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Jasmine Vegas is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, March 3rd! Monday’s Theme: BLACK

Jasmine Vegas from New York has been living in France for 30 years. In the 90’s and early 2000’s she performed her original music and poetry regularly, singing and playing accordion solo and with her bands in Paris and elsewhere. … Continue reading

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Xoai David is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, February 24th! Monday’s Theme: RAINBOW

Xoài David (pronounced s-why) (she/her) is a freelance graphic/web designer, illustrator, and writer. She is a Third Culture Kid who grew up in eight different countries across Asia and Africa, often exploring themes of transition and multiculturality in her work. … Continue reading

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Mark Norman Harris is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, February 10th! Monday’s Theme: MUSICALITY

Mark Norman Harris is Canadian. 37 years old, separated but not yet divorced (for legal reasons).  He is the owner of The Troina Players Company, a Canadian-based tax shelter that operates an artist retreat out of a villa in Sicily.  … Continue reading

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Victor Sakanwi and Ubayy Are Our Special Guests at SpokenWord Paris, February 3rd! Monday’s Theme: SOIL

Victor Obarineh Sakanwi is a Nigerian musician, writer, and poet who has made Paris, France his home, where he continues to shape his artistic career. As a regular contributor to the city’s vibrant open mic circuit, Victor captivates audiences with … Continue reading

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Henry Madd is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, January 27th! Monday’s Theme: HUMANITY

Henry Madd is an award winning poet and playwright who has been entertaining people for over 10 years with his electric performances. His work walks a tightrope between bizarre, funny and gut wrenching that leaves audiences not knowing whether to … Continue reading

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Sue Burge is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, January 20th! Monday’s Theme: WOOD

Sue Burge is a freelance tutor, mentor and editor based in North Norfolk, UK.  Her poems have appeared in a wide range of journals and featured in themed anthologies on science fiction, modern Gothic, illness, Britishness, endangered birds, WWI and the … Continue reading

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Gill Sotu is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, January 13th! Monday’s Theme: CHILDHOOD

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SpokenWord in January 2025

2025 themes & special guests: Jan 6th — Slip — 3 rounds of open mic, no guestJan 13th — Childhood — Gill SotuJan 20th — Wood — Sue BurgeJan 27th — Humanity — Henry Madd See you at the Chat … Continue reading

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Yann Rousselot is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, December 16th! Monday’s Theme: KEYS

Yann Rousselot is a translator, writer, and poet. He grew up in airport lounges and diplomatic enclaves in the company of his brothers, his sister, and countless cheap suitcases, raised across the globe by humanitarian parents. Graduate of the Sorbonne … Continue reading

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Nick Calderbank, Damian Corcoran and Robert Bradford Are Our Special Guests at SpokenWord Paris, December 9th! Monday’s Theme: SECRETS

Nick Calderbank is the founder of the On Stage and New Open Space theatre companies, working mainly at the Theatre de Nesle in the Latin Quarter. Over 20 years he produced plays in English by Shakespeare, Pinter, Beckett, Mamet, Ayckbourn, … Continue reading

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