Sundays
used to be for lounging with the papers, now they are just as likely for
lounging with iPads. So if you're lazily clicking around looking for something
to read, here are a few suggestions, focussing on what's going on lit-wise in
Asia.
Sunday 30 October 2016
(Inter)National Novel Writing Month
Part writing
boot camp, part rollicking party, this November USA-based National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which is
actually an international event, celebrates its 18th year of encouraging novelists
to get cracking, through the largest writing event in the world.
Friday 28 October 2016
Indie spotlight: Tabby Stirling
Indie Spotlight is Siobhan Daiko’s monthly column on self-publishing. This month Siobhan
offers a platform to indie author Tabby
Stirling.
Tabby now lives in Scotland with her husband, two
children and a beagle, but she was previously an expat in Singapore. She has
had several flash and short stories published in Spelk fiction, Camroc Fiction
Press, Literary Orphans, Mslexia and others.
Tabby recently signed with Unbound, a UK-based literary crowdfunding
publisher, for her novel Blood on the
Banana Leaf. This shines a light on the
maid abuse that came to her attention whilst she was living in Singapore. It
explores how women cope in the most demeaning of circumstances.
Over to Tabby…
Wednesday 26 October 2016
The Sellout by Paul Beatty wins Man Booker Prize for Fiction
The Sellout by Paul Beatty has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The Sellout is published by small independent publisher Oneworld, who had their first win in 2015 with Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings.
Friday 21 October 2016
Questions & answers: Alexandra Curry
About Alexandra Curry: Alexandra is a Canadian-born author of Austrian and British parentage. She has lived
in Asia, including in Singapore and Taiwan, in Europe, and in Canada. Her
current home is in the United States. She says: “No doubt about it, my background has been shaped by several cultures,
and the way I see the world is very much informed by the
way these cultures have blended together for me.” She has worked as a teacher, model, banker and
accountant. The Courtesan is
her first novel.
Monday 17 October 2016
Just quickly...
I'm very pleased that The Elephant Bar, a short story I wrote for Illustrated London News / Raffles Magazine is now online. Never mind the words, I LOVE the illustrations. Click here to see them! The story is set in colonial-era Siem Reap, and concerns an ingénue mixing it with a mysterious Russian photographer...
Sunday 16 October 2016
Sunday Social
Sundays
used to be for lounging with the papers, now they are just as likely for
lounging with iPads. So if you're lazily clicking around looking for something
to read, here are a few suggestions, focussing on what's going on lit-wise in
Asia.
Friday 14 October 2016
Asia Literary Review and English PEN
English PEN in association with the Asia Literary Review has just announced a terrific opportunity for translators and writers in East
and South-East Asia - a new translation project and award, PEN Presents East and South-East Asia.
Sunday 9 October 2016
Social Sunday
Sundays
used to be for lounging with the papers, now they are just as likely for
lounging with iPads. So if you're lazily clicking around looking for something
to read, here are a few suggestions, focussing on what's going on lit-wise in
Asia.
Saturday 8 October 2016
Karachi Literature Festival travels to London
To celebrate 70 years of Pakistan’s creation, Pakistan’s biggest
literary event, the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) produced by
Oxford University Press (OUP), will be launched in London on 20 May 2017
at the Southbank Centre, as part of their annual Alchemy
festival. KLF London promises to be a vibrant celebration of Pakistani
literature and arts, providing a fantastic opportunity for Londoners to gain an
insight into the country’s complex history and culture.
Friday 7 October 2016
500 words from Graham Sage
500 words from...is a series of guest posts from authors writing about
Asia, or published by Asia-based, or Asia-focused, publishing houses, in which
they talk about their latest books. Polyglot Graham Sage divides his time between London, China and France. His previous books include an English-language
primer for use in China, and the French-language novel Les tribulations de J. Alfred Prufrock au pays des
moas géants. In November, he will publish The Phoenix and the Crow, his first novel in
English.
The Phoenix and the Crow
is a tale of morality and corruption in present-day small-town China. Wang Bin
a young teacher and ornithologist from Beijing travels to Pingyang, a small
town nestled in the mountains between Sichuan and Hunan. His aim is to photograph
the mountain phoenix, a rare bird with a blaze of rich colours that has never before
been captured on film.
Wang Bin soon
crosses paths with Pingyang’s, chief of police, a cruel man who rules with an
iron fist. The chief of police tries to drive Wang Bin permanently out of town.
But Wang Bin is falling in love with Xiao Zhou, a pretty receptionist at the seedy
hotel where he’s been staying. Wang Bin,
Xiao Zhou and other townsfolk concoct a plan to rid Pingyang of its dreadful chief
of police – a plan so far-fetched all agree it might just work.
So, Over to
Graham…
Sunday 2 October 2016
Social Sunday
Sundays used to be for lounging with the papers, now they are just as
likely for lounging with iPads. So if you're lazily clicking around looking for
something to read, here are a few suggestions, focussing on what's going on
lit-wise in Asia.
Saturday 1 October 2016
International Translation Day
Sept 30 is International Translation Day. Read a book translated from an Asian language this week!
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