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1 November 2005 • Versal in Paris • News from the house • Calling all writers!
NEWS wordsinhere Curator and Assistant Editor of Versal Kate Foley recently won a prize in the Second Light Annual Poetry Competition. Congratulations, Kate! Longtime wordsinhere Curator Cindy David, who started the Fictionalize initiative at wordsinhere last year (an effort to provide more opportunities to fiction writers), will be leaving us this month. Cindy and her partner, Christel van der Boom (known for the fantastic photos she takes of The Open Stanzas), are moving to San Francisco. We're very excited for them, but they will be missed! And wordsinhere Founder Megan M. Garr and her partner Annerie Houterman (business Curator of wordsinhere) are taking two months off and heading to Australia and the USA. Roadtripping through the Red Center, communing with crocs, Figi, Rocky Mountain snowboarding, and New Years in The Big Apple are some of the things on their agenda. CALLS FOR WRITERS Are you a poet or a writer looking for constructive feedback on your work? wordsinhere offers a variety of peer-run critique groups. These groups meet regularly and create respectful and constructive spaces in which writers can share their work with others. These groups provide community, critique, and discipline, and can offer a space to continue work both in progress and brand new. To find out more about a critique group and to join, please contact: Poetry Groups Fiction Groups Do you wake to write only to find yourself occupied with things around the house instead? Here's a chance to write alone with writers. Writers meet every Tuesday at Espresso Corner Baton (Amsterdam) to work. More info... The ABC Treehouse is also hosting NaNoWriMo writing sessions throughout the month of November to assist writers undergoing the National Novel Writing Month challenge to write a novel of no less than 50,000 words between 1 Nov and 30 Nov. More info...
NOVEMBER EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO ATTEND Salon des Mots Thursday 10 November, 8:30pm Oosterkade, Utrecht Utrecht's new literary locale, Salon des Mots, presents a Festival-edition of local, international live writers. Produced by wordsinhere, Salon des Mots is a night of edgy, experimental line breaks and Keatsian poetic beauty. Emcee'd by Anna Arov and mixed with live music, Salon des Mots is not to be missed. With Alex Siegers, Charles Krutzen & Alan Laurillard, Kate Foley, Tsead Bruinja, and performance poet Sekou - visiting all the way from L.A.• BritLit Presents John Berendt Friday 11 November, 8pm Amstelkerk, Amsterdam It is ten years since John Berendt published his international bestseller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which spent four years on the New York Times bestseller list and sold millions of copies worldwide. In his long-awaited new book, The City of Falling Angels, he uses the same techniques he used to write about Savannah, Georgia, to explore Venice. The City of Falling Angels is currently number one on The New York Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction. Berendt will be in Amsterdam to read from his new book, answer questions from the audience, and sign copies which will be available for purchase at the event. Entrance: 12.50 euros. More info.• Crossing Border Festival 16-20 November Various Locations, Den Haag The Crossing Border Festival is one of the best cultural festivals in the Netherlands, and its organizers usually manage to bring over a host of international acts as well as feature local ones. Check out their site for the full program.• The Speakeasy Thursday 17 November, 6:30pm The English Bookshop, Amsterdam The Speakeasy is a monthly gathering of the local, international literary community for easy conversation & company in a cozy bookshop in the Jordaan. Have some coffee and a chat, then join everyone for drinks & pool at a nearby bar. More info... • The Open Stanza Sunday 20 November, 9pm Nachttheater Sugar Factory, Amsterdam Trip-hop and breakbeats project Bonicha will mix it up with Irish poet B. McNolty, US poet and novelist Robert Glick, and UK standup poet Kate Fox. Fox will be visiting Amsterdam from her hometown of Newcastle, and gracing the stage with her unique mix of standup comedy, slam, and poetry. And as if those beats weren't enough, Stanza house DJ Sudomodo will mix her own eclectic tunes into the fold. Entrance: 5 euros. More info...• Events listed with a • are known to be accessible to an English-language audience. Languages spoken besides Dutch and English will be indicated.
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