• What shouldn’t you be doing at 38?

    In One Day (2009), David Nicholls answers: “It would be inappropriate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year old. Falling in love like that? Writing poetry? Crying at pop songs? Dragging…

  • Ouyang Yu’s The English Class shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award 2011

    – Congratulations to Cha contributor Ouyang Yu! His novel The English Class is shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award 2011. Other nominees are Peter Carey, Stephen Daisley, Lisa Lang, Alex Miller and Kristel Thornell. You can learn more about the NSW Premier’s Award here. If…

  • Marc Vincenz’s poems on October Babies

    – Read Marc Vincenz’s poems “Electric Sari”, “The Mystical Art of Accounting”, “Citizen Julius Wong”, “Landloved”, “No Birds”, “Once and Then”, “Legs, Hands, Fingers”, “Scaling the Great Wall of Joy”,  “Building a Japanese Butterfly” and “Dinner at La Maison Bouche”,…

  • W. F. Lantry and Changming Yuan in Blue Fifth Review

    W.F. Lantry’s “Rien de Rien” and Changming Yuan’s “Single Last Sale: A Parallel Poem” are now featured in Blue Fifth Review (the Poetry Special (March 2011 / 11.5). Read the poems here. – W.F. Lantry’s poetry was published in Issue #12 of…

  • "and as a day is not really a day because each day is like another day and they begin to have nothing"

    The British Art Show 7 The artist who created the pictured artwork: Juliette Blightman Lamp, net curtain (courtesy the artist and Hotel, London) From the exhibition guide: Juliette Blightman ‘has introduced an arrangement of objects, including a vase [which I…

  • Poetry Jam | Hong Kong International Literary Festival | Friday 11 March

    – Poetry doesn’t get better than this! “Visiting and local poets read their own and others’ work in a sticky, noisy and unpredictable mix, ring-mistressed by Viki Holmes. Ticket price includes a $30 drinks voucher redeemable at the door.” Friday,…

  • Around A Round Table | Eddie Tay and Andy Barker | 10 March

    Thursday, 10 March 2011 Around A Round Table 19:00 – 21:00 Fringe Club Festival Poetry displayed and devoured, for discussion, delectation and delight. Join Arvind Mehrotra, Susan Scarlata, LK Holt and Eddie Tay in conversation with Andy Barker.  General Ticket…

  • Gillian Sze reads | 12 March

    – Gillian Sze will be reading with Erin Moure, Gail Scott, Priscila Uppal, Bronwyn Haslam, Larissa Andrusyshyn, Daniel Allen Cox at the 8th Annual EGSS Graduate Conference in English Literature (U de M). More information here.  – Read Gillian Sze’s Cha…

  • Poetics – Sridala Swami

    – Read Sridala Swami’s “Bitter as Wormwood” in the Poetics section of the new issue of Drunken Boat. – Sridala Swami‘s poetry was published in issue #3 of Cha. –

  • /Slant/Sex – Ching-in Chen

    – Read Ching-in Chen’s “Dream: The Disappeared Lover” in the /Slant/Sex section of the latest issue of Drunken Boat. – Ching-In Chen’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha. Her book, The Heart’s Traffic, was reviewed in issue #8 of the journal. –