• Phill Provance reads (13th November 2010)

    Phill Provance will be giving a poetry reading on Saturday 13th November, 2010 at 7 p.m. at Shelton Walsmith’s stuido. More information here. – Phill Provance’s poems were published in issue #12 of Cha. His poem “St. Petersberg Has Many Churches”…

  • Bookstore Launch of GASPP, Sunday 21 Nov, 3pm

    BOOKSTORE LAUNCH OF GASPP: A GAY ANTHOLOGY OF SINGAPORE POETRY AND PROSE 3-4pm, Birds & Co, Orchard Cineleisure #03-05A http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159379880764684 They are expecting to feature readings with Ovidia Yu, X’Ho, Lee Yew Leong and Cyril Wong.– Ng Yi-Sheng’s poetry was…

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    Google celebrates the 160th birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson.––

  • Cha is in The China Daily

    Back in August (Sunday 29th August), I was contacted by China Daily. Today, finally, there is an article on Cha in the paper [Link]. China Daily is the only official English-language national newspaper in China. The article also appears in their US Edition.…

  • What do you look for first in a piece of fiction? What about poetry?

    What do you look for first in a piece of fiction? What about poetry? The first and last thing we look for in either category is quality. There is really no template. Indeed, most of the pieces that seem to…

  • I know that you created Cha because Hong Kong lacked an outlet for writers, can you tell me your initial thoughts and how the magazine was formed?

    I know that you created Cha because Hong Kong lacked an outlet for writers, can you tell me your initial thoughts and how the magazine was formed? I won’t say that Hong Kong ‘lacks’ an outlet for writers. A lot…

  • Is Hong Kong a nurturing environment for writers?

    What is it like being a writer in a place like Hong Kong? Is it a nurturing environment? Is Hong Kong a nurturing environment for writers? Absolutely. You just need to open up yourself and participate. However, the city will…

  • Lantern Review reviews CHA: AN ASIAN LITERARY JOURNAL, ISSUE 12

    – Henry W. Leung, reviewer for Lantern Review, has written an extensive review of the current edition of Cha (Issue #12); the review is now available on the LR blog. Henry emphasises, among other things, the Asian-themed poetry (‘Most of the…

  • Michelle Cahill in Transnational Literature

    – Michelle Cahill’s short story “The Sadhu” is now published in the November 2010 issue of Transnational Literature. You can read the story here [pdf]. – – Michelle Cahill’s poetry was published in issue #2 of Cha – –

  • Have you seen any changes in terms of subjects contributors write about, as well as writing style?

    Have you seen any changes in terms of subjects contributors write about, as well as writing style? We see changes in each issue as the types of submissions coming in vary and the taste of the guest editor influences the…