• Jee Leong Koh in Mixed Nerve

    – Two poems by Jee Leong Koh are published in Issue #7 of Mixed Nerve.  – Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha. –

  • Kudos – for people who prize writing #86

    ‘Great to sit down with a coffee, and see what competitions and opportunities are available rather than trawl the internet, which feels too much like work’ (Lyn Fountain, Norwich Writers’ Circle) Kudos 86 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011 Runs mainly from the end of January…

  • Phill Provance’s The Day the Sun Rolled Out of the Sky

    – CGP 24: The Day the Sun Rolled Out of the Sky by Phill Provance  (28 pp. Saddle-Stitched. B&w illus. by Christopher Schmidt) $7 ppd. From the Cy Gist Press website: In his debut collection, Andalucian dog Phill Provance weds humor and pathos.…

  • Nabina Das mentioned in The Hindu

    – As mentioned previously on this blog, Nabina Das’s “Redness” (read it here) won the first prize in the poetry category in the Unisun Publication’s writing Competition 2009-2010. Read The Hindu‘s report of the prize-giving ceremony here.–Nabina Das’s poetry was…

  • Why are many pornographic novels written as if by a woman?

    Warning: the material below may disturb some. Angela Carter (1878 1978)  in The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History answers: Many pornographic novels are written in the first person as if by a woman, or use a woman as the…

  • Whoever sent me this, Thank you.

    – 0 The generous giver’s identity has been revealed. Thank you!

  • Blue Valentine

    On Tuesday I saw the excellent Blue Valentine in the West End. A lot has already been written about Derek Cianfrance’s film and its unconventional structure, which cuts between the beginning and the end of the central love story. I don’t…

  • Will you take me to that beach?

    Maybe one day. “A beach in Saint-Malo, a harbour town, in Brittany, but a little closer to my part of Brittany (but still not exactly there). August 2005.”

  • Alistair Noon in The Black Herald

    Image cover © Emily Richardson 2008 (Still from the film Cobra Mist) Design: Sandrine Duvillier. Alistair Noon has new work published in the début issue of The Black Herald. Check out this new magazine here.  – Alistair Noon’s poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue…

  • Black Heart Magazine interviews Gillian Sze

    Laura Roberts of Black Heart Magazine interviews Branch Magazine editor Gillian Sze. Read the article here. – Read Gillian Sze’s Cha profile. –