THE BASTILLE is an upstart literary magazine published in Paris. It is the voice of the community of poets and storytellers that is SpokenWord Paris.
THE BASTILLE no.3 and no.4 are still available at SpokenWord on Monday nights at the Chat Noir, or you can order a copy by emailing us.
Submissions:
Submissions closed May 1st 2025.
Contacts:
Email – themag.paris @ gmail.com
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THE BASTILLE
Editor : David Barnes
Editorial collective : Suzanne Allen, David Barnes, Jack Cooper and Bruce Sherfield.
Editorial collective:
David Barnes – Editor. Organiser and host of SpokenWord Paris. Hosted the Other Writers’ Group for 10 years. Author of short stories exploring family and relationship ties. Poet with a range from politically radical engagement to comic verse to speaking personal truth. Author of Poets are Liars who Tell the Truth, (Corrupt Press, 2023) Prose Editor of Strangers in Paris (Tightrope Books).
Suzanne Allen – Teacher, event coordinator, and Pushcart Prize nominee, Suzanne holds an MFA in Poetry, and her chapbook Verisimilitude is available at CorruptPress.net She also creates videos — many from Spoken Word Paris — archived at “Vlogosophy” on You Tube.
Jack Cooper – Jack will be working his magic on the new issue to be released late 2025.
Bruce Sherfield – Poet, author, singer, dancer, composer, collagist, baker and crossword wizard, he’s lived on and off around the world from South Korea to South Kansas, releasing spores from his guts which thrive to challenge all powers that be. Organiser and host of AWOL Writers’ Group, co-host of The Other Writers’ Group for many years.
THE BASTILLE no.4 – The many faces of Jesse
This entry under reconstruction.
XXX pages.
Edited by David Barnes, Bruce Sherfield, Suzanne Allen and Troy Yorke.
AVAILABLE TO BUY.
THE BASTILLE no.3 – Interesting Times
”May you live in interesting times”, is said to be a curse. Bastille No.3 took the form of 12 monthly chapters – issues of an imagined scandalous newspaper called Interesting Times packed with poetry, prose and art.
XXX pages.
Edited by David Barnes, Bruce Sherfield, Suzanne Allen and Troy Yorke.
AVAILABLE TO BUY.
THE BASTILLE no.2 – “in your dreams”
No.2 celebrated the anglophone writing scene of SpokenWord Paris and further afield.
100 pages of poetry, prose and art.
Edited by David Barnes, Bruce Sherfield, Suzanne Allen, Pearlann Porter and Troy Yorke.
SOLD OUT.
THE BASTILLE no.1
100 pages of poems, stories & Marie de Lutz’s photographs of SpokenWord.
Edited by David Barnes, Suzanne Allen, Jason McGimsey & Kate Noakes.
SOLD OUT.
Before there was THE BASTILLE, there was issue.ZERO lit magazine.
96 pages of poetry and stories in a beautiful book with a cover photo by Dylan Harris.
Edited by David Barnes, Suzanne Allen & Maxime Daher.
SOLD OUT.
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