NEWS AND EVENTS
OPEN MIC WITH…
Join us on 12 July for our open mic night with Cynthia Good and Heidi Seaborn!
Cynthia Good, an award-winning poet, journalist and former TV news anchor, is the author of eight books including two poetry collections; the recently published In the Thaw of Day, and the chapbook What We Do with Our Hands. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming in numerous acclaimed publications including Book of Matches, Free State Review, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, Silver Birch Press, South Shore Review, Terminus Magazine, Tupelo Quarterly and Waxing & Waning. An MFA graduate from NYU, Cynthia lives in Santa Monica and Mexico with her Havanese dog Zuni.
Heidi Seaborn is the author of three books of poetry, tic tic tic, (September 2025), An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe, Give a Girl Chaos, and three chapbooks, Bite Marks, Once a Diva and Finding My Way Home. She’s won or been shortlisted for over sixty prizes, including winning of The Missouri Review Editors Prize in Poetry. Heidi Recent work in AGNI, Blackbird, Copper Nickel, Financial Times, Image, Poetry Northwest, Rattle, Terrain.org, The Slowdown and elsewhere. Heidi’s Executive Editor of The Adroit Journal and holds degrees from Stanford and NYU. heidiseabornpoet.com
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open mic night
We are hosting our first open mic night! Come be a part of our story. Share your words, your art or just your time in a safe space. A place where all are welcome to come and perform, or to simply listen and be part of the human act of connecting and sharing ourselves with each other through our art.
All languages welcome. Sign-up starts at 7:30pm.
Launch party
Come to our official launch party! Enjoy an evening of music, poetry, and storytelling! Featuring performances from 3lia and Bird Voices, readings from Matt Jones’ recent novel, and the latest work from BoW members.
NEWS
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Our first open mic night
On 11th June Bodies of Work Paris hosted its first open mic night! Held at le 61, for several artists this was their first time performing publicly. They were supported by a warm and engaged audience. Thanks to everyone who came and made it such a great evening! If you would like to keep up-to-date with our activities, sign-up to our e-alert.
OUR LAUNCH PARTY!
On 26th April Bodies of Work Paris officially launched! A wonderful evening of poetry, prose, and storytelling as well as music from Elia Cohen and Bird Voices, held at Le Bar Commun. We also took the occasion to launch our zine, ‘Corps’.
Matt jones book out now - predators, reapers, and deadlier creatures
On 20th March 2025, Matt Jones’ book ‘Predators, Reapers, and Deadlier Creatures’ was officially published. A heartbreaking and beautiful story, published through @doubledaggerbooks, that asks what makes a being human, what strips us of our humanity, and where can the broken find repair.
Buy it here.
Poets in the Hood - Youth poetry recital competition
On 15th March 2025, BoW members were judges at a student poetry recital competition organised by Poets in the Hood, held at Lycee Montaigne in Paris 6eme. A wonderful morning supporting, and being wowed by, the future generation of artistic talent.
