• Concelebratory Shoehorn Review 26

    The 26th issue of Concelebratory Shoehorn Review (editor: Maurice Oliver) is now online. Read poetry by Cha contributor Lyn Lifshin. Other featured poets include: Lola Haskins, Felix Cheong, Dave Malone, Stella Brice, Yuri Hospodar, Richard Jordan and Amy Bracken Sparks.…

  • Poetry message from Todd Swift

    Dear friends, Oxfam is very pleased to be able to celebrate excellence in British poetry by hosting an extraordinary evening of significant poets. For anyone who wishes to support 21st century poetry in Britain – and one of the best…

  • Mike Farman’s current translation projects

    Mike Farman is currently working on two anthologies of translations from Classical Chinese. The first is a new translation of the “300 Tang Poems” begun by Geoffrey Waters before his untimely death in 2007. Mike is working with David Lunde,…

  • Sam Byfield in The Pedestal Magazine

    Sam Byfield’s poem “She Speaks” is now published in the 50th issue of The Pedestal Magazine. Read the poem here. Sam Byfield‘s poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue#5 of Cha. He was also the poetry editor for issue…

  • Louise Ho’s Incense Tree

    Cha contributor and most well-known contemporary Hong Kong poet Louise Ho will be launching her collected poems Incense Tree (Hong Kong University Press) on Tuesday 10 March 2009 during the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival. The title poem “Incense…

  • CHA Issue#6 Goes Live

    The sixth issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal has now been launched We are pleased to announce that the sixth issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal has now been launched. It features work by Inara Cedrins, Ching-In Chen,…

  • Eddie Tay – CHA new staff member

    We are very glad to welcome Eddie Tay, Singapore-born Hong Kong-based poet and academic to join the editorial board of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal as our staff book reviewer. Eddie is author of two collections of poetry, Remnants and…

  • Daphne Wong’s Exhibition

    Daphne Wong‘s photography has been published in issue#1 of Cha.

  • NOT A MUSE

    Cha excitedly announces the launch of Not A Muse. Not A Muse is edited by Viki Holmes (Cha contributor) and Kate Rogers and published by Haven Books. The anthology includes poems by “over 100 sensational contributors from 24 countries including”.…

  • The launch of NOT A MUSE

    NOT A MUSE (editors: Viki Holmes and Kate Rogers) is an exciting and panoramic new poetry anthology of writing by women poets launches in Hong Kong on Sunday March 8th: opening the Man Kong International Literary Festival 2009, and celebrating…