Archives of April , 2008
Issue #3 of Mascara http://www.mascarapoetry.com is now on line featuring work by Vietnamese poet Thanh Thao as well as essays by Paul Sharrad, Peter Boyle, Michelle Cahill & Boey Kim Cheng. Poetry By Arlene Ang, Diane Fahey, Mario Licon Cabrera, Mark Tredinnick, Sam Byfield, Bonny
胡佳于2008年1月30日遭北京市人民检察院正式指控,于2008年3月18日在北京市第一中级人民法院受审四小时。胡佳的两个辩护律师、他的妻子和母亲旁听了今天上午的开庭宣判。
He was officially charged on January 30, 2008 by the Beijing Municipal People’s Procuratorate, and was tried in a four-hour proceeding on March 18, 2008 in the Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. Hu Jia, his two defense lawyers, and his wife and mother were
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There are many interesting Malaysian books now being published; the trouble is, not many of them are readily available in the main bookshops. This is an opportunity to bring these books to the public, and to make the whole process fun lah.
Among the events being planned are:
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ARCHIVES of April , 2008
- Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature
- Launch of Merlinda Bobis’ new novel The Solemn Lantern Maker
- Poem follows Olympic torch in freedom call
- Call for Entries to Australia and Asia’s richest literary award
- New anthology - Aweks Kl
- Writings from a denied genocide: Towards justice and dialogue
- A raiders guide by Michael Farrell
- The Impossibility of History by Laksmi Pamuntjak
- 中国异议作家荣获
- Chinese Dissident Writer to Receive 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
- Mascara Poetry Journal Issue # 3 Online
- 笔会作家谴责对批评北京奥运的重要异议人士定罪
- Hu Jia handed 3 1/2 year sentence for “inciting subversion”
- Silverfish New Writing 7 now available
- The 1st KL Alternative Bookfest