Archives of July , 2008

Call for submissions for Dreadlocks Vol. 5, 2008

Monday, July 07, 2008

Dreadlocks 2008
The Literary Journal of School of Language, Arts and Media
The University of the South Pacific

Call for submissions for Dreadlocks Vol. 5, 2008

Dreadlocks is the annual literary publication of the School of Language, Arts and Media at the University of the South

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Workshops at the International ‘Writing the Future’ Festival of Writing in India

Monday, July 07, 2008

Emerging writers are invited to apply to participate in workshops with established authors as part of the first ever Asia-Pacific Festival of Writing in October 2008.

The Festival, ‘Writing the Future’, is offering workshops in fiction, poetry, theatre/film scriptwriting, non

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South Project - Why gather? Symposium

Monday, July 07, 2008

Why Gather? Symposium 19-20 JULY 2008

Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre

Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Formerly Old Pathology Building), University of Melbourne


FREE OF CHARGE – BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL!

Click here to download the program and registration form:

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Chinese Jounalist sentenced (Chinese)

Monday, July 07, 2008

三笔会:中国记者被判刑,其他人士被禁见美国官员

(纽约—多伦多—斯德哥尔摩2008年7月2日)各笔会今天对南京记者孙林被判刑和本周北京数作家及笔会会员被关押骚扰以禁见美国国会到访议员表示失望。
孙林(笔名孑木)是海外中文网站《博讯新闻网》记者,在发表一些包括犯罪和警方暴行等敏感话题的文章后,于2007年5月30日被捕。他的妻子何芳也被指控并判缓刑。2008年6月27日,孙林以“聚众扰乱社会秩序罪”和“非法持有枪支罪”被判刑4年,宣判时其家人和律师均未到场。他在被捕前已记载了警方对他的多次骚扰。

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Chinese Journalist Sentenced,

Monday, July 07, 2008

Chinese Journalist Sentenced, Others Prevented From Meeting U.S. Officials

New York, Toronto, Stockholm, July 2, 2008—PEN centers expressed disappointment today over the sentencing of journalist Sun Lin in Nanjing and the detention and harassment of several writers and PEN

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