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3 April 2005
The late edition...
• The Open Stanza is Moving!
• PS: Sign Up Now!
• Local Workshop Listings
• April Literary Picks
FROM THE PRESSES:
SPRING SHOWERS OF STANZAS
It’s no typo that there are two Stanzas in April.
On Sunday 17 April, The Open Stanza will officially make its move to the new Nachttheater Sugar Factory, opening this April in the Leidseplein. On Thursday 21 April, The Open Stanza will hold its last Volta show.
‘The move to the Sugar Factory was important to us on many levels. The Sugar Factory is very supportive of local initiatives like ours and particularly supportive of the local, international literary community,’ explains Prue Duggan, poet and Curator of The Open Stanza. ‘But Volta is where we got our start, and has been supportive since the beginning. We can look back on nearly three years of great performances on their stage.’
The premier show at the Sugar Factory will be a unique opportunity to see wordsinhere’s “House” Poets & Writers on the same stage, on the same night. ‘wordsinhere was begun by a bunch of us who felt that it was time the local literary community took some risks and reached beyond its borders,’ continues Duggan. ‘We rarely perform together anymore, so we thought the Sugar Factory opening would be a good chance to get on stage together, introduce ourselves to a new area of town, and hopefully to new people.’ The first “Sugar Show” will also include live music from Zimbabwean Rina Mushonga and her band.
If you miss the Sunday opening, or can’t get enough of The Open Stanza, head down to Volta on Thursday, 21 April for the grand finale show at Volta. This special Farewell Stanza will feature visiting UK poet Ruth O’Callaghan, Philip Fokker (NL) and B. McNolty (IRL), with live music from Sahand & Barak. Regular Stanza goers will probably recognize Sahand Sahebdivani from his previous Stanza appearances as storyteller and poet.
Don't miss a single month or meter! More...
EVER WONDER WHAT CAESURA MEANS?
Registration for the first workshop is due by Wednesday!
From the people who bring you The Open Stanza and Versal, wordsinhere's PS is a unique (and cheap!) opportunity to explore poetry from the first line to the stage performance.
What will you gain from PS?
— a greater understanding of your own writing
— methods to jump-start the writing process and deepen its scope
— drafts of new poems
— revision techniques
— performance techniques
...and more! Workshop instructors are published poets.
Join other writers and poetry lovers for a day (or two, or three) of exercises, discussions, and writing. The Series is open to anyone interested in writing, poetry, honing your metaphors, and performing on stage.
Sign up now!
CALLS FOR WRITERS
$1,000 Honorarium and Publication
POSTMARK DEADLINE: (EXTENDED) APRIL 4TH!!
Final Judge: Marilyn Hacker
Reading Fee: $15
(includes a one-year subscription)
All entries considered for publication. Send no more than four poems per entry. All entries considered anonymously.
Previously published works and works forthcoming elsewhere cannot be considered. Simultaneous submissions okay, but fee is non-refundable. Multiple entries okay, as long as a separate reading fee is included with each entry.
Cover letter must include name, address, phone number, and titles. Entrant's name should appear ONLY in the cover letter. If desired, include self-addressed stamped envelope for notification. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Make checks payable to Indiana Review. Each fee entitles entrant to a one-year subscription, an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice and enclose complete address information for subscriptions. Overseas addresses, please add
$12 for postage ($7 for addresses in Canada).
SEND ENTRIES TO:
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Ballantine Hall 465
1020 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Bloomington, IN
47405-7103
More info: inreview@indiana.edu
wordsinhere: Pure Fiction — Are you a fiction writer looking for feedback, inspiration and moral support? Pure Fiction is a group of English language writers of short stories, novels and other forms of fiction. The group emphasis is on reading/listening to each other's work and providing honest critique and encouragement. Please contact Cindy David at cindy@wordsinhere.com for details and information.
Poetry Critique Group — Providing close critical consideration of poems by participants, interwoven with tips relevant to technical problems. January edition is on the 18th. Contact r.winckel@wanadoo.nl or tel. 070 511 4800.
ABC Treehouse: If You Want to Write — Please write for info and to reserve your place: capwrite@xs4all.nl.
Screenwriting Course — Oxford-based Initialize Films is organising a script-writing course in Amsterdam from 22-24 April 2005. The course takes writers through the process of developing a script outline (a one-page synopsis) into a feature-length film script.
Application deadline: 15 April 2005.
Writing Group: Want to do something creative on your lunch break? Writing group meets every Thursday from 11:30 to 13:30 at the Mezrab Cultural Center on Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat. Come late, leave early, just show up. No critique, just writing. Contact me at 06-50468534 or sheilaseiler@hotmail.com for more information.
For more information on these workshops and for a listing of more, click here.
APRIL EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO ATTEND
Friday 8 April, 8pm
Amstelkerk, Amsterdam
Although a prolific – and multifaceted – writer, Deborah Moggach is perhaps synonymous with her bestselling novel Tulip Fever. She has however, written 15 novels, two collections of short stories and done various stints in journalism. She's also co-written the screenplay for a new film version of Pride & Prejudice, due out later this year. For this evening she will be talking about Tulip Fever, as well as introducing her latest novel These Foolish Things – a black comedy about old age – published February 2005. Following the talk, Moggach will answer questions from the audience and sign copies of her book. Entrance: 12.50 euros. Reservations and info: www.britlit.info. •
9, 14, 23, & 28 April
Demodokos, Amsterdam
The bookstore Demodokos in Amsterdam presents a poet each month. April's chosen poet is Tsead Bruinja (who read at The Open Stanza in February). Join Bruinja and other poets chosen by him for readings at the bookstore. Times vary, so visit www.demodokos.nl for more information.
Sunday 17 April, 7pm
Sugar Factory, Amsterdam
Our first show in the new Sugar Factory! A special Stanzas in the Centre featuring wordsinhere House Poets & Writers with music from Rina Mushonga. Come party in our new pad! Entrance: 5 euros. More info... •
18-23 April
De Rode Hoed, Amsterdam
The most important literary prize for Dutch poetry collections will be presented this week. There is a program of events surrounding the prize. For more info, visit www.vsbpoezieprijs.nl.
Thursday 21 April, 8pm
Volta, Amsterdam
Farewell Volta! Stanza at Volta, our last show at the amazing place that gave us our start. Join us and Volta for the final meter. Featuring visiting UK poet Ruth O’Callaghan, Philip Fokker (NL) and B. McNolty (IRL), with live music from Sahand & Barak. Entrance: 5 euros. More info... •
Events listed with a • are known to be accessible
to an English-language audience. If you visit a show which does
not have a • on our list but does include multi-lingual performances,
please let us know.
For the full list of April Events and for a listing
of regular shows, click
here.
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