Author Archives: David Barnes

Just read that George Whitman of Shakespeare & Co has died. Without George, alternately infuriating and a sheer delight, and his crazy-wonderful bookshop, there would be no SpokenWord Paris, no Other Writers’ Group, no issue.ZERO and no Strangers in Paris. … Continue reading →

by DavidThis was the launch of issue.ZERO’s Winter 2011-2012 number and it was packed. The photo is actually before it got really packed! Sold a lot of issue.ZEROs and we’re now well on the way towards making back the printing costs. … Continue reading →

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issue.ZERO the upstart lit mag from Paris grown out of SpokenWord & The Other Writers’ Group launches no.-1 at SpokenWord on Monday 5th December at the Chat Noir Au Chat Noir 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud Métro Parmentier/Couronnes 8pm sign up … Continue reading →

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Crowd. Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome to Spoken Word Paris. Thanks Troy. Mandoline opens, Jo plays the piano this time, James Navè having light issues (that’s my fault). David reading Pity le pauvre parisien: Who d’you think you are, Johnny Halliday? Patrick. … Continue reading →

Host: David Place: Le Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Métro Parmentier/Couronnes/Oberkampf Sign up from 8pm in the bar Poetry begins 9pm… underground

By Alberto. We are changing venue every monday. Tonight we are downstairs au Chat Noir. We’ve been there before but was faraway more violent. I have a deja vu, let’s see how it was: when Writers get Violent. This time … Continue reading →

…featuring Emma McGordon, Lucy Hopkins, Benji, Sandeep, Leemore and many others. Pity les pauvres Parisian men with gold teeth, fight off your father’s idea of a cuddle,  search for your reflection in a bucket of silky oil,   your heart punctured.If you’d … Continue reading →