Call for Submissions: issue.ZERO – Winter 2012-2013
issue.ZERO is an upstart literary magazine created from the anglo writing scene in Paris. It is a platform for poetry, satire, flash fiction, novel excerpts and short stories. Our four-person editorial...
View ArticleTuesday Sept 11th Kate Noakes, David Barnes & Gareth Eoin Storey reading at...
Poets Live is pleased to announce its first reading of the 2012/13 season this coming Tuesday, September 11th at Carr’s Pub (1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris). The evening will begin at 19h and will...
View Articlethe link 3 – Sole Train Souled – Saturday 29th Sept 8pm till late
In conjunction with 100 thousand Poets for Change the link are running an event designed to promote progressive values – and hence change – through an evening of poetry, music, dancing and general...
View ArticleLillian Allen gig & Yas & the Lightmotiv & more this week
Dareka of the Downtown slam writes: Wednesday I plan to go to the show of Lillian Allen at La mutinerie and then go to see Enterré Sous X the Toulouse band I told you about yesterday at Le Café des...
View ArticleBack in the day… a review of SpokenWord when we were in Belleville
Lili Snyder reviewed SpokenWord here.
View ArticleFlaneurs – Street Rambles
Alberto, myself and others are in short clips this week from Matthew Lancit’s film Flaneurs – Street Rambles. He’s posting one video everyday this week to raise money to finish the production. They’re...
View ArticleWhat’s this for?
What’s this for? This SpokenWord? this space? this crowd? these listeners? What? For a safe space to speak held so by how we are A place to say my truth, your truth try to work out a bit of life lived...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2015!
Wishing you a good one in 2015. Greetings card/collage put together by Sabine from her photos from 2014
View ArticleEntrez DADA! An evening of disruptive and provocative poetry, performance &...
Au Chat Noir 8 septembre 19h30-23h with many accomplished performers including Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Henrik Aeshea, Fork Burke, Nina Zivancevic, David Barnes. This is the Paris launch of...
View Article“After a Night of Terror, Poets Rewrite Their Love Affair With Paris”. An...
This article on Narratively talks about a group of poets in Paris during this period of terror. You might recognize poets like Alberto Rigettini, David Barnes, Josh Cake, the Poetry Brothel’s Crew and...
View ArticleSpokenWord Paris awarded Best Writers Community 2016 by The Expatriates...
Thank you all voters and non-voters, all members of this community.
View Article5th September – An evening of disruptive and provocative poetry, performance...
Launching the 11th issue of Maintenant – a Dada magazine out of New York. 7.30pm-11pm at La Cave Café, 134 rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris. Métro Marcadet-Poissonniers (lines 4 & 12) See Three Rooms...
View ArticleShaking the Company
By Alberto Rigettini I’m informed by the organizers that after 13 years and 650 sessions, attended by thousands of people, the writing group will come to an end because the new management at...
View ArticleMe (David Barnes) and Maher Ajamane chatting about poetry and stuff
Listen to the podcast on SoundCloud here.
View ArticleLooking back at 2018… c/o Sabine Dundure’s photography
Just some of the poets, singers, comedians and regulars at SpokenWord Paris last year. c/o Sabine Dundure – more of her work here. Cheers all, David Barnes
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