sentence, Columbia Review, and Gargoyle, among others. She's lived mainly in Paris since 1991, where she co-curates the Ivy Writers Reading Series, works as a freelance translator in the French audiovisual industry, and translates poetry. Sandy Florian earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Brown University, where she was the recipient of the Francis Mason Harris Award for the best manuscript by a woman. She also won the New Voices Sudden Fiction prize for 2003. She is is currently a doctoral candidate at the U of Denver. Her first book, Telescope, is published by Action Books, and a chapbook 32 Pedals and 47 Stops is forthcoming with Tarpaulin Sky Press. Her poetry and prose have appeared in national and international journals such as Bombay Gin, Versal, elimae, La Petite Zine and Gargoyle, among others. She will be reading 12 Dec as well, alongside French poet Vanina Maestri. AT: Berkeley Books of Paris, 8 rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, Metro Odeon.

**11th Dec 7pm: Reading at Shakespeare & Co by Charles Glass: reading from and signing copies of The Northern Front: A Wartime Diary and Alexandre Najjar reading from and signing copies of The School of War. GLASS was Chief Middle East Correspondent of ABC News from 1983 to 1998. In 1987, while writing his book Tribes with Flags, Hizbullah kidnapped him in Lebanon and held him until he escaped two months later. He is also the author of Money for Old Rope and The Tribes Triumphant. He writes regularly for The London Review of Books and The Independent. Najjar was born in Lebanon in 1967. He is considered to be one of the best Lebanese novelists of his generation, and has won many prizes, among them the Bourse de l’Ecrivain from the Fondation Hachette, the Prix de Poésie de la Ville de Paris, the Prix du Palais Littéraire, the Prix Littéraire de l’Asie, the France-Liban Prize and, most recently, the Amsterdam Prize. He is a lawyer and a literary critic, and lives in Paris and Beirut. AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. www.shakespeareco.org

**12 Dec at 7PM. IVY WRITERS with VANINA MAESTRI and SANDY FLORIAN. Venez écouter ces 2 poètes en anglais et en français!!! BIOS : Sandy Florian, author of Telescope (Action Books, 2006) and a forthcoming chapbook 32 Pedals and 47 Stops (Tarpaulin Sky Press), completed her MFA at Brown University, where she received the Francis Mason Harris Award for the best manuscript by a woman. Winner of the New Voices Sudden Fiction prize, 2003, she is is currently a Univ of Denver PhD candidate. Her poetry and prose have appeared in national and international journals such as Bombay Gin, Versal, elimae, La Petite Zine and Gargoyle,etc. She reads in Paris 11 Dec as well, alongside Michelle Noteboom. Vanina Maestri, is the author of Suppression des données (1999—ouvrage collectif), Vie et aventures de Norton (2002), and MOBILES (2005) all chez Al Dante publishers. She is known for her visuel work on the page as well as duo sound poetry performances. Maestri’s poems have also appeared in many reviews, such as Java, Fin, etc. IVY READING AT: Les Voutes St Honore, 99/101 rue St Honore, 75001 Paris, France. Metro: Louvre Rivoli. ivywritersparis@yahoo.com co-curated by Michelle Noteboom & Jennifer K Dick. Followed by a free Jazz concert! (FYI: January’s IVY event will be Lyn Hejinian, 30 Jan. 2007 with translations read by Virginie Poitrasson.)

**12 Dec :7pm at LOZERE : Dans le cadre des soirees autour de la poesie, Jen Bervin, poete et artiste plasticienne, propose une rencontre avec les eleves et les enseignants du departement le mardi 12 decembre 2006 de 18h a 19h30 dans l'amphi Becquerel. Elle presentera son oeuvre (en anglais), puis invitera les eleves a lire leurs propres poemes. J'espere que vous pourrez vous joindre a nous. note sur Jen Bervin: Jen Bervin est née en 1972. Poète et artiste plasticienne, elle enseigne à New York University. On compte parmi ses livres : A Non-Breaking Space (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2005), Nets (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2004), et Under What Is not Under (2001).

***13 Dec--8:00pm. Reading of Submissions and Awards evening at the Abbey Bookshop The attendees of the evening will have an opportunity to choose their favourite story: the author of this story, along with the author of the Judges’ selection, will be awarded a 100 euro gift certificate to the Abbey Bookshop, a nice pre-Christmas present. AT: the Abbey Bookshop, 29, rue de la Parcheminerie 75005 Paris (RER B/C/M4) St Michel (M10) Cluny la Sorbonne.

**15 décembre à 19h : Rencontre avec ILANA LÖWY sur son essai L'emprise du genre (La Dispute). Avec pour sous-titre Masculinité, féminité, inégalité, cet essai s'attache à comprendre comment la discrimination des sexes se reproduit dans les sociétés modernes. AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

** 16 Dec—9pm. LIVE PPOETS SOCIETY presents Damien Lennon from the UK with 2 other poets (TBA) Hope to see you there! Live Poets is the longest reading series in Paris, hosted by John Kliphan. AT: The Highlander Pub, 8 rue de Nevers, 75006 Paris, M°: Odeon, St Michel or Pont Neuf (plus a bridge crossing) Pub is under the archway. 5e entry.

16th Dec--ALP Holiday Party - for member families and kids 5+ AT : American Library in Paris, 10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire, Alma-Marceau, RER C Pont d'Alma Bus: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87 and 92 For more information, please call 01 53 59 12 60 ; e-mail communication@americanlibraryinparis.org www.americanlibraryinparis.org

*17th Dec at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Andrew MacIntyre "The Place Won't Be The Same Without You" AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries www.scamparis.com or movingparts@wanadoo.fr
for mailings + Info with Stephanie Campion on : 06 14 67 18 58

*18 Dec—7pm SHAKESPEARE & CO reading features A.F. Harrold and Melanie Challenger. Bio: A.F. Harrold is an English poet who works in both serious and silly veins. On the straight side he’s been compared with Liverpool poet Brian Patten, and on the performance side he’s something between John Hegley, John Cooper Clarke and Pam Ayres. He’s performed at Cheltenham Literature Festival, Reading Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, WOMAD, the Latitude Festival, the Camden Fringe, the Canadian Festival Of Spoken Word (Vancouver) among other places, and is regularly seen in poetry slams across the UK (he was a guest in 2005 at the Copenhagen Slam) and occasionally wins. He’s appeared on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 and BBC7 and is quite funny. AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. www.shakespeareco.org

***18 Dec—The Keroac Spoken word OPEN MIKE run by David Barnes at LIZARD LOUNGE invites British poet AF Harrold (see Sh&Co for further info on him!) to read as a feature to kick off the evening with YOU! Who is Harrold? See: http://uk.geocities.com/afharrold75/ The rest of the night is for YOU: Read YOUR writing! Poets wanted for downstairs backroom to burn burn burn like fabulous Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. Underground AT: The Lizard Lounge, 18 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, Metro Hotel de Ville. Go downstairs, then to the left round the corner into the back room past the middle room. Free!

*18 December Lay-down Date: VAN GOGH’S EAR: THE CELEBRITY EDITION, Edited, with introduction by Ian Ayres, Publisher: French Connection, First Edition, Illustrated, Format: Softcover, RRP: $19US, 280 pages, 0.14 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches, 24 illus., Genre: Anthology, ISBN 2-914853-07-6, Around the World in the English Language: a series of simultaneous date readings to launch the issue today. For info on the event close to you: http://www.frenchcx.com/index_en.html Next issue will be on LOVE, edited by Dawn Michelle Baude.



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PART II: CLASSES :
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For forthcoming SALONS discussing literature-- check in with Toby for topics for January & February 2007 schedules, & please send an email to receive the final Salon schedule to Toby Brothers at: literarysalon@wanadoo.fr

Other Writers' Group Saturday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 30th Dec BUT NOT THE 23rd!! 3-5pm: Meets upstairs at Shakespeare & Co. An informal, friendly place to get feedback on your creative writing. (Poetry or prose.) Bring something of your own & 5 copies. Or just come to listen & give your reaction – what worked, what didn’t, what moved you, what made you feel "yes, that’s just how it is…" " Any healthy man can go without food for two days, but not without poetry." - Charles Baudelaire AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. www.shakespeareco.org Also meets on Saturdays in January 2007 !!!!
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PART III: News REVIEWS and reviews NEWS
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NEW POETRY PRESS: Counterpath, bringing some of its writers to Paris next June, invites you to take a look at their website, read about their first FOUR collections of poetry soon to come out, and you may even check into ordering copies or submitting when they next call for work! SO, check out their new and newly updated website - with a guest-edited web journal (by Nancy Kuhl) and web gallery. Counterpath Press Publishers :Julie Carr and Tim Roberts. www.counterpathpress.org

SUBMIT!: GREEN MOUNTAINS REVIEW: 20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Literature of the American Apocalypse Green Mountains Review seeks poems, stories, and essays for our 20th anniversary double-issue on Literature of the American Apocalypse. Send literature, darkly comic or deadly serious, that centers on American dread, inspired by everything from the current Administration’s war on terror and war on privacy, to continuing threats of environmental degradation, nuclear annihilation, world-ravaging disease, corruptions of culture and language, takeover by clones and computers, natural disasters that some say are caused by global warming and others say are acts of an angry god, or whatever else can be imagined by an end-of-days mind. We will read submissions for this special issue until March 2007, with a projected publication date of May/June 2007. Payment: $20/page. Send submissions to Neil Shepard, 2051 Clay Hill, Johnson, VT 05656

SUBMIT critical work FOR: Autobiography and the Body: We are seeking essay abstracts for a proposed anthology of essays on any aspect of the role of the body in autobiography. In recent criticism of autobiography, the body has once again becoming central to discursive constructions of the self. The time is ripe for an essay collection on the significance, or insignificance, of the body in autobiography. Possible subjects include, but certainly are not limited to, classic autobiographies, slave narratives, women’s autobiography, the autobiography of disability and disease, autobiography and neurobiology, or autobiography and the body as racial signifier.Please submit electronically abstracts of no more than 750 words along with a brief CV to Dr. Christopher Stuart of the University of TN at Chattanooga at (or for more info: ) by January 1st, 2007.

READ--NOW OUT : Pick up a copy of « Bureau vertical / Onze pour Table” de Martin Richet (poète français et traducteur d’anglais), dessin de Philippe Hélénon (expo récent : Galerie Artcore / Johan Tamer-Morael, 40 rue de Richelieu, 75001 Paris, tel : 01 47 03 09 60 www.artcore.fr.) 8€, frais de port compris Adressez votre commande accompagnée de votre règlement par chèque à l'ordre de : Les Cahiers de la Seine, 183 rue Lecourbe, 75015 Paris

SUBMIT NOW!!!: 1913 Press announces NEW Deadlines for its two contests: The 1913 Prize: NEW Deadline is January 13, 2007 The Rozanova Prize: NEW Deadline is March 13, 2007 http://journal1913.org/prizes.html The 1913 Prize: for a selection (series/sequence) of work (25 pages max.) to be featured in 1913 a journal of forms with a critical introduction. (Submissions may be verbal, visual, or any combination.) Prize includes $100 + 2 copies of the journal. Entry fee: $10 ALL entrants will receive a copy of the journal. The Rozanova Prize: for a book-length work (Submissions may be verbal, visual, and/or collaborative.) Prize includes publication by 1913 Press, standard royalties, and 25 copies of the book.Entry fee: $20 ALL entrants will receive a copy of the winning book.

SUBMIT: to Atlanta Review will be publishing a special edition with a focus on German Poetry, forthcoming in 2008. As guest editor Mark Terrill will be looking for English translations of contemporary German poetry (preferably living poets), from middle-of-the-mainstream to outer-avant-garde. Send up to five translations, with originals, bio info, and permission to translate from poet or publisher, to Mark Terrill, Hafenstraße 37, 25712 Burg, Germany. Please include an email address for notification; manuscripts will not be returned. Or send as an e-mail with the poems pasted into the text. No attachments please. Deadline is June 31, 2007. Payment will be two contributors copies and author's discounts on extra copies and subscriptions.

PURCHASE & READ: a little bilingual livret that just came out by American in Paris author Roman Payne in its"1st Paris Edition" of an exclusive 100 copies. Some info on Roman and the chapbook at his site: http://www.romanpayne.com/news-items/08-06_paris-ed-basementtrains.htm
READ!: Press Lorentz announces the publication of Shin Yu Pai's "Love Hotel Poems" in a limited edition handbound artist's book. Included bound into this volume is also the work of Chicago book artist Ray Martin. Books will be available directly from the publisher at the Press Lorentz website and can be purchased with either check or credit card. (The book hasn't yet been added to the website, but you may contact the publisher via the website/email to place an order). View photos of the book here: http://makura-no-soshi.blogspot.com/2006/09/new-book.html#comments and purchase from www.presslorentz.com Shin Yu Pai will be in Paris this spring, so watch for opportunities to hear her read!!!

SUBMIT SHORT CRITICAL WORKS to: The St. John's University Humanities Review is seeking well written articles between 8-15 double spaced pages for publication in the journal. We are seeking papers with a wide range of topics and are especially looking for very specific topics that have not been written about extensively already. Contemporary allusions appreciated. Please email submissions to SJUHumanities@Gmail.com.

LIRE!:: Le numéro 9 de la revue Siècle 21 vient de paraître : il y est en particulier question des Littératures francophone et anglophone du Canada, de l’eau et de la peur. Née fin 2002, la revue Siècle 21 (semestrielle, 140/160 pages) "se fixe comme but d'aborder les grandes questions de société et les littératures mondiales à travers la vision des écrivains de tous les pays et de tous les temps" (éditorial du N° 1). Elle publie des textes littéraires français et étrangers, le plus souvent contemporains. Sont privilégiés les inédits ou les traductions en français inédites.

READ, SUBSCRIBE, SUBMIT!: "Bordercrossing Berlin | The English Language Literary Magazine". The debut issue of this beautifully-made, illustrated, 172-page publication brings for the first time to the attention of an interested German readership, as well as to the English speaking expat population, Berlin’s importance as a hot-bed of English language literary talent at the beginning of the 21st century. Publishing new prose, poetry and drama from Berlin-based authors and introducing Anglophone writers from the European continent, new art, interviews and articles on literature and translation, "Bordercrossing Berlin" is already creating waves in Berlin and beyond: bringing together the scene here and providing a point of connection to the Anglophone literary scenes in other European countries. You can order a copy by visiting our website at http://www.bordercrossing-berlin.de/BM.php

SUBMIT to: TUPELO PRESS SNOWBOUND SERIES 2007 Chapbook Prize. Now taking submissions. Winner receives: $1000 cash prize and 50 copies of their book. Manuscripts are judged anonymously, Tupelo Press will consider all finalists for publication Entries must be postmarked between December 1, 2006 and February 15, 2007 Full Guidelines can be found on https://www.tupelopress.org/snow.shtml

READ/SUBMIT: Greetings from Amsterdam! Versal v.4 is on the shelves of the lovely Paris-local The Red Wheelbarrow! Contributors have included Helen Degen Cohen, Russell Edson, Marilyn Hacker, Joanna Klink, Claire Potter, Aleida Rodríguez, Matthew Rose, and Naomi Shihab Nye. Accepting submissions for Versal v.V until January 15. Check website for submission details: http://versal.wordsinhere.com.

Writers and bloggers wanted for a new Paris guidebook and website with a "sex and the city" mood to it. We are particularly looking for female writers from North America willing to write about their French dating experiences, the best places to meet eligible French bachelors, and any other tips for female visitors who want to let their hair down in the City of Light! Email naughtyparis@gmail.com letting us know why you'd be the perfect contributor to this guide and blog.

C.S. Lewis said, "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."

03 October 2006

OCTOBER READINGS AND EVENTS 4 PARIS!

OCTOBER LIST + the first few days of Nov’s list:
Tons of readings!
New on the scene—
1)French series at the start of the month organized by Jerome Mauche,
2)Siecle 21 the 10th Oct AND/OR Double Change event that same night.
3) Upstairs at Duroc Launch the 19th.
4) Read YOUR work at the OPEN MIC Mondays 9th & 23 Oct.

And please don't miss IVY WRITERS with Andrew Zawacki and Christophe Lamiot Enos the 24th!

Otherwise, the usual suspects are here, Live Poets, Village Voice, Red Wheelb Barrow and some great events at the Pompidou Center, Librairei Wallonie-Bruxelles, etc.

Best! And don’t forget to check out SECTION III for calls for work, etc.
Jen
(fragment78@aol.com to get on list, drop, change emails or send me info for Nov 2006)


Tim O'Brien said, "Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story."

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List Order:
Part I: Readings (w/asterisks) & Events in order of date SEPT 2006 + OCT sampler
Part II: Creative Writing Workshops & Courses to sign up for listed by start date
Part III: Reviews News & New Reviews: calls for work, new books, etc!
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PART I: READINGS & EVENTS in OCT 2006
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until October 7 Independent Galleries: GALERIE ALMINE RECH – new location 19 rue Saintonge 75003Ugo Rondinone “On butterfly wings” on the theme of solitude in the city. http://www.galeriealminerech.com/

**le 4 oct à 20h30 : Performants Auteurs Une proposition de Jérôme Mauche : Quatre soirées, quatre auteurs entre performance, littérature et art contemporain : Ce soir : Chloé Delaume : NT_01 : La map peut être le territoire. Premier opus d’un cycle de travail texte/son qui sera développé, cette intervention explore les possibles définitions du mot Neuroterrorisme. Soit l’emploi systématique de la violence sur le cerveau pour atteindre un but politique, comme ne le dit pas encore le Petit Robert. Chloé Delaume, née en 1973, est l’auteur notamment des Mouflettes d’Atropos, Farrago, 2000 ; Le Cri du Sablier, Farrago/Léo Scheer, 2001 ; J’habite dans la télévision, Verticales, 2006… AT : ménagerie de verre, 12/14 rue Léchevin, 75011 Paris. 01 43 38 33 44. M° Parmentier, bus 96. Contact presse : Isabelle Fabre, 01 43 38 33 44, 06 23 44 04 74, communication@menagerie-de-verre.org Tarif 7 euros tarif unique www.menagerie-de-verre.org

**4 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec JEANNE BENAMEUR à l'occasion de la parution de son roman Présent ? (Denoël). Dans son sixième roman, J. Benameur (qui écrit aussi pour le théatre et la jeunesse) fait parler tous les acteurs d'un collège en banlieue à la veille du dernier conseil de classe : profs, conseiller d'orientation, principale, élèves, parents, documentaliste, factotum, femme de ménage…AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

**le 5 oct à 20h30 : Performants Auteurs Une proposition de Jérôme Mauche : Quatre soirées, quatre auteurs entre performance, littérature et art contemporain : Ce soir : Emmanuelle Pireyre Comment faire disparaître la terre ? En une séance Emmanuelle Pireyre se propose de faire disparaître la terre avec les moyens contemporains du bord (textes, diapos, vidéo, schémas). Et elle y parvient ! Emmanuelle Pireyre, née en 1969, conçoit livres et interventions comme autant d’installation de ses textes brillants, incisifs et novateurs. Elle est l’auteur de Mes vêtements ne sont pas des draps de lit, Maurice Nadeau, 2001 ; Comment faire disparaître la terre ?, Le Seuil, 2006 ; ETC ainsi que de fictions radiophoniques La danse est-elle dangereuse pour les jeunes filles ? France Culture, 2001 ; AT : ménagerie de verre, 12/14 rue Léchevin, 75011 Paris. 01 43 38 33 44. M° Parmentier, bus 96. Contact presse : Isabelle Fabre, 01 43 38 33 44, 06 23 44 04 74, communication@menagerie-de-verre.org Tarif 7 euros tarif unique www.menagerie-de-verre.org

**6, 13, 20, 27 oct 18:30 to 20:15 Every Friday PARIS POETRY CIRCLE. This is the 15th year of our English poetry group which reads and discusses poems, the best we know or can find. Some of us write and these receive special attention. Anything goes, but ideally we want to read true, sweet, serious poems that take us forward, help us understand. it’s a good way to spend a Friday evening in this dry world. Please reserve because space is limited. AT: 65 rue Pascal, 75013 PARIS Métro: LES GOBELINS or GLACIÈRE chez Dr. NAGPAL, in a pretty courtyard, ground floor left. Plaque to indicate. Tel: 01.47.07.55.28 Email: nagpal@nip.com.fr

**6 Oct—19h30 booklet launch Come out for the booklet launch of one of our most popular Canada club members ! Lily Heise’s publication ‘L'anglais de l'entreprise : Réunion, logistique, informatique, conseils externes’ has just been published. Join us to celebrate and participate in an interactive, bilingual reading ! AT: The Abbey Bookshop/ La Librairie Canadienne de Paris 29, rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris, M° St Michel ou Cluny la Sorbonne. clubcanadaparis@wanadoo.fr

**le 6 oct à 20h30 : Performants Auteurs Une proposition de Jérôme Mauche : Quatre soirées, quatre auteurs entre performance, littérature et art contemporain : Ce soir : Paul-Armand Gette Dissimulation & dévoilement d’Artémis précédé des Strates Dissimulation & dévoilement d’Artémis (nouvelle version 2006) est une lecture théâtralisée évoquant les rapports de l’artiste avec la divinité de la nature vierge, sans que l’on sache très bien qui est vierge de la nature ou de la déesse. Elle sera précédée des Strates (1967), livret d’opéra géologique. Gette, né en 1927, est artiste et écrivain. Dernières expositions personnelles : Les Nymphalides, Galerie du jour agnès b., Paris, 2004 ; La diversité des sources, Musée Gassendi/CAIRN, Digne, 2005;… Colères & soulagements, Eter SDF, 2005 ; Les Mythologies apprivoisées, Villa Saint Clair, 2005 ; La découverte du modèle, Al Dante, 2005 ; Le livre de Tomoko, La Maison Chauffante, 2006. AT : ménagerie de verre, 12/14 rue Léchevin, 75011 Paris. 01 43 38 33 44. M° Parmentier, bus 96. Contact presse : Isabelle Fabre, 01 43 38 33 44, 06 23 44 04 74, communication@menagerie-de-verre.org Tarif 7 euros tarif unique www.menagerie-de-verre.org

**le 7 oct à 20h30 : Performants Auteurs Ce soir : Joseph Mouton : Delenda ouest « Delenda ouest tient du dédale, assurément, dans le west end, voire à l'ouest d'Éden. On s'y perd, on y retrouve ; l'auteur tel qu'en lui-même le change, la vie non-éternelle ; on en ressort lessivé (par cette machine Laden), mais plus heureux » dixit Josyane Kéchichian. Le projet de Joseph Mouton entrelace narrations, attitudes et réflexions tour à tour tragiques, percutantes, hilarantes. Joseph Mouton, né en 1954, enseigne l'esthétique à la Villa Arson à Nice. Il est l’auteur des ouvrages de philosophie, Sois artiste, Aubier, 1994 et Misère de Dieu, Aubier, 1996 ; et des livres, L’entraînement, Le mot et le reste, 2004 et Le Projet Sombr’Héros, Voix, 2005. AT : ménagerie de verre, 12/14 rue Léchevin, 75011 Paris. 01 43 38 33 44. M° Parmentier, bus 96. Contact presse : Isabelle Fabre, 01 43 38 33 44, 06 23 44 04 74, communication@menagerie-de-verre.org Tarif 7 euros tarif unique www.menagerie-de-verre.org

*8th Oct at 7.30 pm EN FRANCAIS: MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play in French by Quentin Ochem "Le Sacre de Frankenstein" AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries www.scamparis.com or movingparts@wanadoo.fr for mailings + Info with StephanieCampion on : 06 14 67 18 58

8,15,22,29 Oct at 18h30: Paris Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30. Frequent writers and artists invited here! Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe & stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age & Paris Personalities. & we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new & interesting people. For next week’s speaker, Visit website - http://www.parissoirees.com (See Events). Patricia Laplante-Collins,14, rue St Louis en L'Ile,75004 Paris, France Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88 Email: parissoirees@hotmail.com

**9th Oct 9pm COME AND Read YOUR writing! Monday Kerouac - fortnightly spoken word open mic poetry night. Poets wanted for downstairs backroom to burn burn burn like fabulous Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... Organized by David Barnes. Underground AT: The Lizard Lounge, 18 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, Metro Hotel de Ville. Go downstairs, then to the left roung the corner into the back room past the middle room.Free.

**10th OCT at 7 PM A reading (bilingue) to celebrate the appearance of the lit mag Siecle 21 # 9 , Mavis Gallant will be present and will read from her work, as will Gabrielle Althen. Others included in the issue are: an 80+ page dossier on CANADIAN literature, both francophone and anglophone. Included (entre autres) : Nicole Brossard, Claude Beausoleil, Dionne Brand, Peter Dale Scott, Sina Queyras, Helene Dorion, Joseph Boyden, George Elliot Clarke,Nathalie Stephens, and Mavis Gallant--AT: Maison des Ecrivains, rue de Verneuil-- #58, I THINK. Paris 75007, metro Solferino.

**10 oct. 19h à 21h Multiplingual (English, Arabic, French) Double Change reading: Lettre: L’Autre, Part 1 with Etel Adnan, Jennifer K. Dick, Ninar Esber, Safaa Fathy, Jorie Graham, Virginie Lalucq, Vannina Maestri, Leïla Marouane, Véronique Pittolo, Virginie Poitrasson, Sarah Riggs & Donna Stonecipher L’artiste est perméable (aux mots, aux images…) jusqu’au danger et c’est cette perméabilité risquée qui engendre des œuvres questionnant la légitimité des actions et des discours produits au quotidien. La réplique artistique est complexe et prend de multiples formes, c’est ce que cette lecture Lettre : l’autre propose de vous faire entendre à travers les voix de 12 auteurs américaines, arabes et françaises, la complexité et la richesse de trois cultures, de trois langues. AU : Point éphémère, 200 Quai de Valmy, Paris 10e, (M° Jaurès, l. 2 ou 5) salle de danse (entrée par la rue) http://www.doublechange.com Contact: Sarah Riggs, 01.48.04.78.14, sarah.riggs@wanadoo.fr

10 oct à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition de photos d' ISABELLE THIBAULT et FRANÇOIS MAYU "Bidonvilles aux portes de Paris 2006". Le 17 octobre marque la Journée mondiale de refus de la misère. De l'autre côté du périphérique vivent des familles dans des bidonvilles. Cette exposition est un témoignage apporté par deux bénévoles de l'association ATD Quart Monde qui chaque semaine, avec régularité, va à la rencontre des enfants et des adultes en bibliothèque de rue. (exposition du 10 octobre au 5 novembre) AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

**11 Oct—7pm. IN FRENCH ONLY. L’Everest au Plafond : Rendez-vous autour d’un aperitif pour découvrir ce roman de Lisa Barel. Dans une ambiance conviviale, la lecture d’extraits ainsi qu’une séance de dédicace est prevue. En 1950, Marilène a vingt ans. Elle vit seule à Digne, et ne rêve que d'une chose : l'ascension du mont Everest. Transcender le réel pour vivre un désir d'ailleurs, un ailleurs où le rêve et la vie se confondent. Lisa Barel a sorti un album éponyme chez "Tôt ou Tard" (Warner) en 2001. L'Everest au plafond" (Serpent à plumes) est son 1er roman (août 2006). The Abbey Bookshop/ La Librairie Canadienne de Paris 29, rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris, M° St Michel ou Cluny la Sorbonne. clubcanadaparis@wanadoo.fr

11 Oct—2pm to 8pm: ALL Afternoon OPEN HOUSE at WICE. Hope you can stop in and check out what WICE is about, writing and other courses they offer, studio arts, TEFL teaching program, art and literary mag, etc. Free and open for YOU! WICE, 20 blvd du Montparnasse 75006 01.45.66.75.50 or visit www.wice-paris.org.

13 Oct—Red Wheelbarrow be celebrating the release of the thirteenth and final volume in The Series of Unfortunate Events (by Lemony Snicket), titled aptly, "The End", on Friday 13 October. Games and giveaways for courageous kids who have braved their way through the first 12 volumes. AT 22 rue St Paul, 75006 Paris. Call for times of precise interventions, and list of speakers as they are confirmed.

**13 oct à partir de 21h00 La nuit de l’écrit Paris et le 14ème arrondissement sous la plume des écrivains d’hier et d’aujourd’hui… Avec Marie-Christine Barrault Simone Hérault et Alexandre Lachaux de la Compagnie LIRE AUTREMENT et la participation du COEUR DES MOTS Chorale littéraire du 14ème arrondissement 4 séquences littéraires réalisées autour d’un mini buffet. Entrée libre Bibliothèque Vandamme 80 Avenue du Maine, 75014 PARIS, Métro Gaîté

**le 13 oct à partir de 18h 30 jusqu’à 23h Venez nombreux! À l'occasion de la Nuit de l’écrit, la librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles reçoit une exposition une performance chorégraphique des moments musicaux, des lectures18h 30 Samuel Nicolaï : Vernissage de son exposition de photographies tirées du livre Bruxelles, identités plurielles (autrement) À partir de 19h jusqu’à 23h Lectures, par les auteurs, d’extraits de leurs œuvres accompagnées de moments musicaux par Olivier Pons (violon) avec les éditions autrement, gallimard, le grand miroir et plon À partir de 19h, par ordre d’entrée: Stéphane Lambert Bruxelles, identités plurielles (autrement) ; Grégoire Polet Madrid ne dort pas (gallimard) ; Patrick Declerck Les naufragés (plon) ; Foulek Ringelheim La seconde vie d’Abram Potz (le grand miroir) ; Claude Javeau L’esprit des villes (le grand miroir) et Alexandre Million Sumo sur brin d’herbe (le grand miroir) À 22h: Des parapluies dans la ville, Lectures de poésies de Guy Goffette, Alain Jouffroy, Werner Lambersy Performance de la chorégraphe Liliana Iorgulescu Une production des éditions transignum & co avec le soutien de l’institut culturel roumain AT : la librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles 46, rue Quincampoix 75004 Paris 01 42 71 58 03 libwabr@club-internet.fr

**13 octobre à 19h : Dans le cadre de Lire en Fête, rencontre avec GISÈLE HALIMI à l'occasion de la parution de son roman La Kahina (Plon). Gisèle Halimi, avocate, militante pour l'indépendance de l'Algérie, féministe, fondatrice du mouvement Choisir, députée, ambassadrice de France auprès de l'Unesco, observatrice judiciaire internationale, rapporteure de la Commission pour la parité et aussi romancière. Après le Lait de l'oranger, Fritna, l'Etrange M. K... voici un roman historique retraçant la vie de la reine de l'Aurès à la fin du VIIè siècle qui règne sur les tribus berbères juives de l'Afrique du nord. Une lecture par la comédienne ANNE-LAURE GRENON accompagnera la rencontre et un cocktail sera offert. AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

**14 oct. de 14h à 20h 30 Des mots dans la ville. Promenade aux quatre coins du monde. Quatre scènes représentent quatre ères géographiques Les Îles, l’Europe, l’Afrique, les Amériques installées dans le Forum du Centre, sur lesquelles auteurs et lecteurs se relaieront pour lire des textes qui parlent de la ville. Avec, notamment, Grégoire Polet, Patrick Declerck, Claude Javeau, Monique Agénor, Jeanine Baude, Edem, Kossi Efoui, Achille Ngoye, Jean-Luc Rharimanana, Alfred Alexandre, Ken Bugul. Entre chaque scène, les éditions Transignum & Co, avec le soutien de l’Institut culturel roumain, propose une action artistico-poétique : Les parapluies dans la ville 36 plasticiens et 36 poètes ont créé ensemble un parapluie, véritable oeuvre d’art plastique et littéraire. À cette occasion, auteurs, plasticiens et comédiens déambuleront dans le forum en lisant le poème inscrit sur le parapluie, dans une mise en scène de la plasticienne Wanda Mihuelac et de la chorégraphe Liliana Iorgulescu. En présence, notamment, de Jeanine Baude, Guy Goffette, Alain Jouffroy, Kiril Kadiiski, Luis Miron. AU : Centre Pompidou. 75001 Paris, M° Rambuteau, Hotel de Ville ou Les Halles.

*14 et 15 Oct--"The Red Wheelbarrow will be hosting a number of readings to celelbrate Lire en Fête on Saturday October 14 and Sunday October 15. Stop in for a schedule or see their site!

*15th Oct at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Mel Chase "Home Bodies" (postponed from 25th June) AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries www.scamparis.com or movingparts@wanadoo.fr for mailings + Info with StephanieCampion on : 06 14 67 18 58

**15 October at 16h0—Come and hear E. A. Markham at the Red Wheelbarrow. Poet, novelist and short-story writer, Archie Markham is the author of the forthcoming short story collection, At Home With Miss Vanessa, as well as the 2005 collection, Meet Me in Mozambique, both published by Tindal Street Press. Mr. Markham has had numerous poetry collections published by Anvil Press Petry, Peepal Tree Press, Salt, and others, as well as a collection of essays/travelogue, A Papua New Guinea Sojourn: More Pleasures of Exile, published by Carcanet (UK). Please check www.theredwheelbarrow.com for more information or see www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth147 for a full bio. AT: The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore, 22, rue St Paul, 75004 Paris France, Tel / Fax (+33) 01 48 04 75 08 email: red.wheelbarrow@wanadoo.fr or see their site : www.theredwheelbarrow.com

**15 Oct--16h00 Reading in ENGLISH French and Polish !: Une Ville, une œuvre Paris, Londres, Varsovie…Elles ont inspiré poètes et écrivains Lectures en français, anglais et polonais par la Compagnie LIRE AUTREMENT Avec Simone Hérault , Vivienne Vermes, Anna Lazowski Entrée libre L’entrepôt (La Galerie) 5,7 rue Francis de Pressensé, 75014 PARIS Métro Pernety

15 octobre à 16h : Dans le cadre de Lire en Fête, hommage à JEAN GENET en présence d'ALBERT DICHY, directeur littéraire à l'IMEC et grand spécialiste de l'écrivain. Un metteur en scène viendra parler de la particularité de son écriture théatrale, et des lectures par les comédiens ROLAND GERVAIS et JEAN-CHRISTOPHE FOLLY accompagneront la rencontre. Sous réserve : présentation d'un extrait de l'unique film réalisé par Genet, Un chant d'amour. AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

15th October in the Carrousel du Louvre I V Y paris artists’ exhibit as part of the Expatica Welcome to France Fair. This one day exhibition shows the breadth of the expatriate art scene in Paris. You’ll be treated to work from 25 artists featuring site-specific installations, performance, painting,
photography and various artistic interventions. 11am until 6pm - Metro Louvre-Rivoli, 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001.http://www.expatica.com/welcometofrance/

**17 Oct: 8pm. Live poets presents Jon Wonham, Amy Hollowell and Michael Lynch reading at: Hope to see you there! Live Poets is the longest reading series in Paris, hosted by John Kliphan. AT: The Highlander Pub, 8 rue de Nevers, 75006 Paris, M°: Odeon, St Michel or Pont Neuf (plus a bridge crossing) Pub is under the archway. 5e entry.

**19 Oct 7:30pm.Come celebrate the publication of Upstairs at Duroc's Issue 8. We're proud to present exciting new work by poets and fiction writers from Paris and all over the world. Among the contributors who will be reading for this event are Lizzie Harwood, Alexander Maksik, Virginie Poitrasson, Roberta Vellvé and Jonathan Wonham. At Wice, 20 Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75015 Paris, Metro Falguiere or Montparnasse. (Metro Duroc is partly closed for renovation)

**20 octobre à 19h : Rencontre avec HÉLÉNA MARIENSKÉ à l'occasion de la parution de son roman Rhésus (P.O.L). Six chapitres, six voix, à commencer par celle de Raphaëlle, octogénaire qui se retrouve contre son gré en maison de retraite. Dès les premières pages, c'est drôle et décapant. Une nouvelle romancière à découvrir qui manie avec brio et érudition une plume insolente. AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

*22nd Oct at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Jonus "The Turnip Truck" AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries www.scamparis.com or movingparts@wanadoo.fr for mailings + Info with StephanieCampion on : 06 14 67 18 58

20-23 October LES PORTES OUVERTES Menilmontant 150 artists « at home » in ateliers, collective art spaces, theatres, cafes and restaurants of this great neighbourhood. For a detailed map, see the site. http://ateliersdemenilmontant.org/ Also taking place in October Artistes à la Bastille tel 01 53 36 06 73 L'Extra Ordener (18th arrond) tel 01 42 64 93 24 Bassin de la Villette (19th arrond) tel 01 40 18 44 79

21 Oct--Don’ MISS : Le groupe Payosagua (Setphie et Ashok qui ont joué chez Antonio dans la soirée il y a trois semaines) et qui offrent un concert octobre 21. www.payosagua.com Alors le concert de Payosagua avec des nouvelles chansons et un répertoire encore plus festive et des "guests surprise" Prévente 8€, sur place 13€. Ca vaut le coup de reservez en avance: Par tél ou émail: 06 66 61 27 42 payosagua@noos.fr Les gens qui désirent acheter des préventes et ne peuvent pas nous rencontrer ou en acheter au Baiser Salé, tous les jours à partir de 18heures, peuvent aussi réserver ou acheter sur www.goreduc.com, www.sortirautrement.com, www.lastminute.com; www.billetreduc.com le 21 Octobre au Baiser Salé 58 rue des Lombards Paris 1er. M° Châtelet. Tél : 01 42 33 37 71.

22 Oct—HIKE. Meeting point: Gare de l’Est on the platform at 09.15 am, Train: TER pour/for La Ferté Milon, Départure: 9h22/ 09.22 am, Arrival: 10.27 am, Return: 5.50 pm from Longpont (Paris at 06.55 pm) We will walk around 18 km. This month we are back at the limits of Ile de France and Picardie, a region that we explore since August. From la Ferté-Milon we will go through the Retz forest to join Longpont, village situated in Aisne department wich harbour a cistercian abbey. Guided tour: 45 mn. 6 Euros Don’t forget your picnic, a large bottle of water and good walking shoes Organized by The Abbey Bookshop. clubcanadaparis@wanadoo.fr

**23rd October, 7pm: Antonia Alexandra Klimenko reads/performs at Shakes & Co! Antonia Alexandra Klimenko trained as an actress at the American Conservatory Theater on a working scholarship & subsequently moved to Paris where she worked briefly in radio & film. Her one-woman show, "Where the Blues Begins", showcasing her poetry, art & song, was presented in conjuction with the Women on the Edge--Performing Arts Series in Sonoma. While most of her serious work has led a quiet life on the page, her poetry & spoken-word presentation have won her first place in the San Francisco Poetry Slam. Currently resides in Sonoma, writing her play, "Traveling Light". AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. www.shakespeareco.org

**23rd Oct 9pm COME AND Read YOUR writing! Monday Kerouac - fortnightly spoken word open mic poetry night. Poets wanted for downstairs backroom to burn burn burn like fabulous Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... Organized by David Barnes. Underground AT: The Lizard Lounge, 18 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, Metro Hotel de Ville. Go downstairs, then to the left roung the corner into the back room past the middle room.Free.

**24 Oct at 7pm. IVY Writers Paris is back with a reading by American poet ANDREW ZAWACKI and French poet CHRISTOPHE LAMIOT ENOS! Followed by a free jazz concert. Zawacki is the author of By reason of breakings & Anabranch, finishing his PhD, teaching in Athens, GA and co-editor of Verse magazine. Lamiot Enos is the author of Albany; Sitôt Elke, illusion & Des pommes et des oranges, Californie I as well as 2 essay collections, many translations, etc. He teaches in the Paris region while translating and working on new poems. AT: LES VOUTES ST HONORE, 99/101 rue St Honore Paris 1er. Downstairs in this lovely nightclub! Free.

**24 Oct 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.: WRITERS ON WRITING Free & Open to the Public An Evening with Janet McDonald Ever wonder what makes a writer want to write? How do they get started & then, what keeps them going? Join us for these informal conversations with accomplished writers in the field. The Red Wheelbarrow will be on hand for book sales after the event. For details on Janet McDonald, visit – www.wice-paris.org . RSVP to WICE at 01 45 66 75 50, leave your name & contact info! AT: WICE, 20, bd du Montparnasse, 75015 Paris (go through front door, through residential bldng hall then into courtyard where you will see the WICE entrance.) Metro Duroc, Falguiere, or Montparnasse + 10min walk.

**24th Oct at 7pm Suketu Mehta to present “Maximum City Bombay Lost and Found”. AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com

** 25 Oct at 19h30 The Department of Comparative Literature at the American University of Paris is pleased to announce a reading by Karen Volkman and Andrew Zawacki on Oct. 25 at 19h30 in the AmEx Cafe, 31 av. Bosquet, 75007. The reading is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Dawn Michelle Baude at 0633249089. Do reserve a place so that AUP will let you in the door! Thanks.

** 25 octobre à 19h : Rencontre avec LAURE MURAT pour la parution de son essai La loi du genre (Fayard). Déjà auteure de l'admirable Passage de l'Odéon et de La Maison du docteur Blanche, Laure Murat, historienne dont on apprécie la clarté de langage et le ton vivant, livre ici un travail sur "le troisième sexe" qui défierait la loi du genre. Au XIXè siècle, femmes viriles, hommes effeminés, androgynes, travesti-e-s... étaient désignés-es par cette expression qui qualifiait également les femmes émancipées. Laure Murat a utilisé une large documentation : archives de la police, traités de sexologie, littérature, journaux. Elle a aussi analysé quelques parcours significatifs et les discours qui ont construit les notions de féminin et masculin. Un point de vue historique sur la construction des normes de genre. AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

**26th Oct at 7 pm C.K. Williams, Pulitzer prizewinning poet, author of THE SINGING, REPAIR and many other collections of poetry is to present his new collection of poetry at Village Voice! Part-time Parisian, CK Williams also teaches at Princeton University in the USA. AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com

**26 oct à 19h, Lecture au Musée Zadkine : Florence Delay romancière et essayiste. Elle a fait paraître Minuit sous les yeux, Gallimard, 1973 ; Etxemendi, Gallimard, 1990 ; Catalina, Seuil, 1994 ; Oeillet rouge sur le sable illustré par Francis Marmande, Fourbis, 1994 ; Gallimard, 2004, …. On lui doit une anthologie de la poésie nord-amérindienne Partition rouge, Seuil, 1988 ; ainsi qu’un vaste cycle Graal théâtre,(Gallimard, 2005). Elle a collaboré au théâtre comme au cinéma avec Jean Vilar, Georges Wilson, Antoine Vitez, Jorge Semprún, Benoît Jacquot, Michel Deville, Chris Marker et elle fut Jeanne d’Arc dans le film de Robert Bresson..Entrée libre AT : Musée Zadkine 100 bis rue d’Assas 76006 Paris Tél : 01 55 42 77 20 Fax : 01 40 46 84 27 http://paris.fr/musees/zadkine M Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Vavin RER B Port-Royal Bus 38, 82, 83, 91

25 Oct 8pm. Improve your conversational skills in a foreign language by attending our monthly bilingual exchange. From 8:00 to 9:00, conversation is strictly in French, and from 9:00 to 10:00 strictly in English, and after 10:00 you can speak in any language!! If you don’t see us, then just ask at the bar for the Canadian Club group - Améliorer votre connaissance d’une langue étrangère en bavardant, placotant, faisant la causette... De 20h00 à 21h00, la conversation est en français, de 21h00 à 22h00, la conversation est en anglais et après, on parle la langue que l'on veut!! Si vous ne voyez pas le groupe, demandez au bar le groupe du Club Canadien. AT : The Great Canadian Pub, Quai des Grands Augustin, 75006 Paris. (RER B/C/M4/) St Michel clubcanadaparis@wanadoo.fr

28, 29 et 30 octobre : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Festival "Quand les lesbiennes se font du cinéma" organisé par l'association Cineffable. (infos : http://cineffable.free.fr). Comme chaque année, des signatures de livres auront lieu à notre table. INFO VIA : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

**30th Oct at 6 pm. READING with a poet called Phyllis Stowell. Phyllis Stowell will be reading from her new collection of poetry: “Arc of Grief”. The poems have been described by Sandra M. Gilbert as "Shaped in the crucible of grief, and the "the crux of pain," Phyllis Stowell's piercingly honest poems trace the arc of suffering that shapes widowhood. ...." AT Red Wheelbarrow.

**2 Nov at 7pm: Greil Marcus at the Village Voice to discuss his new essay: “The Shape of Things to Come Prophecy and the American Voice” AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com

**4 Nov at 18h. The Louvre invites you to hear TONI MORRISON, Nobel Prizewinner 1993, as part of their Rencontres avec des artistes contemporaines series. She will talk about being a foreigner in her own land, and this will be presented with choreographer William Forsythe’s large multimedia presentation that was completed with videoartist Peter Welz. First come first served for seats, so be early! 4euro entry. At the LOUVRE in their auditorium. See www.louvre.fr for more, click on “auditorium” for full info on this program.

*5th Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Robertie Vallee "Sara with an H" (screenplay) AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries www.scamparis.com or movingparts@wanadoo.fr for mailings + Info with StephanieCampion on : 06 14 67 18 58

** 8 novembre à 19h : Rencontre avec FLORENCE MONTREYNAUD à l'occasion de la parution de son ouvrage L'aventure des femmes, XXè-XXIè siècle (Nathan) AT : la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

9 Nov—7pm Marilyn Hacker will be reading from her new book Essays on Departure: New and Selected Poems 1980-2005. AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com


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SIGN UP NOW: The November/December Salons discussing literature will run Tuesday November 14-Tuesday December 19th. NOW is the time to make your requests... so check in with Toby for topics and also Please send an email to receive the final Salon schedule to Toby Brothers at: literarysalon@wanadoo.fr

SIGN UP NOW: 11 NOVEMBER, 10.30am – 4.00pm Paris TRAVEL WRITING workshop – HOW TO DO IT, AND HOW NOT TO with Dea Birkett, Guardian writer and author of Serpent in Paradise and Off the Beaten Track (www.deabirkett.com). FACT, FICTION AND CREATING A TRAVELLER’S TALE with Rory Maclean, author of Falling for Icarus, Stalin’s Nose and The Magic Bus. On the Hippy Trail from Istanbul to India (BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week) (www.rorymaclean.com). The workshop (in English) includes practical writing sessions. We will also have a ‘travel experience’ in Paris. The emphasis is on developing skills which can be applied to both articles and books. By the end of the day, each of you will have the tools to produce a publishable piece of travel writing.Cost: 150Euros. AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. www.shakespeareco.org For more info / to apply for a place email travelworkshops@deabirkett.com

Every Saturday, 3-5pm: THE OTHER WRITERS' GROUP Meets upstairs at Shakespeare & Co. An informal, friendly place to get feedback on your creative writing. (Poetry or prose.) Bring something of your own & 5 copies. Or just come to listen & give your reaction – what worked, what didn’t, what moved you, what made you feel "yes, that’s just how it is…" " Any healthy man can go without food for two days, but not without poetry." - Charles Baudelaire AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. www.shakespeareco.org

WRITING GROUP SEEKS AUTHORS: Seeking people who have been working in writing for awhile & are ready for a strong writing group to help swap work, talk through issues; etc. I'm looking for people who are mainly interested in fiction. My contact info is: henrietta.richer@orange.fr Or 06.30.26.00.64.

11 Oct—2pm to 8pm: ALL Afternoon OPEN HOUSE at WICE. Come learn about the very exciting array of forthcoming writing courses they offer nin Nov, Dec, Jan-June 2006: Travel Writing, The Short Story, Generative Writing, Writing in French, The Postmodern Memoir, Taking the M(e) out of Memoir, Evening with an Author series, etc. + courses in studio arts (waterpainting, acrylic, photo, drawing), or volunteer for their Art and Literary mag, Upstairs at Duroc. Free and open for YOU! WICE, 20 blvd du Montparnasse 75006 01.45.66.75.50 or visit www.wice-paris.org.

January 17-21, 2007 FINDING THE FLOW: Writing from the Inside Out. Presented by Lynette Danylchuk, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and member of the Star leadership team and adjunct faculty at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute; Katharine Weber, novelist and member of the Star staff who has taught at Yale, the Paris Writers Workshop, and elsewhere; Floyd Skloot, essayist, poet and novelist who has taught at various writing conferences; and painter Beverly Hallberg. This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to connect with your inner writer in a safe environment in a nurturing group. For writers at any level of experience, this is a workshop that will combine a variety of techniques (many not found in traditional writing workshops, such as guided imagery, psychodrama and role play, art projects), lectures, readings and private conferences to explore your imagination and writing potential and make the connections that will allow you to find the flow for the writing you want to do. This workshop will begin with dinner on Wednesday, January 17th and conclude with brunch on Sunday, January 21st, 2007. For more information, please contact Pocket Sanctuary at 520-398-8073 or via email at pocketsanctuary@earthlink.net. The cost is $900 per person including lodging and meals. See more at: www.katharineweber.com www.pocketsanctuary.com


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Atlanta Review will be publishing a special edition with a focus on German Poetry, forthcoming in 2008. As guest editor I will be looking for English translations of contemporary German poetry (preferably living poets), from middle-of-the-mainstream to outer-avant-garde. Send up to five translations, with originals, bio info, and permission to translate from poet or publisher, to Mark Terrill, Hafenstraße 37, 25712 Burg, Germany. Please include an email address for notification; manuscripts will not be returned. Or send as an e-mail with the poems pasted into the text. No attachments please. Deadline is June 31, 2007. Payment will be two contributors copies and author's discounts on extra copies and subscriptions. Atlanta Review distributes up to 6,000 copies, depending on the issue. It goes out to 120 countries, making it the world's most widely distributed literary journal, and the ideal venue for promoting German poetry to the world. For the past 10 years, it has consistently been one of the five best selling poetry journals in the world.

48HR FILM FESTIVAL: Make a film in 48 Hours http://www.48hourfilm.com/paris/

PURCHASE & READ: a little bilingual livret that just came out by American in Paris author Roman Payne in its"1st Paris Edition" of an exclusive 100 copies. Some info on Roman and the chapbook at his site: http://www.romanpayne.com/news-items/08-06_paris-ed-basementtrains.htm

READ!: Michelle NOTEBOOM, Paris local poet, announces that "Edging", her first book, and winner of the 2006 Heartland Poetry Prize, has just been released by Cracked Slab Books. For information on the book (and to get a copy of it), check out their website : http://crackedslabbooks.com/ Watch for reading announcements in November, or catch her reading in the states this October (in NYC, MI, IA and New Haven, CT)

SUBMIT: to the fall issue of Louis Liard Magazine--looking for short-pieces of creative writing in French or English (poetry, short-stories..., MAX 10p.) and creative visual art (collages, painting, drawing, comic strip...). Deadline: Oct.15th. Email submissions to louisliard@gmail.com.with art/writing work, title, name and full address of the artist. If you don't know us yet, have a look at our myspace page: www.myspace.com/louisliard.

READ ONLINE: Announcing the premiere of Drunken Boat, the international online journal of the arts, Issue #8. A special triple issue dedicated to the inaugural PanLiterary Awards Winners in seven genres; the spreading potentiality of the Oulipo; and the very strangest of current Canadian Arts and Letters. Featuring over 125 contributors, including a radio play by Mark Rudman and Martha Plimpton, ambigrams by Doug Hofstadter, archival material from Raymond Queneau and Marcel Duchamp, translations by Cole Swenson and Keith and Rosemarie Waldrop, video from Adeena Karasick, photos by Allyson Clay and Gabor Szilasi, among many others.http://drunkenboat.com

IN PARIS: If you haven’t seen it, check out Paris’ new used bookshop: Berkeley Books 8, rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, 01.46.34.85.73

READ+CHECK OUT their GREAT LINKS: Have U seen the new issue of MORIA edited by WILLIAM ALEGREZZO? I like this stuff, like the variety, and the theory morsel by William James Austin (is that his real name? Wow, it carries a few heritages on its backbone!) is a fun reflection, too. A fab little mag in the floating land of http addresses! Not to miss Jane Joritz Nakagawa or David Laskowski’s poetry + many others! http://www.moriapoetry.com/v8i4.html Double wow for their links list—with so much on it your work week is doomed to pleasurable digression!

READ/SUBMIT: Greetings from Amsterdam! Versal v.4 is on the shelves of the lovely Paris-local The Red Wheelbarrow! The only English-language literary journal edited and printed in the Netherlands, Versal carries on Holland's merchant tradition by collecting quality poetry, fiction, and art from around the globe and redirecting it throughout the world. Contributors have included Helen Degen Cohen, Russell Edson, Marilyn Hacker, Joanna Klink, Claire Potter, Aleida Rodríguez, Matthew Rose, and Naomi Shihab Nye. We will be accepting submissions for Versal v.V until January 15. Check our website for submission details: http://versal.wordsinhere.com. ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS NOW—So pick up a copy then send your own work !!!

IVY ART: see Ivy’s site www.ivyparis.com for: Salon - artists’ soiree in an atelier or private home. Expose! - rent a gallery and exhibit your work in Paris. Taking bookings from now until the end of 2006 and beyond. Weekly rates start at 1000E. Group shows work well in this space. Contact info@ivyparis.com They also have a Blog – Adventures in Paris, art, culture, life. http://www.ivyparis.com/blogger/index.htm + IVY’s version of What’s Hot – updated for your delectation. Spot yourself at the I V Y paris Spring show and read a report by Anne-Marie Audet http://www.ivyparis.com/featured/index.htm (click right “Holy Art show!”)

TEACH CREATIVE WRITING: We are looking for enthusiastic Writing Workshop Leaders to work in schools throughout the Paris area, offered with the Red Wheelbarrow Contest in mind and as the end-goal for the workshops. We would like to offer schools the opportunity to host a published author, journalist, or writing teacher to conduct a Writing Workshop for students K-12 (and teachers). If you are interested in leading a Workshop, please contact Magda (magda.schmit@gmail.com) for complete guidelines and info. Workshops will highlight • Brainstorming • Free-writing • "Showing not telling" • Editing/Revising. Workshop Leaders are paid 50E per hour. Magda Schmit , Red Wheelbarrow Contest Coordinator magda.schmit@gmail.com, erzsi@kidbookpros.com

WRITING RETREAT: Interested in Writing residencies? See:http://www.resartis.org/index.php?id=6

READINGS: Sign up for IVY paris bilingual poetry readings contact ivywritersparis@yahoo.com

READ: Margo Berdeshevsky's latest work in the current issue of the journal "New Letters." Her essay, "Century Walker" (from the Tsunami Notebook) appears along with a good number of her photos from Aceh, following the -2004-tsunami. Margo also did the journal's cover image. www.newletters.org/issue72_3-4.asp FYI: Margo's poetry book, "But A Passage In Wilderness," has been accepted by The Sheep Meadow Press in NYC. It will be released in 2007. + see Florence trocme’s site for some Berdeschevsky translations: L'histoire est dans l'anthologie permanente de Poezibao aujourd'hui : http://poezibao.typepad.com/poezibao/2006/09/anthologie_perm_17.html

MUST SEE POETRY: Do ogle the NEWEST offering from 1913 Press: Seismosis, a collaborative book by John Keene + Christopher Stackhouse AVAILABLE NOW! Order your copy directly from 1913 Press: http://journal1913.org/seismosis.html or via Small Press Distribution. Featuring line-drawings by Stackhouse & poems-as-essays by Keene—handed back and forth and back again, written and rewritten, drawn and redrawn—Seismosis penetrates the common ground between writing/literature and drawing/visual art, creating a revisioned landscape where much of the work is abstract, or abstracted, or both.

SUBMIT: women's tales of revenge! INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR WOMEN WRITERS:( ok, so if you're a bloke, I'll live with it...) Getting Even: Womens Tales of Revenge, an anthology edited by Mitzi Szereto (Serpents Tail, London) The fairer sex... we've all been screwed over in one way or the other, with the screwers often walking away unscathed. Ladies, its time to settle the score! Stories can be of any length, sexual orientation, etc but try 4 under 8,000 words & for something edgy and sexy. Unpublished material only. Submit hard copy only, double-spaced. Include with your submission a brief author bio and your email address. For queries/postal info, contact: worddabbler@yahoo.com Deadline: 15 Nov 2006 (Mitzi Szereto has written and edited more than a dozen books, including Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp Through the Classics; The Worlds Best Sex Writing 2005; Dying For It: Tales of Sex & Death; Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers; the Erotic Travel Tales anthology series, and the M. S. Valentine erotic novels.)

SEE GREAT PICS at Antonio Meza’s Photo blog at http://antoniomezaphoto.blogspot.com

SLS Russia’s Second Annual Contest in Affiliation with The Walrus. (www.walrusmagazine.com). Douglas Coupland (fiction) and Fanny Howe (poetry) have kindly agreed to be the contest judges. The contest complete guidelines may be found on the Summer Literary Seminars web site: http://sumlitsem.org/russia/contests.aspx . he SLS Russia 2007 Seminars include: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Playwriting & Screenwriting, Travel Writing, Arts Criticism, Untranslatable Russia, and Translation with dozens of Lecturers & Guests Read more about our faculty and the program at http://www.sumlitsem.org/russia/theprogram.asp

REVIEWERS WANTED: Ernie Hilbert et al can be found perusing poems at their Contemporary Poetry Review—a place to send reviews, read reviews, or be reviewed. Thoughts on the hard core modernist stance of poetry in 2006: contemporarypoetryreview@lb.bcentral.com to get signed up.

POETRY COMPETITION: http://www.dlrcoco.ie/feile/feile06/rules/RULESenglish.htm Entries to be sent by post to the f ollowing address only: Féile Filíochta/International Poetry Competition 2006
P.O. Box 6983, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. There is no entry fee. See site for complete and specific guidelines.There are 10 language categories in the Adult competitions: Irish, English, German, French, Italian, Welsh, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic, Swedish and Polish. In the Under 17 and Under 12 competitions, there are two language categories: Irish and English. In the junior categories entrants must be under 12 or under 17 on the closing date of the competition: Saturday 11th November 2006.

FRENCH ART SCENE DEMYSTIFIED: Artquest is an advice and information service for UK based artists looking to live or work in France for long or short period. http://www.artquest.org.uk/artroute lists details about jobs in France, the gallery scene, exhibiting etc to encourage more UK artists to travel to France to live and work. Useful for artists of all nationalities though.

SEE FLORENCE TROCME’s list for much much MORE happening in FRENCH all over FRANCE, as well as texts on poetry, poems in translation, etc etc--her site is THE must see site for any writer living here!!! Agenda of events at: http://poezibao.typepad.com/poezibao/agenda/index.html

ART BLOG/CALLS FOR ENTRY: http://loreto.weblogs.us/

SUBMIT TO THEIR CONTEST for translation of fiction and non-fiction: it's a $10,000 prize to honor translations of French into English. http://www.frenchamerican.org

SITTER OFFER: Bilingual babysitter available evenings, weekends, & some weekdays too. I have extensive experience with kids (especially toddlers) & can provide references. Call Frieda at 06.26.87.78.71.

Robert Benchley said, "It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."

11 September 2006

SEPTEMBER 2006 readings in PARIS!!!!!!

LA RENTREE
started with a computer glitch (well, DEATH), & so MUCH info has been lost, this list is late & many may not receive it as emails are in the depths of the now-defunct computer! A “system default” in the motherboard of my relatively new, but no longer under warrantee (just) HP zt3000 in case anyone wants to be wary!!!! (or in case HP wants to help me out!!!) Anyway, if your listing is not here, I sincerely apologize.

However, I have recovered some & think that it would be best to let you know of some GREAT READINGS this SEPT:
--Don’t miss our local fave, JAKE LAMAR TOMORROW NIGHT at Vil Voice;
--LIVE POETS with Lisa Pasold, Heather Heartley & Joe Ross the 19th
--ZADKINE events start the 27th
--Paris Soirees has a new site up & informing
--See Courses starting this month in writing; film, etc at WICE & with David & his VERY DEVOTED (you know, this guy runs a year-round non-stop workshop & for FREE? Get into that generosity & energy at Shakespeare & Co on Saturdays!)
--& the FESTIVAL AMERICA is hosting 55 authors from North America from 29 Sept to 1 Oct, so catch some of those readings & talks!!!

SEE FLORENCE TROCME’s list for much much MORE happening in FRENCH all over FRANCE, as well as texts on poetry, poems in translation, etc etc--her site is THE must see site for any writer living here!!! Agenda of events at: http://poezibao.typepad.com/poezibao/agenda/index.html

And don’t forget to check out this months ENORMOUS calls for work—book, chapbook, magazine and plays all sought, + more in SECTION III!

Best, & have a great fall!
Jen (http://fr.f610.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=fragment78@aol.com to get on list, drop, change emails or send me info for Oct & Nov 2006, this Oct selection is just a taster)

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List Order:
Part I: Readings (w/asterisks) & Events in order of date SEPT 2006 + OCT sampler
Part II: Creative Writing Workshops & Courses to sign up for listed by start date
Part III: Reviews News & New Reviews: calls for work, new books, etc!

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PART I: READINGS & EVENTS in SEPT 2006
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du 09.Sept au 14.Oct.2006 : vous êtes invités à l'exposition de Eugène Leroy autour de La Sorcière At : Galerie de France, 54, rue de la Verrerie F-75004 Paris, tél : +33 (0)1 42 74 38 00, fax : +33 (0)1 42 74 34 67, e-mail : info@galeriedefrance.com, ouverture du mardi au samedi de 11 à 19 heures

**11th September, 7pm: Graeme Kinross-Smith will read from his collection of poetry. Kinross-Smith is a widely published poet, writer of short fictions & teacher of writing. He is currently Associate of the Faculty of Arts at Deakin University, Geelong. AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. http://www.shakespeareco.org/

**12 Sept—19h00 sharp: Introduced by C.K. Williams, Author of 6 novels, Jake Lamar will read from & discuss his new book, Ghosts of Saint-Michel. Marva Dobbs has a life most people envy. An American who has lived in Paris for most of her adult life, she runs a popular soul food restaurant, & her thirty-nine year marriage has brought her a beautiful grown-up daughter. So why is she jeopardizing everything for a fling with her sous chef, a mysterious twenty-eight-year-old Algerian man named Hassan? Marva begins to ask herself the same question when she returns from vacation to find that Hassan is missing, & that he is the main suspect in the investigation into the bombing of a building in Paris that has left one man dead. Once again, Jake Lamar delivers a riveting thriller rich with the romance, intrigue & international flavor of the City of Light. Want to know more? Visit Jake’s site: http://www.jakelamar.com/ AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com

13 Sept--Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food & wine. Contact Patricia (Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday & Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French & the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American & Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere & the focus is on meeting people in Paris & creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African- American Literary Soirees.) http://:www.parissoirees.com/ (look under « events ») Patricia Laplante-Collins,14, rue St Louis en L'Ile,75004 Paris, France Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88 Email: parissoirees@hotmail.com

16 Sept--Paris Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30. PARIS SOIREES EVENTS Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe & stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age & Paris Personalities. & we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new & interesting people. For next week’s speaker, Visit website - http://www.parissoirees.com/ (See Events). Patricia Laplante-Collins,14, rue St Louis en L'Ile,75004 Paris, France Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88 Email: parissoirees@hotmail.com

**17th Sept at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by William Whitehurst A MAN IS WHAT A MAN DOES When Jack-in-the-box rent-a-cop James Cronley is acquitted in the death by shooting of Kevin McNabe, McNabe's best friend Billy Frick swears revenge. Though set in a small beach community in Tidewater, Virginia, the play explores universal themes such as love, revenge, the future of Elton John, & what to do with a whale stuck on the prow of an aircraft carrier…starring ROBERT BRADFORD, TONIO COLONNA, MIKE DINEEN, GUY EMANUEL, ROD EVANS, ALEXIS KENDRICK, RAFAEL MARINHO, NICK QUINBY, KIM TILBURY, RUPERT WATESAT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries http://www.scamparis.com/ or movingparts@wanadoo.fr for mailings + Info with StephanieCampion on : 06 14 67 18 58

**19 Sept—20h00. LIVE POETS with LISA PASOLD, JOE ROSS & HEATHER HEARTLEY. Hope to see you there! Live Poets is the longest reading series in Paris, hosted by John Kliphan. AT: The Highlander Pub, 8 rue de Nevers, 75006 Paris, M°: Odeon, St Michel or Pont Neuf (plus a bridge crossing) Pub is under the archway. 5e entry.

**19 septembre à 18h Javier Cercas à l’occasion de la parution de son ouvrage A la vitesse de la lumière aux éditions Actes Sud.(Parution le 1er septembre 2006) A la libraire Compagnie, http://www.librairie-compagnie.fr/ rue des Ecoles de Medecin (en face de la sorbonne/diagonale)

**20 Sept à 20 heures. INVITATION to : Le centre Wallonie-Bruxelles à Paris présente La fine lame du corps Soirée consacrée a Jacques IZOARD à lŽoccasion de la sortie de ses oeuvres complètes aux éditions de la Différence sous la direction de Gerard Purnelle Nicolas Pigon lira des extraits des oeuvres complètes et René de Ceccaty, Gerard PURNELLE et William CLIFF/ évoqueront son parcours poétique. Jacques Izoard signera ses livres à la librairie En collaboration avec Textes et Voix et les éditions La Différence Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles Renseignements et Réservations 0153019696 Le centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, rue Quincqmpoix (by Centre Pompidou) 75003 Paris

21 Sept—20h30 Concert: Dijeour Cissokho & Allalaké! “Performing with his group Allalaké, Senegalese musician Djeour Cissokho is renowned for his extraordinarily creative approach to the kora. But even in his wildest experimentation, Djeour has never forgotten his roots. He is the son of Soundioulou Cissokho, a legendary griot who was greatly respected in Senegal.” --patrick labesse, RFI.AT: SATELLIT-CAFÉ, 44 rue de la folie mericourt, 75011 Paris.

**22 sept 18:30 to 20:15 Meetings every Friday evening! PARIS POETRY CIRCLE. 15th year and still going strong! This is the 15th year of our English poetry group. We meet every Friday at 6:30 PM around biscuits and tea. We read and discuss poems, the best we know or can find. Some of us write and these receive special attention. Anything goes, but ideally we want to read true, sweet, serious poems that take us forward, help us understand. We do not want boring, pretentious or incomprehensible stuff. Ten or so people, intelligent conversation, some fellowship, no showing off… it’s a good way to spend a Friday evening in this dry world. So do come and join us. Please ring before to let us know because space is limited. You don’t have to talk or bring poems. All are welcome. There is no charge. at 65 rue Pascal, 75013 PARIS Métro: LES GOBELINS or GLACIÈRE chez Dr. NAGPAL, in a pretty courtyard, ground floor left. Plaque to indicate. Code on gate only after 8 PM.Tel: 01.47.07.55.28 Email: nagpal@nip.com.fr

22 septembre à 19h : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Centre LGBT, 3 rue Keller, 75011 Paris, pour la rencontre "Déconstruire les préjugés sur les lesbiennes et les gais" avec STÉPHANIE ARC et GONZAGUES DE LAROCQUE et la participation de LOUIS-GEORGE TIN. la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

23 et 24 septembre : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Festival féministe de documentaires FEMMES EN RÉSISTANCES à l'Espace Jean-Vilar d'Arcueil. Pour sa quatrième édition, le festival a pour thème "Femmes en résistances à l'idéal féminin". A l'issue de la séance et du débat d'ouverture (samedi à 14h), CHANTAL MONTELLIER, EDITH VALLÉE et (sous réserve) BENOÎTE GROULT et ILANA LÖWY signeront leurs ouvrages à la table de Violette and Co. Films venus de plusieurs pays, exposition, scène ouverte, le Festival est un événement exceptionnel à ne pas manquer. (Programme disponible à la Violette and Co ou www.resistancesdefemmes.org) la librairie Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07 www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

**24 Sept—19h00 sharp: Edmund White will return to the Village voice Bookshop to talk about his latest book, My Lives. No one has been more frank, lucid, rueful & entertaining about growing up gay in Middle America than Edmund White. Best known for his autobiographical novels, starting with A Boy's Own Story, White here takes fiction out of his story & delivers the facts of his life in all their shocking & absorbing verity. In My Lives, White shares his enthusiasms & his passions -- for Paris, for London, for Jean Genet -- & introduces us to his lovers & predilections, past & present. "Now that I'm sixty-five," writes White, "I think this is a good moment to write a memoir..." AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com

**24th Sept at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Nancy Heikin "FeMAIL" AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Metro: Tuileries http://www.scamparis.com/ or movingparts@wanadoo.fr for mailings + Info with StephanieCampion on : 06 14 67 18 58

**25 Sept 9pm : SPOKEN WORD evening, meaning an OPEN MIKE! Yes, David, of Sat’s Shakespeare workshop has organized an evening which is not slam, but rather open to a large range of whatever YOU are writing NOW! It’s free, in a great place, and is all about sharing and being with friend! AT: LIZARD LOUNGE, 18 rue Bourg Tibourg, M° Hotel de Ville or St Paul, likely to be downstairs.

25 sept, 18h30-20h site Arsenal Soirées thématiques. Les lundis de l'Arsenal mettent à l'honneur une grande figure de la littérature, souvent méconnue. Conférenciers, mais aussi comédiens et musiciens contribuent à la découverte de cette personnalité. Jean Lorrain A la croisée du journalisme et du music-hall, de la littérature et du théâtre, du demi-monde et des milieux interlopes de la Belle Epoque, Jean Lorrain (1855-1906) se trouve partout, voit tout et sait tout. Il en rend compte aux lecteurs du Journal d'une plume tour à tour spirituelle, alerte ou acerbe. Mais seule compte à ses yeux son œuvre littéraire car, non content de créer un style de journalisme, il s'impose au fil de ses romans et nouvelles comme l'un des écrivains-phare de la Décadence, jusqu'à la publication de son chef-d'œuvre, Monsieur de Phocas (1901). Conférence par Thibaut d'Anthonay, biographe, écrivain et Manesca de Ternay, comédienne, lectrice. AT : BNF site Arsenal, 75004 Paris.

**26 Sept—19h00 sharp: At Village Voice, Benjamin Kunkel reads from his brilliantly comic debut novel. Indecision, which concerns one of the central maladies of our time—a pathological indecision that turns abundance into an affliction & opportunity into a curse. Dwight B. Wilmerding is only twenty-eight, but he's having a midlife crisis. Of course, living a dissolute, dorm like existence in a tiny apartment & working in tech support at the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer are not especially conducive to wisdom. Encouraged by one of his roommates to try an experimental pharmaceutical meant to banish indecision, Dwight jumps at the chance (not without some meditation on the hazards of jumping) & swallows the first fateful pill. & when all at once he is "pfired" from Pfizer & invited to a rendezvous in exotic Ecuador with the girl of his long-ago prep-school dreams, he finds himself on the brink of a new life. The trouble—well, one of the troubles—is that Dwight can't decide if the pills are working. A hilarious journey into unbidden responsibility & unwelcome knowledge. AT: The Village Voice Bookshop, 6 rue Princesse 75006 Paris. M° Mabillon/St Germain des Pres. Tel. : 01 46 33 36 47 www.villagevoicebookshop.com

**27 sept à 19h, Lecture au Musée Zadkine : Fabrice Melquiot (1972) est le plus talentueux des jeunes auteurs écrivant pour le théâtre. Ses pièces se jouent en France comme en Europe, et i est auteur associé à la Comédie de Reims. Il est aussi l’auteur de L’Actrice empruntée, Autour de ma pierre il ne fera pas nuit, C'est ainsi mon amour que j'appris ma blessure, La dernière balade de Lucy Jordan, Le Diable en partage, Exeat, … Graceful (2005) est un recueil de poèmes. En écho à sa programmation qui associe l’œuvre du sculpteur à la création la plus contemporaine, le Musée Zadkine poursuit son cycle de lectures. Selon la formule désormais consacrée, les poètes et écrivains conviés liront leurs travaux en cours, ainsi que des fragments d’œuvre d’auteurs de leur choix, généralement du vingtième siècle. Melquiot a choisi en écho à ses textes ceux de Roberto Juarroz, Nicolas Bouvier, Richard Brautigan et Yehuda Amichaï Entrée libre AT : Musée Zadkine 100 bis rue d’Assas 76006 Paris Tél : 01 55 42 77 20 Fax : 01 40 46 84 27 http://paris.fr/musees/zadkine M Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Vavin RER B Port-Royal Bus 38, 82, 83, 91

27 Sept: 8:00 pm EXCHANGE BILINGUE/PUB NIGHT Améliorer votre connaissance d’une langue étrangère en bavardant, placotant, faisant la causette... tout en faisant fi de la grammaire voila le but de cette soirée. De 20h00 à 21h00, la conversation est en français, de 21h00 à 22h00, la conversation est en anglais et après, on parle la langue que l'on veut!!.Improve your conversational skills in a foreign language by attending our monthly bilingual exchange. From 8:00 to 9:00, conversation is strictly in French, and from 9:00 to 10:00 strictly in English, and after 10:00 you can speak in any language!! If you don’t see us, then just ask at the bar for the Canadian Club group - J.L. AT: The Great Canadian Pub, Quai des Grands Augustin, 75006 Paris. (RER B/C/M4/) St Michel clubcanadaparis@wanadoo.fr LA LIBRAIRIE CANADIENNE DE PARIS/ THE ABBEY BOOKSHOP

**28 sept 19h La maison d’éditions, Les Petits Matins, would like you to join them for a reading in French : Celabrate la sortie de LA BLANCHEUR de Cécile Mainardi et Flaçons : J Kikomeko de Nicolas Rollet, rencontre à : l’UNION BAR, 6 ave jean aicard, 75011 Paris, M° Ménilmontant ou St Maur.

28 sept, 18h30-20h30 hommage to Roald Dahl : Cinéma : Charlie et la chocolaterie Projection. Ce long métrage (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) réalisé par Mel Stuart en 1971, est la première adaptation cinématographique du célèbre roman de Roald Dahl, écrivain d'origine norvégienne auquel la Bibliothèque nationale de France consacrera un colloque les 12 et 13 octobre prochains. Charlie et la Chocolaterie (Willy Wonka & the chocolate factory) Charlie est un enfant issu d'une famille pauvre. Pour obtenir son comptant de sucreries, il participe à un concours organisé par l'inquiétant Willy Wonka, le propriétaire de la fabrique de chocolat de la ville. Celui qui découvrira l'un des cinq tickets d'or que Wonka a cachés dans les barres de chocolat de sa fabrication gagnera une vie de sucreries… AT : BNF site François-Mitterrand petit Auditorium entrée libre, Metro BNF

***29 sept thru 1 oct : All day the 3rd annual Festival America is opening shop at Vincennes. In its 3 days it will host 55 authors from North America, numerous readings & open panel talks will take place, booksellers will be on hand, & so much more! See their official site for events listings & more info: du 29 septembre au 1er octobre : La troisième édition du festival America se déroulera à Vincennes et accueillera pendant 3 jours 55 auteurs du continent nord américain ! le site du festival http://www.festival-america.com/ M° Château de Vincennes/RER A: station Vincennes.

29 Sept—21h00 : PIANO CONCERT : Festival AMERICA : JAY GOTTLIEB. Four Piano Blues -- Aaron COPLAND + works by Charles IVES, Leonard BERNSTEIN ; George GERSHWIN, Philip GLASS, Keith JARRETT & John ADAMS. AT : salle "Magic Mirrors", devant la Mairie 94300 Vincennes M° Château de Vincennes/RER A: station Vincennes. Info/Rés: 01 43 98 65 42 organisationfestivalamerica@voila.fr ou : http://www.festival-america.com/
For Comedy in English--see http://www.anythingmatters.com/ or email to get on Karel’s listing at: karel@anythingmatters.com

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PART II: CLASSES listed by start date
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Every Saturday, 3-5pm: THE OTHER WRITERS' GROUP Meets upstairs at Shakespeare & Co. An informal, friendly place to get feedback on your creative writing. (Poetry or prose.) Bring something of your own & 5 copies. Or just come to listen & give your reaction – what worked, what didn’t, what moved you, what made you feel "yes, that’s just how it is…" " Any healthy man can go without food for two days, but not without poetry." - Charles Baudelaire AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. http://www.shakespeareco.org/

19 Sept (Code: WS191) OR 20 Sept (Code: WS201) Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.The Business of Film - Special Sessions THE FILM CLINIC Trying to get a script sold or a movie produced is a daunting task. Many times a filmmaker will unknowingly create obstacles that will keep her project from ever getting produced. The Film Clinic is a forum to discuss your problems, learn to avoid fatal mistakes, & to get expert advice on how to enhance your opportunities for success in getting your film made & seen. Select one of the following two sessions. Fee: 33€ Instructor: Judith Merians Hollywood entertainment attorney & business exec for 27 years having held senior positions at Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., ABC Motion Pictures, & Paramount Pictures Studios. She also serves as a consultant to independent film producers in structuring their film projects, securing film financing, & developing film production companies. MORE INFO: at WICE; 01.45.66.75.50 or visit http://www.wice-paris.org/.

21, 28, Sept & 5, 12, 19 Oct: 2:30 - 4:30pm. Generative Writing As it is the fear of beginning the next piece that makes writing so difficult, we will try a variety of exercises & techniques to write dialogues, short fiction/prose poems, flash anecdotes which can later be built into longer memoirs, & character sketches that can also be stepping stones to long works. At the end of each class, you will leave with a few beginnings, & perhaps also a finished text or two! For writers at all levels! Instructor:Jennifer K Dick is the author of Fluorescence & Retina/Retine. New work appears in Cutbank, Pool, American Letters & Commentary & Pinstripefedora.com. MORE INFO at WICE; 01.45.66.75.50 or visit www.wice-paris.org.

23 Sept--10:00 am – 5:00pm HOW HOLLYWOOD WORKS: CREATING A FILM FOR THE WORLD MARKET Learn how to get a film project produced & seen by the largest possible audience. In this workshop writers, producers, directors, & other filmmakers will follow the evolution of motion picture projects starting with the major considerations of a project's potential in the global marketplace, cost of production, return on investment, choosing the right company for the type of project, to the particulars of story selection, securing rights, film financing, development, production, marketing, distribution, & return of profits or resultant losses. Instructor: Judith Merians, see bio under 19 sept course listed above! INFO at WICE; 01.45.66.75.50 or http://www.wice-paris.org/.

WRITE IN FRENCH: Mon, 25 Sept SESSION 1 starts, continuing Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 SESSION 2 – Nov 13, 20, 27, Dec 4, 11 At: 3:30 – 5:30 pm Write in the Language of Love Creative writing is an act of love, & what better tool for it than the language of love itself: le français! What better place, too, than Paris where, daily, we have opportunities to love (& possibly hate) our surroundings… Here is a way to improve & refine vocabulary, gain confidence, increase sensitivity to the cadences of well-written French! Try your hand at description, dialogue, narration, simple poetry techniques & word games in French. The workshop will include reading passages from contemporary French authors, writing exercises, & sharing our work. Instructor: Louise Thunin-Domaratius has a number of short stories & novels, Gadji (Benjamin Franklin Award) & Writing the Book of Ester published in the USA. She has co-authored a culinary petbook, Chats with Le Chat Gourmet. She leads writing workshops in Le Mans for native French speakers. INFO: at WICE; 01.45.66.75.50 or visit http://www.wice-paris.org/.

26, 28 Sept; & 3, 5, 10, 12 Oct: 7:00 – 9:00pm From Final Edit to First Sale This is a course that explores the different routes a writer can take to get their work out into the world. Often writers believe there is only one path to take in order to “get published.” In fact, there are many options available. We will walk through some of the necessary steps, such as searching for the right literary agent for your work, writing query letters, discussing book proposals, learning about alternative ways to get your book into print, such as e-publishing & print-on-demand services + discuss publicity techniques, how to organize a book tour, & some creative ways to get that first book sold! Instructor Tanio McCallum, lives in NY, holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She has worked as an assistant literary agent, a senior editor for an educational consulting & publishing company, a marketing & events manager for a small press, as well as is a freelance writer, editor, & desktop publisher. INFO: at WICE; 01.45.66.75.50 or visit http://www.wice-paris.org/.

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PART III: NEWS REVIEWS & REVIEWS NEWS

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PLAYS WANTED: Contact Stephanie to book a reading of YOUR play Dates available in 2007 for Moving Parts. They read your play for an audience & you get feedback & a sense of how it sounds aloud! IN ENGLISH et/ou EN FRANÇAIS website : http://www.scamparis.com/ or send an e-mail to Stephanie on : movingparts@wanadoo.fr to receive the monthly mailings For further information contact : Stephanie Campion on : 06 14 67 18 58

NEW WRITING GROUP SEEKS AUTHORS: Seeking people who have been working in writing for awhile & are ready for a strong writing group to help swap work, talk through issues; etc. I'm looking for people who are mainly interested in fiction. My contact info is: henrietta.richer@orange.fr Or 06.30.26.00.64.

SITTER OFFER: Bilingual babysitter available evenings, weekends, & some weekdays too. I have extensive experience with kids (especially toddlers) & can provide references. Call Frieda at 06.26.87.78.71.

SUBMIT FICTION NOW!: The Paris Times (circulation: 30,000), a free monthly English-language newspaper featuring local news, feature stories, profiles, cultural schedules & reviews is looking for 1,000-word MAX fiction pieces for publication. •Send your work as a Word document attachment to Julie Pecheur, editor@theparistimes.com. The document must be in twelve-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced with no paragraph breaks. Please do not double space after periods. •Send a short (30 words MAX) bio paragraph, including your email if you want it published •Don’t forget the title of your piece if you have one. •Please supply a phone number & email address should we need to contact you. THE PARIS TIMES http://www.theparistimes.com/ 76, rue Notre Dame des Champs, 75006 Paris Tel : 01 40 51 75 28

SUBMIT Chapbooks; poems, fiction; art to: Gertrude Press announces the publication of our tenth issue of Gertrude. Featuring 21 writers & artists from 13 states, the tenth issue is our largest ever, with 112 pages of quality photography, fiction, poetry, & an interview with Judith Barrington. Explore our website (gertrudepress.org) for information on subscribing/submitting to our literary journal. POETS: For all of you poets receiving this, I'm hoping to start a series of craft interviews with contemporary poets to be published both on-line & in our print journal in 2007. If you have any interest in being a part of this, please contact editors.Gertrude Press is now accepting poetry & fiction chapbook submissions for its second annual Chapbook Contest. The contest is open to writers around the world. One winner will be announced in each category & will receive a $50 cash award & 50 copies of his/her winning chapbook. An entry fee of $12 per submission includes a subscription to the literary journal, Gertrude. Deadline: January 15, 2007. Submission guidelines are available online at gertrudepress.org.

READ : the newest issue of DIAGRAM, 6.4, at: http://thediagram.com/6_4 : Start with texts by Paris frequent reader, MARK TERRILL, plus Jake Berry, Joe Bonomo, Matthew Cooperman, Adam Fell, Jason Fraley, Christopher Fritton, Dereks Henderson & Pollard, Carrie Jerrell, Becca Klaver, Patrick Lawler, Billy Reynolds, Shya Scanlon, Jason Stumpf, Mike White, Caleb Wilson reviews: on Jen Tynes' The End of Rude Handles; on Alan DeNiro's Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead; on the Armory Show at DUSIE #4

READ!: Green Integer is proud to announce the 4th issue of on-going GREEN INTEGER REVIEW, a bimonthly online magazine featuring poetry & fiction, interviews, essays & reviews, bios & links. www.greeninteger.com/green_integer_review/issue_4/index.cfm & features: Paris local Joe Ross + Will Alexander, Douglas Messerli, Friederike Mayrocker, Richard Kalich, Ed Ford, Alain-Fournier (Fr in trans), Zinaida Hippius (Russian in trans), Gonzalo Rojas (Chile, in trans), & Stephen Ratcliffe & buy great Green Integer BOOKS online or via mail at their home site—one of the most exciting presses in the USA today!!! phone 323.857.1115, fax 323.857.0143, email info@greeninteger.com.

BOOK DEAL---BUY NOW! Here is a chance to make history. Every year we at TUPELO PRESS want to be able to offer more: more books, more support, more events. But we’re constrained, always, by a very tight budget, so help us by buying a book directly from our site & not through distribution & keep the press going. p.s. &, if you like the appeal of a deal, we’ll happily give you a second book at half price! (The book of equal or lesser value will be at half price.) (When you order online, it will look like you’re paying full price for two books, but you won't be. When we call in your credit card number, you’ll only be charged half price for the second book.) Perhaps check out forthcoming from David St John’s selection: Cloisters by Kristin Bock of Montague, MA as the winner of Tupelo Press's 7th Annual First Book Award. Buy now direct off our web site & keep a press alive so we can publish more books by you, your friends, the writers you can’t wait to read! AT: http://www.tupelopress.org

CALL FOR PAPERS : Experimental Writing & Aesthetics—Abstract/Proposals by 1 December 2006. Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual Conference Albuquerque, NM, February 14-17, 2007. Panels are now forming on topics related to Experimental Writing & Aesthetics in such areas as the aesthetics of experimental writing in any genre or in multi-genre/multi-media works including digital & graphic compositions involving language, the poetics of performance of experimental compositions, critical studies of experimental writers, etc. PLUS: Creative writers interested in the selective creative writing readings panels should contact Jerry Bradley, Creative Writing Readings Chair, via http://www.swtexaspca.org/ in the early fall. Send abstracts, papers, or proposals for panels with your email address by 1 December 2006: Hugh Tribbey, Experimental Writing & Aesthetics Chair Email: htribbey@ecok.edu OR snail Mail to:Dr. Hugh Tribbey, Department of English & Languages, East Central University,1100 E. 14th St., Ada, OK 74820 Phone: 580-310-5524; Fax: 580-436-3329. Conference Website: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/ (updated regularly)

SUBMIT NOW to one of America’s most exciting larder small presses! FUTUREPOEM BOOKS OPEN READING PERIOD Futurepoem books will hold an open reading period for manuscripts during the month of September 2006. Manuscripts must be postmarked during the month of September to be considered. Editors for this reading period will be Laura Elrick, Rob Fitterman, Tonya Foster, & Dan Machlin. Futurepoem is interested in receiving unpublished book-length works of innovative poetry, shorter prose, as well as cross-genre works of literature. We cannot currently consider works in translation, or works whose published length in our smaller book format would probably exceed 200 pages. We will consider non-U.S. work written in English. Out of kindness to our volunteer editors, we ask that each person submit only one manuscript for consideration. Please enclose three (3) copies of your manuscript, bound only by a simple binder clip, + SASE for response, to: Futurepoem Books C/O Dan Machlin, P.O. Box 7687 JAF STATION, New York, NY 10116. Publication decisions will be announced by end of March 2007. FOR MORE INFO ON THE PRESS: http://www.futurepoem.com

Gargoyle Turns 30—Get a copy of the NEWEST issue, featuring writers such as: Deborah Ager, Sarah Browning, Virginia Crawford, Jennifer K Dick, Sunil Freeman, Jennifer Gresham, Tod Ibrahim, Reuben Jackson, Gerry LaFemina, Nathan Leslie, Lyn Lifshin, Mel Nichols, Sam Schmidt, Ross Taylor, Venus Thrash, Angel Threatt, & Pamela Murray Winters.

SUBLIT TO: 2006 Tupelo Press $10,000 Dorset Prize Open to All Poets Writing in English.
Submission Period: September 1 - December 1, 2006 (Postmark) Again this year, the Dorset Prize includes a cash award of $10,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press & national & international distribution through Tupelo Press & Consortium. A judge of distinction will be announced soon. All finalists will be considered for publication. In addition to last year's winner, Tupelo Press has committed to four additional finalists, & is considering others.email: announce@tupelopress.org web: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=vv7veybab.0.7zocnxbab.xzxilxbab.633&ts=S0208&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tupelopress.org

SEND WORK for: 50 YEARS OF CONCRETE POETRY, From Clemente Padin This invitation is directed not only to the great community of visual poets of the whole world but & above all to specialists & lovers of poetry. At the end of this year, 2006, we will celebrate 50 years of the birth of Concrete Poetry. We invite you to send us notes, commentary, bibliography, photos, poems or documents that remember those historic moments to form a body of knowledge & works in relation to one of the last poetic movements we have known. Send to Clemente Padin: 7w1k4nc9@adinet.com.uy. In Nov, selected material will be added to BOEK861, the website of Cesar Reglero, at the time of the Colloquium on the 50th anniversary of concrete poetry that will be carried out in the Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany, 23-26 Nov, 2006. Pictures & poems should be no larger than 300 KB in JPEG files of high resolution &, the texts on DIN A4, or letter-sized pages in Word files. Deadline for receipt: 10 November 2006.

Read local astromer & writer, Henry Joy McCracken’s, article online at: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/1573/

REFERENCE: Writers, you might like to SEE a comprehensive directory of independent publishers at: http://newpages.com/npguides/bookpubs.htm

SUBMIT STORIES: j.friel@ljmu.ac.uk is collecting stories (only) for the lesbian/gay magazine blythe house quarterly

OPEN SUBS PERIOD FOR the EXCITING LITMUS PRESS, a press devoted to Aufgabe magazine, their annual publication always featuring a guest editor for a section (usually of international work) & a regular array of some of the most exciting poetry & poetics essays around! See their books & events list, info on SUBMITTING in SEPTEMBER & all the rest at website: www.litmuspress.org

INVITATION TO READ: The Red Room, by Joan Barbara Simon. Get a first impression from the excerpts on her website: http://www.joanbarbarasimon.com/ .

SUBMIT FICTION: NEW out NOW in PARIS: Order a copy or SUBMIT to "The Literary Review of New Fiction" out of Paris, France. A really stylish mag in the style of Poets & Writers or the Writers' Chronicle, the April issue has work by 6 writers + critical reviews & a small selection of info on Paris writing info. Email work to: http://fr.f610.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=newfiction@hotmail.frEditor, Dominic Jensen, accepts short stories, chapters or novel extracts, play scenes or screenplays (no poetry). 600-3500 words. You are only informed if you are accepted, so query if you hear nothing after a little while & are unsure of whether the work was even received. Include a small contrib bio note.

SUBMIT, READ: Jack Mackerel Magazine On Myspace With the Bumbershoot Festival's bookfair not a part of their programming this year, we did not publish the 10th Anniversary Edition of Jack Mackerel Magazine...in its place, Jack Mackerel has set up shop on Myspace; there are three past issues in the blog area for you to check out & in coming weeks more past editions & chapbooks will be added...perhaps it's just a rehearsal for a future Jack Mackerel Magazine website, who knows? To quote the band Wire: "Is this just an exercise or COULD THIS BE A DRILL!" JACK MACKEREL MAGAZINE MYSPACE URLhttp://www.myspace.com/jackmackerelmagazine JACK MACKEREL MAGAZINE BLOG URL http://blog.myspace.com/jackmackerelmagazine STAY TUNED & SPREAD THE WORD... THE EDITOR, 2006

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CONTEST TO GO TO KENYA: See the site for the 2006 Summer Literary Seminars (SLS)-Kenya program, held in Nairobi & on the equatorial Lamu Island, December 14th-28th: www.sumlitsem.org/kenya. Accepting aps & our first annual SLS-Kenya fiction /nonfiction/ poetry contest is still ongoing. For those thinking of submitting their work to it, please note that there are only FOUR days left until the postmark deadline of September 15th. The authors of the winning poem & prose entries will receive airfare, accommodations, & a full tuition waiver to the 2006 Summer Literary Seminars program in Kenya, & publication of the winning entry in one of these magazines--fiction & poetry in Tin House (New York), nonfiction in Maisonneuve (Montreal). Second place receives a full tuition waiver to SLS 2006, & third place -- a substantial tuition scholarship. Final judges: Philip Lopate (nonfiction) & Tin House editors (fiction & poetry). Please visit our website for complete guidelines: http://www.sumlitsem.org/kenya/contests.aspx