PARIS STUDIO Halstead Press 2001
Victor Barker editor and contributor.
In 1998 I was awarded a six month
residency in the Keesing Studio in the
Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.
I followed on the heels of some twenty
authors who had stayed in the studio and
I decided to make some record of the
studio and its occupants.
I met up with Fred Cress and persuaded
him to paint the cover, based loosely on
me sitting writing in the nearby Café
Louis Philippe.
It was a wonderful opportunity for me to
research my novel Baudin's Last
Breath.
residency in the Keesing Studio in the
Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.
I followed on the heels of some twenty
authors who had stayed in the studio and
I decided to make some record of the
studio and its occupants.
I met up with Fred Cress and persuaded
him to paint the cover, based loosely on
me sitting writing in the nearby Café
Louis Philippe.
It was a wonderful opportunity for me to
research my novel Baudin's Last
Breath.
In the Café Louis Philippe
Above is the exterior of
the Keesing Studio. To
the left, is the interior. I
made notes in the café
and then worked in the
studio.
the Keesing Studio. To
the left, is the interior. I
made notes in the café
and then worked in the
studio.
For Paris Studio I collected and edited stories, essays and poetry by
fourteen contemporary writers who lived in this studio over the past
few years. They include Brian Castro, Bernard Cohen, Gillian Mears,
Marion Halligan, Justin Fleming, Jean Kent,Tony Maniaty, Gary
Catalano, Vanessa Bates, Robyn Ferrell, Robert Carter, Darrelyn
Gunzburg, Amirah Inglis - and myself.
fourteen contemporary writers who lived in this studio over the past
few years. They include Brian Castro, Bernard Cohen, Gillian Mears,
Marion Halligan, Justin Fleming, Jean Kent,Tony Maniaty, Gary
Catalano, Vanessa Bates, Robyn Ferrell, Robert Carter, Darrelyn
Gunzburg, Amirah Inglis - and myself.
In Paris I met and signed on with my European
rights literary agent Svetlana Ramon Piroko,
seen here with me in Gerard Ramon's studio in
Montparnasse.
rights literary agent Svetlana Ramon Piroko,
seen here with me in Gerard Ramon's studio in
Montparnasse.
The Keesing Studio is one of more than three hundred owned or
administrated by the Cité International des Arts. The Cité is on the right
bank of the Seine, facing the Isle St Louis and on the edge of Le
Marais. Plenty of bookshops and cafés. My favourite's Le Bucheron,
on the rue St. Antoine, five minutes walk from the Cité .
administrated by the Cité International des Arts. The Cité is on the right
bank of the Seine, facing the Isle St Louis and on the edge of Le
Marais. Plenty of bookshops and cafés. My favourite's Le Bucheron,
on the rue St. Antoine, five minutes walk from the Cité .