Biographer Noel Riley Fitch Visits the Paris Writers Group
by Mary Duncan If you are sensitive to the naked truth, then beware. Naked is the proper word to describe Noel Riley Fitch’s comments about Sylvia Beach, Anais Nin and Julia Child. This month, Noel who...
View ArticleMeet Our Bloggers from the Paris Writers Group
Have you ever wondered where to find the best chocolate in Paris? Buy beautiful lingerie? Read about the latest literary events? Educate yourself about current French politics or even some scandal?...
View ArticleCrystalens and Double Z Syndrome: When a Writer’s Eyes Go Bad
By Mary Duncan “Double Z Syndrome” sounds like the title of a thriller. But it’s not. It’s what happened to my eyes after what was supposed to be routine cataract surgery. My doctor in La Jolla,...
View ArticleStage Left: the Smith Prize for Political Theater
By Timothy Jay Smith It was 2006 and playwright August Wilson needed a producer. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner had died a year earlier, and it looked like the last installment in his ten-play...
View ArticleParis Writers Press Receives Grant for Translating Jean-Jacques Pauvert’s Memoir
The Paris Writers Press has received an award from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication through the National Book Center, to fund the translation of La Traversée du livre, a memoir written...
View ArticleParisian of the Month: Mary Duncan
From I Prefer Paris by Richard Neham I am happy to have my friend and organizer of the Paris Writers Group, which I have belonged to since inception in 2008, Mary Duncan, as Parisian of the Month....
View ArticlePWG member sues Met for return of Picasso Masterpiece
Posted on October 13, 2016 by Mary Duncan Last week PWG member Laurel Zuckerman, acting as Ancillary Administratrix of the estate of Alice Leffmann, filed suit against New York’s Metropolitan Museum...
View ArticleHilary Kaiser Launches French War Brides: Mademoiselle and the American Soldier
Hilary Kaiser is speaking at several venues in France and the U.S. to share the engaging stories of French War Brides: Mademoiselle and the American Soldier from WWI and WWII. This new edition, which...
View ArticleLittle Wonder Radio Plays: Download free radio shorts by PWG writers.
We are proud to announce the creation of a new radio station by Keith Crawford, one of our Paris Writers Group members. Little Wonder Radio Plays, an independent production company, publishes full cast...
View Article“The Book Auction, A Million Dollar Advance and Writing Sex Scenes.”
An interview with Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light by...
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