• Ivy Alvarez in Verity La

    Ivy Alvarez’s poem “Garage [hat]” is now published on Verity La. Read it here. – – Ivy Alvarez’s poetry was published in issue #7 of Cha – –

  • Pre-order Xu Xi’s Habit of a Foreign Sky

    Xu Xi’s novel Habit of a Foreign Sky, a finalist for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, will be published by Haven Books and globally launched in October this year. Learn more about the book here and here. You can…

  • Meet Inara Cedrins and Peters Bruveris

    Inara Cedrins edited the Chinese Feature for Drunken Boat in 2006 and her poems “Wintering” and “Towards Borders” were published in the February 2009 issue of Cha. In the September 2010 issue, we are offered the opportunity to publish Inara’s…

  • Gillian Sze’s Fish Bones reviewed in Broken Pencil

    “Sze’s voice moves gracefully from philosophy to longing.” Read a new review of Gillian Sze’s first full collection of poetry, Fish Bones, at Broken Pencil. Fish Bones is on the ReLit Award longlist 2010. – – Gillian Sze is a…

  • Meet Kim-An Lieberman

    “Harvest” and “After Ten Years In America, My Grandmother Decides to Celebrate Tet”, two strong, vivid and memorable poems by Kim-An Lieberman, will be featured in the September 2010 issue of Cha. “Harvest” contains an image of a girl collecting…

  • Alvin Pang will appear in Helsinki on 28 August

    Alvin Pang will be appearing in a literary event called “Poetry Mash!” in Helsinki on 28 August, 2010. More information here. – – Alvin Pang has had three poems published in issue#2 of Cha. – –

  • 2010 Troubadour International Poetry Prize

    The 2010 Troubadour International Poetry Prize will be judged by Gwyneth Lewis & Maurice Riordan (both judges will be reading all poems). =-Prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250, & 20 prizes of £20 each Spring 2011 coffee-house poetry season…

  • Meet Marco Yan

    Marco Yan is an important writer for Cha: his short story “Market Guy” appeared in our début edition. We are very delighted to say that his new poem “Remembrance” will be featured in the September 2010 issue. All three editors…

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  • Michelle Cahill in Softblow

    The August 2010 issue of Softblow is now live. Read Michelle Cahill’s poems “Autumn”, “The Mating Game”, “After” and “Joy” here. – – Michelle Cahill’s poetry was published in issue #2 of Cha. 0 –