We were thrilled to have Kevin Chen with us in #Namur this year, in this October month not only did we learn about Taiwan’s ghosts but Kevin Chen shared with us, with great gusto the life and times of ‘going back home’ & all that entails .. bsky.app/profile/theb... #GhostTown is his 13th novel 📖
Previously unpublished Seamus Heaney poems released
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🍂🍁, at the Rose gallery/bookshop, at Rive Gauche Art gallery and most books by the authors on our programme will be on sale at the local bookshop Point Virgule. The full programme is now on our website writefest.be
🍂🍁 Happy reading autumn all and hoping you're very well,
This Saturday from 10:30 am to 18:30 PM the Writers Festival of Belgium is celebrating the written word in Namur, at the local library La Celestine, at the MusAfrica Namur an asbl dedicated to African history and its local impact
It’s tomorrow, in Namur!
We’ll be in Namur on 11 October , programme now online 🖼️🍁🍂📚🤍
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11 October in Namur 📚🤍
Thank you @saloneurope.bsky.social !
Check out all the opportunities and events we've found for you, including from @frazzledlit.bsky.social @genevawriters.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @thebrb.bsky.social @thin-skin.bsky.social @fahmidangroup.bsky.social @writefestbe.bsky.social & many more 🖊
Stay tuned for the final programme, here and at writefest.be + over on Instagram 📸 / 11 October in Namur at the MusAfrica Namur www.musafrica.be
Trop beau! On aura notre @writefestbe.bsky.social la bas et on est tous content 🤩
Back in 2023 I talked to @anatolitis.bsky.social from @meanjin.bsky.social about ‘what makes a writers festival anyway?’ What #meanjin means and so much more - she has been an inspiration and I can say a rock as I try to get @writefestbe.bsky.social going /🙏🏽 Esther podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/w...
On the latest episode of #OnthePage I spoke to @aliceausten-author.bsky.social about her 📖 ‘´33 Brugmann Placé’ which takes place in Brussels under German occupation building up to it from 1939 - tense, poignant, timely - a great listen 🎧
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In honour of #Colorado river day this month we recommend a listen 🎧 to this conversation with author Shelley Read on her great book « Go As A River » 📘
A story about peaches 🍑 sense of place, water 💦 & much more #OnthePage 📖 #SummerRead 📚 podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/w...
Planning your autumn activities while en vacance❔
Great 👍 as our tickets 🎟️ are already on sale 👇
www.eventbrite.be/e/writers-fe... 🙏🏽 @eventbrite.bsky.social & also on #humanitix
Buy now and see you in October #keepwriting 📚🤍
Listen 🎧 to our latest #OnThePage episode with Alexandra Huddleston of Kyoudai Press a specialised publishing house focused on weaving word and image.
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Great conversation on writing in another tongue, journalism, #Brussels
#Listen 🎧 to @norami.bsky.social talk with our Director @eurocentrique.bsky.social about ‘Chosen Tongue’ her podcast on writing in a chosen language, the @saloneurope.bsky.social , writing and a lot more -
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Thank you for this wonderful discussion!
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While waiting for the festival (only till October!) have a listen to our #podcast there are many discussions but a great one to start on is with the owner of @booksandbooks.bsky.social as we explore ‘What is a writers festival anyway? Why do we need them? 🎧
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Our inspiration on this jazz day, Ms Fitzgerald 🎶 #CryMeARiver the theme of this year’s festival is meant to express loss, tears cried, grief and a flow of responses to war, our climate changing and the beauty of nature.
Stay up to date & see you in October writefest.be 📚
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A salon for European writers is on its way to Brussels this Autumn 🍂 we’re looking forward to welcoming them and being their partner/host - Bienvenue / Welkom salut 👋🇧🇪 📚 🖋️
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As part of our partnership with the Writers Festival of Belgium, we are publishing the winning entry from their 2024 short story competition, by Elisabetta Giromini.
And finally, while there may be threats to Belgian carmaking, Geoff Meade ponders more pedestrian perils as he crosses the street.
« I’m obsolete. Romantic.
It’s a start. »
Reading Ali Smith’s latest, GLIFF – the formidable Ali Smith awakening the inner, dreaming reader lingering in every soul.
#Suggestions
Each ERB issue features interviews by founding editor @sanderpleij.bsky.social—texting as a dynamic medium. He chats with @kamilahsanders.bsky.social, an environmental historian at Yale and founding editor of SAAG, a space for radical South Asian writing.
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While dreaming of that invincible summer 🌞 it’s heartwarming to see what’s coming up this autumn in Belgium as the @saloneurope.bsky.social plans it’s first foray in Belgium in September - & the @writefestbe.bsky.social will be back 4/10 in Namur ! Stay tuned - get your lit ready ☺️ 📚🤍📝
