8 January 2007

In This Issue:

• Letter from Here

• The Writer's Workshop Begins Again!
• Calls for Writers
• Lit Event Roundup

NEWS

Letter from Here

www.wordsinhere.com

Every year, the Dutch celebrate poetry in January with events around the Netherlands. This year's Gedichtendag ("poetry day") focuses on "poetry and silence".

wordsinhere is spending poetry day in Utrecht and, what's more, inside an old astronomical observatory. From about 8pm on, you'll find us in a small tower on the observation deck of Utrecht's Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh. We'll be there until midnight, studying poetry the way it is best studied—outloud, on the page, close-up, line-by-line, together. Everyone is welcome to join us, add your own observations, have some wine or tea. It's a fiver to get into "the house of poetry", which includes performances and events from some of the Netherlands best poets. Find your way upstairs, though, to the IHOP ("the international house of poetry"). Hope to see you there.

—MG

The Writer's Workshop Begins Again!

workshops.wordsinhere.com

The spring program of The Writer's Workshop is now available! Start 2007 off with a commitment to your write side.

With workshops in creative writing, poetry, screenwriting, short fiction, and novel, there's something here for everyone.

We're hosting two (free) Open Days, which are a great chance to drop in at The English Bookshop, speak with the experienced workshop teachers and organizers, and find out what the program can offer you. All of The Writer's Workshops are small-group and affordable, and are linked directly into the vibrant and talented community of local, international writers in Amsterdam. For complete details about the workshops on offer, to register, and for information about the Open Days, visit our site at workshops.wordsinhere.com.

CALLS FOR WRITERS

The Last of the Vth Call

versal.wordsinhere.com

Versal wants your poetry, prose, and art for V. It's the last week of the submission window, so if you are going to send us work for V, send it now! Internationally acclaimed literary annual published in Amsterdam; perfect bound, 100 pages of the urgent, involved, and unexpected. Full guidelines: http://versal.wordsinhere.com. Inquiries (only): versal@wordsinhere.com. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Around Town & Elsewhere

Double Talk Lab Masterclass — As part of the Double Talk festival, Palabras and NOWHERE are offering a masterclass in poetry performance with MC Breis (UK) and Sharrif Simmons (USA). 25 January, 6pm. NOWHERE. Free. More...

Amsterdam Writing Workshops — How to write funny. 20-21 January, 1-5pm. ABC Treehouse. 150 euros. More...

LIT EVENT ROUNDUP

Tsead Bruijna: Book Presentation

Tuesday, 9 January 8:30pm

Perdu, Amsterdam

Poet Tsead Bruijna launches his poetry collection Bang voor de Bal with a drum roll of some of the Netherlands' best poets. Not to mention, wordsinhere Founding Curator and Versal Editor Megan M. Garr. Entrance: free. More info...

The Open Stanza

Thursday 11 January, 8pm

Nachttheater Sugar Factory, Amsterdam

Wake up to 2007! Get over your new years hangovers! How? Our prescription: poetry. With Pim te Bokkel (NL), Sinead Daly (IRL), Richard N. Tucker (UK), and the musical lyrics of Winterjong (NL). Entrance: a fiver. More info...

The Writer's Workshop: Open Day

Thursday 18 January, 6:30-8:30pm

The English Bookshop, Amsterdam

Find out first hand what The Writer's Workshop can do for you! With workshops in creative writing, poetry, screenwriting, novel, and short fiction, there's something here for everyone. Meet the workshop leaders, find out more about the program, and register. If you sign up for a workshop at one of the Open Days, you can get a discount on Pat Schneider's Writing Alone and with Others! The Open Day is free. More info...

Irrational Library

Sunday 21 January, 10pm

Patronaat, Haarlem

Let the ladies lead the way. An evening with the finest alternative female musicians, poets, and artists, including wordsinhere's own Prue Duggan. Entrance: free. More info...

(International) House of Poetry

Thursday 25 January, 8pm-midnight

Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh, Utrecht

To celebrate National Poetry Day, wordsinhere is packing its bags and heading the long way to Utrecht to hang out in an astronomical observatory for the day. The entire observatory, every nook and cranny, will be filled with the voices of poets from around the country, and if you make your way up to the observation deck, you'll find the voices of poets from around the world. Entrance (all-inclusive): 5 euros. More info...

Salon des Mots

Sunday 28 January, 8pm

Hofman Cafe, Utrecht

Utrecht's only international lit night welcomes 2007 with a host of fantastic poets, including wordsinhere's Prue Duggan (AUS), Jeremy Keighley (UK), Anne Budgen (NL), Leon M. Dekker (NL), and music from Rafael Hekker (NL). Entrance: free. More info...

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