Sam Byfield in The Pedestal Magazine

Sam Byfield's poem "She Speaks" is now published in the 50th issue of The Pedestal Magazine. Read the poem here.

Sam Byfield's poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue#5 of Cha. He was also the poetry editor for issue #11 of the journal.

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Louise Ho's Incense Tree

Cha contributor and most well-known contemporary Hong Kong poet Louise Ho will be launching her collected poems Incense Tree (Hong Kong University Press) on Tuesday 10 March 2009 during the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival.

The title poem "Incense Tree" was published in the August 2008 issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, along with two other poems "A Veteran Talking" and "Marching".

From the Man HK International Literary Festival website:

Tuesday 10 March 2009

7:30pm The Fringe Theatre HK$110

event code: 300D

English in Hong Kong: More Than a Colonial Residue -- Louise Ho is considered the leading English-language poet in Hong Kong, happy to work in a language that might be thought a colonial residue, and well versed in its poetic traditions, often making use and sometimes making fun of them. She launches her collected poems, Incense Tree, for the launch of the inaugural HKU Poetry Prize. She talks with Michael Hollington about her poetry. This event will be followed by an announcement and details about the inaugural HKU Poetry Prize.

Louise Ho's poetry was published in issue #4 of Cha.
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CHA Issue#6 Goes Live

The sixth issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal has now been launched

We are pleased to announce that the sixth issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal has now been launched. It features work by Inara Cedrins, Ching-In Chen, Kevin Hsu, Shara K. Johnson, Jee Leong Koh, Franky Lau, Jason Lee, Yew Leong Lee, Joey Li, Blair Reeve, Gillian Sze, Eddie Tay, Phoebe Tsang, Brian Urtz, Nicole Wong, Bryan Thao Worra, Xu Xi and Yuan Qiongqiong.

Two guest editors helped put the issue together. Award-winning Hong Kong poet Arthur Leung generously lent us his time and expertise to help us read the poetry. Historian, writer and Cha regular Reid Mitchell provided feedback on the prose.

Starting from the seventh issue, Hong Kong-based poet and academic Eddie Tay will serve as our in-house book reviewer. Eddie has already written several excellent reviews for our journal, and we are excited that he will be joining us in an official capacity. To find out where to send review copies or to submit a review to Cha, please email Eddie at eddie@asiancha.com

Our seventh issue is due out in May of this year. We are happy to announce that writer Bob Bradshaw has agreed to act as guest editor. Submissions should be sent to submissions@asiancha.com. The deadline is April 1st, 2009.

For news and updates about our contributors, please visit this blog often. If you would like to contact Cha, email us on editors@asiancha.com.

Thank you,
Tammy Ho & Jeff Zroback
The Editors

Eddie Tay - CHA new staff member

We are very glad to welcome Eddie Tay, Singapore-born Hong Kong-based poet and academic to join the editorial board of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal as our staff book reviewer.

Eddie is author of two collections of poetry, Remnants and A Lover's Soliloquy, and has been invited to various international festivals. He is currently teaching poetry and children's literature at the Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Tay served as the guest editor for the May 2008 issue of Cha.

Eddie will serve as our in-house book reviewer. He has already written several excellent reviews for our journal, and we are excited that he will be joining us in an official capacity. To find out where to send review copies or to submit a review to Cha, please email Eddie at eddie@asiancha.com.

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Daphne Wong's Exhibition

Daphne Wong's photography has been published in issue#1 of Cha.

NOT A MUSE

Cha excitedly announces the launch of Not A Muse. Not A Muse is edited by Viki Holmes (Cha contributor) and Kate Rogers and published by Haven Books.

The anthology includes poems by "over 100 sensational contributors from 24 countries including". The following Cha contributors are featured in the long-awaited anthology: Agnes Lam (issue#2), Anindita Sengupta (issue#3), Kavita Jindal (issue#1), Louise Ho (issue#4), Luisa A Igloria (issue#2), Mani Rao (issue#1), Michelle Cahill (issue#2), Phoebe Tsang (issue#6), Sridala Swami (issue#3), Tammy Ho Lai-Ming (co-editor of Cha) and Viki Holmes (issue#3).

You can find more detail about the launch of Not A Muse on the Haven Books website and the the Man Kong International Literary Festival 2009 website.

If you are in Hong Kong, do join the launch party!

The launch of NOT A MUSE

NOT A MUSE (editors: Viki Holmes and Kate Rogers) is an exciting and panoramic new poetry anthology of writing by women poets launches in Hong Kong on Sunday March 8th: opening the Man Kong International Literary Festival 2009, and celebrating International Women's Day.

You are warmly invited to an evening of multi-sensory entertainment, where live poetry intersects with the passion of jazz and the beauty of art. An exciting ensemble of poets from five countries will perform on stage, bringing their poetry alive.

The performance will be enhanced by the artwork of Gukzik Lau, Claire Lee and Madeleine Slavick; and the sounds of musicians Mark Peter and Linus Why. Poets reading will include Laksmi Pamuntjak, Aaliya Zaveri, Viki Holmes, Nashua Gallagher, Michelle Cahill, Adele C Geraghty, Claire Lee, Kate Rogers, Sally Dellow, Anna Sherman, Tanya Hart, Madeleine Marie Slavick, Ina Grigorova and Margaret Grace...

Ticket price includes a copy of Not A Muse. This event is supported by Haven Books.

Viki Holmes's poetry was published in issue#3 of Cha and her review of Gillian Sze's Fish Bones was published in issue #8 of the journal.

Sridala Swami's new works

Sridala Swami's short story is now published in the First Proof: The Penguin Book of New Writing 4.She also has new poems published in the Creative Writing issue of The South Asian Review (28:3).

Sridala Swami's poetry was published in issue #3 of Cha.

February Poetry at Nth Position

The February 2009 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.

Blair Reeve Wins Poetry Prize

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Blaire Reeve's poem "Of Jazzologists & Horologists" won first place in the written section of the Book Habit Poetry Competition. Cha is the first literary journal to publish this poem, forthcoming in issue#6 of the journal. Reeve's other poem "Periplaneta Maldiviana" will also be published in our forthcoming issue.

Blaire Reeve's poetry was published in issue# 6 of Cha.

Jee Leong Koh in OCHO

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Jee Leong Koh's new poem "Leave with Nothing" is now published in issue#22 of OCHO. The issue is titled "Dear America, Don't Be My Valentine" and edited by Miguel Murphy. View the issue here. Koh's poem is on page 66.

Jee Leong Koh's poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.

CHA Issue #6 expected the week beginning 15 Feb

Concelebratory Shoehorn Review 25

Issue #25 of Concelebratory Shoehorn Review (editor: Maurice Oliver) is now online. Read poetry by Rob Walker, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Matt Cozart, Joanne Merriam, Thom Donovan, Paolo Manalo, and Molly Arden. Also included in this issue is the photography of Stefan Seith and the art of Daniel Colvin.

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

Marina Ma in The Seventh Quarry

Marina Ma's new poem "Silently in situ" is now published in the January 2009 issue (issue#9) of The Seventh Quarry.

Marina Ma's poetry was published in issue #3 of Cha.

Sushma Joshi in Kyoto Journal

Sushma Joshi's story "The Colonel Gets a Visitor" is now published in the Kyoto Journal Special On-Line Feature. Joshi's story "Hunter" is also published in the print version of the 71th issue of Kyoto Journal.
Sushma Joshi's fiction has been published in issue #3 of Cha.

Reid Mitchell and Bob Bradshaw in QLRS

Reid Mitchell's poem "On Green Mango Street" and Bob Bradshaw's poem "Listening to Mother's Advice" are now both published in the January 2009 issue of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (Cheif editor: Toh Hsien Min).

• Read Reid Mitchell's Cha profile.
• Read Bob Bradshaw's Cha profile.
• Toh Hsien Min's poems were published in issue#5 of Cha.