Paris Readings & Events Monthly List by Fragment78: FALL READINGS IN PARIS: readings in October, November and December 2015 in Paris

06 October 2015

FALL READINGS IN PARIS: readings in October, November and December 2015 in Paris

updated 15 Oct 2015, esp section III

Literary AUTUMN in PARIS :

There are so many MILLIONS of readings and so little time—so, until the Paris readings listing can find a guest blogger to help us out, we will be doing posts with a bit less information, and with a wider timeline. SO: here are the events for the fall and links to websites where you can check back for details on weekly or monthly event calendars. I will get this updated a bit every so often this fall, but here is a starter for you! AND if you can help/take over please email me as I really would prefer this be done by a fabulous guest blogger—perhaps you?

Part I) Paris Events and READINGS in order by date

Part II) Writing and other Workshops in Paris

Part III) NEW News and Reviews: publications, CALLS FOR YOUR WORK, books just out and more!

ENJOY LITERARY PARIS!

Jennifer K Dick

Part I) Paris Events and READINGS by date Oct-Dec 2015

OCTOBER 2015 READINGS IN PARIS

6 oct at 19h30: Ivy Writers Paris bilingual reading with Patrick Beurard-Valdoye, Ron Horning et Matt Reeck For more see our blog: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.fr/EVENT on FB : confirmez votre présence ! https://www.facebook.com/events/175709772766875/ Notre groupe FB—devenez MEMBRE du groupe ! https://www.facebook.com/groups/101898279922603/ Notre « community » page sur FB—rejoignez-nous ! https://www.facebook.com/ivywritersparis?fref=ts BIOS IN ENGLISH: Patrick Beurard-Valdoye is a poet and translator who divides his time between Paris, Belfort and Lyon (where he teaches at the Lyon School of Fine Arts) in France. He has published over 20 books and has long been deeply involved in the exploration of crossovers between literary and visual arts practices, as well as practices related to the writing/creation of History and of art history. His recent books have focused on borders, movement, exile, refugee status and the interstices of human crossovers and landscapes in varying time periods. When in Berlin in 1982, Beurard-Valdoye began a collection called his Cycle of exils (Cycle des exils), and he will be sharing an extract from this work with Ivy Writers Paris tonight. This current project is built on his preceding explorations into archives, witness, exile, places of exile and oral accounts of stories linked to these themes, as can be noted in his collections Diaire, Mossa, La fugue inachevée, Le narré des îles Schwitters (publiés aux éditions Al Dante), or Gadjo-Migrandt (Poésie/Flammarion). He also completed a work on the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and the Vienna and New York Schools—a kind of poetic critical biographical text which he has performed in Paris and elsewhere, and which acts in ways as a collage of readings, anecdotes and images emerging and traversing a mindscape. This bio of course only touches on the massive body of work already published by Patrick Beurard-Valdoye, including recent volumes of books such as: Itinerrance, site cité citain (Obsidiane, 2004) ; Théorie des noms (Textuel, coll. « l'œil du poète », 2006) ; Le messager d'Aphrodite (Obsidiane, 2009). His work as a translator includes publications in Action Poétique of Kurt Schwitters (co-translated by Isabelle Ewig) and Hilda Morley (co-translated with Séverine Daucourt-Fridriksson). For more on Patrick Beurard-Valdoye, you can read his articles in French on remue.net : http://remue.net/spip.php?mot258 or consult his Wiképédia page https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Beurard-Valdoye or get a sneak peek of his reading style by watching the video from his reading « Black Mountain College » for Double Change at la maison de la poésie in May of 2014 : https://vimeo.com/96625031 Ron Horning lives and works in Beacon, New York, and revisits and rewrites old homes Greece and Brazil as often as he can. He and his wife, the painter Anna West, are on their way to Greece now. His poems, collaborations with other poets, and translations from French, Brazilian, and classical Latin poetry have appeared in The New Yorker, Exquisite Corpse, Vanitas, Gerry Mulligan, Sal Mimeo, Insurance, The Hat, Provincetown Poetry, and Telephone, and he has written prose reports for Aperture, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, index, and The Brooklyn Rail. Last year Color Treasury published a group of three poems entitled From Philip Drunk to Philip Sober. Read two of Ron’s poems on Best American Poetry and BAPoetry again Matt Reeck is a poet, translator (from Korean, Urdu, French and other languages), and a publisher. He is completing his PhD in Comp Lit at UCLA. He is the author of five chapbooks of poetry :“The Pastoral City” (Little Red Leaves, www.textileseries.com/shop/the-pastoral-city-by-matt-reeck),“The Necessary City” (Konundrum Engine, lit.konundrum.com/), “Midwinter” (Fact-Simile), “Sieve” (Other Rooms), and “Love Songs & Laments” (Mipoesis). He was awarded the Bomb Magazine poetry prize, selected by Susan Howe, and has also received grants from Fulbright, PEN, and the NEA. His translations can be read in two volumes, Bombay Stories and Mirages of the Mind. Recent poetry and translations have just appeared in Otis Review, The Platform Gap (theplatformgap.wordpress.com/portfolio/tpg1reeck/), Metamorphoses, Asymptote (www.asymptotejournal.com/article.php?cat=Fiction&id=87&curr_index=1), Sagar, and Two Lines. At Staging Ground, he edited Will Alexander’s just released chapbook, “Based on the Bush of Ghosts” (staginggroundmag.com). At : Delaville Café (au 1er étage) 34 bvd bonne nouvelle 75010 Paris M° Bonne nouvelle (ligne 8 ou 9)

6 octobre / 19h Nathalie Poitout - Avec lui. - Alma Editeur "C'est l'histoire d'un modèle amoureux. Pour Marie, l'amour est tout. Pour Paul, aimer veut dire s'aimer selon ses conditions." Soirée organisée par « Les Causeries.Balade littéraire dans votre quartier » AT : Nail Club, l'atelier de vos ongles 134 rue Saint-Maur Paris11 - T 09 82 51 33 75

6 Oct—19h30 Poets Live event at Berkeley Books of Paris!

7th October 3pm Children’s Hour with Kate Stables AT: Shakespeare and Co, Paris

7^th October Open Secret poetry party! :) Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1st public reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl, which took shape at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955. Many readings from the book! David Leo Vesuvio Angel-Headed Hipster Sirois here, asking you to unveil Open Secret, that wildly welcoming weekly Wednesday open mic, Whether up or down, look around for “Woody Allen in rhymes,” as TimeOut Paris called me (Still don’t know if that’s a compliment or an insult!), but I’ll be sporting a silly pirate hat, & can sign you up to recite or sing or act or whatever-the-heck-else you wish! Sign-up blasts off at 8:30, & the spectacle starts at 9... This week’s open mic topic is simply “Howl.” I am haranguing several “regulars” to read pieces from the book. You can add to that, or choose to “Howl” in your own special way. As Walter Whitman, perhaps Ginsberg’s greatest literary influence, wrote – “I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.” Let’s let ourselves howl! :) AT: Le Bistro des Artistes, 6 rue des Anglais in the 5th circle of heaven. Follow the candles down the steps to the “cave.” Rue des Anglais is a cutesy passageway who stretches out her thin tanned arms between Boulevard Saint Germain & rue Lagrange, & the closest metro is Maubert-Mutualité (line 10), which is a 2 minute walk according to the all-knowing oracle named Google Maps, or you could go to metro Saint-Michel (line 4), a 6 minute walk away, the oracle sayeth.

7 octobre à 19h Rencontre avec VERONIQUE LOSSKY pour la sortie de Poésie lyrique (1912-1941) de MARINA TSVETAEVA (des Syrtes)
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/

8 Oct 19h30 onwards. PLU Open mike nights weekly at Culture Rapide, Read a poem, listen in, play a song or just come pick up a copy of the brand new PLU magazine issue 3!!! at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/

8th October 7pm Philosophers in the Library: Launch of Salvage AT: Shakespeare and Co, Paris

8 October 7.30pm, Music at Irish Cultural Center: CHAPEL SESSIONS - Liam O MaonIaí & Guest Sam Tshabalala €10€ (€7 for students and unemployed), reservation recommended The acoustics and intimate atmosphere in CCI’s chapel lend themselves perfectly to our “unplugged” Chapel Sessions launched tonight by singer and musician Liam O Maonlaí. Best known as a member of the alternative rock group Hothouse Flowers, which he formed in 1985, Liam recorded a solo album of songs in Irish ten years ago and plays with the traditional group Ré whose live album was recorded in 2014. He is joined this evening by Parisian singer and guitar-player Sam Tshabalala whose music is deeply rooted in his South African culture. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

9 octobre / 19h Alice Zeniter - Juste avant l'oubli - Editions Flammarion "Franck a rencontré Emilie, il est convaincu qu'elle est la femme de sa vie. Mais la jeune femme connaît une passion pour l'écrivain policier Galwin Donnel, mystérieusement disparu en 1985..." Soirée organisée par « Les Causeries.Balade littéraire dans votre quartier » AT : Thank you, my deer, petit resto sans gluten 112 rue Saint-Maur Paris 11 - T 01 71 93 16 24

10 October 15h00-16h30 (ages 5+) Halloween Pop-up Book Making Join us for a reading of some stories in pop-up form and then get some tips to create your own haunted, funny, silly or scary Halloween pop-up book to take home. No sign-up necessary! Parents welcome! 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

10 et 11 octobre Rencontre avec LAURE BERENI et DELPHINE GARDEY pour la parution de leurs essais respectifs La bataille de la parité (Economica) et Le Linge du Palais-Bourbon (Le Bord de l’eau) 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/

11 October 1-4pm Autumn Book Sale 2015 AND READING, with children's story hour offered by Janina Rossiter, author of the Tovi the Penguin series Paperbacks are only 1€ and hard covers are 2€. We have books in every category, with a ton of general fiction, young adult, and children's books. Be sure to tell your friends about this great way to get inexpensive books, meet other people in the English-speaking community, and support our organisation! And from 1:30-2:30 pm, Janina Rossiter will be reading children's stories, so bring your kids along for storytime while you shop! Janina is the author and illustrator of the Tovi the Penguin series of children's books. For more information about her book, check out her site: ToviThePenguin.com We appreciate your donations! To donate books in good condition, simply bring them to the sale on Sunday. We will also have a bake sale where you can get all kinds of fabulous homemade sweet and savory goodies as well as perk up with a little coffee! We'd like to thank Orrick for generously donating their space to us once again. Please note that Orrick staff will not be able to answer any questions so contact SOS Help with ALL inquiries related to the book sale. Thanks! AT: Orrick Law Offices, 31, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75016 Paris

11 octobre à 16h30 N/Z paraît en papier le 9 octobre : présentation de N/Z au 25^eSalon de la revue et sur le stand de la revue Le Salon du vendredi au dimanche : horaires : vendredi 9 octobre de 20h à 22h, samedi de 10h à 20h et dimanche de 10h à 19h30 AT : Halle des Blancs-Manteaux, 42 Rue des Blancs Manteaux, 75004 Paris, Salon de la revue

11th Oct at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Chris Savery PEACOCKS AND HENS. A story set in post war Paris about two young lovers, Johnny and Theresa. They are artistic bohemians who play on the edge but are they too close to it and will they fall off? Enjoy a journey into the fringes of great art and the underbelly of Paris. with DARCY RUSCIO, CARLINE LEMIRE, MARC DURET, ANGIE RISTIC, CAMILLE KRIEG, GERALD MORALES, COLUM MORGAN, JEROME WIGGINS . Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est

12th Oct from 20h on: 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 8pm 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. Check out weekly themes or for guest author info: http://spokenwordparis.org/

13 octobre / 19h Arnaud Cathrine - Pas exactement l'amour - Editions Verticales, "Ce n'est pas l'amour. Pas encore. Ou presque trop. Ou plus tout à fait. Pourtant les personnages de ce livre se croient tous amoureux..." Soirée organisée par « Les Causeries.Balade littéraire dans votre quartier » AT : Au nouveau nez, cave / bistro à vins 104 rue Saint-Maur Paris 11 - T 01 43 55 02 30

13 oct à partir de 19 heures. A l'occasion de la parution de Jalousie Gallimard le principe de plaisir, La librairie Michèle Ignazi a le plaisir de vous inviter à une rencontre avec Claude Rabant AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 Paris

13 October | 19h30 Chris Boicos lecture on Villa Flora Chris Boïcos of Paris Art Studies will lecture and present the masterpieces from the Villa Flora: The Hahnloser-Buehler Collection exhibition. 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

14th October 7pm The Art of Criticism: Juliet Jacques (author of Trans) at Shakespeare and Co Paris.

14 October | 19h30 John Morris and Robert Pledge - Evenings with a photographer John Morris and Robert Pledge talk about how their latest book Quelque Part en France about Normandy in 1944 after the D-Day landings. 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

15 October at 8 PM The Paris-based literary magazine UPSTAIRS AT DUROC invites you to the LAUNCH of ISSUE # 16Dear Friends of UPSTAIRS AT DUROC, The long-awaited Issue #16 is out and we’re ready to celebrate with a mega Launch Reading at the arts center Le Point Ephémère. Come and hear work by some of the contributors, buy a copy, have a drink before/after the event at the bar on the lower level by the Canal St. Martin. The reading will be in the Salle de Danse upstairs. Please enter from downstairs. Come join us for a FREE evening of celebration to launch the new issue with readings / performances by CAROLE BIRKAN, DYLAN HARRIS, PANSY MAURER-ALVAREZ, JODY POU, CHRIS TYSH CAROLE BIRKAN was born in London and lives in Paris, teaching and researching language, poetry and translation at the Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her poetic work has appeared in Mima’amakim, The Forward (USA) and Tears in the Fence and Molly Bloom (UK) and is forthcoming in Zone. She has also translated experimental poetry into French and English. DYLAN HARRIS is an English poet whose books include the collection antwerp, the chapbook europe (both from Wurm Press, Dublin), a poetry/photography book smoke (The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, UK) and his most recent work the liberation of [placeholder]. He operates corrupt press which he founded in Paris. He currently resides in Luxembourg. PANSY MAURER-ALVAREZ was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in Pennsylvania and has lived in Europe since 1973. She is the author of 5 collections of poetry, the latest of which is In a Form of Suspension (corrupt press, Paris). Her collection Oranges in January is forthcoming in the UK. A contributing editor for Tears in the Fence (UK), she continues to curate the Poets Live reading series in Paris although she has recently moved to Strasbourg. JODY POU is an American writer who has lived in and out of France. She is also an accomplished lyric soloist whose career has focused on Baroque and Contemporary music. Among other performances, she sung the soprano role in a production of Ligeti’s Aventures et Nouvelles Aventures at the Paris Opera. Her books, Will (Les Petits Matins, Paris, 2009) and I thought j’irais en bloom (Le Bleu du Ciel, Bordeaux, 2014) are both written in English and French mixed. Other texts have been published in journals, notably Tilt, with audio on quaderna.org. CHRIS TYSH is the author of several collections of poetry and drama. Her latest publications are Our Lady of the Flowers, Echoic (Les Figues, 2013); Molloy: the Flip Side (BlazeVox, 2012); and Night Scales: A Fable for Klara K (United Artists, 2010). She holds fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts and the Kresge Foundation. Her latest project, Hotel des Archives, features verse “transcreations” from the French novels of Beckett, Genet and Duras. She is on the creative writing faculty at Wayne State University. at LE POINT EPHEMERE 200 Quai de Valmy 75010 Paris, Métro Jaurès

15th October GRAND OPENING of the Shakespeare and Co café !!! A dream of S&Co since the 1960s becomes reality: “I’m going to open a literary café... There’s only one way to make a good lemon pie, you know”—George Whitman, 1968. So come in any day and check it out: opening out onto the esplanade with a glorious view of Notre Dame, with coffees, teas, gluten free option and many yummys including “a few literary twists on offer as well—like the Shakespeare Shake, the Flapjack Kerouac, The Bun Also Rises (yep, we like puns!), and picnic baskets filled with wine, cheese, blanket, and short story to take away for some Seine-side eating and reading. We’ve also created our very own version of the legendary Proust Questionnaire, so you can partake of some literary soul-searching while you dine.”. AT: Shakespeare and Co, Paris

15 Oct starts at 19h30. PLU Open mike nights weekly at Culture Rapide, Read a poem, listen in, play a song or just come pick up a copy of the brand new PLU magazine issue 3!!! at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/

16 octobre à 19h Rencontre avec FRANCOISE FLAMANT pour la sortie de son essai Women’s Lands. Terres de femmes en Oregon. 1970-2010 (iXe) 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 oct : 18-22h: Art opening / vernissage with Susan Cantrick’s art www.susancantrickart.com as part of the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles 2015 18 au 25 octobre 2015 l'entrée est libre de 11h à 18h AT : Parc Floral, Paris 75012 : Salon des Réalités Nouvelles see the map for directions : http://www.realitesnouvelles.org/salon/acces.php

17 octobre de 14h à 16h Club de lecture de Violette and Co : Les vaisseaux du coeur, de Benoîte Groult 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 Oct 7.30pm, Music at Irish Cultural Center: The Pipes, The Pipes In conjunction with International Uilleann Piping Day €10 (€7 for students and unemployed), reservation recommended With Padraig McGovern, Leonard Barry, Maitiu O Casaide (uilleann pipes), Donal Dineen, Lionel Palun To mark International Uilleann Piping Day, the CCI presents The Pipes, The Pipes, a music and live art performance that pays homage to the singular magic of the Irish uilleann pipes. Featuring the playing of three exceptional pipers, Padraig McGovern, Leonard Barry and Maitiu Ui Casaide, the live show also features contributions by visual artists Lionel Palun (France) and Donal Dineen (Ireland) who respond live to the mesmerising soundwaves and conjure images that enhance the musical flow. The Pipes, The Pipes featured on RTE TV as one of the highlights of St. Patrick’s Festival Dublin this year. The three pipers will lead different workshops for the public on the morning of their event: - 11am, admission free, reservation recommended, in English: Demonstration and discussion with Maitiu O Casaide - 11am, 10€/15€ including entry to the evening event, reservation necessary (space limited), in English: Master class with Padraig McGovern and Leonard Barry AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

19th October 7pm Anthony Sattin on A Winter on the Nile AT: Shakespeare and Co, Paris

19th Oct from 20h on: 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 8pm 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. Check out weekly themes or for guest author info: http://spokenwordparis.org/

20 October | 19h30 Panel discussion on writing Cara Black and M.L. Longworth, both novelists, discuss how they use France as the backdrop to their murder mystery novels. 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

21 October | 18h00 Clayborne Carson - Evenings with a historian Stanford University historian Clayborne Carson will discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. 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

22 octobre à 19h Dans le cadre de la résidence d’écrivaine d’EMILIE NOTERIS, lecture-performance de LOUISE DESBRUSSES à la Maison rouge AT : la maison rouge, Paris museum near Bastille: infos via www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

22 Oct 7.30pm, Music at Irish Cultural Center: GAULIN CLUB - Rosena Horan €3 (at the entrance), reservation recommended Singer, guitarist and pianist Rosena Horan will lead our second Gaulín club evening of the season. Originally from Dublin, she cites Loreena McKennitt, Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell as influences. Rosena regularly performs in France and her CD Belle of Belleville has been received enthusiastically by the French press. She will focus on songs with an environmental theme. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

22 Oct 19h30 onwards. PLU Open mike nights weekly at Culture Rapide, Read a poem, listen in, play a song or just come pick up a copy of the brand new PLU magazine issue 3!!! at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/

24 octobre à 20h Lecture-performance du Corps lesbien de MONIQUE WITTIG par MARIE BARTOUX et CORALINE GRANDIN des Ateliers TAT (Belgique) Places limitées, réservations fortement conseillées 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/

25^th Oct. at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Ken Mackenzie, "Ain't necessarily So" (2^nd reading) Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est

26th Oct from 20h on: 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 8pm 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. Check out weekly themes or for guest author info: http://spokenwordparis.org/

26th October 7pm Ben Aitken on Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island AT: Shakespeare and Co, Paris

27 October | 19h30 Sarah Wildman - Evenings with an author Sarah Wildman will discuss her book Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind. 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

28 October | 19h30 Christopher Dickey - Evenings with an author Christoperh Dickey will present his book Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South. 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

28th October 7pm Writing the City: Jon Day, Lara Feigel, Lauren Elkin AT: Shakespeare and Co, Paris

28 octobre à 19h Rencontre avec MISS-TIC pour la sortie de son ouvrage Flashback : 30 ans de création (Critères) 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/

29 Oct 19h30 onwards. PLU Open mike nights weekly at Culture Rapide, Read a poem, listen in, play a song or just come pick up a copy of the brand new PLU magazine issue 3!!! at 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/

30, 31 octobre et 1er novembre Violette and Co tient une table de vente au 27è Festival international du film lesbien et féministe de Paris Cineffable AT : Cineffable (google for infos) www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

31 Oct: all day + evening walk: American Library in Paris Annual Halloween Extravaganza Put on your costumes and join us for our Annual Halloween Extravaganza on Saturday 31 October. Enjoy events for children and teens of all ages throughout the day, including seasonal arts and crafts, games, Halloween performances by special guests and trick-or-treating! In the evening, join us for "Horrors of the 7th" Walking Tours (reservation required). These tours are filling up fast, so be sure to check our website for available timeslots. We encourage everyone to come to the Library and buy tickets for the walking tour before 25 October. Tickets bought before 25 October are €5 per person. After that date, tickets are €10 per person. Anyone over the age of 12 is welcome to stick around for our Horror Fest at 20h00 - an evening of performances, short films, and a costume contest. Day fee for Halloween events: €5 Library members and €15 for non-members. Free entrance for adult chaperones accompanying a child. 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

31 Oct 3pm, Samhain for Children – Eddie Lenihan 5€/ 3€ under 12s, reservation necessary (places limited), in English 4 yrs and upwards Samhain, marking the arrival of the darker months, is the festival of the dead when the little people, the fairies, and the dead can come through to the world of the living. Stories for children with Eddie Lenihan: One of Ireland’s finest storytellers shares his scariest Hallowe’en stories Hallowe’en games: Come and enjoy an Irish Hallowe’en with games such as snap apple, fruit in the bucket, flour face. Fancy dress! No trick or treating but prizes for the best costumes. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

31 Oct 7.30pm, Halloween FOR ADULTS Samhain at CCI – Hallow E’en night for the adults! €5, in English Hosted by artist Macdara Smith Join us for an evening of stories, performance, projections and the unknown hosted by multiform artist Macdara Smith. Come in fancy dress and take part in the competition for the best costume! Together with special guests, Eddie Lenihan, June McGrane and Underpressure, Macdara Smith invites you to join him in his explorations of the other side, a place where, through a series of mediumistic drawings, he has discovered a world that is a blackened mirror image of our own…. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

NOVEMBER 2015 READINGS IN PARIS

1er novembre Violette and Co tient une table de vente au 27è Festival international du film lesbien et féministe de Paris Cineffable AT : Cineffable (google for infos) www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November: Every Monday: SPOKEN WORD PARIS from 20h: Sign up in the bar from 8pm for your 5 minutes. Poetics begin underground from 8.30. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. Check out weekly themes and guest author info: http://spokenwordparis.org/

5, 12, 19, 26 November—Every Thursday from 19h30 Paris Lit Up Open mike nights weekly at Culture Rapide, Read a poem, listen in, play a song or just come pick up a copy of PLU magazine issue 3!!! At: 103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020. For more information see: http://parislitup.com/

3, 4, and 5 Nov at 21h : 2 comedies : "48H DANS LA TÊTE D'UN HOMME" Une comédie surréaliste, originale et, pas prise de tête... ! Texte : Axel DEPONCEY - Mise en scene : Ronny ZUFFRANO Avec : Michael AUGUSTO, Tristan BAVIERE, Thibault JACQUET,

Pierre PROD'HOMME, Daniel VANDEBERG et Ronny ZUFFRANO Résumé : 48h dans la tête de Paul, où il devra faire un choix professionnel important et régler un problème personnel... Que se passe-t-il quand les sentiments (Raison, Emotion, Curiosité, Mémoire, Sexe et Cortex) interviennent ?? Un week-end riche en rebondissements ! Une comédie originale et, pas prise de tête! AND, pre-show : "L'AMI, LA FEMME ET LE MARRANT" Une petite scénette de boulevard - comédie d'époque. Production et Texte : Axel DEPONCEY - Mise en scene : Pierre PROD'HOMME Avec Emeline AUGUSTO, Martin BARLAN et Albéric SAINT-MARTIN. Résumé : Madame a un ami et un marrant. Mais que se passe-t-il quand l'ami veut devenir le mari et quand le marrant veut devenir l'amant? Un jeu de dupe avec des jeux de mots et des rebondissements... Prix : Prévente : 15€ - Sur place : 18€ // Réservations et +infos : le site internet : http://48hdanslatete.jimdo.com ou http://www.billetreduc.com/146039/evt.htm la page Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/48hdanslatete adresse mail de reservations : resas48h@gmail.com AT : Théâtre du Gouvernail, 5 Passage de Thionville- 75019 Paris, M° Laumière ou Ourcq (ligne 5) et Riquet ou Crimée (ligne 7)

4 Nov 7.30pm, Music at Irish Cultural Center: CHAPEL SESSIONS: Inni-K and Rhob Cunningham 10€ (7€ for students and unemployed), reservation recommended Chapel Sessions With Inni-K (voice, piano, ukulele), Brian Walsh (drums, percussion), Cormac O’Brien (double bass) Inni-K delights with her unique indie folk - a transcendent voice and beautiful new songs combine with tight musicianship and arresting stage-craft. Her debut album The King has Two Horse’s Ears was released early this year to critical acclaim. She has shared stages with Efterklang, Caoimhín O Raghallaigh, Wallis Bird, Tiny Ruins, This is How We Fly and many more. Rhob Cunningham is a songwriter from Dublin who has independently released three studio albums. He has performed all over Ireland as well as in France, Germany and Holland, sharing bills with Villagers, James V McMorrow and opening for Bobby Womack, Gil Scott Heron, Tori Amos, John Martyn, Cathy Davey and Lisa Hannigan, among countless others. Tonight he will premiere new pieces specially composed to harmonise with the CCI surroundings. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

6 November 7pm-10pm, Skellig Foundation in association with CCI presents "SKELLIG SESSIONS - 2015" Climate Change: Thinking About Solutions admission free, reservation recommended, in English Sustainability and climate change are two critical and defining issues of our time. The Skellig Foundation has set out to improve the public understanding of these topics and to help scholars propose novel approaches that address the expected impacts of future resource depletion and climate change. In conjunction with our exhibition on climate change Et si on s’était trompé ? and the international conference taking place in Paris at the end of the year, CCI and the Skellig Foundation are organising "SKELLIG SESSIONS - 2015", a series of talks and discussions chaired by Lara Marlowe, The Irish Times correspondent in Paris. Links between politics, economics and climate change, the potentials of marine energy and the waste-energy-water nexus will be discussed by specialists such as Frédéric Dias (University College Dublin and ENS Cachan), Gavin Collins (School of Natural Sciences and The Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research, NUI Galway), Torgny Holmgren (Stockholm International Water Institute) and Frank McDonald (author and former Environment Editor, The Irish Times). AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

8^th Nov. at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Andrew Auerbach "The Secret House" (stage) Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est

17 November: 19h30 Ivy Writers Paris bilingual reading with Chantal Bizzini and Marilyn Kallet Bios: Marilyn Kallet is the author of 17 books including The Love That Moves Me, poetry by Black Widow Press. She has translated Paul Eluard’s Last Love Poems (Derniers poèmes d’amour), Benjamin Péret’s The Big Game (Le grand jeu), and with Darren Jackson and J. Bradford Anderson has co-translated Chantal Bizzini’s Disenchanted City (La Vie Désenchantée), due out in February, 2015. Her work has appeared in hundreds of literary magazines, including Plume, Connotation, Blue Lyra Review, Still: The Journal, New Letters, Prairie Schooner. Dr. Kallet is Nancy Moore Goslee Professor of English at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. In 2005, she was inducted into the East Tennessee Literary Hall of Fame in poetry. She has performed her work on campuses and in theaters across the United States, as well as in Poland and in Auvillar, France, where she leads a poetry workshop each spring for VCCA-France. For information about the workshop: http://www.vcca.com/main/node/572. For more about her work: http://marilynkallet.com/ Chantal Bizzini is a poet, translator, photographer and collage artist, who lives in Paris. She has published poetry and translations in Po&sie, Europe, Poésie 2005, Action Poétique, Le Mâche-Laurier, Rehauts, Public Republic, and Siècle 21, among other international literary journals. American poets she has translated extensively include Ezra Pound, Hart Crane, W. H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, Denise Levertov, John Ashbery, Clayton Eshleman and Jorie Graham. Her own poetry has been translated into English, Italian and Portuguese. Her first volume of poetry, Boulevard Magenta, was published in 2015 by bousquet-la barthe éditions. Her current project involves a series of meditations on photo-illustrated books, including The Bridge by Hart Crane and Walker Evans;Rodenbach's Bruges-la-Morte, Brassaï's Paris la nuit, Walker Evans's Many Are Called, and Sebald's Austerlitz. She has lectured on this topic at the Sorbonne and New York University, among other venues. For more see our blog: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.fr/ Notre groupe FB—devenez MEMBRE du groupe ! https://www.facebook.com/groups/101898279922603/ Notre « community » page sur FB—rejoignez-nous ! https://www.facebook.com/ivywritersparis?fref=ts At : Delaville Café (au 1er étage) 34 bvd bonne nouvelle 75010 Paris M° Bonne nouvelle (ligne 8 ou 9)

17, 18, 19, or 21 Nov at 21h : 2 comedies : : "48H DANS LA TÊTE D'UN HOMME" Une comédie surréaliste, originale et, pas prise de tête... ! Texte : Axel DEPONCEY - Mise en scene : Ronny ZUFFRANO Avec : Michael AUGUSTO, Tristan BAVIERE, Thibault JACQUET,

17 Nov 8pm, Music at Irish Cultural Center: JAZZ DOUBLE BILL: Umbra and Sue Ryhardt Duo €10 (€7 for students and unemployed people) reservation recommended Festival Jazzycolors Umbra Chris Guilfoyle (guitar), Chris Engel (soprano saxophone), Sam Comerford (tenor saxophone), Barry Donohue (bass guitar), Matthew Jacobson (drums) With the energy and power of a punk rock band and a broad range of influences, this five-piece jazz band from Dublin stretch the boundaries of the form. Led by guitarist and composer Chris Guilfoyle, Umbra features some of the most well-known jazz musicians in Dublin who find their inspiration in the lush harmonic textures of John Hollenbeck and Jim McNeely or the cyclical grooves of Meshuggah and Aphex Twin. Their music cleverly integrates this smorgasbord of influences to distill a band sound that is decidedly contemporary and indeed complex, but one which never loses sight of the melody. Sue Rynhart Duo Sue Rynhart (vocals), Dan Bodwell (doublebass) Young composer and singer Sue Rynhart has performed at jazz festivals all over Ireland. Her collaborations with well-known Irish and international artists range from premiering works by George Higgs, Simon McHale, Donal Mac Erlaine or the Irish Composers Collective to singing with Rick Peckham, Tom Arthurs and Florian Ross.Sue's critically acclaimed debut album Crossings was nominated Best Jazz Album in the Irish Times Ticket Awards 2014. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

18 November 19h30 (WEDS NIGHT!) Korean-American Author Myung Mi Kim reads for Ivy Writers Paris. She will read in English and new translations (first translations!) of her work will be presented in French. BIO: MYUNG MI KIM: b. 1957. Author of 7 books of poetry, professor at Univ of Buffalo, NY, Myung Mi Kim is known for her strong explorations of history, personal and political narratives in fragmented space which open the page and the English language to the othernesses in all of us. As CJ Martin states, she "explores the problem of legibility: legibility of the book, of the subject, of the work of art. Kim’s work seeks “a relationship with readers that owns to and remains critical of the political and systematic nature of that encounter,” from books that construct their own grammar to lyric speech that explores the problem of silence to work that foregrounds practice as performance." (Jacket 2 sidebar intro) A large feature on her work, including criticism and a series of interviews, appeared on Jacket 2: here is a link to one of those works: http://jacket2.org/feature/myung-mi-kim Myung Mi Kim is the subject of the book The Subject of Building Is a Process / Light Is an Element: essays and excursions for Myung Mi Kim (2008). She has taught at San Francisco State University and in the Poetics Program at SUNY Buffalo. Myung Mi Kim was born in Seoul, Korea. She immigrated with her family to the United States at the age of nine and was raised in the Midwest. She earned a BA from Oberlin College, an MA from The Johns Hopkins University, and an MFA from the University of Iowa. Her collection of poems Under Flag (1991) won the Multicultural Publishers Exchange Award of Merit; subsequent collections include The Bounty (1996), DURA (1999), Commons (2002), River Antes (2006), and Penury (2009). To read the full Poetry Foundation bio: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/myung-mi-kim Her books:

Under Flag - Kelsey St. Press, 1991, reprinted. 1998 and 2008
The Bounty - Chax Press, 1996, reprinted. 2000
Dura- Sun & Moon Press, 1999
Spelt (with Susan Gevirtz) - a+bend press, 2000
Commons - Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002
River Antes - Buffalo: Atticus/Finch, 2006
Penury - Omnidawn Publishing, 2009

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22^nd Nov. at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Roger Goldsmith "Grey Matters" (stage) Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est

23 Nov 7.30pm History talk: Regard sur le CCI: Thomas O’Connor admission free, reservation recommended, in English This evening’s lecture by Dr. Thomas O'Connor, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy in NUI Maynooth, offers a fascinating opportunity to hear about the historical origins of the Irish College in Paris. A specialist on Irish migration to Europe in the early modern period, Dr O’Connor explains how the Irish student community came to settle on the left bank and its setting within the entire Irish colleges’ network. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

24, 25 et 26 Nov at 21h : 2 comedies : : "48H DANS LA TÊTE D'UN HOMME" Une comédie surréaliste, originale et, pas prise de tête... ! Texte : Axel DEPONCEY - Mise en scene : Ronny ZUFFRANO Avec : Michael AUGUSTO, Tristan BAVIERE, Thibault JACQUET,

24 – 25 Nov 7.30pm, Theater at Irish Cultural Center: Rough Magic presents “How to Keep an Alien” €7 (€5 for students and unemployed), reservation recommended, in English approx.: 75 mins Written by Sonya Kelly Directed by Gina Moxley Performed by Sonya Kelly and Justin Murphy Following her delightful performance of The Wheelchair on my Face in 2012, Sonya Kelly returns to the CCI with a tearfully funny, tender memoir about securing an Irish visa for her Australian partner. They met. They fell in love. Now all they have to do is prove it to the government beyond any reasonable doubt. Winner Best Production (Tiger Dublin Fringe 2014) AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

DECEMBER 2015 READINGS IN PARIS

3 Dec 7.30pm, GAULIN CLUB - Lillis O Laoire €3 (at the entrance), reservation recommended Our final Gaulín club of the year is led by “fear a’ ti’ Lillis O Laoire, a sean-nós singer from Gort A' Choirce, Co. Donegal. O Laoire is also an author and teaches courses in Irish language, folklore and Celtic civilisation in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, NUI Galway. His book, On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean: Songs and Singers in Tory Island was published in 2007. He co-wrote an award-winning study of the sean-nós singer Joe Heaney, Bright Star of the West (2011). For the Gaulín, he will sing songs from Tory Island and from as far afield as Scotland. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

5 Dec: 5pm. A reading and gathering to celebrate the memory and work of Stephen Rodefer will be held at la Guillotine in Paris on Saturday 5th of December at 5pm, organized in part by Abigail Lang (for Double Change)

6^thDec. at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by K.J.Dwyer "El Fin del Mundo" (stage) Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est

8 Dec: 19h30 Ivy Writers Paris reading with Michelle Naka Pierce and Chris Pusateri: see weblog for details as they are announced For more see our blog: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.fr/ Notre groupe FB—devenez MEMBRE du groupe ! https://www.facebook.com/groups/101898279922603/ Notre « community » page sur FB—rejoignez-nous ! https://www.facebook.com/ivywritersparis?fref=ts

10 Dec 7.30pm, Music at Irish Cultural Center: CHAPEL SESSIONS – Loah €10 (€7 for students and unemployed), reservation recommended Loah (lead vocals), Emma Garnett (backing vocals), Niwel Tsumbu (guitar), Johnny Taylor (piano) Having sung with Kíla, Niwel Tsumbu and contributed to Hozier’s platinum-selling debut album, Loah is now embarking on an ambitious solo career. Of Sierra Leonean-Irish origin, Loah has already performed her unique blend of folk and soul at all major Irish festivals – Electric Picnic, the Dublin Fringe Festival, and Body&Soul’s Shapeshifters Ball amongst others. “Exuding a very exotic cool, we have a bit of a star on our hands.” (Hot Press) AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris--Book online and reservations@centreculturelirlandais.com http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com www.centreculturelirlandais.com

20^th Dec. at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Hilary Kaiser"The Gap Year" (stage) Programme subject to change! Check the website for the latest version: www.movingparts.org.uk AT: A la Ville d'Épinal, 5 rue d'Alsace, 75010 Paris, Metro : Gare de l'Est

Part II)

Writing and Other Workshops in Paris

WORKSHOP IN FRENCH: 24 octobre de 11h à 13h Atelier d’écriture animé par CATHERINE BEDARIDA 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/

Colin David Reese gives workshops in Camera Techniques: to see his blog and find full info on these workshops, frequently directed to actors, Reese’s new blog http://cameratechniqueworkshops.blogspot.fr/ For information about the Camera Technique Workshops

Part III) NEW News and Reviews:

publications, CALLS FOR YOUR WORK + books just out!

CALLING PLAYWRIGHTS, DIRECTORS, PERFORMERS The Montmartre Dionysia is still open for submissions for the festival in March 2016. Your proposal could be a script in the making, a concept for a show (an interactive performance for instance, shadow puppetry, you name it!), or a piece of devised theatre you are working with a group of performers. If you have an idea - pitch it to us! We are looking for 60 to 80 minute shows to take part in the Labs development process and ask all submitting artists to be based in Paris between November and March, 2016. Submission deadline is midnight on Wednesday, October 14th. For further guidelines, please check our website: http://www.montmartredionysia.com/submissions-labs

JUST OUT: 2 books by Cecilia Woloch! First, Sur la route is a novel in postcard-like vignettes - a series of brief, vivid, poetic episodes that trace the path of a disaffected American woman "on the road" in France and western Europe. By turns sexy, intriguing, and passionate, her experiences require her to open her heart as widely as possible, even (and always) at the risk of breaking it. ALSO pick up her new CHAPBOOK Winner of the 2014 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize (judged by Aimee Nezhukumatathil), Earth is the sixth book by poet Cecilia Woloch. "These remarkable poems are hymns and requiems; they are made of "blood mixed with earth." —Terrance Hayes

Call for submissions for The Bastille (the literary journal published by SpokenWord Paris) Think of this as the Jesse jigsaw issue. We are hoping for poems and prose that fit together like a strange jigsaw of vibrant, arresting images or moments of lives. The connections will emerge by chance. To link the jigsaw pieces we suggested you include some of these words: Jesse, orange, clock, steps, a letter, 44, dress. What sex is Jesse? You choose. Flash fiction (up to 500 words, send up to 3 pieces): Focus on conflict or making us care about Jesse. Poetry (send up to 3 poems, max 40 lines each, to fit A5 pages): Give us narrative or a point of view – Jesse’s point of view or a point of view on Jesse. Photographs, art: Send strong images that are suggestive of a life lived. Include any of the things in the list (Jesse, orange, clock, steps, a letter, 44, dress). Deadline: midnight 31st October 2015 Format: Word document or rtf Format for art, photographs: send as jpeg 330dpi Send to: themag.paris AT gmail.com How to get published: 1. Work must not have been published before. 2. Simultaneous submissions fine if you tell us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere. 3. Include a 50 word bio. 4. Send it in the format we ask for, respect the length requirements and page size

UDP in NYC has some great NEW BOOKS and more : NEW BOOKS: Cathy Eisenhower, Woody Leslie, Callie Garnett PRE-ORDER: Emergency INDEX, Vol. 4. Now available at a special DISCOUNTED PRICE of $15. Use the discount code: HISTORYNOW at checkout to get the deal. http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/

CALL FOR WORK BY YOU!: Ecological poetry journal, The Anthropocenist is looking for ecological poetry in particular --- anything about the interaction of living things with each other and their environment. Just thought I would pass on the word in case anyone has something ready to go! http://anthropocenist.com/

Brigham Award for Women Writers Open for Submissions ELIGIBILITY: Poetic manuscripts accepted September 1–October 31, 2015 by women (or anyone identifying as a woman) living in rural areas or away from the coasts in cities with less than a million people. Women living outside the U.S. please query: lostroadspublishers@gmail.com. JUDGING PROCESS: This year's guest judges are Aaron McCullough and Kristin Prevallet. Guest Judges work with Lost Roads Editor Susan Scarlata to select one winning manuscript. All manuscripts are read blind. ABOUT BESMILR BRIGHAM: Brigham (1913-2000) was an "Outsider Writer" who shirked well-trodden paths. In a lifetime spent across the Southern U.S. and Mexico she was always writing; her work appeared in Harpers and New Directions and was stored in broken refrigerators and other appliances. A selection of her work, Run Through Rock, is available in hard copy or as an ebook through Lost Roads at SPDbooks. Submit today, forward this on or find more information at lostroads.org

Submit your chapbook manuscript now! win a fellowship to The Frost Place Poetry Seminar, publication, $250, and a week to live and write in Robert Frost's housesubmissions accepted October 1, 2015 – January 5, 2016 The Frost Place, a nonprofit center for poetry and the arts at Robert Frost’s old homestead in Franconia, NH, in partnership with Bull City Press, invites submissions to the Fourth Annual Frost Place Chapbook Competition. This year's judge is Afaa Michael Weaver. In summer 2016, the winner’s chapbook will be published by Bull City Press, and the winner will receive 10 complimentary copies (from a print run of 300), and a $250.00 stipend. The winner will also receive a full fellowship to attend the five-and-a-half-day Poetry Seminar at The Frost Place, August 2016, including room and board (a cash value of approximately $1,500.00), and will give a featured reading from the chapbook at the Seminar. As well, the chapbook fellow will have the option to spend one week living and writing in The Frost Place House-Museum in September 2016 (peak leaf season in the White Mountains), at a time agreed upon by the fellow and The Frost Place. For submissions guidelines, visit our web site: http://bullcitypress.com/submissions-top/frost-place-chapbook-competition/.

Neil Shepard’s second book of 2015 has just been published: Vermont Exit Ramps II. Yes, there was an original chapbook, Vermont Exit Ramps, but the new collection adds 30 more poems (Shepard’s) and 50 photographs (by Tony Reczek, whose photos grace the pages of Vermont magazine, Vermont Life, and elsewhere). A literary and visual traveler's guide to post-pastoral Vermont, this book belongs on your shelves for poetry, photography, or travel, as well as on your coffee table! Poet and fiction writer David Huddle calls Vermont Exit Ramps II "a one-of-a-kind book and virtuoso performance. He's even refurbished Pound's old advice to 'Make it new.'" Sydney Lea, the Vermont Poet Laureate, says of the book, "You will never again pass an exit ramp in Vermont or elsewhere as once you did." For more information about Vermont Exit Ramps II or to order the book during its prepublication period (with the bonus of free shipping), please go to the Sundog Poetry Center website: http://sundogpoetry.com/product/vermont-exit-ramps-ii/#vermontbyvermonters

New book by THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI!: Title: Violent Outbursts Author: Thaddeus Rutkowski Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil Press (New York) ISBN: 978-1-941550-58-8 Price: $16.00 124 pages Order here: http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/violent-outbursts.html For more on Thad or to get a sense of his work, check out his website! Thad Rutkowski
www.thaddeusrutkowski.com

OUT and ALWAYS SEEKING GREAT WRITING: UK magazine run by David Caddy called Tears in the Fence. Their most recent issue--NUMER 62--is now out and ready for order from http://tearsinthefence.com/pay-it-forward including an article by Paris author Jennifer K Dick "Of Tradition and Experiment XII: On Beauty and Reading" --a conversational retrospective of her reading experiences with poetry, and thoughts on her favorite poems and authors, from John Donne, Thomas Hood, Robert Frost, Gerard Manly Hopkins, Carole Maso, Anne Carson and Michael Palmer to Myung Mi Kim, with a brief tip of the hat to Erin Mouré, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Nathanial Mackey, N. NourbeSe Philip and Craig Santos Perez. As announced on the TITF wordpress blog “Tears in the Fence 62 is now available from http://tearsinthefence.com/pay-it-forward and features poetry, fiction and essays from Simon Smith, Nancy Gaffield, Patricia Debney, Andy Fletcher, Michael Farrell, John Freeman, Afric McGlinchey, Anamaria Crowe Serrano, Anamaria Crowe Serrano & Robert Sheppard, Sarah Connor, Samuel Rogers, Rose Alana Frith, Michael Grant, Charles Hadfield, Mike Duggan, Dorothy Lehane, Vicki Husband, Hilda Sheehan, Andrew Darlington, David Miller, Karl O’Hanlon, Amy McCauley, Rupert Loydell & Daniel Y Harris, Sam Smith, Rodney Wood, David Greenslade, Lesley Burt, L.Kiew, Graheme Barrasford Young, Andrew Lees, Michael Henry, James Bell, Rhys Trimble, Sophie McKeand, Haley Jenkins, Alexandra Sashe-Seekirchner, Richard Thomas, Alec Taylor and Steve Spence. // The critical section consists of David Caddy’s Editorial, Anthony Barnett’s Antonym, Jennifer K. Dick’s Of Tradition & Experiment XII, Alan Munton on Steve Spence, Andrew Duncan on Kevin Nolan’s Loving Little Orlick, David Caddy on Gillian White’s Lyric Shame, Robert Vas Dias on Jackson Mac Low, Laurie Duggan on Alan Halsey, Chris McCabe on Reading Barry MacSweeney, Mandy Pannett on Angela Gardner, Mary Woodward, Ric Hool on Ian Davidson, William Bonar, Steve Spence on John Hartley Williams, Linda Benninghoff on Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability, Notes On Contributors and Ian Brinton’s Afterword.” Pick up a copy, subscribe to keep TITF going and / or send them some of your poetry or a book review!

CALL FOR PLAYS: MOVING PARTS PARIS seeks a play to put on a reading of for MARCH 6^th! You have a play ready? Contact Stephanie now to book a reading of YOUR play Bookings being taken for Spring 2016 Check the website for the latest version of their programme or for full information : www.movingparts.org.uk or send an e-mail to movingpartsparis at gmail.com For further information contact : Stephanie Campion on : 06 14 67 18 58

CALL FOR WORK: Pure Slush celebrates our 5 year anniversary in December 2015 ... so we’re publishing a print anthology based on the theme ‘five’Your submission • can be fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose; • must be original, so previously unpublished online or in print (so that includes authors’ websites and blogs); • must be 500 words maximum; • must somehow incorporate ‘five’. This can be as simple as including the word ‘five’, or making it a major theme or subject. As always, we are flexible with how writers interpret this theme, but ‘five’ must be included somehow. Submissions close 15th December 2015. If you wish to be involved or have questions, please email edpureslush@live.com.au Please submit your stories with Five / Story Title / Word Length in Submission Title by clicking here. For other topics re submitting and rights etc, click here

OUT NOW : for those interested in CRIME WRITING and in FRENCH : check out this issue : Parution du nouveau numéro d’Itinéraires. LTC N° 2014-3 Le polar en Europe : réécritures du genre Ce numéro privilégie les regards croisés pour aborder, à travers le roman policier, les notions de genre (littéraires et sexués), les questionnements sur l’élaboration d’une hiérarchie littéraire et sur la fonction sociale du roman. Il démontre également l’enracinement du polar dans le réel et la façon dont ses règles supposément restrictives offrent à l’auteur dissident la possibilité de défier l’idéologie dominante, d’offrir à un public complice, ou pas, une lecture séditieuse du monde, de son histoire et de nous mettre face à nos propres préjugés et préconceptions. Ce numéro réunit donc des universitaires français et britanniques, dans le but de favoriser un dialogue à la fois multidisciplinaire et multinational, qui reflète les courants actuels de la critique. Il comprend des articles sur le polar français ainsi que sur le Krimi allemand des années 1940 et le roman policier anglais de l’après-guerre, mais aussi sur la question toujours épineuse du statut du polar dans la littérature.

CHECK IT OUT ! Coracle press out of Ireland has a great new website—so give it a look, and perhaps get a fabulous book too ? http://coracle.ie/

TRANSLATION AND LITERATURE PROJECTS TO SEE: Oana Avasilichioaei’s new projects LIMBINAL, a hybrid poetic exploration of borders that intersects prose fragments, incantatory dialogues, poetic footnotes, photographs, and rebellious translations of Paul Celan: http://talonbooks.com/books/limbinal Read an interview about LIMBINAL and its audio-visual performances here: http://puritan-magazine.com/limbinal-and-its-performances-an-interview-with-oana-avasilichioaei/ Also check out THE THOUGHT HOUSE OF PHILIPPA by Suzanne Leblanc, co-translated from French with Ingrid Pam Dick: http://bookthug.ca/shop/books/the-thought-house-of-philippa-by-suzanne-leblanc-with-translation-by-oana-avasilichioaei-ingrid-pam-dick/ and THE UNITED STATES OF WIND by Daniel Canty, translated from French: http://talonbooks.com/books/united-states-of-wind All books can be purchased directly from the publishers' websites or through the other usual means. To books and their wonders! Oana Avasilichioaei / oanalab.com

READ this new work by Dominique Quelen: official out date was le 8 septembre, sortie de While, d'Aurélien Dumont, chez NoMadMusic. Cinq pièces superbes (à peine altérées, pour trois d'entre elles, par la présence d'obscurs textes que j'ai été amené à commettre). Tous les détails ici : While, avec des extraits musicaux, quelques pages du livret, etc. Un CD très recommandable et, pour les amateurs, commandable dès à présent, et ce en trois formats : http://nomadmusic.fr/shop/while

Want to volunteer ? Train to listen for SOS Help, the English-speaking help line Stop by one of our information sessions in advance of the next 3 month training cycle starting 7th November 2015 Check out www.soshelpline.org for full details: Go to info session about volunteering either on October 8, or October 14 7:00 pm American Church of Paris 65 Quai d'Orsay 75007 Paris. You only need to attend ONE session. All volunteers must also attend our mandatory training session on November 7th.

OUT NOW: DIAGRAM MAGAZINE! Dear readers: yo. I write with news of the new issue, 15.4, that just dropped a few minutes ago. You can click here to head to it or navigate via the pasted ToC below if you'd rather, like if what compels you is not the fact of the new issue itself but the presence of Joseph Massey as introduced by NMP chapbooker Jessica Johnson, or whoa, you really want to know what the three layers of food in the frozen stomach of the rat are. Cool, we feel that. Your time is important. So here's what you'll find in the issue. Lots of interesting dishes on the table, we think: TEXT & IMAGE: Riley Bingham | Karen Donovan | Michele Herman and Sarah McElwain | Blair Johnson | Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis and Stephanie Rogers | Michael Meyerhofer | Angela Palm | Vincent Poturica | Kathryn Scanlan | Glenn Shaheen | Jennifer Wheelock | Emma Winsor Wood & A SPECIAL FEATURE OF WRITERS SELECTED & INTRODUCED BY WRITERS WE LOVE: Erica Ehrenberg introduced by Genine Lentine | Shannon Elward introduced by George Kalamaras | Joseph Massey introduced by Jessica Johnson | REVIEWS: on Christopher DeWeese | JoAnna Novak on Lindsey Drager | Sean Lovelace on David Swann | Sarah Minor on Quintan Ana WikswoSCHEMATICS An Adult Male Wire-Tailed Manakin Performing the Twist Display with a Partner | Amitotic Division of the Nuclei in the Follicle Cells of the Cricket's Ovary| The Marketing System | Nest Profiles and Plans | Relative Seasonal Availability of Nectar | A Scheme for the Evolution of the Meropidae, and Biological Data for Some Species | Three Layers of Food in Frozen Stomach of Rat

Need a little French to read? JUST OUT: P’tit Quinquin de Bruno Dumont Nouvelle collection 'Scénario'

SUBMIT NOW!: In honour of our first birthday, Cosmonauts Avenue is thrilled to announce our inaugural CA Poetry Prize, judged by Claudia Rankine! The winner will receive $500 and publication in Cosmonauts Avenue. Details below! SUBMIT NOW! GUIDELINES

▪ Deadline: November 30, 2015

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▪ Eligibility: Only previously unpublished work in English can be submitted.

▪ We accept (and encourage) entries from all ages and countries.

▪ All entries should be in a standard typeface and 12pt font.

▪ TWO poems maximum per entry.

▪ A $10USD reading fee must accompany each entry.

▪ Winners will be notified by Mid-December, 2015.

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▪ Multiple entries are permissible, as long as they are accompanied by separate reading fees.

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▪ Submit online via Submittable.

Visit cosmonautsavenue.com for full details.

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2014-2015 GUEST BLOGGER was LOUISE COOPER

One of the newest editions to the Ivy Writers Paris team, Louise Cooper, has stepped up to the challenge of maintaining Paris’ monthly calendar of literary events and calls for work. Lou is a recent graduate of the Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance in Detroit, MI where she pursued a BA in Theatre. She spent the last year backpacking through Europe and teaching in India before settling down in Paris. An au pair by day, in her spare time she hopes to explore written word as a new medium and delve into the artistic happenings here in Paris!