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3 October 2005 • Versal: Another Great Review • A Name Change • News From the House • Stop...Drop...and Write! • Peer-Critique Groups 
NEWS In related news, the Versal editors are heading to Paris this month to present Versal during the Lire en Fête literary festival. Versal editors Megan M. Garr and Cralan Kelder, along with Utrecht-based contributor Anna Arov and US poet Marilyn Hacker, will read from the current and past editions at English-language bookstore The Red Wheelbarrow. And wordsinhere Accomplices Kelly Atkinson and Robert Comber are coming along for the gezelligheid. We're particularly looking forward to the road trip and Parisian espressos. And in more related news, Versal is open for submissions again! Click here for details... And Jeremy Keighley is stepping down as Curator to focus on his writing, his new job, and his new kid. Jeremy has worked with wordsinhere for several years, particularly with The Open Stanza. He will be missed as part of our Curating team, but luckily Jeremy is still very much a part of wordsinhere. And this month you can catch him in De Pijp. TV screens around the Albert Cuyp Markt will show people reading love poems in a variety of languages, and Jeremy will be among them. For more information, visit www.wereldindebuurt.nl.
CALLS FOR WRITERS 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 in combination with one or more of the workshops 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 NEW! Script/screenwriting Groups NEW! This month, The Amsterdam Writing Workshops are focusing on the short story. Price is 150 euros. For more information, email capwrite@xs4all.nl. Our comrads over at Palabras are also starting up a masterclass in performance poetry called SPEAK, led by Wonder, October-November. For more information and to register, visit www.nowhere.nl. And we got an email from the Newcastle, UK based organization proudWORDS, which is presenting a creative writing festival to promote the best in queer literature. The festival is from 14-23 October. For more information, check out www.proudwords.org.
OCTOBER EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO ATTEND RESCHEDULED: Tom Wolfe Friday 7 October, 8pm Koepelzaal, Amsterdam The John Adams Institute is proud to present an evening with bestselling American author and cultural chronicler Tom Wolfe. In Amsterdam, Wolfe presents his much anticipated new novel for the Noughties. I am Charlotte Simmons examines student life on America's elite university campuses. The title heroine, a naïve freshman, gets a 21st-century crash course in the priorities of the young and privileged: sports, sex and social hierarchies. Entrance: 12.50 euros. More info: www.john-adams.nl. • Salon des Mots Thursday 13 October, 8:30pm Café de Leugen, Utrecht wordsinhere's new stage is Salon des Mots, and it's in Utrecht! Salon des Mots will mix the experimental, edgy art of Utrecht with the international smaak of wordsinhere. Come down to Café de Leugen for a night of live writers and music from around the world. It's free! More info... • The Open Stanza Sunday 16 October, 9pm Nachttheater Sugar Factory, Amsterdam stanza / ‘stæn.ze / n. Italian for stopping place. The Open Stanza is live poetry, stories, and the in-between on the edges of the page. Featured local & international poets & writers, live bands, and DJs make this one of Amsterdam‚s best nights for the meter. This month, special musical guests Double Espresso, a funky sax quartet, will jive inbetween the line breaks. Entrance: 5 euros. More info... •
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