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Welcome to the first Episode of Nuance Notes. In this and future Episodes you'll find:
Dates to note Books Bookshop adventures Writerly Competitions Chatter Distractions Articulations
Dates to note
Books
October 23, 2011 @ 19:00: Cafe Philo, Lausanne. Benjamin Bar @ Hotel de la Paix (private room next to the bar), Avenue Benjamin Constant 5, Lausanne.
Chantal (of ZWW fame) has interviewed Diccon Bewes, author of Swisswatching: http://www.writerabroad.com/2010/11/writerinterview-diccon-bewes-in.html
This is a get-together to debate interesting ideas, drinking coffee in a relaxed atmosphere as in the traditional concept of Café Philo by Marc Sautet.
October 27-30: Züri-liest – the Zürich Festival for writers, booksellers and readers (including JM Coetzee’s only European appearance this year!) http://www.zuerich-liest.ch Flying high on the thermals generated by the Züri-Liest festival, the Zürich Writers’ Workshop and Nuance Words are joining forces to hold an informal get-together on October 29, at 18.00, in the Hotel Widder Bar. We plan to chat for a couple of hours, then slide on down to Orell Füssli for the launch of The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern.
Anyone care to join us? November 19-20: Geneva Writers’ Group Poetry Workshop and Masterclass.
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Time’s list of all-time best non-fiction books: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/c ompletelist/0,29569,2088856,00.html
Bookshop adventures http://www.buch-beer.ch in Niederdorf, Zürich, on Ste Peterhofstatt (here). With a 50 CHF gift certificate from a student in hand, Liz of Nuance Words popped in to take a look. The owner picked out a beginners' library of German literature. Franz Kafka - Die Verwandlung Heinrich von Kleist - Michael Kohlhaas Gerhart Hauptmann - Bahnwaerter Thiel Bernhard Schlink - Der Vorleser Herman Hesse - Siddhartha Max Frisch - Montauk Zürich, October 2011 /1
Competitions
Chatter
Fish Publishing – Short Story (5000 wds). Deadline: 30 November 2011 or Short Memoir (4000 wds). Deadline: 30 January 2012. Substantial prizes and publication in respected anthology. http://www.fishpublishing.com
Amanda Hodgkinson has shared her recent October Writers' Weekend experience on her blog: http://amandahodgkinson.com/?p=1296
Writers’ Digest have a whole array of competitions with looming deadlines: science fiction, thriller, young adult, romance, crime, poetry and more ... http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions/writingcompetitions Australian Writers’ Marketplace has some intriguing competitions on offer: http://www.awmonline.com.au/ViewCompetitions.aspx
Distractions Excellent kick-start cure for writers’ block: http://oneword.com Test your spelling: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/media/spellingbee-2011
A non-fiction participant at the October Writers’ Weekend – Elise – shared the results ... http://www.theunlikelyhousewife.com/2011/10/tgfw
... and Jill got over-excited: http://jjmarsh.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/the y-are-out-there More photos from the Workshop Weekend on the Nuance Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/NuanceWords/207439155982567
Articulations Big questions bureau: Does your language shape how you think? New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/2 9language-t.html?pagewanted=all On the morphing English language:
The Cafe Society http://thecafesociety.org/pages The Café Society works in the Woods, Zürich, on the topic of on-screen reading/writing. “We create frameworks – rulesets – based on how reading, writing and organisation of textual information could work differently. As our reading habits change, so must our writing habits and the way we communicate, and ultimately the way we think. Authoring is becoming curating, and the expression of the in-between gains importance over content.”
The Guardian and Observer (UK) are in the throes of a 'book series'. The bounty on this page: 'how to write fiction'... http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/booksseason+series/how-to-write-fiction Radio Lab: A radio show and podcast weaving stories and science into sound and music-rich documentaries. Here's their episode on words... http://www.radiolab.org/2010/aug/09
http://www.smh.com.au/business/words-fail-methe-struggle-to-keep-up-with-meanings-201110141lp8q.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm? id=running-dialog-new-langua
Read an article, write a response, and send it to us. We'll read it, correct it and give constructive feedback. www.articulatewords.com Ideal for non-native speakers who are working towards fluency.
Mini Lit-Quiz In which town is One, No one and One Hundred Thousand set?
All the words in the world. Pronounced. http://www.forvo.com/
Contributions always welcomed! www.nuancewords.com info@nuancewords.com
Zürich, October 2011 /2