Monthly Archives: April 2016

INFO DUMP: Q&A session for aspiring writers (Sunday May 1st)

Posted on April 30, 2016 by David Barnes

UPDATE – We’ll meet in front of Shakespeare & Company then go elsewhere. Shakespeare & Co is unexpectedly closed. The Other Writers’ Group proudly presents: INFO DUMP: Q&A session for aspiring writers We all have writing questions about your prose … Continue reading →

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SpokenWord Monday, May 2nd–Jason Stoneking on the “Cosmic Frontier”

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

In his own words :”Jason Stoneking  is a guy who writes stuff. Mostly poems and essays. He’s been around for a long time. He’s read with so-and-so, and published in the such-and-such. He’s had brushes with fame and brushes with … Continue reading →

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Open Secret 27th April – with Shehzar Doja

Posted on April 27, 2016 by David Barnes

Our theme this Wednesday is “Freedom is dancing with both hands in the air!” Our featured poet is Shehzar Doja, visiting us from Luxembourg. BIO: Syed Shehzar M. Doja was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and currently resides in Luxembourg as … Continue reading →

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SpokenWord Paris Monday, April 25th–John Hicks on the DREAMS theme

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

He doesn’t remember  how he ended up in Paris, but can only assume it was for a good reason..A former member of many bands of which you have never heard : Incandescent Rabbits — Washington DC; Crash and Burn  — … Continue reading →

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Open Secret tonight, featuring fine French poet Adeline Baldacchino! “Il y a l’amour, puis l’art, puis rien.” (-Montherlant)

Posted on April 20, 2016 by David Leo Sirois

Greetings, people of Earth! David Leo La Nouvelle Scène “Le Bateau Ivre” upon the Seine “Please buy our Madeleines” Amen! Sirois pontificating here. Open Secret welcomes you, your 4-armed open mic (porting poetry, song, comedy, & all-things-theatric in each of … Continue reading →

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Monday 18th April’s SpokenWord – Troy Yorke & Late Nite/tv/insomnia…

Posted on April 17, 2016 by David Barnes

The theme tomorrow is: LATE NITE tv/insomnia And Mr Yorke is the guest poet. Here’s 18 things you didn’t know about troy Yorke…. Troy Yorke’s poetry seeks beauty in the absurd and surreal, celebrating the darker corners of life, our minds, … Continue reading →

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Monday April 11th: it’s POLITICS IN THE NEWS with our special guest Jude Cowan Montague

Posted on April 10, 2016 by albertorigettini

Jude Cowan Montague is an artist. writer and composer. Her art works with factual news as well as imaginary ideas. She was an archivist for the Reuters Television Archive. Her first collection of poems For the Messengers (Donut Press 2011) … Continue reading →

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March has gone. Memories from a basement.

Posted on April 4, 2016 by albertorigettini

Welcome April. March has gone. So many memories. But in case you forgot we still have a monthly selection of Sabine Dundure‘s pictures, so that when you’ll be old enough you can show your grandchildren how it was in Paris, … Continue reading →

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Ranting, Rhyming, Revolting – with Janine Booth at SpokenWord 4th April

Posted on April 4, 2016 by David Barnes

Janine Booth (www.janinebooth.com) is a poet, trade unionist, author and lefty campaigner from the UK. As ‘The Big J’, Janine was part of the 1980s ‘ranting poetry’ movement. She’s here with her new book ‘Ranting Rhyming Revolting’ and we’ve made … Continue reading →

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