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."