Writer's Talk by Sanaz Fotouhi

Writers' Series, School of English, HKU
Sanaz Fotouhi is a writer/scholar whose interest lies in promoting and advocating cross-cultural understanding. Her short stories and poems, previously published in Hong Kong and Australia, focus on the same theme. She is currently working on her debut novel. Sanaz has also been involved in various film projects, including Producer for "Hidden Generation", a film that portrays women's self-immolation in Afghanistan. This film won the best theme award for women's issues at the Noor Film Festival in Los Angeles. Sanaz is also a PhD candidate at the Australian National University in Canberra. The title of her thesis is "Diasporic Post-Revolutionary Anglophone Iranian Literature".
Time and Place
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Room 119, Main Building (by the fountain near the School Office)
Street: Pokfulam Road
City/Town: Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sanaz Fotouhi's poetry has been published in issue #3 of Cha.

Special Cha Edition -- Selected Works

We have selected 15 poems, 4 short stories, 1 piece of creative non-fiction and 4 sets photography to be featured in a special one year anniversary edition of Cha to be published on the Asia and Pacific Writers' Network website. This edition will be made up of the best work from the first five issues of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. If your work is chosen, you should have received an email from us by now. We will post a link to the special Cha Edition on this blog when the edition is ready in December 2008.

Best of the Web 2009 Nominations

Cha's nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2009 print anthology are:

-"Whose Woods These Are" (poetry) by Eddie Tay, issue#2 February 2008

-"Smashing Up the Grand Piano" (poetry) by Martin Alexander, issue#3 May 2008

-"Flowers are as Permanent as Brick" (poetry) by Reid Mitchell, issue#4 August 2008

-"Bet" (fiction) by YZ Chin, issue#3 May 2008

-"Two Among Many" (fiction) by Philip Holden, issue#4 August 2008

Congratulations to all the nominees. We wish you the best of luck.

Reid Mitchell in Blue Fifth Review

Reid Mitchell's new poem "Paper Carnation" will be published in the Fall 2008 issue of Blue Fifth Review.

Reid Mitchell's poetry has been published in issue #1 and issue #4 of Cha. He will serve as the guest editor for issue#5 of the journal.

ml press

something new has been born: ml press.

ml press is a print off-shoot of the online journal mud luscious (editor: J. A. Tyler). ml press publishes limited edition, single author, single work, chap style volumes of poetry & prose. each volume costs $2 (includes u.s. shipping), is printed in a run of 25 - 50, and gives 50% of its sales to the author.

here is the initial line-up & a sentence from each:

ken baumann : Y2K

'& our hero finally bends to the oncoming fiscal crisis'

jimmy chen : footnote1

'the wind howls because the dogs whimper'

shane jones : black kids in lemon trees

'our handcuffs are the stitching between the clouds'

buy. read. support. blog. review. etc.

J. A. Tyler's fiction was published in issue #1 of Cha.

Bob Bradshaw in The Pedestal Magazine

Bob Bradshaw's new poem "Roof Garden" is now published in the prestigious online magazine The Pedestal.

Read Bob Bradshaw's Cha profile.

Reid Mitchell in At-Large Magazine

Reid Mitchell's teeth-themed poem "She Hides Her Mouth With Her Hands" is now published in the new issue of At-Large Magazine. Interesting poem - where does the inspiration come from?

Reid Mitchell's poetry has been published in issue #1 and issue #4 of Cha. He will serve as the guest editor for issue#5 of the journal.

Bob Bradshaw in The Shit Creek Review

Bob Bradshaw's new poem "Matches", which speaks of a possibly sinister obsession, is now published in the October 2008 "Obsession and Compulsion" issue of Shit Creek Review.

Read Bob Bradshaw's Cha profile.

Ken Kamoche in One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories

Ken Kamoche is one of the authors featured in an exciting new anthology, One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories. Writers are from all over the world.

Book description:

One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories is made up of twenty-three stories, each from a different author from across the globe, all brought together by two of the contributors, Molara Wood and Ovo Adagha. All belong to one world, united in their diversity and ethnicity. And together they have one aim: to involve and move the reader.

The range of authors takes in such literary greats as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri, and emerging authors such as Elaine Chiew, Chika Unigwe, and Henrietta Rose-Innes.

The members of the collective are: Elaine Chiew (Malaysia), Molara Wood (Nigeria), Jhumpa Lahiri (United States), Martin A Ramos (Puerto Rico), Lauri Kubutsile (Botswana), Chika Unigwe (Nigeria), Ravi Mangla (United States), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), Skye Brannon (United States), Jude Dibia (Nigeria), Shabnam Nadiya (Bangladesh), Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe), Ivan Gabirel Reborek (Australia), Vanessa Gebbie (Britain), Emmanual Dipita Kwa (Cameroon), Henrietta Rose-Innes (South Africa), Lucinda Nelson Dhavan (India), Adetokunbo Abiola (Nigeria), Wadzanai Mhute (Zimbabwe), Konstantinos Tzikas (Greece), Ken Kamoche (Kenya), Sequoia Nagamatsu (United States), Ovo Adagha (Nigeria).

Ken Kamoche's fiction has been published in issue #4 of Cha.

October Poetry At Nthposition

The October 2008 issue of Nthposition is now live. Read a very fine selection of poetry here, selected by Todd Swift.

Todd Swift's poetry has been published in issue #2 and issue #3 of Cha.

Arlene Ang in Qarrtsiluni

Arlene Ang's poem "Reasons for the Mass Destruction of Pigeons in Venice" is now published in the "Journaling the Apocalypse" issue (October-December 2008) of Qarrtsiluni.

Arlene Ang's poetry has been published in issue #1 of Cha.

Sushma Joshi in The Cold River Review

Sushma Joshi's story "Rain" is now published in the Autumn 2008 issue of The Cold River Review.
Sushma Joshi's fiction has been published in issue #3 of Cha.

Mud Luscious 5

Issue #5 of Mud Luscious (editor: J. A. Tyler) is now available online. It includes works by tyler enfield, robert swartwood, joseph v. milford, david mcmullan, michael howarth, jayt catlin, robert aquino dollesin, jon longhi, earl j. Wilcox, & an excerpt from degenerescence, the forthcoming novel by james chapman. The issue also contains reviews of a comfortable place with regular sunshine by joseph goosey, shell games by noel sloboda, and winter of different directions by steven j. mcdermott.

J. A. Tyler's fiction was published in issue #1 of Cha.

Concelebratory Shoehorn Review 22

Issue #22 of Concelebratory Shoehorn Review (editor: Maurice Oliver) is now online. Read poetry by Debbie Shinskie, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, Rethabile Masilo, AnnMarie Eldon, Kelli Russell Agodon, Kay Powers, Jen Crawford, and Brad Buchanan. Also included in this issue is photography of Raphel Lopez and art of Marius Cousin.

Maurice Oliver's poetry has been published in issue #3 of Cha.