About us

rile*books is a bookshop and project space for performance and publication.

rile* is into poetry, theory, choreography, artist writing and various other text based experiments. rile* organizes performances, meetings, launches, readings... rile* is the base word for silence in Láadan, a feminist constructed language developed by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982. The language was included in her science fiction Native Tongue trilogy. Láadan contains a number of words that are used to make unambiguous statements that include how one feels about what one is saying. According to Elgin, this is designed to counter language's limitations to those who are forced to respond I know I said that, but I meant this.

Further reading

• About Láadan - https://laadanlanguage.com/articles/articles-by-suzette/laadan-constructed-language/
• Láadan to English - R - https://laadanlanguage.com/laadan-to-english-r/

Addresses

Bookshop

62 Rue des Commerçants
1000 Brussels - BE

Rile vzw

Org No: 0723598224
VAT BE0723598224
RPR NL Orb. Brussel
Van Volxemlaan 121
1190 Vorst

info@rile.space