Writers in BA Bar Night
9 p.m.
Friday, July 3rd
La Poesia
Chile 502 (on the corner of Bolivar)
San Telmo
Come out of hibernation and join us at this beautiful classic literary café & bar to meet up and chat with other writers. They have delicious food, too. Friends of writers also welcome! Hope to see you thereFrom Pablo Laurito:
TALKARAMA
English/Spanish Conversation Group
Now POETRY RECITAL!
TOMORROW, Saturday 27th of June
• from 6 to 7 pm
Poetry Reading and Recital
Please, bring some poems to read and share. (In Spanish or English)
• From 7 to 8 pm
We are going to meet again for another Talkarama English-Spanish Conversation Group
Bilingual chats and hanging out
At
Pizza Mass (Paseo La Plaza)
Montevideo 1601, corner Sarmiento
Buenos Aires City
Feel free to invite your friends and spread the word
Contact: Pablo, potenza78ar@hotmail.com
WRITERS IN THE NEWS
Have you published something exciting? Won an award? Been featured in the media? Let us know your news!
WBA on Radio Nacional!
Listen to the recorded interview of Sharon Haywood, Donigan Merritt, and Maryann Ullmann at the book fair at the following links:
Part 1 http://doniganmerritt.typepad.com/files/entrevista-feria-parte-1.mp3
Part 2 http://doniganmerritt.typepad.com/files/entrevista-feria-parte-2.mp3
Sharon Haywood published the following articles: “Applause for ‘Bodies’ by Susie Orbach” at http://www.adiosbarbie.com/features/applause-for-bodies and “Remembering Ruby” at http://anybody.squarespace.com/anybody_vent/2009/6/21/remembering-ruby.html
SUNDAY MERIENDA & BOOK SWAP
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 31st
Eterna Cadencia
Honduras 5574 (near Fitz Roy)
Palermo Hollywood
Join us on the sofas in the back room of the café next to the Eterna Cadencia book store. Meet up with other writers to chat and/or trade or lend books! Book part optional, your presence is more than enlightening enough. If you bring a book or few, keep in mind that trading is perhaps a better alternative to lending when dealing with folks you don’t know, i.e. lend at your own risk and make sure your name is written inside so your lendee can keep track. Hope to see you there!
WRITERS IN THE NEWS
Have you published something exciting? Won an award? Been featured in the media? Let us know your news!
Maya Frost has launched her new book, The New Global Student! From the website: “The New Global Student will show you how to completely avoid the angst and expense of the traditional college admissions game. Discover the creative and strategic alternatives guaranteed to prime students for their most thrilling and fulfilling opportunities.” www.newglobalstudent.com Congratulations, Maya!
Donigan Merritt published a guest blog post about the Book Fair on Reading Group Guides. Check it out:http://www.readinggroupguides.com/blog/2009/05/donigan-merritt-impressions-from-buenos.asp
Sharon Haywood published her article, “Music’s New Bold and Bountiful” on Adios Barbie: http://www.adiosbarbie.com/features/musics-new-bold-and-bountiful
NEWS & EVENTS
35th International Buenos Aires Book Fair
La Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires is coming up, April 23rd-May 11th. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a giant exposition of books, authors, readings, workshops, and a variety of random and informative booths from Mormons to anarchists …
This year there will be talks and readings by American authors Junot Díaz (Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) and Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain, The Shipping News). There will also be Writers in BA members participating at various levels: María Christina Azcona will be signing her book, A Guide to Find Peace; and my writers’ group, Thursdays@Three, will be publishing a compilation, giving readings, and leading workshops on screenwriting and running a writers’ group. Details are on the schedule below.
The Book Fair is at La Rural exhibition center, by Plaza Italia, Santa Fe & Sarmiento, on the D subte line in Palermo, also served by a gazillion buses. The book fair is HUGE, so if you’re coming for a specific event, make sure to get there early so you have time to orient yourself and find it. You can get schedules and maps there or on-line. Day entrance passes are $10 pesos Mon-Thurs and $13 pesos Fri-Sun, and it opens at 2 p.m. and stays open until 10 p.m. (Sun-Thurs) and 11 p.m. (Fri & Sat), and until 1 a.m. Thursday, April 30th (eve of a holiday).
For more info on the Book Fair: www.el-libro.org.ar
How to find it: http://www.el-libro.org.ar/internacional/general/como-llegar.html
Writers in Buenos Aires Book Fair Highlights:
Friday, April 24th:
3 & 4 p.m. Presentation and reading by Michael Casey, author of Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.
5 p.m. Reading by Donigan Merritt from his novel Possessed by Shadows. (same location)
6 p.m. Presentation by Michael Luongo, author of Frommer’s Buenos Aires: “Buenos Aires through the Eyes of an American Travel Writer.” (same location)
Saturday, April 25th:
3 p.m. Readings by Maryann Ullmann & Ambi Alexander from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.
4-5 p.m. Panel: “How to Write a Screenplay"
6 p.m. Talk by Annie Proulx, author of “Brokeback Mountain” and The Shipping News: “Anchoring Fiction in Geography.” Sala J.C. (Julio Cortázar), Ochre Pavilion
Sunday, April 26th:
6 p.m. Readings by Amanda Fernandez, Katharine Jones, and Tara Sullivan from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.
Tuesday, April 28th:
6 p.m. Reading by Donigan Merritt from his novel The Common Bond. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.
Thursday, April 30th:
7 p.m. Book signing of A Guide to Find Peace by Maria Cristina Azcona. Stand Sade, Blue Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 331.
Friday, May 1st
5 p.m. Readings by Amanda Fernandez and Maryann Ullmann from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.
6 p.m. Reading by Don Ranard from a forthcoming book of travel stories. (same location)
7 p.m. Readings by Tara Sullivan, Katharine Jones, and Ambi Alexander from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. (same location)
Saturday, May 2nd
6 p.m. Presentation by Brian Byrnes, author of Fodor’s Argentina and Fodor’s Buenos Aires: “Travel Writing: Describing Argentina to the World.” U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.
8 p.m. Talk by Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Drown: “From Santo Domingo to New York: the Experience of Immigrants in the United States.” Sala J.C. (Julio Cortázar), Ochre Pavilion
Tuesday, May 5th
