Inaugural Paul Wenz Writers-in Residence

Recently it was announced two regionally-based authors, one from France and the other from Australia, will swap places in 2009 as part of a unique cultural exchange to build upon the literary legacy left by French-Australia writer Paul Wenz. The selected writers are French novelist and essayist Frederic Chef, from Reims, capital of the Champagne-Ardenne region of France where Wenz was born, and Australian novelist and essayist Merrill Findlay who is based in Forbes, the town where Wenz died and is buried. Their month long residences will coincide with the 140th anniversary of Wenz's birth in 1869 and the 70th anniversary of his death in 1939. Now Frederick Chef has regretfully withdrawn from the project because of other commitments. The Wenz Society is able to offer a month long residency in regional Australia to another writer from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. For more information, or to apply for this residency, please email Maurice Blackman, PWS President at mblackman@primusonline.com.au. mblackman@primusonline.com.au For more information about the Paul Wenz Society go to website: http://www.merrillfindlay.com/projects/wenz_project.html