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Xu Xi’s novel Habit of a Foreign Sky, a finalist for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, is reviewed by Nigel Collett for Asian Review of Books. Read the full article here. Learn more about Habit of a Foreign Sky here…
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This post was originally written on 20th September, 2009. Today, thanks to Sunday Times, we got free tickets to watch The Crimson Wing, a documentary about the lives of a million East Africa’s lesser flamingos. The film will be released…
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Originally posted on 21st October, 2010. Women in Publishing Society Hong Kong Invites you to participate in an evening of performance poetry with New Zealand performance poet Blair Reeve Blair will give us an insight into the whys and wherefores…
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Arlene Ang’s poem “After the Flood” is now published in the Fall 2010 issue of Rougarou: An Online Literary Journal. Read the poem here. – – Arlene Ang’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha. ––
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Arlene Ang’s poem “Water” is featured in BLIP. Read it here. – – Arlene Ang’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha. – –
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Volunteers wanted for poetry/film project Tony Williams & Ira LIghtman are looking for volunteers to take part in a poetry/film project. They said: If you have a few minutes to spare and access to a phone with video recording, camcorder,…
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– Do you love trees? Tiziano Fratus has the perfect book for you. Tiziano’s new book HOMO RADIX: Appunti per un cercatore di alberi (Notes for a seeker of trees), written in Italian, is about old trees, in Italy, Europe and the…
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Poetry & Co hosts Rocco De Giacomo Time: 17 November · 19:00 – 22:00Location: RCHA Club (2nd Floor)193 Ontario Street,Kingston, ON [facebook event page] Rocco de Giacomo is a widely published poet whose work has most recently been accepted in the literary…
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– The first edition of >Language >Place blog carnival is now live and is hosted by BluePrintReview‘s editor Dorothee Lang on her blog Virtual Notes. According to Dorothee: this blog carnival crosses borders, reflects on (m)other tongues, tells city stories, delves…
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The ScholarsBald heads, forgetful of their sins,Old, learned, respectable bald headsEdit and annotate the linesThat young men, tossing on their beds,Rhymed out in love’s despairTo flatter beauty’s ignorant ear.All shuffle there, all cough in ink;All wear the carpet with their…
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This post was originally posted on 18th July, 2009. – Today we went shopping in the upmarket neighbourhood of Chelsea. Our first stop was the famous John Sandoe Bookstore. The store, which sells new books, is absolutely packed, much more…
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Picture source Last night we went to see Tribes (written by Nina Raine – Craig Raine‘s daughter) at the Royal Court. I was glad to finally get a chance to go to this near-legendary theatre, which is a leading spot…
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Benedict Cumberbatch (the new Sherlock) will be featured in Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of War Horse (source). Today, the play is under the limelight again: in an Observer article, it is revealed that racism and bullying plague the production backstage. Horrible.My review…
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This post was originally posted on 31st October, 2009. Tonight, we went to watch the terrific An Education, starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard. The film was adapted by Nick Hornby from Lynn Barber’s memoir, originally published in Granta (maybe…
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How did you select Yibing Huang to be your guest editor? And why? I first met Yibing through a mutual friend of ours, Professor Russell Leong. I was taking an informal creative writing class with Russell, and he introduced the…
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One Imperative is on display in Shinjuku Station, Tokyo. The station is the world’s busiest in terms of people. – Three of my poems appear in this displayed issue of One Imperative. You can view/read the issue — themed “Play” —…
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Click the image to enlarge Ankur Agarwal will be reading a few of his poems on Saturday 13 November, at Jaaga, as part of the Poetry Across Borders project (poets reading from Bangalore and Berlin this time). Venue: Jaaga Creative…
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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”…
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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.––
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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– 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…
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– 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 – –
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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…
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Read Kavita Jindal’s review of Tradesman’s Exit by Mike Bartholomew-Biggs on Eyewear here. – – Kavita Jindal’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha. — –
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This was originally posted on 2nd October, 2010. –John Hollander’s “Kitty: Black Domestic Shorthair” in Types of Shape (1991) ––
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Watch the book trailer for Greg Santos’s debut poetry collection, The Emperor’s Sofa (DC Books, 2010). – – Greg Santos’s poetry was published in issue #10 of Cha. – –
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