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1 March 2006
• Workshops for the Live Writer
• The Open Stanza: March Special
• This Month in the Life of Versal
• News From the House
• Calls for Writers
• Lit Event Roundup
NEWS
The Writing Workshops kick off in just a few weeks, bringing to Amsterdam a comprehensive and affordable workshop program dedicated to encouraging the writing life.
Just starting out or not used to sharing your work? Trying to get that short story off the ground? Struggling through Chapter 10 of your novel? Looking for some new tools to revise your poems beyond the first draft?
And did we mention that they're affordable? At only 20 euros for single sessions and only 150 euros for the six-week sessions, these workshops are unbeatable in price (not to mention in quality).
The Writing Workshops at Amsterdam's beautiful English Bookshop are an excellent opportunity to invest in your writing life. Drop into The English Bookshop for more information and to sign up. And course details and registration are also all online.
This month at The Open Stanza, rock out to The Delhi Sweet, boogie down with DJ Sudomodo, and do some writer-friendly yoga poses with New Millennium Yoga Redux Mistress Gayle Force. It's a Stanza unlike any other, and it's this Sunday, 5 March.
Don't forget that the show has moved up an hour. The doors open at 7pm and we'll start the meters at 8pm.
The Versal editorial team will be busy this month prepping the fourth issue for the printer. The official launch of Versal Four will be at the season finale of The Open Stanza, Sunday 7 May.
A few copies of Versal Two and Three are still floating around. Get yours before they're all gone!
Order here!
Cralan has been in Ethiopia doing some field work and, we hear, getting a chance to write along the way:
Am in Mekelle now (African city of 100,00 people), capital of Tigray / Tigrai province. Just come from Lalibela, where we visited farmers and govt officials
and also visited the world's oldest rock hewn churches...It's nice to be here, and with a different routine. I am doing a lot of writing,
and also a lot of sitting in a 4x4. But that seems inevitable. It's a very
different way to spend days than in Holland, which is what I am after I
suppose.
Cralan returns mid-March.
CALLS FOR WRITERS
Are you ready to test your writing in the waters of the world? Have you been going to The Open Stanza for months now, and every time you go you think, I should be up there? The Open Stanza and Salon des Mots are two ways to get your work off the page. If you're interested in performing at one or both of these shows, send samples of your writing to perform@wordsinhere.com.
New to
town? Want to meet other writers? Been here for ages, but miss the company
of people who habitually make references to Keats? Not that we don't often
slip into chat about the latest films...It's conversation, after all. And
that is The Speakeasy.
Join local writers at the cozy English Bookshop in Amsterdam's Jordaan for
chat and company on Thursday, 16 March from 7pm-8:30pm. Afterwards, join
everyone for drinks & pool at a nearby bar. Questions? Email
info@wordsinhere.com.
Write alone...with others. Weekly writing sessions at Espresso Corner Baton
to work. Espresso Corner Baton's ambience offers an opportunity to focus on
writing among others doing the same. Great coffee is an added bonus. Bring
your laptop or notebook. 10-12 every Tuesday at Espresso Corner Baton,
Herengracht 82, Amsterdam. For more information, email info@wordsinhere.com. More info...
This month, The Amsterdam Writing Workshops present "Little Words: How to Write for Children". Price is 150 euros. For more information, email capwrite@xs4all.nl.
Like Heaven Short Story Competition — Win a 7-day writing holiday in Tuscany. Full details: www.nialamaharaj.com.
LIT EVENT ROUNDUP
Sunday 5 March, 8pm (doors 7pm)
Nachttheater Sugar Factory, Amsterdam
Amsterdam's fail-safe for a literary night out - this is the monthly spot for writers, poets, lit buffs, and folks who have been turned off literature. Let The Open Stanza show you the light! This month: debut night of Ink Jam, the Sugar Factory's literary Sunday. Come down to the Stanza for Gayle Force winds, the Delhi Sweet, DJ Sudomodo, and more! More info...
Friday 17 March, 9pm
Paradiso, Amsterdam
Performances and open mic for poets, lyricists, and wordsmiths. With Jeffrey Spalburg, Dwayne Morgan (CAN), Herman in een bakje geitenkwark, Salena Saliva Godden (GB), and DJ Lovesupreme. More info...
Saturday 25 March, 9pm
Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
CrimeJazz is a literary crossover program in which different styles of spoken word are interwoven with hip hop and other related music genres. This month: the "female edition". With Jagged Soul, Sarah van Gameren, Karen Hayley (GB), Louise (aka Brouhaha), Stacey Ann Chin (US), Funky G, and MarriChino. More info...
And don't forget that there are some regularly occurring open mics around the country. More info...
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