Ohio University to Adapt Robert Raymer's “Home for Hari Raya” into Screenplay and Film

Robert Raymer's short story "Home for Hari Raya", previously published in Istanbul Review and collected in Lovers and Strangers Revisited, is being adapted into a film by Ohio University. Congratulations, Robert! More information here.

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Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" was published in Issue #12 of Cha.
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W.F. Lantry and Robert Raymer in Istanbul Literary Review

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New works by W.F. Lantry and Robert Raymer are now featured in the current edition of Istanbul Literary Review (Issue #20). Read Bill's three poems ("Miranda", "Deirdre", and "Green Tara") and the short story "Lake Mirror" as well as Robert's story "Home For Hari Raya".
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• W.F. Lantry's poetry was published in Issue #12 of Cha.
• Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" was published in Issue #12of Cha.

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Robert Raymer's Lovers and Strangers Revisited will be translated into French

Robert Raymer's Lovers and Strangers Revisited will be translated into French by Éditions GOPE. The French version will be sold in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Asian places such as Hong Kong, Thailand and Cambodia. You can go to Robert's website and learn more about the translation project.

Robert's short story "On Fridays", from Lovers and Strangers Revisited, was published in Issue #12 of Cha.

Already exciting

Robert Raymer: "... after reading two of my stories, “Neighbours” from my website and “On Fridays” in Cha." Read what is happening here.

Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" was published in Issue #12 of Cha.

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Robert Raymer's Tropical Affairs reviewed

Robert Raymer's Tropical Affairs is reviewed in Expatriate Lifestyle (February 2010). Go to Robert's blog and click the image to enlarge and read the review.
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Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" was published in Issue #12 of Cha.
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Robert Raymer's interview in Life & Style

There is a short interview with Robert Raymer in Life & Style. Read the article here.

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Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" was published in Issue #12 of Cha.

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Robert Raymer in Expat Alley

A short piece from Robert Raymer's Tropical Affairs , "The Madwoman in a Restaurant", was published in Expat Alley, a website in South America.

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Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" was published in Issue #12 of Cha.

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Comment: Are you a Mrs Koh?

There's an article in New Straits Times about a character invented by Robert Raymer in his short story "Neighbours". Robert wrote on his blog:

After meeting the students in KL who were studying my short story "Neighbours" in SPM Literature, you can imagine my surprise when I came across Denis Harry's article "Comment: Are You Mrs. Koh?" Denis was writing about my character from "Neighbours"! It came out nearly one month ago! No one even told me! I guess it's like that, you figure, oh, he'll see it, or someone else will point it out to him. When it comes to good news, I'd rather have one hundred people tell me than no one at all! Now that I know, I feel absolutely delighted, honored,and humbled. Mrs. Koh, a character I invented twenty years ago, based loosely on one of my neighbors, has just become a stereotype for the busybody gossip in Malaysia! Please don't be like Mrs. Koh.

Read the article here.

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Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" was published in Issue #12 of Cha.

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Meet Robert Raymer

Cha does not normally reprint works (apart from the "Lost Teas" section). So, when we do republish a piece, it has to be very good. The September 2010 issue will feature Robert Raymer's short story "On Fridays" from his collection Lovers and Strangers Revisited (MPH 2008), winner of the 2009 The Star-Popular Reader's Choice Award. The collection has been published three times, originally in Singapore by Heinemann Asia (1993) as Lovers and Strangers. Over a span of 24 years, the 17 stories set in Malaysia have been published 78 times in 11 countries.

The story we are reprinting, "On Fridays", has a good publishing track record: an early version was published in Singapore in 1989 and last published in 2003 in The Literary Review (US) and Frank (France) as a joint publication. Robert did a blog series on the collection, The Story Behind the Story, starting with the first story, "On Fridays".

In a new blog post, Robert mentions that "On Fridays" is his 100th published short story. The post begins with the following:

"On Fridays" from Lovers and Strangers Revisited — my 100th Short Story published! — will be reprinted in Hong Kong-based Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. Cha is also providing a link to my blog "On Fridays: The Story Behind the Story" sending the Story Behind the Story blog series international with its first literary magazine connection. "On Fridays" has now been published 13 times!

Bio: Named as one of the "50 Expats You Should Know" in Malaysia by Expatriate Lifestyle (January 2010), Robert Raymer's short stories have appeared in The Literary Review, Thema, Descant, London Magazine, Going Places, and Silverfish. Lovers and Strangers Revisited (MPH 2008), a collection of 17 short stories set in Malaysia won the 2009 Popular-The Star Readers Choice Awards. Tropical Affairs: Episodes from an Expat's Life in Malaysia (MPH 2009) is a collection of creative nonfiction about his experiences of living in Malaysia for over twenty years. His blog on writing, interviews, and book reviews can be accessed from his website.

• Read Robert Raymer's "On Fridays" in Cha.
• Who else is in Issue 12?

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