Eleonora Balsano

Baron Wenckheim’s homecoming

Oh it’s a great book! I loved it!

I who have never known men

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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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

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

Join us!

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.

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! 🙌🏽🎉✨💜

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! 📚🇧🇪✍️📕📘📚

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.

The Management Committee of EWS Total queens

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

Oh Bronwen thank you for reading and sharing 😘

"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...

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

Thank you so much for reading! 🙏🏻

Many many congratulations Chris!

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!

Chosen tongue meets On the Page Podcast Episode · Writers Festival of Belgium - the conversations · 11/07/2025 · 40m

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Chosen tongue meets On the Page Podcast Episode · Writers Festival of Belgium - the conversations · 11/07/2025 · 40m

#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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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.

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.

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.

Blue-green background with words European Writers Salon Brussels Programme Start Sep 12, 2025 End Sep 14, 2025

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✨

On writing in a new language 🗣️ Plus a recap of our June, a whole bunch of shoutouts, and more!

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:

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!
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Cannot wait for this discussion!

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

Tickets here if you’d like to join:

Well done Chris!

And to you Cole 💙💙💙

Thank you Chris!

Super congrats Sumitra!

V grateful to see my story on this list! (Had to check a few times to believe it:) congratulations to all the writers on the list and thank you Wigleaf & the editors!

Thank you Cole and congrats! 💙