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Claire Polders

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    Reading: Who is Jane Doe?

    Last December, Sally Reno and Doug Mathewson published my very short story “Stella Is” and nominated it, to my great gratitude, for a Pushcart Prize, Best Microfictions, and Best Small Fictions. This Saturday, I will be reading that story in…

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    The Art of Revision

    Inspired by multiple fundraising events in my neighborhood in Hoi An, I decided to donate my time and teach a writing class for the many authors that happen to live here.

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    School Visit: Siem Reap, Cambodia

    What better way to celebrate World Book Day than at the International School in Siem Reap, where the teachers and students spent their afternoon playing literary quizzes and performed silent plays based on Grimm fairytales?

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    School Visit: Marrakesh, Morocco

    We love writing. We love traveling. And we love discussing our love for books wherever we go. So you can imagine how excited we were when the American school in Marrakesh invited Daniel and me for an authors’ talk.

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    Reading in Brussels

    We talked. We read. We had a blast. Thank you, Snug Harbor Brussels, Sofie Verraest, Nathalie Lion, Munt Punt Cafe, and others! Photography by Sem Vandekerckhove.

  • A Whale in Paris,  Events

    School Visit: St. John’s, Brussels, Belgium

    On September 13th, I was invited to talk to some fifty 4th and 5th graders at the St. John's International School in Brussels. We discussed how difficult it can be to distinguish facts from fiction in a world with so…

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About Me

  • ‣ Currently in: A Secret Location
  • ‣ Arrived from: Vietnam
  • ‣ Next destination: Unknown
  • ‣ Born in: the Netherlands
  • ‣ Blogging since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5

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