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…

Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2010Time: 20:30 – 23:30Location: TKO LoungeStreet: 1600 Danforth Ave.Town/City: Toronto, ON Description: Dominic von Riedemann and @Sarah von Riedemann will host the Coffeehouse Cabaret @ TKO’s (1600 Danforth) on Tuesday, April 13th, with Shawn Sage and…

[Click the image for a larger version.] Gillian Sze is a regular Cha contributor and guest editor of issue #10 of the journal. See more here.

Is there a poem you always carry with you? Tell Carry A Poem your story.

The Book Of Hopes And Dreams is a charity, poetry anthology, featuring many award-winning and internationally respected writers, including Simon Armitage, Margaret Atwood, Moniza Alvi, Alan Brownjohn, David Constantine, Cyril Dabydeen, Carol Anne Duffy, Ian Duhig, Ruth Fainlight, Vicki Feaver,…

The evening will be taking place on Monday 30th November from 6.30pm at Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road, and will involve an introduction from the poet Lemn Sissay, following from which Caroline will be reading from her new collection…

Read Bob Bradshaw’s poem “Butterfly Weed” in the Summer 2009 issue of The Rose & Thorn. Read Bob Bradshaw’s Cha profile.

The Tower Journal Daniel Hudon’s essay “The Funeral Bell” is now published in the Fall 2009 issue of The Tower Journal. Read the essay here. Daniel Hudon’s creative non-fiction has been previously published in issue #5 of Cha.

Congratulations to Cha contributor Gil Azouri, whose photographs “Cormorant Fisherman” and “Dreamland” won a second-prize (Category B: Life in Society) and a third-prize (Category C: Landscapes) respectively in The Epoch Times International Photography Competition 2009. Gil Azouri’s photography has been…

Cha contributor Sam Ferrer was interviewed by Time Out Hong Kong. In the feature article, Sam talks about his forthcoming book, The Last Gods of Indochine. Read the interview here. Sam Ferrer’s photography has been published in issue #2 of…

CALL FOR SHORT STORIES Asian and Asian diasporic writers, new or established, are invited to send short stories in English for a volume of NEW ASIAN SHORT STORIES to be published by Marshall Cavendish (Malaysia). The book will be edited…

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Deadline 30 October Meuse Press is publishing an e-anthology – from this Broken Hill – of poetry, short prose & photography celebrating the people, culture, history & landscapes of Broken Hill which is currently being considered for…

A Cha reader is looking for translators/poets who translate Korean poetry into English. The reader’s mother writes poetry in Korean. They would like to have individual poems translated into English, possibly leading to a print-on-demand book. If that happens, the…

As of today (Sunday 12 July 2009), Cha ranks among the 25 Most Approachable Poetry Markets on Duotrope’s Digest. This is interesting: we certainly reject far more submissions than we accept them. Perhaps selected writers are more willing to report…

Kavita Jindal will be organising the following events for the Poetry Society‘s Centenary in 2009 at Osterley Park & House, a National Trust property in London. 1. June 28 Poetry Tent and Poetry Competition 2. August 30 Poetry Workshop 3.…

If you are in Macau or will visit Macau on Saturday 23rd May 2009, do visit 瘋堂斜巷十號 創意園 to meet Cha contributor Leung Ping-Kwan, have a drink and meet other writers/readers from Macau Story Association! Leung Ping-kwan’s poetry has been…

Cha contributor Lyn Lifshin will be interviewed by Jane Crown at Jane Crown’s Poetry Radio today (Sunday 17 May 2009). Find out more about the programme here. Lyn Lifshin’s poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha

Gillian Sze has new works in the new issue (14.2) of Ricepaper. Check it out! Gillian Sze’s poetry has been published in issue #5 and issue #6 of Cha. She will be the guest editor of the February 2010 issue…

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(Picture of the magazine courtesy of Gillian.) Gillian Sze’s three new poems “This is How You Turn the Soil”, “21st Ave.” and “Sonnet VI” are now published in the latest issue (Vol. 31.4) of Room Magazine. “Sonnet II“, published in…

Bob Bradshaw’s new poem “A Passion for French” is now published in the new issue of Halfway Down the Stairs. Read Bob Bradshaw’s Cha profile.

Bob Bradshaw’s poem “Desperate, I’m Learning to Skate” has been published in Poetry Friends recently. Read Bob Bradshaw’s Cha profile.

Lyn Lifshin‘s poetry collection Lost in the Fog, to be published by Finishing Line Press, is now available for pre-order. The poems in Lost in the Fog are about the blue collar $13,000 weanling and $18,000 yearling that got his…