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13 September 2007
• Letter from Here
• The Writers Workshops are back!
• News from the House
• Calls for Writers: Versal
• Lit Event Roundup
NEWS
And we're back. The Open Stanza last week set us once again in motion. Thanks as always to everyone who came down (and boogied!).
There's a lot on the horizon to watch for, and since we're in the Netherlands, the horizon isn't very far away. This Saturday kicks off the reading period for Versal 6. Get acquainted with our submission guidelines and send us your very best between September 15 and January 15. And next week, join us at The English Bookshop for the first of The Writers Workshop Open Days (keep reading for complete details).
Fall into your writing like never before. Writing workshops are a great way to finish that hiccuping poem, overcome writer's block, final reel in that rogue character, meet other writers, share your work, and get feedback from practicing writers and peers!
Come down to one of the Open Days to find out more about the workshops and the philosophy behind them, meet the teachers, and register! Workshops are held at The English Bookshop, are taught by practicing, published writers, and are kept small so that everyone gets a lot out of them. And what's more, they're affordable!
Open Days
Tuesday, September 18 6:30-8:30pm
Sunday, September 23 3-5pm
Where?
The English Bookshop
Lauriergracht 71, Amsterdam
And no worries if you can't make it. You can register via our site or at The English Bookshop anytime during its opening hours. For more information, visit our site: http://workshops.wordsinhere.com
Curator and Versal Fiction Editor Kai Lashley has had his short story "Breach" published in the Autumn edition of Flashquake. Some of you might have heard Kai perform this piece at an Open Stanza a few years ago. Fantastic work, Kai! Congratulations.
Versal's Art Editor Mirabai de Monchy and her husband, Versal cover designer and wordsinhere designer extraordinaire Joris, welcomed their new daughter into the world this evening. We're super excited to have a new addition to the family! Can't wait to meet her.
Versal Contributing Editor Laura L. Chalar launched her latest book last month: The Discreet Charm of the Legal Profession. "Through fifteen short stories that combine deep observation skills with unexpected flights into fantasy, Laura Chalar paints a lucid and ironic portrait of contemporary Montevidean society." Check it out here: www.fcu.com.uy
CALLS FOR WRITERS
Versal — Starting this Saturday, September 15, Versal will be reading submissions for its sixth issue, due out in May, 2008. Reading period extends through January 15. Electronic submissions only. Sample copies, subscriptions, and complete guidelines and submission addresses (once we open) can be found here: http://versal.wordsinhere.com
A Bundle of Energy — An initiative of New Shoes Today and 60 Layers of Cake, this new website is a place of exploration and energy. We would like to invite you to contribute to a global "creation dialogue" on feminine energy and consciousness. What does it look like? sound like? move like? feel like? Express your video, image, sound and text creations in any language at: www.abundleofenergy.org
Uruguayan Poetry Blog — Versal Contributing Editor Laura L. Chalar and Versal 4 contributor Alex Piperno have launched a blog highlighting Uruguayan poetry. And its content is built through a kind of telephone game: poets recommend poets and the site grows. Check it out here: www.laseleccionesafectivasuruguay.blogspot.com
Tupelo Press $10,000 Dorset Prize for 2007 — Submission Period: September 1 - December 15, 2007 (Postmark). Again this year, the Dorset Prize includes a cash award of $10,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press (in paper and hardcover editions), a book launch at Poets House in New York City, and national and international distribution through Tupelo Press and Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, Inc., Ingram and Baker & Taylor. Complete details: www.tupelopress.org
Féile Filíochta International Poetry Competition Begins — Gaeilge, English, Deutsch, Français, Polski, Italiano Español, Gàidhlig na hAlbann, Svenska, Cymraeg — 10 languages, 1 love of poetry — 25,000 EUR in prizes. Now in its 19th year, the Féile Filíochta, a Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Libraries event, has carved itself a special niche in the international poetry competition calendar and is regarded as a significant and lucrative springboard for emerging poets. Deadline: November 9, 2007. Complete details: www.dlrcoco.ie/feile
LIT EVENT ROUNDUP
Thursday 27 September, 7-8:30pm
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. Entrance: free. More info...
Saturday 29 September, 9pm
Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
Words, poetry & beyond. With Imelda, Iris Koppe, Arthur Adam, WinterJong, Lemon, and CrimeJazz talents: U.N.O.M. Presented by Too Tall & DJ Dim Browski. Entrance: 7.50 EUR. More info...
Thursday 4 October, 7:30-11pm
Nachttheater Sugar Factory, Amsterdam
Travis Jeppesen, editor of BLATT, visits from Prague with his new book Wolf at the Door. Julian Stannard, visiting from the UK, reading from his new book The Red Zone. Todd Watkins, local expat from the States. And Sin Sin returns with excerpts from "Hospital for Skeletons" and "Bringing up Johnny Jordaan". More info...
For the complete listing of events, click here...
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