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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