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Dana & Erica in town – new CD out – hoping for your support to tour the new songs

Posted on May 27, 2013 by David Barnes

Dear Spokenworders past and present, Those of you who’ve been on this list for a while will remember Erica Buettner – amazingly good folk singer who came to SpokenWord in the early days and through the Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide years. … Continue reading →

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Packed week of poetry March 18th-22nd

Posted on March 12, 2013 by David Barnes

Dear Spokenworders, There is a lot going on next week: See below, but full details are at: http://parisreadingsmonthlylisting.blogspot.fr/ Monday – Lisa Passold & Jen Dick both launching books 19.00 at Chez Grace (46 rue des Abesses, 75018 Paris, 3rd floor, email Jen … Continue reading →

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Monday 25 Spoken Word Paris Featuring: The Sophia Lorenians

Posted on February 24, 2013 by albertorigettini

Tomorrow night at Spoken Word Paris: Bruce Sherfield & The Sophia Lorenians will be our featured artists, the night before the Release Party for their new EP “Jogging Musique”. http://thesophialorenians.com/home

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Letters From Georgina

Posted on January 29, 2013 by albertorigettini

Check out this interesting new series of letters by Georgina Emerson, Hall of Fame ChatNoir-Spokenworder comparing the Parisian and the New York Scene. You can read it through her new blog or as a weekly rubrique sur agglomerate des reveurs, … Continue reading →

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Satori in Paris – the theme for Monday’s SpokenWord

Posted on January 18, 2013 by David Barnes

“Somewhere during my ten days in Paris (and Brittany) I received an illumination of some kind that seems to’ve changed me again, towards what I suppose’ll be my pattern for another seven years or more: in effect, a satori: the … 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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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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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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Monday 26th Nov – come to the launch of our magazine The Bastille

Posted on November 24, 2012 by David Barnes

Come to the launch of The Bastille, the lit magazine of SpokenWord Paris. Formerly known as issue.ZERO. This is the first under its new name and has a cover & some inside photos by Marie de Lutz and writing from … Continue reading →

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