• Nabina Das and Steve Wing in Full of Crow

    – – Nabina Das and Steve Wing have new works published in the Winter 2010 issue of Full of Crow. Read Nabna’s “A Face Like Ours”, “Airborne, Words Can Sing” and “Utterance From the Tongue of an Urn” and view…

  • Gents

    Baozi Inn, ChinatownSaturday 4th Decemer, 2010, 12:30pm

  • The Ghost

    –The Ghost is based on the novel by Robert Harris of the same title. We thought it was a fine old-fashioned thriller; it reminded one of both Hitchcock and the paranoid thrillers of the 1970s. Directed by Roman Polanski, the…

  • Adult guide to London

    Seen at the South Kensington tube station on a Saturday afternoon

  • Haiku competition

    From their website: Times Are Tough; Talk Is Cheap At a recent poetry reading, a poet gave a five-minute introduction to a haiku. Absurdities not being lost on us, we began generating our own haiku responses. We invite you to…

  • Leung Ping-Kwan’s Amblings

    Leung Ping-Kwan’s amblings will be launched in Macau on 18th December, 2010. Learn more about the launch here. ––Leung Ping-Kwan’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha.––

  • New books by Christopher (Kit) Kelen

    Two new books by Christopher (Kit) Kelen, To the Single Man’s Hut and China Years, will be launched in Macau on 18th December, 2010. Learn more about the launch here.  – – Christopher (Kit) Kelen’s poetry was published in issue #1 of…

  • ASM Prize for Creative Writing 2010

    ASM Prize for Creative Writing 2010 ASM (The Association of Stories in Macao) is pleased to announce its annual prize for Creative Writing. Entries will be accepted in the following areas: – short fiction (up to 5,000 words) – poetry (a suite…

  • ASM TO LAUNCH 13 NEW BOOKS ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 18

    Association of Stories in Macao 澳門故事協會 ASM TO LAUNCH 13 NEW BOOKS ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 ASM’s 2010 Booklaunch to be held at CCI (Creative Macau) Macau Cultural Centre 4.30 pm Saturday 18th December Guest of Honour The distinguished Hong…

  • What is the best kind of metaphor?

    James Wood (2008) answers: The kind of metaphor I most delight in […] estranges and then instantly connects, and in doing the latter so well, hides the former. The result is a tiny shock of surprise, followed by a feeling…