European Writers Salon
@saloneurope.bsky.social
Travelling salon and writing community - connecting writers across Europe and beyond. Posts by @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and @deborahzafer.bsky.social
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For anyone just joining us, here's a roundup of our values, community and plans✨
Although we value meeting in person, we also host quarterly online open mics so anyone can take part, wherever they are💛
#writingcommunity #europe
Although we value meeting in person, we also host quarterly online open mics so anyone can take part, wherever they are💛
#writingcommunity #europe
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"This way of looking is first of all attentive.The soul empties itself of all its own contents in order to receive the being it is looking at, just as he is, in all his truth. Only he who is capable of attention can do this.”
Simone Weil on paying attention.
Simone Weil on paying attention.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"This way of looking is first of all attentive.The soul empties itself of all its own contents in order to receive the being it is looking at, just as he is, in all his truth. Only he who is capable of attention can do this.”
Simone Weil on paying attention.
Simone Weil on paying attention.
This morning, we are co-writing in Soho at Bar Termini and drinking the absolute best coffee ever (no dispute)
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This morning, we are co-writing in Soho at Bar Termini and drinking the absolute best coffee ever (no dispute)
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Was so great seeing everyone! Such good readings tonight - what a span of topics and styles.
These are the links to the stories- forgot to say they've both been nominated for the @monarch.gay award.
The summer of the corn goddess @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals
These are the links to the stories- forgot to say they've both been nominated for the @monarch.gay award.
The summer of the corn goddess @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals
Murals (December 2024) – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
thehooghlyreview.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Was so great seeing everyone! Such good readings tonight - what a span of topics and styles.
These are the links to the stories- forgot to say they've both been nominated for the @monarch.gay award.
The summer of the corn goddess @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals
These are the links to the stories- forgot to say they've both been nominated for the @monarch.gay award.
The summer of the corn goddess @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals
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Every time I do an @saloneurope.bsky.social event, my heart feels so full ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Every time I do an @saloneurope.bsky.social event, my heart feels so full ❤️
Delighted to have @markabowles.bsky.social read now.
Always a pleasure
Always a pleasure
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Delighted to have @markabowles.bsky.social read now.
Always a pleasure
Always a pleasure
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What would life be without collaborators? Grateful for mine, especially @norami.bsky.social ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What would life be without collaborators? Grateful for mine, especially @norami.bsky.social ❤️
Next up we have @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social
Delighted to have her read her escapist fantasy for us!
Delighted to have her read her escapist fantasy for us!
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Next up we have @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social
Delighted to have her read her escapist fantasy for us!
Delighted to have her read her escapist fantasy for us!
We are delighted to welcome @jamesleeauthor.bsky.social for his first visit to the salon!
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We are delighted to welcome @jamesleeauthor.bsky.social for his first visit to the salon!
Our next reader is @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social whose prose poetry we 💛
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Our next reader is @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social whose prose poetry we 💛
Our next reader is @nomad-sw18.bsky.social
We always love hearing her read ❤️
We always love hearing her read ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Our next reader is @nomad-sw18.bsky.social
We always love hearing her read ❤️
We always love hearing her read ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Our readers so far including our good friend
@aldbera.bsky.social
@aldbera.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Our readers so far including our good friend
@aldbera.bsky.social
@aldbera.bsky.social
Now we are writing from our rage with @markabowles.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Now we are writing from our rage with @markabowles.bsky.social
A cosy night of words and community awaits those joining us in London tonight 🍷 🎤
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A cosy night of words and community awaits those joining us in London tonight 🍷 🎤
Tonight! 2 tickets left!
Do come if you can
🎤 🍷 🎤
Do come if you can
🎤 🍷 🎤
Last chance to book for London tomorrow night!
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Tonight! 2 tickets left!
Do come if you can
🎤 🍷 🎤
Do come if you can
🎤 🍷 🎤
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Writer friends, please welcome my fellow Berlin-based writer @janewords.bsky.social to Bluesky! And be sure to check out her amazing work like this story in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social: gooseberry-pie.com/la-brea-tar-...
La Brea Tar Pits - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Imleedh Ali on Unsplash by Jane Yager I’m the one who wanted to come here, but now I sit in the car while everyone else goes into the museum, because as we pulled into the parking lot, Dad le...
gooseberry-pie.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Writer friends, please welcome my fellow Berlin-based writer @janewords.bsky.social to Bluesky! And be sure to check out her amazing work like this story in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social: gooseberry-pie.com/la-brea-tar-...
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Last chance to book for London tomorrow night!
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Last chance to book for London tomorrow night!
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
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Only 2 tickets left, so if you are thinking of booking do it! We would love to meet you.
Last chance to book for London tomorrow night!
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Only 2 tickets left, so if you are thinking of booking do it! We would love to meet you.
Last chance to book for London tomorrow night!
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Last chance to book for London tomorrow night!
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Come in from the cold 🥶 and join us for words, wine, and the warmth of community.
🎤 🍷 🍺 🎤
London Literary Salon - hosted by EWS and Insurgent Press
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
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In the wet and cold that is London right now, looking forward to Wed evening's pop up salon with @saloneurope.bsky.social !
@deborahzafer.bsky.social @judepickledplum.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social @aldbera.bsky.social @rachelmalik.bsky.social - who else is going to be there???
@deborahzafer.bsky.social @judepickledplum.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social @aldbera.bsky.social @rachelmalik.bsky.social - who else is going to be there???
Couldn’t make it to Paris?
Meet us in London for another night of chat, drinks and readings with writers from all over Europe, hosted alongside our pals at Insurgent Press
Only a few spots left--get em while they're hot! 🔥
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Meet us in London for another night of chat, drinks and readings with writers from all over Europe, hosted alongside our pals at Insurgent Press
Only a few spots left--get em while they're hot! 🔥
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In the wet and cold that is London right now, looking forward to Wed evening's pop up salon with @saloneurope.bsky.social !
@deborahzafer.bsky.social @judepickledplum.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social @aldbera.bsky.social @rachelmalik.bsky.social - who else is going to be there???
@deborahzafer.bsky.social @judepickledplum.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social @aldbera.bsky.social @rachelmalik.bsky.social - who else is going to be there???
Join us in London on Weds night for a cosy night of word and community.
We can't wait to meet you!
We can't wait to meet you!
Couldn’t make it to Paris?
Meet us in London for another night of chat, drinks and readings with writers from all over Europe, hosted alongside our pals at Insurgent Press
Only a few spots left--get em while they're hot! 🔥
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
Meet us in London for another night of chat, drinks and readings with writers from all over Europe, hosted alongside our pals at Insurgent Press
Only a few spots left--get em while they're hot! 🔥
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lit...
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join us in London on Weds night for a cosy night of word and community.
We can't wait to meet you!
We can't wait to meet you!
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Join us for the 4th quarterly edition of Café Littéraire: European Book Club
Each quarter, we discuss a book by a European author. Your host is @norami.bsky.social, an Associate Director of EWS and host and producer of Chosen Tongue, a podcast dedicated to translingual writers and their journeys
Each quarter, we discuss a book by a European author. Your host is @norami.bsky.social, an Associate Director of EWS and host and producer of Chosen Tongue, a podcast dedicated to translingual writers and their journeys
![Cream background with black text reading [Calligraphy script] Café Littéraire: [regular script] European Book Club; [calligraphy] with Eleonora Balsano. A photo of the book is in the bottom right corner. It is blue with black art deco-style arches. In gold lettering, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, and in white, László Krasznahorkai. In blue, winner of the international Booker prize. To the left of the photo: Online. 13 January 2026. 6pm GMT/7PM CET](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3buest6th6pa4r3dc4ukfusi/bafkreihi5rvf6gpvyvymkn4cy675lkykfdngr5nhd3m7oetczc4vw2frqa@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Join us for the 4th quarterly edition of Café Littéraire: European Book Club
Each quarter, we discuss a book by a European author. Your host is @norami.bsky.social, an Associate Director of EWS and host and producer of Chosen Tongue, a podcast dedicated to translingual writers and their journeys
Each quarter, we discuss a book by a European author. Your host is @norami.bsky.social, an Associate Director of EWS and host and producer of Chosen Tongue, a podcast dedicated to translingual writers and their journeys
We had a lovely evening on zoom learning about Rhythm and The Ballad as part of our Exploring Poetic Concepts workshop series.
Join us next time for Musicality and The Vilanelle 🎶
Join us next time for Musicality and The Vilanelle 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We had a lovely evening on zoom learning about Rhythm and The Ballad as part of our Exploring Poetic Concepts workshop series.
Join us next time for Musicality and The Vilanelle 🎶
Join us next time for Musicality and The Vilanelle 🎶
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Last chance to book for 2 online workshops happening very soon.
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last chance to book for 2 online workshops happening very soon.
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...