workshop at The American Library -
10:30am (2 hours)
10 rue du General Camou Paris 75007 France [map]
Price: FREE to library members
This is a writing workout aimed at flexing your main writing muscle. Brainstorm about writing goals and challenges, participate in fresh writing exercises and experiments, share your work and receive generous, clear-eyed feedback. We'll discuss ideas about writing from writers such as Barbara Kingsolver and George Saunders, and use a variety of tools as a springboard to experiment, play and create in our own writing. This workshop is aimed at all writers, writing at any level, willing to commit to serious, supportive, critical discussion about how we write. Spend two hours at the American Library in Paris on a spring morning...and head back to your writing project with renewed enthusiasm.
Don't Just Sit There
writing workshop -
(Saturday & Sunday)
18th arrondissement Paris [map]
Price: 80 euros
DON'T JUST SIT THERE is a literary workshop on finding and unleashing your creative inspiration. Want to write? Keep meaning to start that project? Stuck at page 32?
DON'T JUST SIT THERE! Focus on the skills you need to break through writer's block and to write in a committed way, every day, no matter what! In this two-day bootcamp workshop, we'll focus on how to write every day - no matter what, and how to blast through writing blocks. For those who have a book-in-process, or have a great idea simmering, DON'T JUST SIT THERE is a fun and fast-paced immersion in writing exercises and approaches to style and content that immediately gets you writing. Discover how inspiration is like breathing. The workshop begins with a 3-hour Saturday session from 2 to 5pm. On Sunday, we begin at 11am and work through the day until 5pm, with a 90-minute discussion break over lunch at the wonderful neighborhood restaurant, La Piscine. Fee: 80 euros for weekend not including Sunday lunch (limited space--last year's workshop sold out, so pre-registration is essential) Register through the contact page! Look forward to seeing you.
Book launch, Quartet 2012
Launch for ANY BRIGHT HORSE
Calgary Alberta [map]
Frontenac House launches Quartet 2012 - four exciting new books of poetry. I'm thrilled to be part of this upcoming Quartet alongside the fantastic Ali Riley, the fabulous David Bateman, and the firecracker J Fisher. I can't wait to toast our books & eat BBQ... details TBA
Walk Insolite: Crucial Ingredients
Le Marais in 1678 -
2pm
Price: 8 euros
What did The Marais feel like during the time of Louis XIV? OnSunday, February 19, writer and tour guide Lisa Pasold will conjure up the times and tastes of the Sun King as she leads her Walk Insolite "Crucial Ingredients" through the Marais. The 90-minute walk begins at 2pm at The Red Wheelbarrow bookshop (22 rue St. Paul, metro Saint-Paul) and costs 8 euros. Rain, Snow, or Shine. As always, we'll go to a cafe after the walk, to warm up & chat over coffee/wine/hot chocolate! Drop me a line through the CONTACT page if you want to join us!
Walk Insolite
PARIS AFLOAT 1910 a 90-min walking tour -
2pm
starts on Pont des Arts Paris France [map]
Price: 8 euros
Church bells are tolling 2pm in an eerily quiet city, where the flooding Seine has silenced the usual Paris cacophony. The motto of Paris is FLUCTUAT NEC MURGITUR - Tossed by the waves, she does not sink. And yet, in January of 1910, Parisians feel the city might be sinking...the Seine has broken its banks and flooded the streets, the metros, and the sewers, forcing whole quartiers to evacuate. We start our story beside the Louvre, where museum guards are desperately working to keep the flood waters out. The poet Apollinaire writes about the experience, shocked by what he sees. Halley's Comet is passing overhead, leading people to blame the flood on occult forces...
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WALK INSOLITE
space limited - please reserve in advance
Walk Insolite
Mysterious Passages - a 90-min walking tour -
2pm
10 boulevard Montmartre Paris 75009 France [map]
Price: 8 euros
One evening in 1854, a guest at the Hotel des Familles disappears. The following afternoon, three people come to claim his possessions...which include a single purple glove, a carte de visite from Baron Haussmann, a diamond-encrusted cigarette case, and a pet lobster on a pearl leash. Who is the rightful heir for these strange items?
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WALK INSOLITE
space limited - please reserve in advance
Saskatoon Fringe Festival
Breakfast in Vegas -
different times until August 6, 2011
Broadway Saskatoon Saskatchewan Can [map]
Price: details tba
I'm excited to be taking the show inspired by "Rats of Las Vegas" back on the road this upcoming summer. I have a bunch of dates in the works, and I'll definitely be in the Saskatoon at the Fest. Stay tuned for further details, once the Festival schedule sets our showtimes, etc. From the cold rainy city of Paris, sunny Saskatoon in late July is sounding REALLY loverly!!
Don't Just Sit There! -
11am to 3pm
Orlando Florida [map]
Price: $65
I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to lead a session of DON'T JUST SIT THERE through Mary Ann de Stefano's MAD About Words in Orlando, Florida.
Can't wait for some Florida sunshine & writing!
More info here
Writing Workshop
Don't Just Sit There!
18ieme arrondissement Paris [map]
Price: 60 euros
Lisa is offering her popular workshop DON’T JUST SIT THERE: a literary workshop on finding and unleashing your creative inspiration. Want to write? Searching for inspiration? Keep meaning to start that project? Stuck at page 32? Don’t Just Sit There!
In this weekend workshop, discover how inspiration is like breathing. Don't Just Sit There! is a fun and fast-paced immersion in creative discussion and practical writing exercises. You already know in your heart of hearts what inspires you; this workshop will allow you to access that personal inspiration and show you how to confidently continue writing. Great for those with a new idea simmering, or those wanting to spark fresh directions.
Lisa Pasold has a decade of experience in teaching creative writing to writers of all levels. She has taught at the American University in Paris, at WICE, and has led workshops across Canada. On the weekend of April 16 & 17, Lisa is offering ‘Don’t Just Sit There’ as an intensive weekend workshop.
The workshop begins with a three-hour Saturday session from 2pm to 5pm. On Sunday, we begin at 11am and work through the day until 5pm, with a 90-minute discussion lunch break at the wonderful neighborhood restaurant, La Piscine. Fee: 60 euros for the whole workshop (Sunday lunch not included) Space is limited, so please register early through the contact page here!
Breakfast in Vegas -
1:30pm
607 Pandora Victoria BC Can [map]
Price: $10 (discount for students/senio
Get fortified with stories of high-rolling gamblers & games of chance! Kick off your afternoon at the Fringe with BREAKFAST IN VEGAS as writer Lisa Pasold brings alive the poker-playing ace heroine of her critically-acclaimed novel, Rats of Las Vegas, while lounge lizard Bremner Duthie sings swinging songs from the City of Sin. Eat, enjoy...and take a seat at the high-table of life as we recreate the era of sharp suits, good greasy breakfasts, and well-earned hangovers. (performance lasts an hour; we encourage you to order a great Cabin 12 meal while you're enjoying the show)
Mondays through Fridays at 1:30pm (August 26 - September 3)
see VICTORIA FRINGE for more details & ticket reservations
Rats of Las Vegas -
4pm
Gabriola Island BC Can [map]
Price: $12
Get fortified with stories of high-rolling gangsters & high-stake games of chance! Writer Lisa Pasold brings alive the poker ace heroine of her critically-acclaimed novel RATS OF LAS VEGAS, while lounge lizard Bremner Duthie sings swinging songs from the City of Sin. Take your seat at the high table of life, as we recreate the era of sharp suits, greasy diners, and well-earned hangovers. (show lasts 55 minutes; I'm so excited to be going to beautiful Gabriola!)
reading -
7:30pm
8th Street at Circle Drive Saskatoon Saskatchewan Can [map]
Price: free
A reading by Lisa Pasold & Mari-Lou Rowley
Cafe Le Hibou
Breakfast in Vegas -
11 am
Wakefield Quebec Can [map]
Price: donation/pass the hat
Get fortified with stories of high-rolling gangsters & games of chance! Kick off your day at the Piggyback Fringe with BREAKFAST IN VEGAS as writer Lisa Pasold brings alive the poker ace heroine of her critically-acclaimed novel RATS OF LAS VEGAS, while lounge lizard Bremner Duthie sings swinging songs from the City of Sin. Grab a coffee and breakfast, and take your seat at the high table of life, as we recreate the era of sharp suits, greasy diners, and well-earned hangovers. (show lasts an hour, you might win a free new book, and we encourage you to eat!)
Writers' Trust Literary Salon -
2pm
Toronto ON Can [map]
In support of the Writers' Trust at a literary salon hosted by Gail & Martin Aller-Stead and Classical Pursuits.
