Geoffrey Gates is an Australian writer resident at Jiwar for the month of September 2017. He has two published novels – A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion (2005) and The Copyart Murders (2015). Whilst at Jiwar, Geoffrey is working on his current project, entitled Province – a novel about a fictitious Australian artist from the 1930s,...
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Writing residency in April 2017. Open call.
Open Call for Writers In the context of Saint George’s Day, The Day of Books and Roses, Jiwar celebrates a month devoted to writing hosting 4 writers and developing an special program around writing and literature. All genders: fiction, non fiction, poetry, prose, theatre, … All languages. The communication language during the residency will be...
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New artist in residence. Namita Chakrabarty. Writing.
New artist in residency. Writing and performance. Namita Chakrabarty (UK) At Jiwar Dr Namita Elizabeth Chakrabarty will be working on a novella, experimenting with lyrical language and form, exploring love, and how it is complicated by our entwined cultures. Her work is interdisciplinary: prose fiction, recorded and live performance, and critical academic writing using visual...
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Writing Jam Sant Jordi’s Day in Jiwar
Enjoy Sant Jordi day with us Jam Writing session All languages are welcome 23 of April, 19h30 C. Jaén, 14 (Jiwar back garden) Contribution 5€ A glass of wine and nibbles will be offered by Le Regioni d’Italia Second collaboration with Colectivo Escritura en vivo. A big JAM writing session with live music and live painting. Musicians:...
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Special writers program April 2016
SPECIAL WRITERS PROGRAM APRIL 2016 OPEN CALL CONTEXT Saint George’s Day is celebrated by various Christian churches and by several nations, kingdoms, countries and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint. However, in Catalonia this celebration has a special meaning. La Diada de Sant Jordi is also known as “el dia de la...
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Valeria Dimaté, writer (Colombia)
Valeria Dimaté is an emerging colombian writer who is finishing her first novel and writing the second. She studied literature at the National University of Colombia, where she is in the process of completing a masters degree. She has worked for ten years on projects and workshops to promote reading and writing in Bogotá and...
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