• Prashani Rambukwella shortlisted for The Gratiaen Prize 2009

    – Many congratulations to Cha contributor and our friend Prashani Rambukwella, whose book Mythil’s Secret is shortlisted for The Gratiaen Prize for Creative Writing in English (2009). The Gratiaen Prize was instituted by Michael Ondaatje, a joint-winner of the Booker…

  • one by one OUTLOUD 5 May

    –––– one by one – one person: one poem ~ story ~ song… – the following poets/writers/artists will perform– agnes lam akin jeje andy barker blair reeve brian mulcahy yuen che-hung christian johnson zheng danyi dave mckirdy fanny-min becker chan…

  • Cha contributors O Thiam Chin and Wena Poon longlisted for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award

    –– Congratulations to Cha contributor O Thiam Chin, whose Never Been Better is longlisted for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award. – Congratulations to Cha contributor Wena Poon, whose The Proper Care of Foxes is longlisetd for the Frank O’Connor…

  • Cha in South China Morning Post

    – – – – Cover art by Roberutsu — [Click the image to enlarge or download the article [pdf].] – –

  • The launch of Mute Planet

    Mute Planet, the official website of photographer, travel writer and regular Cha contributor Mark Malby, is now launched. Visit it here and be enchanted. – Mark Malby’s photography has previously been published in issue #2 and issue #9 of Cha.…

  • Phoebe Tsang in The Globe and Mail

    – Phoebe Tsang is featured in The Globe and Mail blog for National Poetry Month. Please take a minute to click on this link, read, and post a comment if you happen to have the time or inclination. Let’s get…

  • Call for Submissions: "Mapping Me, a Landscape of Women’s Stories"

    PHOTOGRAPH BYJOLKA IGOLKA A new anthology project titled Mapping Me, a Landscape of Women’s Stories is currently seeking submissions from women writers and visual artists.By asking the fundamental question “Who am I?” this book will explore the complexities and connections…

  • Mani Rao in eXchanges

    Mani Rao’s essay “Repetitiveness in Gita Translations” is now published in University of Iowa’s eXchanges: Journal of Literary Translation. Read the essay here. – Mani Rao’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha.

  • Mani Rao in Asia Writes

    “Shorts” and “Drought”, two poems from Mani Rao‘s poetry collection, Ghostmasters, are now published in Asia Writes. Read the poems here. – Mani Rao’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha.

  • Bob Bradshaw in Poetry Friends

    Bob Bradshaw’s wonderful new poem “Maybe” is now published in Poetry Friends.– Read Bob Bradshaw’s Cha profile.