01 October 2013

OCTOBER readings and literary events in PARIS France!


OCT 2013 Readings + Events List for PARIS (UPDATED 8 Oct 2013!!!!)
 

Part I) Paris Events and READINGS by date in OCTOBER

Part II) Writing, and Theater Workshops in Paris this month

Part III) AMAZING News Reviews and Reviews News: publications, CALLS FOR WORK, new books and more!

*Note: event details will be regularly updated, so check back!

(IF YOU HAVE EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, etc for Nov 2013 please send those announcements as early as possible, and in the format of the listings below, to Jennifer K Dick at fragment78 AT gmail.com

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Part I: Oct readings and events by DATE:
1 October 2013—IVY Writers Paris invites you to a bilingual reading with Jerome Rothenberg and Yves di Manno BIOS: Jerome Rothenberg is an internationally known poet with over eighty books of poems and twelve assemblages of traditional and avant-garde poetry such as Technicians of the Sacred and Poems for the Millennium. Recent books in French include Yves di Manno’s translation of Techniciens du Sacré and Jean Portante’s translation of Pologne/1931.  His most recent assemblage of his own poems is Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader, and he is now working on a global and historical anthology of “outside and subterranean poetry.”. At one point in his life, Rothenberg was the theorist of the deep image group of poets. He has received most of the awards one can think of, fellowships to residencies, etc, and was even elected to the World Academy of Poetry (UNESCO) in 2001. A complete bio may be found at: http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/rothenberg/bio.html Yves di Manno est né dans le Rhône en 1954. Il vit et travaille à Paris. Depuis les années 1970, il a collaboré à de nombreuses revues, traduit plusieurs poètes nord-américains (William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, George Oppen, Jerome Rothenberg…) et publié une vingtaine d'ouvrages — parmi lesquels, pour la poésie : Les Célébrations (Bedou, 1980), Champs (Flammarion, 1984-1987), Kambuja (Flammarion, 1992), Partitions (Flammarion, 1995) et Un Pré, chemin vers (Flammarion, 2003). Une nouvelle suite : Terre sienne, paraît en 2012 aux éditions Isabelle Sauvage. Ses récits complets ont été réunis sous le titre de Disparaître (Didier Devillez, 1997). Il est également l'auteur d’un roman fantastique : La Montagne rituelle (Flammarion, 1998), de deux « récits en rêve » : Domicile (Denoël, 2002), Discipline (Ed. Héloïse d’Ormesson, 2005) et de deux traités de poétique active : « endquote » (Flammarion, 1999), Objets d’Amérique (José Corti, 2009). Traducteur sous divers pseudonymes de littérature populaire, responsable de la version française des Techniciens du sacré de Jerome Rothenberg (José Corti, 2008) et de l’édition des Œuvres complètes de Pierre Reverdy, il dirige par ailleurs la collection Poésie/Flammarion, où il a accueilli plus de cent-vingt titres depuis 1994. Il prépare actuellement un nouvel essai de poétique : No man’s land et la troisième édition révisée des Cantos d’Ezra Pound. AT: LE NEXT, 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris, M° Etienne Marcel. join the IVY email list at ivywritersparis AT gmail DOT com and we will send you  the location and information for forthcoming events. OR see our blog at http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com

1 Oct 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Anthony Flint present his upcoming narrative biography The Raven: The Life of Le Corbusier, Maker of the Modern. AT: the AMERICAN LIBRARY in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire (line 8), Alma-Marceau (line 9), RER: Pont de l'Alma (line C), Bus Routes: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87, 92

2 October 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Max Bryd talks about his best-selling crime novel "Paris Deadline".
AT: the AMERICAN LIBRARY in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire (line 8), Alma-Marceau (line 9), RER: Pont de l'Alma (line C), Bus Routes: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87, 92

2 octobre à 19h Rencontre avec LÉONORA MIANO pour la parution de son roman La saison de l’ombre (Grasset)  Dans ce roman puissant, L. Miano revient sur la traite négrière pour faire entendre la voix de celles et ceux à qui elle a volé un être cher. L’histoire de l’Afrique sub-saharienne s’y drape dans une prose magnifique et mystérieuse, imprégnée de mysticisme, de croyances et de “l’obligation d’inventer pour survivre”. L’auteure se replace magistralement dans le contexte de l’époque, du point de vue de ceux et celles qui sont restées dans les villages après avoir vu des hommes “évaporés dans l’air”. L. Miano est née à Douala et vit en France. Nous l’avons reçue à plusieurs reprises à Violette and Co pour ses romans précédents dont Contours du jour qui vient (Prix Goncourt des lycéens). AT : Violette et 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/

2 oct à 19h30 7€ (entrée libre pour étudiants et demandeurs d'emploi) Réservation conseillée Concert pop-rock The Unusual History of Ether The Unusual History of Ether est né de la collaboration entre la chanteuse et compositrice irlandaise Rebecca Collins et le guitariste danois Mikkel Ploug – rejoints en tournée par le bassiste Jeppe Skovbakke et le batteur Jeppe Gram. Oscillant entre rock alternatif, pop et folk, les délicats morceaux de leur premier EP - Part One - explorent les thèmes de la vie humaine et du monde naturel. Pour la presse danoise, Part One est un opus « à vous couper le souffle » et « beau à vous fendre le cœur ». Ce concert au CCI fait suite à la sortie du premier album du groupe, A Distant Age. Découvrez un extrait de l'album, ainsi que la prestation du groupe lors de l'émission « The Works » (RTE) ! AT THE CENTRE CULTUREL IRLANDAIS, PARIS

3 octobre 2013 à 19h - Entrée libre Gerald Petit « Conversation Pieces » Launch of the artist's monograph, readings and discussions in the presence of the authors, Judicaël Lavrador, Laurent Montaron, Gerald Petit. more AT Fondation d'entreprise Ricard 12 rue Boissy d'Anglas 75008 Paris www.fondation-entreprise-ricard.com
3 October @ 19:30h – PLU Open Mic featuring Lisa Pasold: poet, novelist, and occasional TV travel show host, her most recent book, Any Bright Horse, was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award in Canada. She divides her time between Paris and New Orleans. Every Thursday (in English or other languages – when in Rome, speak French). Sign up is continuous all night, first come first served. Rotating hosts JFMcG, Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/event/plu-open-mic-featuring-jo-bell/

3 Oct at 6:30: The latest gorgeous Cahier 22, Paul Griffith's A Titled Cup, is out from the Center of Writers and Translators.  We will be celebrating Griffith's short stories inspired by Japanese plays and John L. Tran's beautiful contemporary photographs of Japan.  I'm looking forward to seeing you at this special event! BIO Paul Griffiths was born in Wales in 1947 and worked for thirty years as a music critic in London and New York. He is known particularly as a writer on new and recent music, his Modern Music and After, now in its third edition, being the standard work on music since 1945. Among his fictional writings are an Oulipian novel, let me tell you, and the libretto of Elliott Carter’s only opera, What Next? AT: the Grand Salon, AUP 31 av Bosquet, 75007.

4 Oct from 19h : La librairie Michèle Ignazi a le plaisir de vous inviter à une rencontre avec Diego Vecchio A l'occasion de la parution OURS (Editions l'Arbre vengeur) AT: la librairie Michèle Ignazi, 4 rue de Jouy, 75004 Paris, M° St Paul

4 et 5 octobre 9-18h both days : Colloque Kertész, Paris, Collège de France et ENS : 4 octobre (Collège de France, amphithéatre Marguerite de Navarre) Matin  9h15-10h30 Ouverture à trois voix, Catherine Coquio, Lucie Campos, Clara Royer suivi par la session « L’œuvre d’Imre Kertész en contexte politique et littéraire »De 10h30-13h.  Après-midi : session “Création littéraire et connaissance philosophique”14h30-16h30. 17h- 18h (Présidence Paul Gradvohl) Conférence László Földényi (en hongrois avec traduction) 18h-18h45 Dialogue entre L. Földényi et Charles & Nathalie Zaremba 20h Accueil à l’Institut Hongrois par Balázs Ablonczy. 5 OCT :  AT ENS-Ulm, salle Dussane Matin : Éthique et forme 9h--11h15. 11h30-12h30 Table ronde « Nouvelles lectures critiques » présidée par Emmanuel Bouju : Gabrielle Napoli (La fable rêvée du survivant), Claire Laloyaux (Le vertige de la forme souveraine), Christiane Page (Usages de la scène). Après-midi : session « L’écriture de la vie » 14h-18h

4 octobre à 19h Rencontre avec CATHERINE ACHIN et LAURE BERENI pour la parution de leur ouvrage Dictionnaire genre et science politique (Presses de Sciences Po) Les études de genre constituent un champ d’étude dynamique qui offre des clés pour revisiter des disciplines traditionnelles. Les 43 notices qui composent ce dictionnaire mettent en lumière le rôle central de la différence des sexes dans l’élaboration de théories dans la science politique, de politiques publiques, de mouvements sociaux, les inégalités à l’œuvre dans les différents partis etc. Cet ouvrage est la première synthèse globale en français dans ce domaine et vient combler un manque dans la recherche. AT : Violette et 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/
 
5 oct 15h Traversée de la poèsie sud-africaine 1960-2013 à deux voix, trois langues et un saxophone, avec Sonia Emmanuel et Steve Potts including Denis Hirson AT : Bibliothèque St Eloi, 23 rue  du Colonel Rozanoff, 75012 Paris

5 Oct at 7pm A wonderful weekend reading moment with poets Denis Hirson, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, John Mateer and Kathryn Maris will be reading Saturday! AT: Martha's Place, 26 rue du Chalet in the 10th.  Metro Belleville

5 October 2013 9.am to 6.30pm  BLOOM: New to Paris? The Bloom Progam helps English-speaking newcomers settle into their new life in Paris. Since 1970, the Women of the American Church have sponsored Bloom Where You’re Planted – How to Live in France. These seminars, designed to assist English-speaking newcomers to France, feature speakers and/or workshops on various topics from food and wine tasting to health care and general safety, need-to-know subjects and just plain fun. Bloom helps with understanding cultural differences, creating a new life in Paris and getting connected with friends and organizations throughout Paris and the surrounding areas. This year's program includes: Speakers, including Patricia Wells, and workshops Author signing with Cara Black Bloom Book and a goodies bag. For full programme, see http://bloom.acparis.org/bloom-program/current-program/ AT:  American Church of Paris, 65 quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris Registration required—forms at: http://bloom.acparis.org/bloom-program/bloom-registration/

5 Oct10h00-19h00 and 6 October 13h00-19h00 Used Book Sale at the American Library of Paris. AT: the AMERICAN LIBRARY in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire (line 8), Alma-Marceau (line 9), RER: Pont de l'Alma (line C), Bus Routes: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87, 92

7 Oct from 7.30pm  SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.  Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/

7 Oct at 20h Tous les lundis soirs, des amoureux de la poésie et du partage se retrouvent. Pendant cette soirée, totalement coupés du monde, des poètes viennent lire leurs textes à qui veulent les entendre dans ce lieu est ouvert à tous. Pas de réservation ni d’inscription : ici le maitre mot c’est liberté. Chaque soirée débute par un lecture de textes autour d’un thème, d’un poète ou d’un hommage précis. Ensuite, c’est quartier libre, les auditeurs peuvent devenir acteurs de la soirée en lisant les poèmes qu’ils souhaitent, qu’ils les aient écrits ou non. C’est en 1993 que ce cercle des poètes a commencé à se réunir dans la salle La Bohème du Théâtre des Déchargeurs. L’ambiance y est conviviale, pas du tout guindée. Souvent la soirée se termine en chansons autour du piano ! Nous vous conseillons de tenter l’expérience, si elle ne vous plait pas, rien ne vous oblige à y retourner. Mais nous elle ne nous a pas laissé indifférente. Une participation est demandée à l’entrée pour les boissons servis pendant la soirée. 8 € (avec boissons et en-cas à la pause) AT : la cave à poèmes Théâtre des Déchargeurs, salle La Bohème, 3 rue des déchargeurs dans le 1er arrondissement, www.cave-a-poemes.org

8 October 19h30 Curator Jerry Fielder presents the life of famed portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh. Program dates and speakers are subject to change. Please check the website for updates, see the Events and Programs page. AT: the AMERICAN LIBRARY in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou 75007 Paris Metro: Ecole Militaire (line 8), Alma-Marceau (line 9), RER: Pont de l'Alma (line C), Bus Routes: 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87, 92

8 octobre 2013 à 19h - Entrée libre Invitations to the Imagination «L'enromancement de la crise» Michel Maffesoli invites Gaspard Koenig, writer, and Aurélien Fouillet, researcher at CEAQ. AT Fondation d'entreprise Ricard 12 rue Boissy d'Anglas 75008 Paris www.fondation-entreprise-ricard.com



8th to 14th October.  THEATRE "Blood Links" by William Lang.  Performed in English with French subtitles  at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale.  
 


9th Oct 3pm Children’s Hour with Kate Stables music, rhythm, and stories for kids. Bring your children (2-6 year-olds, siblings welcome too) to the library at Shakespeare and Company for an hour of music, songs, and stories in English (for all nationalities, even those who don't speak English).    Led by the magic Kate Stables, mum and singer/songwriter from This is the Kit, this lovely event has become an institution. There will be instruments to play and a lot of noise to make! Four euros donation appreciated. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

9 Oct—18h30 ROMANIAN LITERATURE ENCOUNTER in FRENCH with Matéi Visniec. Rencontre avec l’un des auteurs dramatiques roumains vivants les plus joués dans le monde. Il mène de front l’écriture de romans, de poésie et de pièces de théâtre. Mattéi Visniec mène de front l’écriture de romans, de poésie et de pièces de théâtre. Pour parcourir avec nous ces paysages littéraires: Monsieur Delagare et Aurélien Rozo (guitare) et Eric Recordier (contrebasse) ponctueront la rencontre d’impromptus musicaux inspirés de l’oeuvre de l’auteur et la Compagnie Umbral interprètera un extrait d’une pièce de Matéi Visniec, Le Cabaret des mots. AT : La libraire Wallonie Bruxelles, Salle de spectacle, 46 rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris FREE ENTRY

9 oct à 18h30 Double signature pour le lancement de deux BD ! BLAN et GALOU pour La p’tite Blan. Guide de survie en milieu sexiste (éd. Blandine Lacour) + OCÉANEROSEMARIE et SANDRINE REVEL pour La lesbienne invisible (Delcourt Après des aventures très autobiographiques, La p’tite Blan est de retour avec autant d’humour pour vous aider à survivre dans une société hautement sexiste : conseils pratiques, décorticage des idées reçues, répliques cultes et mortelles... Le livre comporte une préface décapante de Virginie Despentes. Quant à Océanerosemarie elle revient avec l’adaptation de son spectacle La lesbienne invisible en BD avec la complicité de la dessinatrice Sandrine Revel. Réussi et jubilatoire ! AT : Violette et 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/

10 October @ 19:30h – PLU Open Mic featuring Louis Armand and Thor Garcia: two writers from Equus Press and proud residents of Prague, Louis Armand and Thor Garcia, invade PLU for the second time. Every Thursday (in English or other languages – when in Rome, speak French). Sign up is continuous all night, first come first served. Rotating hosts JFMcG, Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/event/plu-open-mic-featuring-louis-armand-and-thor-garcia/

10 octobre à 19h - Entrée libre Urban Liturgys , Philippe Vasset  «Prophéties», shortcuts by Alain Della Negra and Kaori Kinoshita. Last screening of the serie about the transfigured city on the occasion of the publication of the book « La conjuration »  by Philippe Vasset. Projection in the presence of the author, 5 boulevard Malesherbes, Paris 75008 (near the Fondation d'entreprise Ricard) more AT Fondation d'entreprise Ricard 12 rue Boissy d'Anglas 75008 Paris www.fondation-entreprise-ricard.com



10th Oct 7pm Kathleen Spivack on Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton in Lowell’s Early Workshop: Fierce Friendships and Raw Rivalries The friendships and rivalries among the poets, especially Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, in Robert Lowell's circle in Boston were complex and multi-layered. Respect, help, support, competition, jealousy, and even a suicide pact were some of the aspects. Kathleen Spivack will read from her book, With Robert Lowell and His Circle, and     add her own insights into what she, as a young writer in Lowell’s workshop, personally observed through her own long-term friendships with the poets involved. In 1959, Kathleen Spivack won a scholarship to study at Boston University with the poet Robert Lowell. Her fellow students included Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton among others. In her book, Kathleen Spivack tells the story of her time among some of the most esteemed artists of a generation. She looks at friendships, addiction, despair, perseverance and survival, and how social changes altered lives and circumstances. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

11 October @ 7:00 pm – Paris Lit Up Magazine Launch Issue #1: 120 pages. 45 writers and artists. 4 bands. 1 DJ. Lots of alcohol. What better way to celebrate the launch of this stylish new Paris publication than a wild, drunken, music-filled party? Musical guests: The Umbilical Chords, The Bowling Team, Boato Brunello Duo, The Freres, DJ Sven Löve. AT: Pop In for a night of reading, drinking, dancing and all out partying with Paris’ most misbehaved poets, writers, musicians and artists. For more information including a forthcoming list of readers see: http://parislitup.com/event/paris-lit-up-magazine-launching-issue-1/

12 oct à partir de 9 h-13h and 14h30 to 17h30. Journée d'étude de la revue Marges, consacré aux "temps" de l'art. Il sera question d’interroger les différentes temporalités des mondes de l’art contemporain dans leur articulation et leur confrontation. Il s’agira de questionner les rapports temporels – de synchronie et/ou de diachronie – entre la conception, la production et la réception des différentes pratiques artistiques contemporaines. L’un des enjeux de la (des) temporalité(s) de l’oeuvre d’art est de relever son action pragmatique, ses conséquences factuelles, sociales, sur une culture qui tend à se globaliser. Quelles sont les conséquences des temporalités des oeuvres d’art sur leur mode d’existence, sur les rapports entre l’artistique et l’esthétique ? Quels sont les mécanismes qui induisent le travail du temps, qu’il soit latent, implicite ou au contraire revendiqué par l’artiste et de quelle manière cela questionne-t-il le statut de l’oeuvre ? Organized by Stéphane Reboul AT;  l'INHA Salle Giorgio Vasari, 2 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris (Métro Bourse)

12 Oct—from 7pm: Please join us for a special English language poetry (with translations) event in honor of the release of VLAK literary review No. 4! Readers at the event will include: Louis Armand, Jennifer K. Dick, Andrew Hodgson, Jane Lewty, David Vichnar & surprise guests including MUSIC! VLAK is an international curatorial project with a broad focus on contemporary poetics, art, film, philosophy, music, science, design, politics, performance, ecology, and new media. BIOS: LOUIS ARMAND is a Sydney-born writer & visual artist who has lived in Prague since 1994. He has worked as an editor, publisher, art consultant & curator, & as a subtitles technician at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival; currently he lectures in the Philosophy Faculty of Charles University & is an editor of VLAK magazine. He has published five novels,Breakfast at Midnight (Equus, 2012), Clair Obscur(Equus, 2011), Menudo (Antigen, 2005), The Garden(Salt, 2001) and most recently Canicule (Equus, 2013). In addition, he is the author of seven collections of poetry–most recently, Letters from Ausland (Vagabond, 2011) & Synopticon (with John Kinsella; Litteraria, 2012)–& of a number of volumes of criticism, including Solicitations: Essays on Criticism & Culture (Litteraria, 2008). His poetry has appeared in the anthologies Thirty Australian Poets, The Best Australian Poems,Calyx: 30 Contemporary Australian Poets & The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry. In 1997 he received the Max Harris Prize (Adelaide) and in 2000 the Nassau Review Prize (New York). Louis Armand’s paintings have been exhibited at Art Prague, with solo shows at Galery ArtNatur, Gallerie Gambit, Hunger Gallery & Indigo Space. His screenplay forClair Obscur won honourable mention at the 2009 Alpe Adria Trieste International Film Festival. He is the founder of the Prague Micro-Festival. #### JENNIFER K DICK is the author of CIRCUITS (Corrupt Press, 2013), ENCLOSURES (BlazeVox eBook, 2007), FLUORESCENCE (Univ of GA Press, 2004), and 3 chapbooks including BETWIXT (Corrupt, 2012), TRACERY (Dusie, 2012) and RETINA/Rétine(Estepa Editions, France, w/art by Kate Van Houten, tr. R. Bouthonnier). CONVERSION, A new art-chapbook is forthcoming in fall 2013 with Estepa Editions and Kate Van Houten. Jennifer teaches at Université of Haute Alsace in Mulhouse, France. She also co-organizes Ivy Writers Reading Series in Paris, the Ecrire l'Art mini-residency at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, is a poetry editor for VERSAL out of Amsterdam, writes regular poetics articles for Tears in the Fence and reviews for Drunken Boat. In addition to her poetry, she is co-editor with Stephanie Schwerter of the translation theory books Transmissibilityand Cultural Transfer: Dimensions of Translation in the Humanities (Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012) and Traduire - transmettre ou trahir - réflexions sur la traduction en sciences humaines (Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, 2013). An essay on Susan Howe’s documentary poetics and essay writing is just out onSeventeen Seconds, issue 7, at: http://www.ottawater.com/seventeenseconds/ New poems are forthcoming this fall in Tears in the Fence (UK), Vlak (Prague), Similar Peaks and other magazines. #### JANE LEWTY is the author of Bravura Cool (1913 Press: 2013), the co-editor of Broadcasting Modernism (University Press of Florida, 2009) and Pornotopias: Image, Apocalypse, Desire(Litteraria Pragensia, 2010). Her poems, reviews and essays have appeared, or will be appearing in, The Blackwell Companion to James Joyce (2008), Blazevox, MAKE, Otoliths,The Laurel Review, The Iowa Review, VOLT, The Volta, Blackbox Manifold, and others. She is a poetry editor for VERSAL magazine out of Amsterdam and for VLAK. She has been the recipient of an Iowa Arts Fellowship and the Ailene Barger Barnes Award from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (2009). She has held faculty positions at University College London, the University of Northern Iowa, and currently is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Amsterdam. ####DAVID VICHNAR is the author of Joyce Against Theory (Litteraria Pragensia, 2010). He is a co-editor of VLAK: Contemporary Poetics & the Arts and an editor and publisher wthi Equus books. He is completing a PhD in comparative lit. DRINKS at 7pm and the READINGS starting at 7:30pm. As this reading will be hosted in a home, please RSVP by email AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE for the complete address and info to david.vichnar AT gmail.com . The address will be on Villa Marcel Lods, 75019 Paris (off passage de l’Atlas)



12th October at 7 pm.  "Daughter of Gaia - The 7 Lives of a Celtic Goddess Told Through Storytelling and Song." Performed in English by Chloé Dunn.  Théâtre de Nesle 8 rue de Nesle 75006.  

Until 13th October "Macbeth" by Shakespeare.  Performed in French.  Directed by Laurent Pelly.  For evening performances, there is a navette from the RER directly to the theatre before and after the show.  Théâtre Nanterre Amandiers link.  7, avenue Pablo Picasso 92022 Nanterre.  

Sunday 13th October. From 12 pm to 4 pm 
SOS Book Sale  Books for 1 and 2 euros. at Orrick Law Offices  31, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie  75016 Paris
 



13th Oct 7pm The Living Library: A living library aims at providing an opportunity to question prejudices and stereotypes and let real stories emerge. It has been conceived for transcultural dialogue, where the ‘living books’ are individuals, ready to respond with the utmost sincerity to the questions of their readers.  Transeuropa Paris’s living library will adapt the concept in an attempt to break prejudices on precarity as a result of the economic crisis and share perspectives on coping strategies. Our living books, imported from Paris, Amsterdam, and London, were all affected by the experience of precarity or even exclusion, but also developed resilient strategies and displayed resourcefulness, adaptation, and innovation, often challenging traditional employment models. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris
 
14 Oct SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.  Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/
 



14th Oct 7pm The Breakfast Bible with Seb Emina & David Lebovitz. Join us for an informative and unorthodox discussion of all things (well, lots of things) breakfast-y with Seb Emina, author of the highly acclaimed The Breakfast Bible and creator of much-loved blog The London Review of Breakfasts, and legendary Paris-based cook, author, and blogger David Lebovitz. When it comes to the most important meal of the day, The Breakfast Bible is the book to end all books, a delectable selection of recipes, advice, illustrations, and miscellany. The recipes in the robust volume begin with the iconic full English – which can mean anything as long as there are eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, black pudding, bread, potatoes, and beans involved – before moving confidently on to more exotic fare such as kedgeree, omelette Arnold Bennett, waffles, American muffins, porridge, roast peaches, channa masala from India, borek from the Balkans, and pães de queijo from South America. There are also useful tips like the top songs for boiling an egg to, and how to store mushrooms. Check out The London Review of Breakfasts David Lebovitz began working in restaurants at the age of sixteen, ending up at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, where he worked with Alice Waters and co-owner, the Executive Pastry Chef Lindsey Shere, for nearly thirteen years. In 1999 he launched his cult website to coincide with the release of his first book, Room for Dessert. The site was intended as a place to share recipes and stories and, in 2004, to coincide with his move to Paris, he turned the site into an official blog. David Lebovitz was named one of the Top Five Pastry Chefs in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Chronicle and has been featured in Bon Appétit, Chocolatier, Cooking Light, Food+Wine, Cook’s Illustrated, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Travel and Leisure, The New York Times, People, Saveur, Sunset, and USA Today. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris
 
14 Oct at 20h Hommage a MONDOLIUS. Tous les lundis soirs, des amoureux de la poésie et du partage se retrouvent. Pendant cette soirée, totalement coupés du monde, des poètes viennent lire leurs textes à qui veulent les entendre dans ce lieu est ouvert à tous. Pas de réservation ni d’inscription : ici le maitre mot c’est liberté. Chaque soirée débute par un lecture de textes autour d’un thème, d’un poète ou d’un hommage précis. Ensuite, c’est quartier libre, les auditeurs peuvent devenir acteurs de la soirée en lisant les poèmes qu’ils souhaitent, qu’ils les aient écrits ou non. C’est en 1993 que ce cercle des poètes a commencé à se réunir dans la salle La Bohème du Théâtre des Déchargeurs. L’ambiance y est conviviale, pas du tout guindée. Souvent la soirée se termine en chansons autour du piano ! Nous vous conseillons de tenter l’expérience, si elle ne vous plait pas, rien ne vous oblige à y retourner. Mais nous elle ne nous a pas laissé indifférente. Une participation est demandée à l’entrée pour les boissons servis pendant la soirée. 8 € (avec boissons et en-cas à la pause) AT : la cave à poèmes Théâtre des Déchargeurs, salle La Bohème, 3 rue des déchargeurs dans le 1er arrondissement, www.cave-a-poemes.org

15 Oct.7pm Poets Live with Joshua Edwards, Michelle Noteboom and Lynn Xu. BIOS: Joshua Edwards was born in Galveston, Texas. He directs Canarium Books, is the author of Imperial Nostalgias (Ugly Duckling, 2013) and Campeche (Noemi, 2011), and translated Mexican poet María Baranda's Ficticia (Shearsman, 2010). He currently lives in Stuttgart, Germany, where he's a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude. His third collection, Architecture for Travelers, will be published in late 2014 by Edition Solitude and is part of a collaboration with Alan Worn, Lynn Xu, and others that will also involve the design and construction of a home, a series of photographs, and a 700-mile walk across Texas. More information can be found at www.architecturefortravelers.org  A native of Michigan, Michelle Noteboom is the author of the newly released collection Roadkill (Corrupt Press, 2013), which will be launched at the Poets Live reading.  Her other collections are: The Chia Letters (Dusie Kollektiv, 2009), Edging (Cracked Slab Books, 2006) which won the 2006 Heartland Poetry Prize, and Hors-cage in French translation by Frédéric Forte (Editions de l'Attente, 2010). She has lived in Paris since 1991, where she co-founded and helped curate the bilingual reading series Ivy Writers Paris for several years.  Lynn Xu is the author of Debts & Lessons (Omnidawn, 2013) and a chapbook, June (Corollary, 2006). Her poems have also appeared in Best American Poetry 2008, Boston Review, Critical Quarterly, Zoland Poetry, and elsewhere. She's a co-editor of Canarium Books and a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Born in Shanghai and raised in Chicago, she now lives in Stuttgart, Germany and will soon be moving to Marfa, Texas. Drinks upstairs at the bar from 7 p.m., poetry starts downstairs at 7:30 sharp, please!  AT : Carr’s Pub, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris  Métro: Tuileries or Concorde

15 Oct from 19h : La librairie Michèle Ignazi a le plaisir de vous inviter à une rencontre avec Hubert Lucot et Eugène Nicole  A l'occasion de la parution de  Je vais, je vis  (P.O.L) Les eaux territoriales (Editions de l'Olivier) AT: la librairie Michèle Ignazi, 4 rue de Jouy, 75004 Paris, M° St Paul




15 OCT  de 19h à 22h !(les lectures commencent à 20h) ATELIER DE L’AGNEAU ÉDITEUR vous invite à une soirée de RENCONTRE-LECTURES PRÉCÉDÉE(S) D’UN COCKTAIL. Participation des auteurs-traducteurs : Pierre DROGI (Herta MÜLLER) Philippe DI MEO (A. ZANZOTTO) Lucie TAÏEB (F.MAYRÖCKER) des traductrices : Brigitte VAN HOVE et Mick GEWINNER et des auteurs : Vianney LACOMBE et Fred GRIOT pour son livre CARGAISON Jean-Pierre BOBILLOT pour son livre JANIS & DAGUERRE / qui veut des POèmes ? À LA MAISON D’AQUITAINE DE PARIS, 21 RUE DES PYRAMIDES, métro PYRAMIDES

15th to 19th October.  "Othello (Bye Bye)" by the Dood Paard Company.  Performed in English with French subtitles.  Théâtre de la Bastille link   Theatre de la Bastille 75, rue de la Roquette 75011. Metro Bastille.  An original adaptation and creation based on Shakespeare's "Othello".  

16 octobre à 19h Rencontre avec  BIBIA PAVARD et MICHELLE ZANCARINI-FOURNEL pour la parution de leur ouvrage Luttes de femmes. 100 ans d’affiches féministes (Les Échappés)  A l’image des mouvements qui les ont produites, les affiches féministes sont hétéroclites, foisonnantes, utopiques. Elles ont pour objectif de rendre visibles les femmes, les oppressions dont elles sont victimes et leurs combats. Il s’agit de convaincre de la légitimité des revendications et d’influencer les mentalités, souvent avec force et humour. Les affiches féministes sont ainsi en dialogue avec celles des partis politiques, mais aussi avec celles de la culture de masse, en particulier la publicité. Cette histoire des luttes des femmes s’appuie sur une collection privée exceptionnelle et forme un livre richement illustré.AT : Violette et 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/

17 October @ 19:30h – PLU Open Mic featuring Margo Berdeshevsky. Jerome Rothenberg has written: “There is in Margo Berdeshevsky’s work a rare persistence of the lyric voice, used with a sense of ecstasy & grief almost religious in its evocations.” Every Thursday (in English or other languages – when in Rome, speak French). Sign up is continuous all night, first come first served. Rotating hosts JFMcG, Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/event/plu-open-mic-featuring-margo-berdeshevsky/

17th October at 7pm Jonathan Coe will present and sign his new novel EXPO 58 at WH Smith’s.Returning to the acidic humour of What a Carve Up! and The Rotters' Club, Jonathan Coe's new novel stirs elements of Ealing comedy, Hitchcockian thriller and political farce into an incisive, affecting portrait of Britain as it stands at a postwar crossroads, faced with crucial choices between America and Europe, the future and the past. AT: WHSmith - 248, rue de Rivoli - 75001 Paris - M°Concorde - www.whsmith.fr



17th to 19th October Literary Festival Poésie et Prose   Events in English and French;  See link for programme details.  Roddy Doyle, Robert McLiam Wilson, Edna O'Brien, Colm Toibin, Leontia Flynn, Lucy Caldwell, Iggy McGovern, Katie Donovan, Martin Page, Turtle Bunbury.  Reservations 01 58 52 10 30. AT the Irish Cultural Centre 5, rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris.

17th October at 7:30 pm.  "The Great Hunger." One man performance by Patrick Duffy in English based on Patrick Kavanagh's poem.
First published in 1942, this epic poem is one of the classics of Irish literature – many feel it is Kavanagh’s best work, a masterpiece. It is a long narrative poem set in rural County Monaghan in the 1930s/early 40s. It concerns the life and struggles of the anti-hero and small farmer Patrick Maguire. An unsentimental portrait, it has echoes of the Great Famine in the title and the text. Originally from County Monaghan, Peter Duffy has a natural feel for the language and sensibility of the poem.  He essentially translates the page to the stage with the aid of an evocative soundscape - an accessible, insightful and entertaining piece of theatre.“[Peter Duffy] has the ability to embody the poet’s presence and to speak his words musically”, Brian Lynch, Poet & Critic.AT the  Centre Culturel Irlandais 5 rue des Irlandais.  75005.  Reservations: 01 58 52 10 30 

 18 oct de 18h à 19h30. La seconde séance des rencontres « Les Amériques en Livres » avec *Bertrand VAN RUYMBEKE *(Université de Paris 8) Il présentera son ouvrage « L'Amérique avant les Etats- Unis. Une histoire de l'Amérique anglaise 1497-1776 », Prix France-Amériques. Son intervention sera suivie d'un commentaire par Marie-Jeanne ROSSIGNOL (Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7). Institut des Amériques Espace Tocqueville 60, boulevard du Lycée 8eme étage 92170 Vanves Métro: Corentin Celton (Ligne 12) Tram 3a: Porte de Versailles Station velib : n° 21311 Plan en ligne: <http://www.institutdesameriques.fr/repository/pages/Acc_s_locaux_IdA_V
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18 Oct 19h30 Rencontre littéraire : poets Leontia Flynn and Iggy McGovern, novelist Lucy Caldwell Chair: Nell Regan, Director, West Cork Literary Festival Northern Irish poet and academic Leontia Flynn’s third collection of poetry, Profit and Loss (2011), confirmed her “unrivalled capacity as a good-humoured but devastating observer of the modern secular scene” TLS Books of the Year. Award-winning author Lucy Caldwell’s latest novel, All the Beggars Riding (2013), centres on the narrator’s confrontation with her past and that of her father’s, a prominent plastic surgeon and Irishman, who had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. Poet and professor in the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin, Iggy McGovern’s new sonnet sequence, A Mystic Dream of 4, evokes the life of William Rowan Hamilton, 19th century Irish mathematician and poet. admission free, reservation recommended, in English AT the  Centre Culturel Irlandais 5 rue des Irlandais.  75005.  Reservations: 01 58 52 10 30 
 


19 Oct 16h00,  Premiere of ARTE documentary: L’Irlande de Roddy Doyle, Robert McLiam Wilson, Edna O’Brien et Colm Toíbín Written and directed by Mathilde Damoisel  What does it means to be Irish, what is “Irishness”? Eminent Irish writers Roddy Doyle, Robert McLiam Wilson, Edna O’Brien and Colm Toibin each bring their own response to these questions. They evoke different facets of their country and its peoples, from the outskirts of Belfast and Dublin to provincial Southern towns and the West of Ireland, all the while revealing aspects to which they are more or less attached. Heritage, history, religion, landscape, exile, resistance and revolt - this writers’ portrait of Ireland past and present is being screened for the first time at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in the presence of the documentary’s director Mathilde Damoisel. admission free, reservation recommended, in French, 52 mins AT the  Centre Culturel Irlandais 5 rue des Irlandais.  75005.  Reservations: 01 58 52 10 30 

19 Oct 19h30 Rencontre littéraire: poet Katie Donovan, author Martin Page and historian Turtle Bunbury. Chair: Nora Hickey M’Sichili, Director, Centre Culturel Irlandais Katie Donovan has published four books of poetry including Rootling: New and Selected Poems (2010). She has written on the marginalisation of Irish women writers and co-edited the anthology, Ireland’s Women: Writings Past and Present in 1993. Frenchman Martin Page’s latest novel L’apiculture selon Samuel Beckett (2013) is composed as a journal kept by a young PhD student who has been asked by Beckett to classify his paperwork. It reflects upon Beckett’s stature today, in terms of both his image and legacy. Turtle Bunbury is a best-selling author, travel writer and historian. The fourth volume of his  Vanishing Ireland series will be launched this evening. These invaluable portrait interviews with the ‘unsung elders of Irish society’ were produced in collaboration with photographer James Fennell. admission free, reservation recommended, in English and French AT the  Centre Culturel Irlandais 5 rue des Irlandais.  75005.  Reservations: 01 58 52 10 30 

21st Oct 19h
Antjie Krog, one of South Africa’s finest poets and readers of poetry in public, will read in Afrikaans and  English. Introduced by Denis Hirson We’re hugely thrilled and honoured to welcome Antjie Krog to Shakespeare and Company for a poetry reading in English and Afrikaans. Antjie Krog is a prominent poet, prose writer, and academic from South Africa. She published her first book of poetry at the age of seventeen and has since published many further volumes, including, most recently, Body Bereft and Skinned. Recurrent themes in her poetry are love, apartheid, the role of women, and the politics of gender. Antjie Krog has also worked as a journalist – from 1995 to 2000 she worked for the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) as a radio journalist, reporting on the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1996 to 1998 – and as a prose writer. Her much acclaimed Country of My Skull was published in 1998 and chronicles the TRC hearings. Antjie Krog has won major awards in almost all the genres she has worked in, and her work has been translated into English, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Serbian. Since 2004, she has been on the arts faculty of the University of the Western Cape. Antjie Krog: should power listen to poetry? AT Shakespeare & Co 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris Métro Cité/ Saint-Michel
21 Oct SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.  Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/

21 Oct at 20h HOMMAGE to Réné Char as part of this open mic series. Tous les lundis soirs, des amoureux de la poésie et du partage se retrouvent. Pendant cette soirée, totalement coupés du monde, des poètes viennent lire leurs textes à qui veulent les entendre dans ce lieu est ouvert à tous. Pas de réservation ni d’inscription : ici le maitre mot c’est liberté. Chaque soirée débute par un lecture de textes autour d’un thème, d’un poète ou d’un hommage précis. Ensuite, c’est quartier libre, les auditeurs peuvent devenir acteurs de la soirée en lisant les poèmes qu’ils souhaitent, qu’ils les aient écrits ou non. C’est en 1993 que ce cercle des poètes a commencé à se réunir dans la salle La Bohème du Théâtre des Déchargeurs. L’ambiance y est conviviale, pas du tout guindée. Souvent la soirée se termine en chansons autour du piano ! Nous vous conseillons de tenter l’expérience, si elle ne vous plait pas, rien ne vous oblige à y retourner. Mais nous elle ne nous a pas laissé indifférente. Une participation est demandée à l’entrée pour les boissons servis pendant la soirée. 8 € (avec boissons et en-cas à la pause) AT : la cave à poèmes Théâtre des Déchargeurs, salle La Bohème, 3 rue des déchargeurs dans le 1er arrondissement, www.cave-a-poemes.org

22nd of Oct at 19h30 Ivy Writers Paris hopes you will join us for a reading by Pierre Drogi (French poet) and British poets Kate Noakes and James Brookes. BIOS James Brookes was born in 1986 and grew up in rural Sussex, a few minutes’ walk from Percy Shelley’s boyhood home. After studying at Warwick University, he received a major Eric Gregory Award in 2009 and a Hawthornden International Writer’s Fellowship in 2011. He has published a pamphlet, The English Sweats, with Pighog Press and is currently the Williams Librarian at Cranleigh School in Surrey, where he also teaches. His first full collection, Sins of the Leopard (Salt, 2012) is currently longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize.  Pierre Drogi est né à Metz le 15 mars 1961. Il est enseignant, poète et traducteur (du roumain, principalement et de Nichita Stanescu en particulier). Il est l'auteur de Encordelé, cahier de bouches et autres textes, Aspect, 2008, Tablatures, Tarabuste, 2008, Charbonnier, Atelier de l’Agneau, 2008, Métamorphoses, en collaboration avec Alain Dubois, Le Pommier, 2008, Afra / vrai corps, suivi de Nom de fée & Carnets d’éther, Le Clou dans le fer, 2010 (présentation de ce livre), Levées, suivi de : sa filleule, éd. Atelier de l’Agneau, Saint-Quentin-de-Caplong, novembre 2010, ascendant descendant, en deux livraisons, dans la revue Passage d’encres, Romainville, première partie (“ombre attachée”), n° 42, mars 2011 ; seconde partie (“Talitha koumi : parole cherchant un acte”), n° 43, mai 2011 et cette année: Animales, Le Clou dans le fer, 2013. Il est aussi traducteur: 5 poètes roumains, Éditions Comp’Act, 1995 (Emil Botta,  Nichita Stanescu, Virgil Mazilescu, Dan Verona, Dinu Flamand, voir ici) Pierre Drogi a également publié un article important, Effacements du poème dans le numéro 156 de la revue Littérature, décembre 2009. Il est actuellement directeur de programme au Collège international de Philosophie.Pour un bibliographie complète et quelques extraits des textes, voir http://www.m-e-l.fr/pierre-drogi,ec,767 Kate Noakes is the author of Ocean to Interior (2007, Mighty Erudite Press), The Wall Menders (Two Rivers Press, 2009) and Cape Town (Eyewear Publishing, 2012). I-spy and Shanty is forthcoming in 2014 from corrupt press. Her work has also appeared in a number of magazines including Poetry Wales, Poetry Ireland Review, Envoi, Magma, Mslexia, Poetry News, Cadenza, Iota, Other Poetry, Poetry Salzburg Review, Tears in the Fence, Citizen 32, South, Seam, Planet and The Wolf.  It has been anthologised by Cinnamon Press, Leaf Books, Two Rivers Press and Seren. Noakes blogs at boomslangpoetry.blogspot.com and is a founding member of Paris Lit Up: See parislitup.com. She divides her time between Caversham, Berks and Paris. She has degrees in Geography, and English Literature from Reading University and an MPhil in Creative Writing from the University of Glamorgan. She is an elected member of the Welsh Academi and has taught creative writing for Oxford University. At DELAVILLE CAFE, 34 boulevard bonne nouvelle, 75010 More info on: the IVY email list at ivywritersparis AT gmail DOT com OR our FB Group or our blog at http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com

22 Oct—18h00 La librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles donne régulièrement rendez-vous aux lecteurs passionnés, aux libraires et bibliothécaires férus de découvertes. Une occasion de parcourir les richesses du catalogue de nos éditeurs en compagnie de critiques avisés. Au programme, une soirée consacrée à l’écrivain Paul Emond qui présentera ses deux nouveautés : - Nous sommes tous des K, librement inspiré du Château de Franz Kafka (Lansman) - Les vingt-quatre victoires d’étape du peintre Belgritte : fiction (maelström reEvolution) AT : La libraire Wallonie Bruxelles, 46 rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris FREE ENTRY

24 October @ 19:30h – PLU Open Mic featuring Nicholas Manning: Maître de conférences in American Literature at the Sorbonne. He is the founding editor of The Continental Review and the author of two poetic cycles: Novaless. Elements Towards a Metaphysic, and Homo Sentimentalis. A Guide In Verse To Modern Emotional Intimacy. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/event/plu-open-mic-featuring-nicholas-manning/



24th October 8.30pm LITERARY CONCERT! Piers Faccini & Francesca Beard at the Maison de la Poésie Piers Faccini will be joined by the acclaimed poet Francesca Beard for a night of performance poetry and music. Francesca and Piers will perform their poetry as well as a selection of the songs they wrote in the late nineties, during their time together in the band Charley Marlowe. PF’s site: http://www.piersfaccini.com/  Plus d’infos : http://quefaire.paris.fr/fiche/69921_piers_faccini_francesca_beard AT : the Maison de la Poésie, Passage Molière, 157 rue Saint Martin, 75003 PARIS-RESERVATIONS STRONGLY ADVISED !
 
24 Oct 6:30 p.m. Andrew Davidson The Gargoyle BIO Andrew Davidson was born in Pinawa, Manitoba, and graduated in 1995 from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in English literature. For many years he worked as a teacher in Japan and as a writer of English lessons for Japanese Web sites. He is currently a student at, and the Writer-in-Residence of, the American University of Paris. The Gargoyle, his first novel, was a New York Times best-seller, an international best-seller, and is available in thirty languages. AT: AUP, Grand Salon, 31 av Bosquet, 75007



25th October 6.30pm Philosophers in the Library: This month’s Philosophers in the Library will explore: 'The New American Cinema' in the 1960s – re-making a cinematic tradition. Discussing some major figures and films of 'The New American Cinema' of the 1960s, we will explore the mindset that launched this extraordinary cinematic scene. We will discuss both the challenges of producing films without the influence of large studios and the emerging aesthetics and technologies of the era, all of which gave rise to such legendary films as Shadows (1959) by John Cassavetes, Pull My Daisy (1959) by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, and The Connection by Shirley Clarke (1961). The talk, by Cecile Tourneur, will give an introduction to this key episode in the history of American cinema. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

26 octobre à 19h Rencontre avec FRANCESCO RAPAZZINI pour la parution de son ouvrage Indomptables : à l’avant-garde du XXè siècle (e/dite) Francesco Rapazzini, auteur d’Un soir chez l’Amazone, d’Elisabeth de Gramont, avant-gardiste et d’une biographie de Damia, s’attache dans cet essai à quatre autres femmes de talent, des “indomptables” du début du XXème siècle, qu’il fait revivre pour nous car injustement oubliées : Eve et Lucie Paul-Margueritte, écrivaines et nièces de l’auteur du célèbre roman La Garçonne, Gerda Wegener qui a accompagné le changement de sexe de son mari, Lise Deharme, intime de Breton et d’ Aragon, Claude Cahun a collaboré avec elle, Michel-Marie Poulain, pionnière du changement de sexe et d’état civil, Marcelle Routier, artiste libre. AT : Violette et 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/

28 Oct SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.  Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/



28th October 7pm Halloween celebration of Dracula (with Jacques Sirgent). In homage to Halloween, please join us for a special themed evening celebrating that great gothic classic – Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Jacques Sirgent, founder and director of Musée des Vampires and all-round           vampire expert, will give a lecture on Dracula, exploring contemporary reaction, historical context, modern interpretation, and those many film adaptations… AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

28 Oct at 20h ALL open OPEN MIC NiGHT. Tous les lundis soirs, des amoureux de la poésie et du partage se retrouvent. Pendant cette soirée, totalement coupés du monde, des poètes viennent lire leurs textes à qui veulent les entendre dans ce lieu est ouvert à tous. Pas de réservation ni d’inscription : ici le maitre mot c’est liberté. Chaque soirée débute par un lecture de textes autour d’un thème, d’un poète ou d’un hommage précis. Ensuite, c’est quartier libre, les auditeurs peuvent devenir acteurs de la soirée en lisant les poèmes qu’ils souhaitent, qu’ils les aient écrits ou non. C’est en 1993 que ce cercle des poètes a commencé à se réunir dans la salle La Bohème du Théâtre des Déchargeurs. L’ambiance y est conviviale, pas du tout guindée. Souvent la soirée se termine en chansons autour du piano ! Nous vous conseillons de tenter l’expérience, si elle ne vous plait pas, rien ne vous oblige à y retourner. Mais nous elle ne nous a pas laissé indifférente. Une participation est demandée à l’entrée pour les boissons servis pendant la soirée. 8 € (avec boissons et en-cas à la pause) AT : la cave à poèmes Théâtre des Déchargeurs, salle La Bohème, 3 rue des déchargeurs dans le 1er arrondissement, www.cave-a-poemes.org



29th October at 7 pm.  "A Heatless Man"  Written and performed in English by painter comédien Bill Griffith.  He worked in London during the 1960s where he befriended George Dyer, the troubled lover, of the self- obsessed monster that was the artist Francis Bacon. With a unique insider knowledge he now questions many of the myths surrounding their vola- tile and tragic relationship.  Théâtre de Nesle 8, rue de Nesle 75006 Paris.  
 
30 oct-3 nov. Festival international de films lesbiens et féministes organisé par Cineffable Avec comme chaque année plusieurs signatures d’auteures au stand de Violette et Co : Agnès Vannouvong, Deborah Sundhal, Barbieturix...  Un nouveau lieu pour la 25è édition du Festival (réservé aux femmes) : Espace EFCB, 23/25 rue Emile-Zola, 93100 Montreuil, m° Robespierre. Infos : cineffable.fr  

31 October @ 19:30h – PLU Open Mic Halloween Extravaganza. Come celebrate Halloween poetically! Costume contest with prizes in different categories, dunking for apples, pumpkin carving contest and our special mystery punch for all! Every Thursday (in English or other languages – when in Rome, speak French). Sign up is continuous all night, first come first served. Rotating hosts JFMcG, Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/event/plu-open-mic-halloween-extravaganza/


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Part II: OCTOBER WORKSHOPS—writing and acting for YOU!
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WORDS ALIVE COURSES in ENGLISH and FRENCH for actors can be joined anytime. So join now. Info at Words Alive O Theatre in English Classes & Workshops in Paris 75001. OPEN TO NATIVE and NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS. Contact:  wordsaliveo@gmail.com  06 37 66 27 98 / 01 77 15 71 90


6 October  @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm – Paris Lit Up Writing Workshop. Plenty, Plenty, Plenty: the theme for October’s PLU writing workshop is The Harvest in its widest sense. Using examples from contemporary anglophone writing, Kate Noakes will provide writing prompts and ideas for poems, flash fiction and short pieces of prose on working the land and bringing the countryside into town. Gather sheaves of paper or other writing equipment and join her at Shakespeare & Company Bookstore. Suggested donation 10 euros. For more information: http://parislitup.com/event/paris-lit-up-writing-workshop/

9  October 4:00 p.m. Grenelle 24 Open creative writing/combined class with Paul Nelson  147, rue de Grenelle (behind Eglise St. Jean) 75007 Paul Nelson is the author of eight collections of poems including the Associate Writing Programs Series Award-winner Days Off.  His I Brought her Juicy, Thin-Skinned Lemons was published in 2012 and Burning the Furniture is coming out on Guernica Editions in 2014.  He receive an National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and while professor of English at Ohio University he served as Director of Creative Writing. His poems have appeared in numerous periodicals including Ploughshares, Poetry, and North American Review and the anthologies Poetry Hawaii, Main Poets, and Honolulu Stories. He has directed the Hawaii Literary Arts Council and severed as editor for Kaimana.

WRITING WORKSHOP IN FRENCH : 26 octobre de 11h à 13h   Atelier d’écriture animé par CATHERINE BÉDARIDA Catherine Bédarida, écrivain et journaliste (Le Monde, Mouvement) organise des ateliers d’écriture créative avec des institutions culturelles et associatives. L’atelier à Violette and Co, qui reprend pour une nouvelle saison, offre un lieu solidaire pour écrire en toute liberté quelque soit son expérience. En partant de thèmes variés et de pistes de réflexion en lien avec les questions de genre, de minorités sexuelles et adossés à l’expérience littéraire féministe, l’atelier permet d’explorer et d’inventer ses propres mots. Horaires : un samedi sur deux, de 11h à 13h. L’inscription ponctuelle en cours d’année est possible. Tarif : 20 € par atelier. Renseignements et inscriptions : catherine.bedarida@leboutdelalangue.com

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Part III: NEW REVIEWS AND REVIEWS NEWS:

CALLS FOR WORK, NEW BOOKS and MORE!!!

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THE BASTILLE is looking for writing and art with a rong point of view for our 3rd issue. We want your Art - Photography - Poetry - Rants - Interviews - Articles - Prose – Stories - Opinion pieces - Documentary work (art, photos or words) – Journalism WRITERS (journalis, poets, ranters, orytellers, visionaries) Write about something you feel rongly about (passionate or angry). Something personal or political, about life or the world. And give us a twi. Be radical - reach down to the root of things. Why should the reader care? Experiment - Break your own mould - push your limits. Don’t do what is familiar and easy for you. Have fun. This could be an article, a rant, an interview, a poem, anything… it could be a mix of prose and other forms. ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS  Put your passion into your work. Make it about something personal or political, life or the world. Find something to say. Be radical, get to the root of things, take a side, document, have a rong point of view. Break your own mould - push your limits. Don’t do what is familiar and easy foryou. Experiment and… have fun. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Work  mu not have been published before. Simultaneous submissions ne if you tell us as soon as you get accepted elsewhere. Include a 50 word bio with your submission. Send to themag.paris@gmail.com [1] WORDS Send as an attachment .doc or .rtf [not .docx] Use Perpetua 12. Prose - send us 50 to 2000 words. Poems - send us up to 3 poems of up to 40 lines each. ART, PHOTOS Send as jpeg 300dpi Deadline 15th December



LISTEN TO PODCAST OF WILL EVANS: THAT OTHER WORD EPISODE 11 The newest episode of Two Lines Press's joint podcast with the Center for Writers and Translators finds us talking with Will Evans, proprietor of the new translation press Deep Vellum. For the first time ever, Will unveils his first four authors, and he also explains just how one starts a translation press these days. Plus, there's the usual selection of interesting new translations and chatter from hosts Daniel Medin and Scott Esposito. Listen to it all at the link.

2013 ALL ACCESS SCREENWRITING COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES! Our eleventh annual All Access Screenwriting Competition is now open for entries. You can choose to take advantage of an extraordinary opportunity for talented screenwriters to open the door to Hollywood and its deal-makers and have your work submitted to participating companies that have already requested our top three Winners. When we asked writers what they really wanted from a screenwriting competition the response was overwhelming, ACCESS TO HOLLYWOOD. We've taken this a step further to give THREE WINNERS unprecedented levels of industry exposure and access, plus some cool prizes and cash on top.There are also plenty of other opportunities and prizes to go around, with five finalist prize packages and random entry prizes. There's a lot of stuff just waiting to be won. Enter by October 31st and qualify for lower entry fees. Moviebytes users receive a 10% discount! Check it out at www.SellAScript.com

THE BROKEN PLATE wants submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction
. Reading period is September 1–October 31. Accepted works will appear in our annual spring issue. Check out our website for guidelines: http://thebrokenplate.org.

9TH ANNUAL Calvino Prize. For short story, short story collection, novel or novella in the fabulist, experimental vein of Italo Calvino. Sponsored by the University of Louisville. Final judge for 2013: Tobias Wolff, acclaimed author of This Boy’s Life, many short stories, and the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor at Stanford University. First prize,  $1,500 plus publication in The Salt Hill Journal. Second prize, $300. For short story, short story collection, novel or novella in the fabulist, experimental vein of Italo Calvino. First place winner invited, expenses paid, to read winning entry at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture held in February at the University of Louisville. Fee: $25. Deadline: October, 15. Submission details: louisville.edu/english.

Submit your books to the 2013 NATIONAL POETRY REVIEW Book Prize: $1,000 plus publication; 2013 Rousseau Prize for Literature: $1,000 plus publication. All entries considered for publication. Last year 7 manuscripts were accepted. TNPR prize deadline: June 30. Rousseau Prize deadline: October 31. Guidelines for TNPR prize at www.nationalpoetryreview.com and for the Rousseau Prize at http://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/rousseauprize.html.

NONFICTION SOUGHT: 1966—An online journal of creative nonfiction seeks pieces of literary nonfiction with a research component—anything from immersion writing to nature writing to travel writing to memoir with some element of research to ??. To read submission guidelines and our current issue, visit www.1966journal.org.

Paris Sci Fi novelist Barry Kirwan announces that the third book in the Eden Paradox series, Eden's Revenge, is now out on Amazon in ebook, with paperback to follow later in the year.

SLAB (winner of AWP’s 2012 National Directors Prize) wants your on-the-cusp, interesting, and plain-out weird creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and text/image pieces. We love flash too. Reading period: late summer until December 1. All submissions read by mammals, not computers. Samples & more info at slablitmag.org.

STAGING GROUND MAG announces they have published online our first installment of Translation Caravanserai -- Melina Kameric translated from the Bosnian by Jennifer Zoble; Edmond Amran El Maleh translated from the French by Lucy McNair; and Kim Cheom Seon translated from the Korean by Matt Reeck and Angela Choi. Please check it out -- http://staginggroundmag.com/ Staging Ground Magazine also accepts submissions of translations and original work—to see more, look at their site or request info at:  info@staginggroundmag.com

CHECK OUT and consider writing for FRANCE REVISITED: edited by Gary Lee Kraut, FRANCE REVISITED is an online magazine that publishes a wide variety of journalistic and creative approaches in exploring life, travel, touring and culture in Paris and throughout France. Written 50% by Gary, 50% by contributors, FRANCE REVISITED presents a fluent mix of information, insights, reviews, personal essays, interviews, commentary, humor, poetry and vignettes, as well as photography and videos. www.francerevisited.com. Like what you read? Want to contribute? Gary likes getting work by people who have a passion for a subject or are particularly creative in their approach to travel and place. Before sending anything, read the site, then see France Revisited's Writer's Guidelines if you are still interested in submitting material:  http://francerevisited.com/contact-2/write-for-us/

THE READER BERLIN MANUSCRIPT SERVICES offers to help YOU: Founded in Berlin in 2010, in response to a perceived need for writers to gain insightful feedback on their work and its potential, The Reader Berlin has what all writers seek: a careful and judicious eye. Our aim is to support artists in their creativity, offer them mentoring, honest feedback and advice. Services include manuscript assessment, proof-reading, translation, services for screenwriters and playwrights as well as seminars, creative writing courses and intensive workshops. More info at http://thereaderberlin.com/ or drop us an email at hello@thereaderberlin.com

Naughty Paris for the rentrée? If you have not gotten a copy yet, order Heather Stimmler-Hall’s Naughty Girls Guide to Paris or subscribe to her newsletter, "Secrets of Paris" www.secretsofparis.com which started fifteen years ago and has a loyal following of over 10,000 readers.

SUBMIT EXPERIMENTAL WRITING: THE 1ST ANNUAL Best American Experimental Writing (“BAX”) anthology, to be published in the spring of 2014 by Omnidawn, is open for submissions until November 15. Guest editor: Cole Swensen; series editors: Seth Abramson and Jesse Damiani. Submit 9 pages or 3 pieces for $9. For details, visit www.omnidawn.com/bax.

GET INVOLVED IN PARIS LIT UP, or keep track of what they are up to! ABOUT PARIS LIT UP, a site you can check into for MORE on PARIS : Paris Lit Up does not exist.* Or rather, Paris Lit Up isn’t any individual project or person. Paris Lit Up is the space between the independently run projects that trace its outline. Paris Lit Up shines as a constellation of these bright literary stars in the Parisian night. Paris Lit Up lives in the visible and invisible connections between these ventures and the groups that animate them. Paris Lit Up dwells somewhere deep inside each of these projects because they enrich and empower the people around them. Paris Lit Up aims to build this open community while nurturing the goodwill to collectively share and grow together. Paris Lit Up pulses through the rhizomes of shared practices, common spaces and cooperative spirit. Paris Lit Up explodes in the creative potential of the international literary scene in our beloved City of Lights, Paris. Paris Lit Up includes, reviews and lists events for: Barbara Beck – Co-editor of Upstairs at DurocLucy Binnersley – Reviewer for Paris Lit UpJames Bird – Co-editor of Belleville Park PagesWill Cox – Co-editor of Belleville Park PagesMissy Green – Reviewer for Paris Lit UpHelen Cusack O’Keeffe – Co-host of The Paris Writers’ Group and co-editor of PLU MagazineJennifer K. Dick –Curator of Ivy Writers Jason Francis Mc Gimsey –Co-host of PLU Open Mic, co-editor of PLU Magazine and web monkeyKate Noakes – Co-host of PLU Open Mic, host of PLU Writing Workshop and co-editor of PLU MagazineJulie Poole - Co-editor of PLU MagazinePansy Maurer-Alvarez -Host of Poets LiveEmily Ruck Keene – Special contributor to Paris Lit Up, Keene as Mustard and co-host of PLU Open Mic Bruce Sherfield – Founder and coordinator of MegaloManiacsDemian Smith -Founder and editor of Underground Paris Hassle us on Facebook, molest us on Twitter and join the fray with meetup for events, parties, readings and random outings.Got something to contribute ? Got a bone to pick ? Write us at: info@parislitup.com. For more information: http://parislitup.com

OPEN READING PERIOD for POETRY. Steel Toe Books, the hardest-working press in po-biz, is reading full-length poetry manuscripts in September and October. Guidelines at www.steeltoebooks.com/submit.html. Send c/o Tom C. Hunley, Director, English Department, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11086, Bowling Green, KY 42101.

PICAYUNE LITERARY Magazine accepts submissions from September 15 to December 15, annually, in short fiction (1,250 words max), flash fiction (250 words max), nonfiction and creative nonfiction (1,250 words max), poetry (3 per submission), and black & white line art. Submit writing as .doc and art as PDF to: picayunemagazine@yahoo.com or danielrmtz@nmhu.edu. More information at: www.nmhu.edu.

QUERCUS REVIEW PRESS Annual Book Award. $1,000 prize, book publication, generous royalties. Deadline: December 13. Send manuscript and $25 reading fee to Quercus Review Press, Dept. of English, Modesto Junior College, 425 College Ave., Modesto, CA 95350. New and emerging writers especially encouraged to submit. More info: quercusreviewpress.com.

SLEET MAGAZINE seeks irregulars, flash, poetry, cnf and the elusive short story.
Please see our site for guidelines and deadlines. www.sleetmagazine.com.

THE WHIRLWIND REVIEW, an online literary journal focusing on the connections between writing and spirituality, is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Emerging and unpublished writers are encouraged to submit. For guidelines go to writingasasacredpath.blogspot.com