• International Workshop on Diasporas: Cultural Transfer

    “Diasporas: Cultural Transfer” is an international workshop organised by the Faculty of Arts at The University of Hong Kong in collaboration with the University of Nottingham. This is the second in a series of international workshops bringing together scholars from…

  • Poetry Chapbooks by Gillian Sze

    This is the Colour I Love You Best (2007) and A Tender Invention (2008) are early poetry collections by Gillian Sze, both published by Withwords Press and beautifully illustrated by Rob Huynh. In these handmade chapbooks, Sze deals with themes…

  • Mani Rao in Holly Rose Review

    Mani Rao’s new poems “Something kids see in water” and “Sometimes a voice instead” are now published in the debut issue of Holly Rose Review. Do check out this interesting new literary publication. Mani Rao’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha.

  • Reid Mitchell in In Posse Review

    Two new poems by Reid Mitchell, “Qing” and “Soot”, are now published in the latest issue (issue #25) of In Posse Review. Reid Mitchell’s poetry has been published in issue #1 and issue #4 of Cha. He serves as the…

  • New Publications from Virtual Artists Collective Poetry

    Three new publications from Virtual Artists Collective Poetry (co-founder: Steven Schroeder):Two Southwests, a bilingual anthology of 27 poets from the southwests of China and the United States. Pluck a Lotus for Pleasure, a bilingual edition (co-published with Associated Stories of…

  • CHA Issue#5 Goes Live

    THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY ISSUE OF CHA: AN ASIAN LITERARY JOURNAL IS NOW AVAILABLE We are pleased to announce the publication of the fifth issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (November 2008). Poet, novelist and historian Reid Mitchell generously acted…

  • ASIAN CHA Issue#5 Editorial

    TIME AND DISTANCE Recently my Hong Kong-born co-editor has developed a series of strange new habits, or, perhaps more accurately, several symptoms of the same habit. Her new quirks include buying instant noodles in bulk, lingering in front of dim…

  • ASIAN CHA Issue#4 Editorial

    THE FAMILY ALBUM The cover of this issue features two family photos, one taken in Hong Kong, one in mainland China. There is a striking formality in these images, even by the standards of family portraiture. Of course, in days…

  • ASIAN CHA Issue#3 Editorial

    CHA: SOME THOUGHTS ON A NAME In the first major treatise on the subject of tea Chajing (The Classic of Tea) (8th century), Lu Yu categorized the different varieties of the drink by name: When tea has a sweet flavor,…

  • ASIAN CHA Issue#1 Editorial

    WHY START AN ONLINE JOURNAL?Why start an internet journal? Why add another voice to the cluttered and overexposed world of creative writing online? We believe that these are questions that must be considered by anyone who wants to publish literature…