Author Archives: David Barnes

Report from 7th Jan: Dr Seuss at SpokenWord

Posted on January 13, 2013 by David Barnes

by David. Photos by Stef, full album here. And hey, if you want to submit to our magazine check out The Bastille. Gabriel (photo with miner’s lamp) had his hands on various thighs; fixed at this point with a curled lip, … Continue reading →

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2013: I’m resurrecting themes for SpokenWord

Posted on January 2, 2013 by David Barnes

Yep, they’re back. By popular demand. Each Monday night at SpokenWord in 2013 will have a theme. Think of it as in invitation to bring a poem, song, story, etc with some kind of even remotely tangential link to that … Continue reading →

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Call for submissions to SpokenWord’s magazine!

Posted on December 30, 2012 by David Barnes

We’re looking for submissions of poetry and prose for The Bastille – the Literary Magazine of SpokenWord Paris. Deadline: March 7th 2013 Submission Guidelines: The Bastille is an upstart literary magazine created from the anglo writing scene in Paris. It is … Continue reading →

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Manifesto No.9

Posted on December 30, 2012 by David Barnes

Welcome to SpokenWord! What is SpokenWord? It’s a cabaret for 21st Century bohemians! An underground for neo-beatniks! A node in the matrix of the ever evolving counter-culture! SpokenWord is for those who reject success, money, fame… because they want something … Continue reading →

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Back in the day… a review of SpokenWord when we were in Belleville

Posted on December 28, 2012 by David Barnes

Lili Snyder reviewed SpokenWord here.

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Much Ado About Nothing

Posted on December 26, 2012 by David Barnes

Beth Jervis is playing a bunch of roles in a theatre production of “Much About Nothing” – co-production of compagnie lynx and new open space. She writes – I thought this might interest Spoken Worders – We are playing in the Théatre de Nesle … Continue reading →

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SpokenWord 10th Dec – Pat Cash and company

Posted on December 14, 2012 by David Barnes

A request – because, as people have said, it is distracting from the poetry to have a lot of camera clicking going on, I am asking you not to use professional style cameras. Steph takes pictures and is very discrete … Continue reading →

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Ambjorn invites you to a play reading

Posted on December 13, 2012 by David Barnes

Ambjorn writes: The reason to read a play out loud and in company, I think, is that plays come alive when the dialogue is, well, dialogue. Without people actually talking to each other, the thing that’s special about the theatre … Continue reading →

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Pat Cash is the featured poet this Monday 10th Dec

Posted on December 7, 2012 by David Barnes

Ode to a One Night Stand you can’t blame your one night stand for being a one night stand but sometimes, when you’re really hungover, you can ’cause your one night stand is your anti-lover your anti-romanticism they ain’t gonna … Continue reading →

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Report from the launch of The Bastille no.1

Posted on November 27, 2012 by David Barnes

The Bastille was stormed last night in chaotic and bloody scenes, the King and Queen executed using a cheese grater. Even Alberto, who orchestrated turning hundred-strong Chat Noir crowd into a rabble, did not escape. Copies of The Bastille are … Continue reading →

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