Readings at Shakespeare Bookshop:  Mingmei Yip will read from her latest novel Petals from the Sky, a Buddhist, interracial love story set in Hong Kong, Manhattan and Paris.Monday 6th September 7:00pm Shakespeare and Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie75005 Paris, FranceTel: +33 (0)1 43 25 40 93  http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com

Paris Writers News is launching its first short story contest about Paris! Twelve stories will be selected for publication in Best and Most Delightful Stories about Paris next fall.Love, hate, expectation, desire, dreams, discovery and disappointment in the world’s most beautiful city. All themes, periods and approaches will be considered.  What we’re looking for: a great story, well-told. Humor, wit and luminous prose, please apply!

Genre: Short fiction (story must have some link to Paris—or France)Closing date: 30 November 2010Prize: 200 euros for first prize, plus publication of twelve best storiesEntry fee: 10 eurosRestrictions: Maximum 5’000 words. Submission in the body of the email onlyFurther information: 12 stories will be selected to appear in the book: “BEST AND MOST DELIGHTFUL STORIES ABOUT PARIS” to be published fall 2011
Internet site for details and updates: http://parisstoriescontest.blogspot.com/
 
Judges include award-winning authors, bookstore owners and major figures in the Paris literary community. Finalist judges are: Nicola Keegan, author of Swimming, Janet Skeslien Charles, author of Moonlight in Odessa, Elizabeth Bard, author of Lunch in Paris: a Love Story with Recipes, Charles Trueheart, Director of the American Library in Paris, Brian Spence, owner of The Abbey Bookshop, Charles and Clydette De Groot, co-chairs of the De Groot Foundation, Cara Black, author of the Aimée Leduc mysteries, Anne Korkeakivi, author of Folding Paper, Heather Stimmler Hall, author of Naughty Paris, Penelope Fletcher, owner of The Red Wheelbarrow bookstore, Robert Stewart, editor of New Letters and Diane Johnson, author of Le Divorce and many other bestselling novels.  For bios, see: http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/2010/08/judges-announced-for-pwn-short-story-contest-about-paris.html

At the Village Voice Bookshop: Kamila Shamsie reads from her new book "Burnt Shadows" which follows the interconnected lives of two families brought together in Nagasaki near the end of World War Sept. 2, 7pm. To launch Festival America, two authors, Ethan Canin & Aleksandar Hemon, will present their latest novels.      Sept  23, 7pm. Ethan Canin will read from and discuss America America. Ethan Canin’s stunning novel is about America as it was and is, a remarkable exploration of how vanity, greatness, and tragedy combine to change history and fate. Aleksandar Hemon will read from and discuss The Lazarus Project, a stunning novel which begins with the story of nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, an Eastern European Jewish immigrant, who was shot to death on the doorstep of the Chicago chief of police and cast as a would-be anarchist assassin. Village Voice Bookshoop, 6, rue Princesse, 75006 Paris http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com

Free play readings in English sponsored by Moving Parts: Ken Mackenzie   "Abraham" (Sept. 12, 7:30pm); Roy Lisker "Lament" (Oct. 10, 7:30pm) at Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, Metro : Tuileries 

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Just in time for the big Monet exhibition this fall (Sept 22-Jan 24, 2011) at the Grand Palais Elizabeth Murray will present and sign her book "Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspiration & Insights from the Painter's Garden" Sept 28, 7pm WHSmith 248 Rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris, France

At the American Library: Author: Douglas Kennedy on 'Leaving the World.' Wednesday 15 September 19h30. Susan Loomis on cookbook writing and the sociology of food.Tuesday 21 September 19h30, Michael House presents a documentary on the photographers Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott.Wednesday 22 September 19h30. Bestselling author of 'That Old Cape Magic,' Richard Russo.Thursday 23 September 19h30   The American Library in Paris • 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, France • Tel. +33 (0)1 53 59 12 60

SOS Help, an English speaking crisis line in France, is open from 3 pm to 11 pm daily.  Call us up to talk about anything on your mind – from loneliness to stress to concerns about integrating into a new culture.  We are here to listen!  Call us at 01 46 21 46 46 or visit us online at http://www.soshelpline.org for more information.

Book events at the American Library: Used Book Sale ( Saturday Sept 4,  10-7pm).The American Library in Paris • 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, France • Tel. +33 (0)1 53 59 12 60