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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 18d

I'm excited to get started on reading this today in time for book club.

Still time to join me (Deborah) and @norami.bsky.social our host. Supporters go free to book club! 📚

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 9d

Join us for Café Littéraire: European Book Club, with host @norami.bsky.social

Eleonora is an Associate Director of EWS and host and producer of Chosen Tongue, a podcast dedicated to translingual writers and their journeys

Book Club is always FREE for our Supporters

Café Littéraire: European Book Club

European Writers Salon invites you to join our quarterly Café Littéraire: European Book Club.

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 9d

I highly recommend this book and am really looking forward to discussing it next week at book club with @norami.bsky.social

Join us!

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 9d

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 shows a woman’s face with greenish tint on black background. An orange circle covers one eye. Title, down the left side: I who have never known men. Author: Jacqueline Harpman. To the left of the photo: Online. 7 October. 7PM GMT+1

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 24d

Still buzzing over the weekend with @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels. Old friends, new friends, genuinely blown away by the talent in the room.

Here's Belgian poet and hip hopper Giovanni Baudonck's performance, inspired by Turner's painting "The Slave Ship." He brought the typhoon alright.

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 25d

Sad to leave Brussels after the @saloneurope.bsky.social - a whole weekend in a lovely city with a big gang of amazing writers for inspiration, talk, sharing and howls of laughter - what could be better? Bravo to @deborahzafer.bsky.social and the management team! 🙌🏽🎉✨💜

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 25d

A fabulous weekend at the inaugural @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels. Amazing panels, readings, workshops, and writerly chat at the gorgeous Full Circle. Roll on Madrid in September 2026! 📚🇧🇪✍️📕📘📚

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · 25d

I won’t be able to speak for the next three days, but my heart has never been fuller. We dreamed of creating a European salon, and we tried our best. But it was your talent, enthusiasm, and warmth that surpassed every expectation. Thank you for bringing @saloneurope.bsky.net to life with us.

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 25d

So much to say about yesterday @saloneurope.bsky.social but above all - it couldn't have happened without our Management Committee.

Not just powerhouses, also standout writers & friends. So grateful 👑
@kplumhoff.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social

The Management Committee of EWS
Total queens

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh Bronwen thank you for reading and sharing 😘

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · Aug 21

"There is always something out of stock. Green peppers. Intimacy. Time."

Skillful writing from @norami.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social - love her use of subtext. Brilliant story.

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"Out of stock" by Eleonora Balsano

Yesterday sadness hit me in the condiment aisle, my cart still empty save the unseasonal raspberries I will forget in the fridge, watch them mould and shrink into black bitterness. I was looking for v...

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you so much for sharing and for your kind words Cole! 😘

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you so much for reading! 🙏🏻

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jul 18

Many many congratulations Chris!

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hi! With half a day in Turin I would have coffee in Piazza San Carlo and pop in the Museo Egizio. It’s a beautiful city, enjoy!

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Alia Papageorgiou @eurocentrique.bsky.social · Jul 13

podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/w... @saloneurope.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social join me on the @writefestbe.bsky.social #podcast #OnthePage

Chosen tongue meets On the Page

Podcast Episode · Writers Festival of Belgium - the conversations · 11/07/2025 · 40m

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Writers Festival of Belgium @writefestbe.bsky.social · Jul 13

#Listen 🎧 to @norami.bsky.social talk with our Director @eurocentrique.bsky.social about ‘Chosen Tongue’ her podcast on writing in a chosen language, the @saloneurope.bsky.social , writing and a lot more -

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Chosen tongue meets On the Page

Podcast Episode · Writers Festival of Belgium - the conversations · 11/07/2025 · 40m

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Heidi Marjamäki @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social · Jul 13

Had the pleasure to join the wonderful @norami.bsky.social on Chosen Tongue podcast. We had a great chat about writing in a second (or third!) language and all the feels that come with it.

Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jul 13

The last episode of season 4 is out today! Thank you @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social for the great chat and to you all for listening and reviewing the show! See you in the fall with another season talking language, identity and belonging.

Chosen Tongue @chosentongue.bsky.social · Jul 13

There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jul 13

The last episode of season 4 is out today! Thank you @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social for the great chat and to you all for listening and reviewing the show! See you in the fall with another season talking language, identity and belonging.

Chosen Tongue @chosentongue.bsky.social · Jul 13

There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jul 12

Too many amazing presenters to name, but we've got great sessions from @kitdewaal.com @desperatelit.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social & so many more.

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jul 12

Our latest newsletter is out, featuring our big Annual Salon Programme reveal!✨

Check out the speakers, panels, workshops and events we have booked over the 3-day event

PLUS a day of eating, touring and otherwise flaneuring around Brussels🧇

There are still 9 places left—join us!

Take a peek inside our Annual Salon Programme

See what's happening in Brussels and around Europe...

europeanwriterssalon.substack.com

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jul 3

First look at the Annual Salon programme and it looks incredible!

That venue filled with writers learning, thinking and sharing work...what a dream

Thank you @deborahzafer.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social @robyntheauthor.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @brechtdp.bsky.social for making it real✨

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Jul 7

It's OKD newsletter day! Our July issue features reflections and advice from @norami.bsky.social on writing in a new language, plus our usual roundup of shoutouts and our June recap.

Read it now:

On writing in a new language 🗣️

Plus a recap of our June, a whole bunch of shoutouts, and more!

okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jul 7

Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow is Café Littéraire: European Book Club, hosted by @norami.bsky.social✨

🗓️ 8 July at 7pm CEST - that’s 6pm BST for our UK folks!
👩🏻‍💻 Online

Cannot wait for this discussion!

This month’s book: The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg

Tickets here if you’d like to join:

Café Littéraire: European Book Club

European Writers Salon invites you to join our quarterly Café Littéraire: European Book Club.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jul 1

Well done Chris!

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jun 30

And to you Cole 💙💙💙

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Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you Chris!