Author Archives: David Barnes

SpokenWord, Open Secret and Writers’ Group dates in December

Open Secret runs every Wednesday with no holiday break. SpokenWord: Dec 5th NOSTALGIA — Amruta Prabhu Dec 12th LETTERS HOME — Anna Polonyi Dec 19th GIFTS — Filippa Bahrke The Other Writers’ Group: Dec 4th Dec 11th Dec 18th SpokenWord … Continue reading

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SpokenWord themes in November

Nov.14th SEXUAL HARASSMENT — Maysan Nasser Nov.21st TELLIN’ IT LIKE IT IS — Moe Seager Nov.28th MEANING/MEANINGFUL — Philip Meersman If you have a great idea for a theme, tell Antonia on Monday at SpokenWord. Cheers all, David Barnes

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Launch of The BASTILLE no.4 – the many faces of JESSE

Monday Oct 3rd 7.30pm at SpokenWord

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Launch of THE BASTILLE no.4 – the many faces of JESSE

Launch event: 8pm Monday 3rd October at SpokenWord, au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 métro Parmentier/Couronnes Pre-order copies now by sending 12 euros to paypal associated with the email themag.paris@gmail.com More info to follow soon.

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Au Chat Noir… mardi/Tuesday 6th September

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SpokenWord 4th July – Fork Burke & Sebastian Rotzler

This 4th of July the theme at SpokenWord is SPACE. The special guests are Fork Burke (poet) and Sebastian Rotzler (double bass). Contributing poet at The First Brussels International Underground Poetry Festival, Fork Burke’s Licking Glass is a book of … Continue reading

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LOST IN TRANSLATION – SpokenWord & Ivy Writers joint event this Monday 27th June

IVY WRITERS PARIS / Spoken Word Paris Double Header! 27 June 2016 à 18h30 Ivy with the poets : Frédéric Forte (Toulouse et Paris/France) Jay Deshpande (NY/USA) and Eve Rifka (MA/USA) Followed by the usual Spoken Word open mic at 20h30 … Continue reading

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Trudie Shannon is our guest poet Monday 9th May

(Theme – Mother Earth) I’m Guernsey born and bred, a true islander. I have a strong affinity with and a great love and respect for the sea in all its moods and colours though the sea of the inner world is … Continue reading

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

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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Open Secret 27th April – with Shehzar Doja

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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