In full swing…

Sylvia Petter, UN

Offshoots VII – Writing from Geneva marks the 10th Anniversary of the Geneva Writer’s Group.

The Geneva Writers’ Group is organizing its 4th Geneva Writers’ Conference to be held at Webster University from 31 January to 1 February 2004. See details at www.genevawritersgroup.org

The Geneva Writers’ Group has just launched its literary journal of prose, poetry and photos, Off- The seventh volume of Offshoots, Writing from Geneva, the biennial literary review of the Geneva Writers’ Group, has just been published. Its 50 contributors from 20 countries celebrate the rich diversity of human experience. Its theme, Geneva and beyond, is reflected in the different stories and poems that take the reader around the world.

The title of the review was inspired by the vigorous shoots that sprout each spring on the plane trees along Geneva’s quais. The reference is to the contributors’ common experience of creating lives in places where they do not initially have ‘roots’.

The review has been described as «a splendid showcase for writing from the international community in Geneva» (Peter Ho Davies) and «never less than riveting» (Writer’s Forum UK.)

This new volume, enriched with striking photographs of Geneva, is the 10th anniversary issue of the Geneva Writers’ Group, that brings together over 80 English-language writers.

Offshoots may be purchased at ELM Books, 16 ave. Pictet-de- Rochemont, 1207 Geneva. Tel. +41(0)22 736 2027. E-mail: books@elmworld.ch