05 October 2009

October 2009 Readings & Events in Paris!

Part I) Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by date for the month
Part II) Workshops (Writing & other)
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work, some ads
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Part I) Events & READINGS

*Until 10 Oct : « Ordet » de Kaj Munk et traduit par Marie Darrieussecq est mis en scène par Arthur Nauziciel au Théâtre du Rond Point dans le cadre du Festival d’Automne avec notamment Pascal Gregory et Pierre Baux, jusqu’au 10 octobre http://www.festival-automne.com/

*5 Oct 7pm Jim Christy and Simon Lane reading a selection of their work. Jim Christy, author & visual artist, whose ‘…poetry is like a cross between Catullus and a country song’ (—John Moore, Sub-terrain Magazine) will be reading a selection of his work & Simon Lane will be launching his new book of short stories The Real Illusion. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel.
http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

* 5 Oct à 19h30 An Intimate Evening with Kinky Friedman. Or will it be a Kinky Evening with Intimate Friedman? Kinky Friedman on guitar and vocals, et Little Jewford - Keys and vocals, Washington Ratso - guitar and vocals. AT: l’Archipel, 17, bvd. de Strasbourg M° Strasbourg St Denis Info on:
http://www.anythingmatters.com/

*5 oct at 20h30: Spoken Word Paris invites you out to share work in any language on any theme or their Theme of the night « machines” AT : Cabaret Populaire "Culture Rapide," 103 rue Julien Lacroix. Métro Belleville or Pyrénées. See their webblog at :
http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/

*6 oct at 19h30 : IVY Writers Paris TRILINGUAL READING with Greek poet Demosthène Agrafiotis & French Poet Marie-Céline Siffert. BIOS: Desmosthène Agrafiotis is the author of over 15 collections of poems in Greek & 14 in French, as well as critical books on photography, poetry & on art as a sociocultural phenomenon. He has a special interest for visual/concrete poetry. His magazine 'Clinamen'(1980-90), co-published by Erato Publications in Athens (1991-1994), is an amalgam of Greek poetry and art with work from Europe and America. 25 art books were published based on 'Clinamen' in the period from 1980 to 2001. After 2001 'Clinamen' went online at:
http://thetis.gr/publication/clinamen See http://www.dagrafiotis.com/ for more. Marie-Céline Siffert is the author of 2 collections of poems, Encore, (aux éditions Contre-Pied, 2007) and Monsieur en extase sur la couverture, (éditions Jacques Brémond, 2008) She completed her MA in arts plastiques at Aix-en-provence, spent 2 years in Casablanca, completed a DNSEP at la Villa Arson school of art in Nice (specializing in video work) before leaving the South of France to live for a while in Paris. She participated in a series of group readings called « 5 Sans Edith » in 2006 and 2007, at the International Center for Poetry in Marseille (CiPM), and founded the lit review “Monsieur Thérèse”. Other writing by Siffert has appeared in literary reviews such as « Nioques », « Java », « BoXon », « Cahier du refuge », « Café verre », « CCP », « revueX », les « cahiers de Benjy », « sitaudis », « myopies » and « RotoR ». See the CiPM site : http://www.cipmarseille.com/auteur_fiche.php?id=902 for more. AT : Le Next 17 rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris, M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles, Gratuit! Free! (+infos sur le blog: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com/ with bios in French, too.)

*6 Oct à 19h: Novel Reading by Janet Siskelian Charles. She will be reading from her wonderful new book Moonlight in Odessa. This is the story of Daria, beautiful and smart who longs for something more than what she can have in her beloved native Odessa. And her all elusive search takes her to the world of mail-order brides and marriage. The book is funny and wise, with great characters that will keep you hooked till the last page. We can't wait till Tuesday and we hope to see you all there! AT: The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore, 22 rue St Paul, 75004 Paris, M° St Paul. See
http://rwbooks.blogspot.com/2009/10/event-at-rwb.html for more

*6 Oct à 19h : « Avec ou sans voix » : Instants d'humanité partagés et d'horizons croisés, sur une invitation des SILENCES D’ORPHÉE,,,. MARIN FAVRE, PHILIPPE BARNIER, NORBERT GODON, RONAN LE GRAND, CATHERINE LASCAULT, ÉRIC PÉRIER, JEAN AIR, VÉRONIQUE MISSUD, une programmation de Norbert Godon croisant vidéos d'artistes, lectures, performances, installations sonores présentées par EST-CE UNE BONNE NOUVELLE. Un objectif commun : épuiser la matière du discours. AT : La Java, 105 rue du Faubourg du Temple, Paris 75010, M° : Belleville ou Goncourt
http://www.la-java.fr/

*7 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec LEONORA MIANO pour la parution de son roman Les aubes écarlates (Plon) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

*7 Oct 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Stephen Clarke and Kristin Espinasse on the highs, lows -- and hilarity -- of expat life in France. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire.
http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*8 Oct 19.30 – October Poésie et Prose 2009 in English, admission free. Chair: Sheila Pratschke Peter Fallon, Biddy Jenkinson, Claire Keegan AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation -
adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.

*8 oct sur France 5, à 20 h 35. Philip Roth est l'invité de l'émission "La Grande Librairie" animée par François Busnel, A signaler également un entretien dans Le Monde :
http://www.lemonde.fr/opinions/article/2009/10/02/philip-roth-ceux-qui-lisent-et-ecrivent-sont-une-survivance_1248392_3232.html

*8th Oct 7:00 pm Charles Timoney, the author of "Pardon My French", will present and sign his second book: "A Certain... Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging like the French » AT : WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde www.whsmith.fr


8, 9, 10 et 11 oct : ALL day. 21ème Puces du Design : marché des antiquaires de la mode et du design AT : Quai de la Loire, le long du Bassin de la Villette, Paris 19° En accès libre et gratuit http://www.pucesdudesign.com/

* 9 Oct 7pm (exceptional time) Reading by prize-winning novelists Sarah Hall and Andrew Miller. Sarah will read from her new novel, How to Paint a Dead Man - a richly layered work of art, absence, loss and passion - recently longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize following on from a shortlisting in 2004 for The Electric Michelangelo. Andrew’s first novel, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997 & won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Grinzane Cavour prize in Italy. He has since written 4 novels: Casanova, Oxygen, (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Booker Prize in 2001), The Optimists, and One Morning Like a Bird. He will read a selection from his works. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel.
http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

*9 Oct à 18h. Jacques Jouet à la librairie Atout Livre Rencontre avec Jacques Jouet à l'occasion de la parution de Bodo (POL) et de la soirée de Rentrée Littéraire de la librairie Atout Livre à Paris. AT : Librairie Atout Livre, 203 bis avenue Daumesnil 75012 Paris, Métro Daumesnil Tél : 01 43 43 82 27 - Fax : 01 43 43 82 73
info@atoutlivre.com or http://www.atoutlivre.com/

*9 Oct 19.30 – October Poésie et Prose 2009 in English, admission free. Chair: Maggie Doyle Eiléan Ni Chuilleanain, Julia O Faoláin, James Ryan AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation -
adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.

9 octobre à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition de photos de ANAKIN WYOMING "In Between", dans le cadre du Mois de la Transidentité. "In Between n'est pas un entre deux, mais un entre tout. Un flux entre les deux genres qui nous sont imposés. In Between c'est la présentation d'un No Trans' Land, un lieu où l'identité prend un sens quand elle n'en n'a pas d'autre part. … Capturer un moment, une identité, un regard, une rencontre. Il n'y a plus de certitudes, ni d'évidences." (exposition du 7 octobre au 8 novembre) AT: Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

*10 Oct 14.30-evening readings for the Irish Cultural Center’s Poetry & Prose festivel. First, at 16h30 – Chair: Peter Fallon Colette Bryce, Celia de Fréine, Kevin Power, Peter Sirr 16.30 – Chair: Caroline Walsh Christine Dwyer Hickey, Dennis O’Driscoll, David Park 19.30 – Chair: S.E. Paul Kavanagh John Montague AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation -
adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.

10 Oct 17:00 - 21:00 Vernissage for “Art Stories” fantasmes dévoilés ... Les fantasmes dévoilés de quatre artistes contemporains Peintures, sculptures, estampes numériques* L’art comme un exutoire fantasmagorique. L’art comme une rencontre… entre réminiscence enfantine, mythologie et déchirures. L’art nous raconte des histoires. L’exposition Art Stories dévoile chimères, obsessions, fantaisies de quatre artistes contemporains. Un bréviaire onirique qui prête à une pérégrination artistique dans leurs univers. CLAUDE COMO, SEBASTIEN KITO, ZWY MILSHTEIN and ISABELLE TUROVE. 10 octobre - 6 décembre 2009 Commissaire, Véronique Grange-Spahis. L’exposition sera ponctuée par des évènements artistiques et culturelles : Conférence sur la Digigraphie, musique, soirées en présence des artistes, ... AT/ Dorothy’s Gallery, 27 rue Keller, 75011 Paris, m° Bastille. Programmation à suivre sur
http://www.dorothysgallery.com/

*11th Oct at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay by Martin Chipperfield : "Parting Touches"For more, see:
http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries

*12 Oct at 5.30 pm, “The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, San Francisco 1975–80: A Conference by Barrett Watten”: “how has the notion of the “literary” literary history in the making changed over the past thirty years? then & now poetics and politics we were writing in convergence between theory and example the effect of French theory, critical theory, postmodern Marxism at that time”—Watten. The Grand Piano is an experiment in collective autobiography by ten writers identified with the rise of Language poetry in San Francisco: Rae Armantrout, Steve Benson, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Tom Mandel, Ted Pearson, Bob Perelman, Kit Robinson, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten. Barrett Watten is a “language-centered” poet and critic of modern cultures. His most recent study “The Constructivist Moment: From Material Text to Cultural Poetics” (Wesleyan UP, 2003), received the René Wellek Prize in 2004; “Total Syntax” came out from Southern Illinois University Press in 1985. His creative work has taken the form of experiments in and between genres, & includes the collections: “Frame: 1971–1990” (Sun & Moon, 1997); “Bad History”, a nonnarrative prose poem “including history,” (Atelos,1998); & “Progress/ Under Erasure”, a combined edition of two long poems, (Green Integer, 2004). He has collaborated on two multi authored experimental works: Leningrad: American Writers in the Soviet Union (Mercury House, 1992) and The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, San Francisco, 1975–80, which began its ten-volume serial publication in November 2006. He is a Professor of English at Wayne State U, Detroit (
www.english.wayne.edu/fac_pages/ewatten) AT: Institut Charles V, Université Paris-Diderot, 10, rue Charles V, Paris, 75004 room A50 contact: abigail.lang@wanadoo.fr for more info.

* 12 October 7pm Sir Alistair Horne, will be reading from his compelling new book Kissinger 1973, The Crucial Year and talking about ‘the man at the epicentre of events that shook the decade’. Read Salon.Com’s article starting ‘Sir Alistair Horne may be the only author in the world whose books have been read and praised by George W. Bush, Ariel Sharon and Robert Fisk. Not to mention by much of the senior military staff of the U.S. Army, Middle East scholars, State Department policy wonks, and realpolitik statesmen…’ ‘
http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/05/08/alistair_horne/ AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

*13 Oct at 19h: Iain Pears will present his book, “Stone's Fall”. A return to the form that launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world: a vast historical mystery, marvelous in its ambition and ingenius in its complexity. In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller “An Instance of the Fingerpost”. Chronologically, this new novel moves backwards—from London in 1909 to Paris in 1890, and finally to Venice in 1867—during Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the twentieth century's arms race. Stone's Fall is an intricately plotted and richly satisfying puzzle—an erudite work of history and fiction that feels utterly true and oddly timely. Pears is also the author of the bestseller The Dream of Scipio and a novella, The Portrait, as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon.
http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/

13 Oct 19.30, admission free, VO. Film documentary “What am I doing here?” Artist-in-residence Trish McAdam presents her documentary on Donal O’Kelly, a well-known Irish actor and playwright who twice performed in the Centre Culturel Irlandais in his own shows Catalpa and Running Beast. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine.
http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/

13 October 19h30 European Space Agency@The Library: Alan Cooper on 'Why explore the Moon, Mars and Comets?' AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire.
http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*14 oct 19h. A l'occasion de la parution de « Des revenants, Corps, lieux, images » (Editions Bayard, collection Le rayon des curiosités) rencontre avec Olivier ScheferAT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 paris, Tel : 01 42 71 17 00

*14 Oct 19h30 Evenings with an Author: French author and journalist Philippe Labro discusses his 50-year love affair with America. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire.
http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*15 Oct at 20h Eileen Myles. Eileen Myles is an American poet, editor, performer, critic, speaker. The author of numerous books, including Sorry, Tree (Wave Books, 2007) in which she describes "some nature" as well as the transmigration of souls from the east coast to the west. Her most recent work came out this summer: The Importance of Being Iceland (art writing). New York: Semiotext(e), MIT Press, July 09 Bust Magazine calls Myles "the rock star of modern poetry" and Holland Cotter in The New York Times describes her as "a cult figure to a generation of post-punk female writer-performers. See her site for much much more:
http://www.eileenmyles.com/ AT: Castillo/Corrales Gallery, 65, rue Rébeval, 75019 Paris +33 (0)1 771 368 71. http://www.castillocorrales.fr/

*15 Oct : 19h -21h : Rendez-vous réguliers, les jeudis de l'Oulipo, chers aux amateurs de jeux de l'esprit et de littérature potentielle, continuent d'explorer des thèmes d'actualité, proposant lectures et créations originales. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium.
http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/cultpubl.htm?ancre=conference_1135.htm M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand)

15th Oct 7:00 p.m. WH Smith and Flammarion cordially invite you to a champagne cocktail in the presence of Dorothy Stapleton, wife of Craig Stapleton, former US Ambassador to France; Philippe Excoffier, executive chef to US Ambassadors for nearly a decade; and Francis Hammond, photographer, for their book “Elegant Entertaining: Seasonal Recipes from the American Ambassador's Residence in Paris” RESERVATION NECESSARY: see WH Smith’s site, under events, for info on how to reserve for this evening. AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde www.whsmith.fr

*16 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec CLAUDINE GALEA pour son roman « Un amour prodigue » (éditions Thierry Magnier) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*16 au 25 octobre à Charleville-Mézières et dans les Ardennes : les Ailleurs (rencontres internationales de Poésie) Programme et plus d’infos sur leur site :
http://www.myspace.com/ailleurspoetiques

*17 oct à 19h : Présentation de la nouvelle revue HÉTÉROGRAPHE ("Revue des homolittératures ou pas"). En présence de PIERRE LEPORI (directeur), de l'équipe de rédaction et de CÉLIA HOUDART et FRANÇOIS CUSSET (sous réserve). AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

* 19 October 7pm Laurence Korb and Liliane Lefèvre (aka Claude Izner) will be reading from their fourth Victor Legris mystery, The Marais Assassin. Claude Izner is the pen-name of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre. Both booksellers on the banks of the Seine, they are experts on nineteenth-century Paris. They have co-written Murder on the Eiffel Tower, The Pére-Lachaise Mystery and The Montmartre Investigation as well their latest mystery The Marais Assassin. In this fourth case for the bookseller sleuth, Claude Izner offers a convincing portrait of a Paris shaken by anarchist bombings in the spring of 1892. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel.
http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

*19 oct, 18h30 - 20h. Au plus près de l'actualité, le premier rendez-vous du 19 octobre 2009 sera consacré à la rentrée littéraire. Parmi les quelques 600 romans qui affluent dans les librairies à cette occasion, Claude Arnaud opérera une première sélection afin de nous présenter deux romanciers confirmés et un auteur débutant. Soirée animée par Claude Arnaud avec : Yannick Haenel pour Ian Karski (Gallimard) l'homme de la Résistance polonaise qui a tenté en vain de prévenir les Alliés du Massacre - on le voit longuement dans Shoah, de Lanzmann, Alain Blottière pour Le Tombeau de Tommy (Gallimard) qui se présente comme le journal de bord d'un cinéaste d'aujourd'hui réalisant un long-métrage (de fiction) inspiré par un des héros de l'Affiche rouge, et, sous réserve, Therry Hesse pour son roman Démon publié aux éditions de L'Olivier (Hanté par la Shoah, un journaliste se bat pour la Tchétchénie). AT : BNF site Arsenal, 1, rue Sully, 75004 Paris, m° Lignes 7, (Sully-Morland), 1, 5, et 8 (Bastille)

*20th Oct 6:30 pm (Reservations a must) "Writers at the Residence" SOS Fundraiser: Lady Westmacott, hosts featured authors: Stephen Clarke, Bryce Corbett, Alec Lobrano, Michael Sadler, Heather Stimmler-Hall, and Charles Timoney. Lady Westmacott, patron of SOS Help, will host an evening of discussion on life in Paris and France from the outsider's perspective, at the residence of the British Ambassador to France. Six internationally top-selling authors will explore the social experience of living among the French, with each bringing their own unique take on a subject that intrigues the rest of the world. From naughty to nice and everything in between, discover the secrets of the city of lights, romance and cuisine. There will be a reception to follow. At: British Embassy Residence, 39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris The event is a fundraiser for SOS Help so please join us and encourage your friends to do so as well! Visit our website to for more about the event & to reserve a place.
Reserve your tickets now at soshelpline.org

*21 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec MARIE MOINARD et JEANNE PUCHOL à l'occasion du lancement de la bande dessinée collective En chemin elle rencontre... Les artistes se mobilisent contre la violence faite aux femmes (Des ronds dans l'O) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

*22 Oct : Jean Paul Manganaro au Centre Culturel Italien Rencontre avec Jean-Paul Manganaro, à l'occasion de la parution de Federico Fellini Romance, et autour de Fédérico Fellini, AT : Centre Culturel Italien à Paris, 4 rue des Prêtres Saint Séverin, 75005 Paris tel: 01 46 34 27 00 M° Saint Michel ou Cluny la Sorbonne
http://www.centreculturelitalien.com/

*22 October 19.30, La Médiathèque rencontre… Brendan Graham admission free, reservation necessary Brendan Graham is an Irish novelist and composer. He has published a historical trilogy: The Whitest Flower (1998), described as a ‘documentary novel’ on the Great Famine and a set text at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Element of Fire (2001); and The Brightest Day, The Darkest Night (2004). Rolf Løvland was inspired by The Whitest Flower to write the music for “You Raise Me Up”, a huge international hit for Irish boyband Westlife; Graham wrote the lyrics. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation -
adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.

*23 Oct : 14h - 20h. Une après-midi d'étude est consacrée à la philosophe Simone Weil par la BnF, qui conserve ses archives depuis les années 2000. De 19h à 20h, des lectures théâtralisées d'extraits d'ouvrages de Simone Weil ponctueront l'après-midi. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Petit auditorium M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand)

*23 Oct à 19h : Christine Montalbetti à l'Arbre à lettres Rencontre avec Christine Montalbetti, à l'occasion de la parution de Journée américaine (POL) et de En écrivant Journée américaine (Adam Biro), à la librairie l'Arbre à lettres Mouffetard. Lecture. Librairie l'Arbre à lettres, 2 rue Edouard Quenu, 75005 Paris
http://www.arbrealettres.com/

24th Oct 12 pm to 4 pm The Giant Annual SOS Booksale!!!!! Browse for English-language books at our Autumn Book Sale. We have a wide selection of books in every category, with paperbacks for 1 euro and hardcovers for 2 euros. And don't forget to visit our Tea Corner for a quick break and refreshment during your shopping.We greatly appreciate donations of any books you're finished reading. You may bring your books the day of the sale or for donations of 100+ books, you may email us at
soshelpbooksale@gmail.com to arrange a pickup. Also, if you'd like to help set up the day before, we'd greatly appreciate it! It involves carrying books in to the church as well as sorting and organizing the books once they've arrived. Give us a call for more information or feel free to stop by any time from 12 pm - 6 pm on Friday, October 23rd. AT: St. Joseph's Church, 50 Avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris

For kids/ 24 Oct 15.00,Hallowe’en Tales with Niall de Burca admission free, reservation recommended, in English A welcome return to Paris for one of Ireland’s finest traditional storytellers. His rapport with children is magical but be warned, Niall de Burca will cast a Hallowe’en spell on young and old alike! Raised in the West of Ireland, he uses his voice with a craftsman's skill, tells great stories with tremendous energy, judgment and timing. An event for all the family. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine.
http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/

*25th Oct at 7.30 pm En français: Lecture par MOVING PARTS: MP presents a reading in French of a play by Guy Gauthier :"Maudite Soit La Nuit" (in French) For more, see:
http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries

* 26 October 7pm Award-winning travel writer and journalist Rosemary Bailey will be reading from Love and War in the Pyrenees, winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers Award for best narrative travel book. One of the main characters will be an honoured guest at the event. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel.
http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

*28 oct 20h : Poète/publique : rencontre avec Anne Parian & Jérôme Mauche / Les petits matins. Dans le cadre de "poète--public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.

*29 Oct : 19h30 Susan Howe reading at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Double Change et les Revues parlées du Centre Georges Pompidou vous invitent à une lecture de Susan Howe Susan Howe est l’auteur d’une douzaine de livres de poésie et de critique. Son dernier livre, Souls of the Labadie Tract, a paru chez New Directions en 2007. La même année a paru une nouvelle édition de My Emily Dickinson, essai lyrique de 1985 qui a renouvelé la critique de ce poète majeur du dix-neuvième siècle et réinventé la critique littéraire par sa forme. Sa collaboration avec le musicien David Grubbs a donné lieu à deux CD, Thiefth et Souls of the Labadie Tract (Blue Chopsticks, 2005 et 2007). Des traductions françaises par Bernard Rival sont parues au Théâtre Typographique (Thorow, Marginalia de Melville, et Deux et). Susan Howe a été professeur à l’université de SUNY-Buffalo jusqu’à sa retraite en 2007. Lauréate d’une bourse Guggenheim et de nombreuses distinctions, elle est actuellement poète en résidence à l’American Academy à Berlin. AT : Centre Georges Pompidou, dans les collections permanentes du Musée national d’art moderne, niveau 4, Entrée libre
http://doublechange.org/

*30 Oct de 9h30 à 18h30: All in English : « autour de susan howe. Script. » Journée d’étude consacrée à l’œuvre de Susan Howe. One-day conference focusing on the work of Susan Howe, organized by Antoine Cazé and Abigail Lang with talks by Hélène Aji, Isabelle Alfandary, Antoine Cazé, Will Montgomery, Redell Olsen and Christine Savinel. At the end of the series of talks, all in English, Susan Howe will speak on her use of archives and images in her work. AT : l’institut Charles V, Université Paris-Diderot, 10, rue Charles V, 75004, salle A50
http://doublechange.org/

* 30 octobre à partir de 19H Claude Ber lira à Paris. Poète, critique, performeuse—à ne pas rater ! AT : Les Voûtes Paris, 19 rue des Frigos 75013 Paris M° Météor

du 30 octobre au lundi 2 octobre : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au 21è Festival de films féminstes et lesbiens de Paris. Des forfaits seront en prévente à la librairie. Infos :
http://www.cineffable.fr/ AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

*31 Oct: de 15h à 17h Susan Howe & Dominique Fourcade reading/talk: “Autour d’Emily Dickinson”Susan Howe, l’un des plus importants poètes américains d’aujourd’hui, évoquera « son » Emily Dickinson. My Emily Dickinson, l’essai lyrique qu’elle lui a consacré en 1985 et dont une nouvelle édition vient de paraître chez New Directions, a renouvelé la critique de ce poète majeur du 19ème siècle. Pour cette rencontre au Petit Palais, Susan Howe est allée à Amherst étudier les derniers fragments d’Emily Dickinson qui juxtaposent écriture, signes graphiques, marques acoustiques. Une sélection de ces fragments sera projetée. Pour la circonstance, Susan Howe a demandé à Dominique Fourcade d’en donner une traduction et d’improviser avec elle un commentaire. AT : l’auditorium du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Entrée gratuite
http://doublechange.org/

A PEEK INTO NOVEMBER :

5 Nov 18.30 – 20.00, Vernissage Into Irish Drawing, with work by artists: Stephen Brandes, Claire Carpenter, Gary Coyle, Timothy Emlyn Jones, Brian Fay, Mark Francis, David Godbold, Anita Groener, Katie Holten, Alice Maher, Niamh McCann, Eoin McHugh, Bea McMahon, Nick Miller, Tom Molloy, Isabel Nolan, Eamon O’Kane, Niamh O’Malley, Kathy Prendergast, Jim Savage, Gerda Teljeur & Martin Wedge. admission free AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/

*8th Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Gwyneth Hughes: "Sub Rosa" For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries

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Part II) Writing (reading & other) workshops in Paris! (listed by start date) :
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NOW: FACT improv, voice and acting courses : Admission is by interview; enrollment is continuous, (although we encourage early application to insure your place). Courses this fall include: American Acting in Paris (Wednesday, 7:30 - 10:30 PM) the Actor’s Voice (Tuesday, 10AM – 1PM), Technique & Scene Study (Tuesday, 7:30 - 10:30 PM), Sense Memory (Wednesday, 10 AM - 1 PM) and Scene Study (Thursday, 10 AM - 1 AM). Note: English may be used in all the classes; the Monday evening class, “American Acting in Paris”, is taught exclusively in English. Generally: The Autumn Session : Oct. 5 - Dec. 10, 2009, Winter Session : Jan. 18 - Mar. 25, 2010, Spring Session : Apr. 26 - Jul. 1, 2010 Location, FACT - 65 rue de Reuilly 75012 PARIS, Subway Stop : Reuilly-Diderot or Montgallet, Bus 46 : Montgallet To Contact us 01 43 44 76 98 Email :
factinfo@free.fr WebSite : http://factinfo.free.fr

9th-11th Oct: Faber Academy WORKSHOP at Shakespeare & Co: “The Art of Novel Writing” with Sarah Hall & Andrew Miller. More information on the courses & the Faber Academy can be found at
www.faberacademy.co.uk

11 Oct : PRANA STRETCH / YOGA WORKSHOP : PranaStretch Intense - dimanche, 11 octobre 2009, 17h30-19h30, 15€ Prana en sanskrit signifie «breath», «souffle», ou «énergie vitale». Le PranaStretch est un travail basé sur le yoga qui unit le souffle, le mouvement et l'attention. Il libère les tensions, augmente la souplesse, affirme l'alignement optimal et «deepens access to the body's core energy and strength». Ce travail fluide basé sur le souffle nous demande de prendre pleinement possession de notre être en le laissant s'exprimer, solicitant à la fois l'intérieur et l'extérieur en même temps, «extending beyond the body into space and into the world with power and ease». Ann Moradian is the director of Perspectives In Motion. She has been dancing, teaching and choreographing for over 30 years. Her current work is strongly influenced by Eric Beeler (yoga) and Nguyen Thahn Thiên (martial arts). 01 40 70 07 85
pranastretch@yahoo.com or perspectivesinmotion@gmail.com or www.affinitiz.com/space/perspectivesinmotion for more or to sign up.

From 14 to 16 Oct: MASTERCLASS with JOHN BAXTER. Baxter is offering a series of three-day Master Classes on the writing of memoir, biography and autobiography. Groups, limited to 6 participants. Emphasis is on practical advice: getting started on a memoir, planning the structure, finding a voice, and isolating the themes that turn a personal meditation into a book for a larger audience. John will also advise on preparing a manuscript for submission, finding an agent etc. Arrangements can also be made to mentor projects following the Master Class. Instructor info: John has published more than 40 books, among them the acclaimed memoirs A POUND OF PAPER; CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK ADDICT, WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS; SEX AND LOVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT, and IMMOVEABLE FEAST: A PARIS CHRISTMAS. His biographies include WOODY ALLEN, STANLEY KUBRICK, GEORGE LUCAS, STEVEN SPIELBERG and ROBERT DENIRO. Cost: €475, €100 deposit on registration. Participants are not required to have published before, or completed a manuscript. For further information, access the Paris Writers Workshop website at
www.pariswritersworkshop.org or email John direct at genet@noos.fr

17 Oct and also on 18 Oct: PARISIAN LITERARY SALON One day intensive studies offered once a month- for October: THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin. Two studies are on offer: Saturday October 17th 5-10 PM (room for two more participants) and Sunday October 18th, 3-8pm Each five-hour Salon includes an intensive discussion, potluck dinner & study of the text. These Salons explore the creative act of reading and responding to literature, using the insights of all participants to weave together a multi-sided consideration of the work. Details and book descriptions are available on the website-
http://literarysalon.free.fr or email for more details and registration information, litsalon@gmail.com.

October 24/25: Caspar of Improfessionals is arranging the CLOWN workshop near St Ambroise metro. Please register with Caspar for the QUANTUM CLOWN WORKSHOP Oct 24/25 by writing Caspar Schjelbred <
supercaspar@yahoo.fr>, improvinparis <contact.us@improfessionals.com>, And if you would like private coaching please contact me or Caspar. Ira Seidenstein is the instructor, and can be reached at iraseid@gmail.com See more at WWW.IRASEIDENSTEIN.COM

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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work, ads, etc.
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SUBMIT WRITING NOW: Paris/Atlantic, the AUP creative publication is looking forward to recruiting your masterpieces for the next issue. Whether you are a poet, photographer, script writer, a lyricist... - submit your pieces to us and possibly get published. So, show us what you've got under those covers, submitting is painless. The deadline for submissions is October 29th. With any further inrequiries, feel free to approach Oona or Saara, and/or to email us at parisatlantic@gmail.com, the same address which awaits your art works. Synergetically, Saara Vanhanen and Oona Doyle

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: SOS Help is looking for new volunteers. This is a great way to get involved in the English speaking community in Paris. If interested, please attend one of our recruitment sessions: October 8th, 7 pm or on October 13th, 7 pm Come and see us on any of those dates (you only need to attend ONE session!) at the American Church of Paris, 65 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris. http://www.soshelpline.org/

CARA BLACK ANNONCE : que son roman « Muertre dans le Marais » est sorti en Français ! Aimée visited le Panam ! See the site for info : http://www.city-editions.com/WebPages2009/RomansMeurtreMarais.htm

THIS OCTOBER!: Wave Books is excited to announce the culminating titles of Wave's 2009 series: BLUETS by MAGGIE NELSON and MUSEUM OF ACCIDENTS by RACHEL ZUCKER, available in both softcover and limited edition hardcover. MAGGIE NELSON'S BLUETS is a lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue, while folding in, and responding to, the divergent voices and preoccupations of such generative figures as Wittgenstein, Sei Shonagon, William Gass and Joan Mitchell. A brutally honest epic of domestic proportions, RACHEL ZUCKER'S MUSEUM OF ACCIDENTS rends the terrorizing forces of modern existence from abstraction and places them directly in our laps. (…) a poet of immense political and social conviction and significance. For complete information, and to order, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog

CALL FOR WORK : Cerise Press (http://www.cerisepress.com/): Call For Submissions: Cerise Press, an international online journal (with future print anthology) based in France and U.S. builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Franchophone works. Published 3 times per year, we seek poetry, translations, art, prose, interviews, reviews and photography. Our first issue is here: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Contact the editors (Karen Rigby, Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Sally Molini) at editors@cerisepress.com

APPEL D’ŒUVRES EN FRANCAIS : Cerise Press (http://www.cerisepress.com/): Appel d'œuvre : littérature française et traductions : Cerise Press, revue littéraire internationale basée en France et aux États-Unis, construit des liens transculturels en rendant visibles des artistes et des écrivains — en anglais, en français et en autres traductions —, mettant l'accent sur des oeuvres françaises et francophones. Voici notre numéro actuel: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Nous sommes ouverts pour les prochains numéros aux propositions de la poésie, des chroniques (anglais et/ou français), ainsi que des textes/essais sur le domaine français et les traductions (français-anglais) d'oeuvres littéraires. Contactez Fiona Sze-Lorrain (rédactrice à Paris): editors@cerisepress.com

OUT NOW : Gently Read Literature October 2009 Issue 19 with Critical Reviews of Contemporary Poetry and Literary Fiction. http://www.gentlyread.wordpress.com/

ONLINE NOW : Temporal, a bilingual critical review of literature and the arts. le numéro 8 de la revue Temporel vient de paraître, accessible gratuitement en ligne, dans son intégralité. Nous y abordons, entre autres, le thème de l’honnêteté.Temporel 8 has just been published on line. All articles can be read in free access. Part of this issue deals with the theme of honesty. http://temporel.fr/

EDITORIAL SERVICES : Editrixie, a comprehensive editorial services group, is going into its fourth autumn season, and this past year has been our most satisfying yet. Two of our clients are releasing books this month: Nancy Mauro's first novel, New World Monkeys, and Maggie Kast with The Crack Between the Worlds: A Memoir of Loss, Faith, and Family (Resource Publications). Recent academic clients include the School of Visual Arts and the New School in New York City, and the University at Albany. Keep us in mind for your editing, writing, and consulting needs. We cater to all permutations of the written word: novels, short stories, memoirs, nonfiction, web content, advertising copy, and beyond. Read more about us at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102719307893&s=11702&e=001Z2hA8WbhE49XjsUSMMLrfNaeivhEKMJAIo619jJ5tQNGIGBsMdVvmPnQtKRbkOstAzlOIeBZqICUOGkPZ2cpsWF0C04HszaRAYpkl4eaSBye118BRjpwVg==. Editrixie: Janet Steen, Joanna Yas, Rebecca Wolff, and Barbara Spindel.

NEW BOOK BY MARILYN HACKER: “NAMES” with Norton. In Names, Marilyn Hacker juxtaposes glimpses of contemporary lives with dialogues undertaken in signal poetic voices. Using her signature wit, passion, and mastery of received and invented forms, she convinces us to believe in a world made possible by language—prescient, playful, polyglot, and often breathtaking. Check it out!!! http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=12243

A VERSAL CALL FOR WORK: Versal Magazine, just awarded “best of Amsterdam” wants your poetry, prose, and art for its eighth issue due out in May 2010. Internationally acclaimed literary annual published in Amsterdam, bringing together the world's urgent, involved, and unexpected. See website for guidelines and to submit: http://versal.wordsinhere.com/. Inquiries (only) can be directed to: versal@wordsinhere.com. Deadline: January 15, 2010.

SEEKING REVIEWS & OTHER TEXTS : Poets' Quarterly, a new online journal, is seeking reviews of poetry books and chapbooks, as well as author interviews, for the October launch issue. http://www.poetsquarterly.com/ To give you an idea of what's to come, the launch issue will include reviews of Tulips, Water, Ash by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, At night the dead by Lisa Ciccarello, American Prophet by Robert Fanning, Taste of Cherry by Kara Candito, and From the Fever-World by Jehanne Dubrow. Some of the contributors include Emma Bolden, Jill Crammond Wickham, Valerie Wedtlaufer, and Karen Weyant to name a few. We're actively seeking reviews, interviews, and a nice stable of writers. For submission instructions, visit http://www.poetsquarterly.com/

STORY CONTEST! Richard Peabody is judging this years The Willesden Herald: Short story competition 2009-2010. Open to all aged 18 or over, regardless of nationality or country of residence.Entries must be:- in English - double-spaced - in a normal font size (12 point is fine) Entries must be entirely your own work and never previously published or broadcast, online or offline. One entry per person only. Subsequent entries, including revisions, will be omitted from the competition and will not be read.Manuscripts must show no name, address or identifying marks other than the title of the story. Word limit this year: 8,000.There is no set theme.Entry is by completing the online entry form and uploading your manuscript in Microsoft Word (".doc") or RTF (".rtf") format.To enter you must first register and confirm your email address. By registering you agree that we may email you announcements about the competition and occasional newsletters. We will not pass your details to anyone outside of the Willesden Herald and Pretend Genius Press, unless required to do so by law.There is an entry fee of £3 per entrant this year. The computer system will only direct you to the payment page after successfully uploading your entry. Entry fees are non-refundable. Closing date: 18 December 2009. We will not enter into any correspondence about entries or results.We cannot provide any feedback on individual entries.We will reduce the entries to a shortlist from which the winners will be chosen anonymously by this year's judge.The results will be announced early in 2010 at a special Short Story Cafe event sponsored by Pulp Net.
The prizes for 2010 are: 1st place: £300 plus a one-off Willesden Herald mug inscribed "The Willesden Short Story Prize 2010" 2nd: 2 x £150 (two runners-up) All ten short-listed stories will be included in "New Short Stories 4" to be published by Pretend Genius Press. For more info: http://www.willesdenherald.com/competition/welcome.php Previous judges were Zadie Smith and Rana Dasgupta.

NEW BOOK by CECILIA WOLOCH: it’s the official launch for Cecilia’s new collection of poems, Carpathia, from BOA Editions, Ltd. She says “I'm thrilled with everything about how the book has turned out, and feel especially grateful to artist Jonde Northcutt for the stunning cover image she created.” The book is available now from the BOA website at http://boaeditions.org/bookstore/details.php?prodId=219 Well-controlled eulogies to her dying father in rural Kentucky, lush lyric and prose poems to lovers and former-lovers in Paris and various Eastern European countries, and compelling anaphoric-based narratives that meander between innocence and experience, body and soul – these are the motifs in Cecilia Woloch's stirring, new collection, Carpathia.

EChapbook of TRANSLATIONS: Translator from the German, Alistair Noon’s versions of twelve poems by the German First World War Expressionist poet August Stramm have just appeared as an e-chapbook here: http://intercapillaryspace.blogspot.com/2009/09/alistair-noons-last-drop-versions-of.html Congrats! Enjoy a good read, everyone!!!

SEEKING WRITERS: Bonjour Paris is looking for writers (unpaid, sorry...) We'd love to look at articles from your attendees to see whether or not they might be appropriate for Bonjour Paris. http://www.bonjourparis.com/

NEW : Nouvelle publication: James Clarence MANGAN, L'Homme à la Cape, suivi de Les trente Flacons, traduit, pésenté et annoté par Claude FIEROBE, "Terres d'ailleurs - Irlande", éditions Terre de Brume, 2009, 17 €. Première traduction en français des traductions/adaptations très libres..., que MANGAN avait faites en 1838 de Melmoth Réconcilié et de La Peau de Chagrin de Balzac.

SEEKING WORK & Editors IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH for Off-Mic : The LGBTI Paris Center associations GAIPAR & CultureS LGBT are in the process of establishing a bilingual French-English literary review. It will be classy & unconventional, iconoclastic & fun. Positioning itself at the meeting point between French culture & the cultures of other countries, off-mic gives voice to those who are unable to locate their place in the traditional media, as well as to those who simply have something to say “off- mic”. To get our project underway, we seek review staff & people who would like to contribute content to the review, including.: – articles & cultural critiques which will be entertaining & informative;– narratives & feature articles that may be somewhat transgressive or provocative; – short stories & poetry of high literary quality; – photos, drawings, cartoons, prints, & various forms of artwork. Articles should generally not be longer than 3,000 words, in order to give space for a variety of expression. Final content will depend on everyone of us… so we invite you to become part of the editorial board & association staff. Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this project! Write us or send work to: off-mic, c/o Association GAIPAR, Centre LGBT Paris-IDF, 63, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris OR, by email: off_micparis@yahoo.fr The blog and website will be up soon. If you would like to work on the editorial staff, please contact us!!!!

SUBMIT POETRY & SHORT FICTION to GRASP, a new English quarterly of culture & aesthetics from Prague, launched in September 2009 under the auspices of Charles University (Faculty of Arts,).GRASP is dedicated to promoting the works of short-fiction writers and poets – local and outside of the Czech Republic – as well as providing its readers with a digest of what is happening in today’s world of theater, film, fiction, art exhibitions and much more.The magazine is currently accepting submissions of Poetry (including prose poetry) and Short fiction for its 2nd issue: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Up to 5 pieces of writing in total (poetry, short fiction.), Only in electronic format (please include the keyword GRASP in your subject-field.), The deadline is November 20th, and Please send it to: iliya.bol@gmail.com