The Paris Writers' Café

What if you didn’t just visit Paris’s legendary cafés — but wrote in them?

Led by novelist, poet, and journalist Lisa Pasold, this writing-focused journey combines guided walks, workshops, and opportunities to connect with Paris’s creative community.

You’ll begin in St-Germain, home to some of the city’s most storied cafés, and take part in your first writing session at Le Mazarin, including one-on-one time with Lisa to clarify your goals for the week.

Most mornings are devoted to café writing sessions, with prompts and support. Later, practice ekphrastic writing at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, where art is arranged in unusual installations inside a historic mansion. Hear you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up stories in a setting straight out of Zola novel on a guided walk of Paris’s elegant 19th-century covered passages. These passages were social centres filled with boutiques and cafés.

Meet local authors and attend a long-running spoken-word evening of music and poetry. Take a guided tour of the American Library in Paris, a gathering place for writers and thinkers since 1920. Close the week with a festive salon at Lisa’s home in a vieux Paris pedestrian street behind Montmartre.

With just 10–13 participants, you’ll have the time, space, and individual attention to hone your craft in multiple café settings while forming real connections with fellow writers.

You’ll leave Paris with new work in hand — and a renewed sense of what it means to write in the present, in a city that has inspired generations of artists. Step into history while living and writing very much in the present Paris café.

What's Included

• Bilingual guide and workshop facilitator
• Bilingual logistics manager
• Writing workshops
• Accommodation 
• Breakfast + other meals as specified in the detailed itinerary
• Ground transportation
• Walking tours
• Museum and site visits as specified in the detailed itinerary
• Taxes and gratuities
• Customized recommendations