Louise Halvardsson

I'm involved in 3 different writing related projects this year:

*SWENGLISH

I'm turning 30 in February, but instead of throwing a party or going away, I'm spending 30 weeks staying with 30 different people (half of them in Sweden, half of them in England, hence the project name Swenglish) with the aim to observe their everyday life, and compare the similarities and differences between the two cultures. Ultimately, by the end of the year, I will have a book, and will also have decided where to settle!

Read more at my new Swenglish blog

Svenglish blogg på svenska


*SHAKE THE DUST

This spring I'm happy to be involved in a project called Shake the Dust run by spoken word organisation Apples & Snakes. Shake the Dust is a celebration of the spoken word and will get young people into writing and performing their own poetry. My role is to assist with delivering workshops in schools.

Read more about Shake the Dust on my Living Lou Blog


*WHALE WRITING/VALDA ORD

A writing project about writing with author Charlotte Qvandt
We decided to work on this project during 2012 and we call it "the space year" or "rymdåret" in Swedish.

And it rather feels like I'm taking a leap into space this year by giving up my day job in the library and also giving up the room I'm renting, in order to live the life of a full time writer!

IN ENGLISH CLICK HERE

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One of my short stories has been published by Ether Books, and can be downloaded to your phone for free! (If you have an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad that is ...)

Just click here, and then search for "Louise Halvardsson".

My story is called "A Girl Who Just Wants to Come" and was originally accepted for the Are you sitting comfortably? story night where it was read by an actor.

WARNING: Explicit content. 18 + only!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

For more news about me read my blog: http://louisehalvardsson.blogspot.com/

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Today I was interviewed by Swedish Radio! (Shame you English guys can't listen to it, but you can read more about what's happening in English on my blog.)

Idag medverkade jag i Radio Jönköpings program "Mitt i sommaren"

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*Klicka på lyssningsarkiv
*Klicka på Måndag 4 Juli klockan 10.00 till 10.30
*Jag kommer in ca 10 minuter och 50 sekunder in i programmet
*Klicka sen på Måndag 4 Juli klockan 10.30 till 11.00 där intervjun fortsätter

I'm very pleased to have a story published in the first volume of Spilling Ink.

The story is called Lovers of the Planet and has previously been published in Spilling Ink Review online.

The anthology is a collection of Spilling Ink's competition winners and other outstanding works of merit.

Click here to buy your own precious copy.

ENGLISH? CLICK HERE

2011 har börjat bra. Min engelska roman, REPLACING ANGEL (titeln kommer med stor sannolikhet ändras), har blivit antagen av en brittisk litterär agent som kommer att göra sitt bästa för att sälja boken till både en brittisk och internationell marknad, inklusive Sverige. Men redigeringsarbete pågår fortfarande. Ha tålamod, kära läsare!

En ny romanidé finns i mina tankar, men jag har svårt att fördjupa mig innan jag vet vad som händer med REPLACING ANGEL. Det är bra att ha sidoprojekt: poesiframträdanden, noveller och föreläsningar.

*Jag kom på andra plats i Hammer & Tongue Poetry Slam i Brighton

*Var gästpoet på Floetics, också i Brighton. (Se bilden)

*Min novell A Day in the Life of a Girl who Just Wants to Come kommer att läsas upp av en skådespelare på tillställningen Are you sitting comfortably?

*Föreläste än en gång på Loxdale Centre, folkhögsskolan där jag läste engelska när jag först kom till Brighton

Mer om mitt skrivande liv finns att läsa på min blogg

I have three short story-readings coming up in Brighton:

*ACE STORIES
Sunday 14 Nov, 6pm - Hotel Pelirocco,
Regency Square
I'll read a short story called The Party is Over

*INTO THE DARK
Friday 19 Nov, 7.45pm - New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place
An actor will read my short shorty Clowntown

*GRIT LIT
Friday 3 Dec, 8pm - Red Roaster, St James Street
I'll read a short story called Suicidal Girlfriends


READ ABOUT HOW THE ACE STORIES EVENT WENT HERE

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Next week is National Poetry Day (7 Oct) in the UK. I've been invited to both Jubilee Library in Brighton and Hove Library to perform some poems at the Study Support sessions "We Love Mondays" and "We Love Thursdays". I'll also inspire Young People (9-19 year-olds) to write their own poems and enter a competition on the theme "Home".

MORE INFO HERE

The week after, Wed 13 Oct, I'm co-hosting
(with writer/photographer Brian Marley)
a FREE POETRY OPEN MIC night, "Every Day is Poetry Day"
at Hove Library. Everybody welcome!
Doors 6.30pm for 7pm start.
Sign up early at the door if you want to read.
Special guests: Yvo Luna, Rosy Carrick and Ben Graham.