Laurel Zuckerman's Paris Weblog

Paris Writer John Pearce on Treasure of Saint Lazare and WWII looted art

 

photo by Alison Harris, Paris

 

Paris writer John Pearce is the author of  the bestselling TREASURE of SAINT-LAZARE, "a novel of murder, betrayal, and greed -- and of love lost and found".  

This week we talk with John about looted art, seventy-year old mysteries, and the art of writing fact-based thrillers.

A Paris Writers News interview.

Literary Events, Readings and New Books in Paris, November 2012

This month, news from Alice Notley, Joe Ross, Amy Hollowell, Elyane Dezon-Jones, Lillian Allen, Sassafrass Lowrey, Sousan Hammad, Alena Mealy, Jackson Connor, Chloe Rash, Rachel Neilsen, Lucy Hopkins, Bill Griffin, Dr. Michael Connors, Rosemary Flannery, Philippe Labro, Thomas Gatus, Edward Hall, Laurel Zuckerman, Martin Raim, Gary Lee Kraut, Spoken Word and more. Many terrific new books too!

Should airlines charge passengers by the pound, like freight?

 

"How should airlines treat larger passengers?"

The question is anything but simple. But The Economist, always seeking to entertain, decided to give it a try.

The fight against air pollution in Paris

 

Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe wants to ban older cars. But his critics say focusing on heavy polluters might lower pollution rates faster.

«Augmenter les droits pour sauver l’université» - Le Figaro Étudiant

181 euros en licence, et 250 euros en master, voilà ce que les étudiants ont payé en 2012-2013 au titre des droits d’inscription à l’université.

Notable books from Paris writers Fall 2012

 

Angels of Paris

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Angels of Paris: An Architectural Tour Through the History of Paris by Rosemary Flannery

French safety expert Joël Guillemain refuses 2 years life-cycle tests for genetically modified crops.

Joël GUILLEMAIN, chairman of  ANSES' working group on Biotechnology deems a 90 day study by Monsanto, the company most interested in approval, as perfectly sufficient, even though the details of Monsanto's studies have never and will never be published. Says no need for longer study by independent agency because it's "'materially impossible." 

Interview with Guillaume Serina, author of Obama, face aux 9 plaies de l’Amérique

This week, Dominique Godreche talks with LA-based French journalist Guillaume Serina, author of Obama face aux 9 plaies de l’Amérique**

Literary Events in Paris for the English speaking community October 2012

This month, news from Anca Metiu, D.T. Max, Marjorie Williams, Anne Korkeakivi, Adam Biles, Anne Marsella, Stephen Dau, Gerald Fleming, Kate Noakes,  Laurel Zuckerman, Bloom Where You Are Planted, Claude Moisy, Paula Deitz, Syvia Whitman, Timothy Jay Smith, Krista Halverson, Jema Brinel, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Kate Kemp-Griffin, Anne Marsella and Stephen Dau, and poet Gerald Fleming,  Liza Klaussmann Lisa Samuels, Rémi Bouthonnier and Sunjeev Sahota. In honor of the upcoming presidential elections in the USA, we are also including political events. Every vote counts!!

French Academies of Science, Monsanto, Seralini and NK603 GMO corn

 

In an unsigned PDF published on the internet, six French academies (Agriculture, Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences, Technology, and Veterinary ) declared that they did not need to conduct an "expertise approfondie" into Séralini's study of Montanto NK603 GMO corn because "studies have already been carried out by specialized institutions." They named the EFSA (European  Food Safety Authority)  which Séralini has repeated pointed to as a kind of lapdog for OGM industrialists like Monsanto.