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Thank you for
taking the time to visit and see what The International Paul Bowles
Society is about. About this Web Site This
is the
website of The International Paul Bowles Society and is an
unofficial fan site for the writers Paul and Jane Bowles. It is run by several dedicated people who
contribute to
and update its content. We are visited regularly by people from more
than one hundred countries, which include students from more than one
hundred and forty universities worldwide and have many regular visitors. Our Objectives Our objectives are to provide information and to promote the works of Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles in their written, musical and theatrical forms to interested parties throughout the world and to provide information on, increase the public awareness of, and assist in improving the living conditions of the poorer inhabitants of Morocco. How our Objectives are achieved We achieve these objectives in a variety of ways; via information on our website, International Paul Bowles Society Conventions, cultural 'Sheltering Sky' trips to Morocco and other activities that we organise from time to time, also by some of our members going out to Morocco (which is totally voluntary and also at the member's own expense) to find, communicate, and dispense supplies of food, clothing, spectacles, small household items and other useful things to people in need. How our Objectives are funded Our
objectives are funded mostly through donations and gifts. We accept
donations of, gifts, property and subscriptions, among other things;
such as offering new videos, new and used music scores and other
original material for sale. Please let us know if you are looking for
anything in particular. (Please excuse us if a reply may take a while
as we are sometimes in Morocco.) Helping out in Morocco - 'The Sheltering Sky' When we started the International Paul Bowles Society we did so only to promote the works of Paul and Jane Bowles. Several months later, and the founders naturally helping people in need in Morocco anyway, and had been doing so for many years, we realized that we could combine these two aspects together: of promoting the works of Paul and Jane Bowles and helping people in Morocco, and by doing so, might honor the memory of Paul Bowles in this way with our efforts. We were enthusiastic at the possibilities of being able to do even more towards helping people in Morocco, by extending our work in this way. Helping people in Morocco is an integral part of our work and more of our younger members are now involved with making the trips to Morocco to do this work. We promote the work that we do in Morocco on an even par with what we recommend and promote the works of Paul and Jane Bowles - for us, the two are inseparable. This was not always so from the beginning when we started out, but has become so, as a natural progression, over time. Please see our web pages to read more information about this work. 'Sheltering Sky' Holiday Trips to Morocco We have 'Sheltering Sky' holiday trips in Morocco. These trips are usually held every year and are only offered to Members of The International Paul Bowles Society. Every place on each trip is usually taken at least nine months in advance, with priority given to Members who have not previously participated. We see the local sights and places of interest in each location that we visit, read Paul Bowles books together out loud each evening, listen to some of his music and help impoverished families during the daytime. Archive Material The International Paul Bowles Society maintains an archive of Paul and Jane Bowles material of letters, postcards, manuscripts, photographs, music scores and original music. If you have any material that you would like to donate to the Society, then these items would have a permanent home and be very warmly received by us. We sometimes publish interesting information from the letters of Paul Bowles, both on this website and in our printed publications. Please send your kind donation to us at the address below. Thank you. Contributions for Publication We sometimes receive requests from authors, publishers and networks for possible contributors to forthcoming publications or broadcasts. We are able to make recommendations for possible contributors for future media releases. Please contact us with full details of your publication if you would like to send us a copy, or your future publication, or have possible names of people who are able to contribute to your cause. We will then ask the person/s concerned who may then contact you directly. Copyrighted
Material and More Info The Copyright
Act is clear on all Copyright issues. All media clips, whether audio or
video, book and music covers and other audio/visual material on this
website are carried in accordance with the 'Doctrine of Fair Use'
Policy of the Copyright Act, as educational and/or promotional tools
and are in non-downloadable format. Please click
here
for more details. The International Paul Bowles Society does not offer
or provide illegal copies of any kind of copyrighted material - we seek
only to promote the life and work of Paul and Jane Bowles. With regards
to articles stories and articles, we do not publish
anything from external sources that we have not been asked, and have
ourselves agreed, to publish. We may accept such requests from people
only in good faith that they themselves are authorised to offer any
such content, and that they indemnify us against any possible Breach of
Copyright of any unknown copyrighted material that is sent to us and
that is subsequently published by us. If we question the
accuracy, validity or integrity of anything then we will not publish
it. The Directors
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