• Royston Tester in Grain Magazine

    – Royston Tester’s short story “Dotty”, set in England and Canada, is now published in “The Unruly Issue” of Canada’s Grain Magazine. – Read Royston Tester’s Cha profile. –

  • Jee Leong Koh in The Flea

    Image by Mark Bulwinkle Jee Leong Koh’s poem “Let This Year” is now published in the twelve issue of The Flea. Read it here. – Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha. –

  • City University of Hong Kong MFA Open House Sat Jan 22

    Department of English, City University of Hong Kong WHY DO YOU NEED A CREATIVE WRITING MFA? You can’t learn writing in school, right? If you have a good story you just write it, right? Well maybe, but if so, why are…

  • Jee Leong Koh in Mixed Nerve

    – Two poems by Jee Leong Koh are published in Issue #7 of Mixed Nerve.  – Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha. –

  • Kudos – for people who prize writing #86

    ‘Great to sit down with a coffee, and see what competitions and opportunities are available rather than trawl the internet, which feels too much like work’ (Lyn Fountain, Norwich Writers’ Circle) Kudos 86 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011 Runs mainly from the end of January…

  • Phill Provance’s The Day the Sun Rolled Out of the Sky

    – CGP 24: The Day the Sun Rolled Out of the Sky by Phill Provance  (28 pp. Saddle-Stitched. B&w illus. by Christopher Schmidt) $7 ppd. From the Cy Gist Press website: In his debut collection, Andalucian dog Phill Provance weds humor and pathos.…

  • Nabina Das mentioned in The Hindu

    – As mentioned previously on this blog, Nabina Das’s “Redness” (read it here) won the first prize in the poetry category in the Unisun Publication’s writing Competition 2009-2010. Read The Hindu‘s report of the prize-giving ceremony here.–Nabina Das’s poetry was…

  • Why are many pornographic novels written as if by a woman?

    Warning: the material below may disturb some. Angela Carter (1878 1978)  in The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History answers: Many pornographic novels are written in the first person as if by a woman, or use a woman as the…

  • Whoever sent me this, Thank you.

    – 0 The generous giver’s identity has been revealed. Thank you!

  • Blue Valentine

    On Tuesday I saw the excellent Blue Valentine in the West End. A lot has already been written about Derek Cianfrance’s film and its unconventional structure, which cuts between the beginning and the end of the central love story. I don’t…