Cordite Press Inc, publishers of Cordite Poetry Review and COD (Cordite On Demand).
Cordite Poetry is a literary journal that has been online since 2000. It receives funding from the Australia Council to publish poetry by contemporary Australian writers.
Contact details: David Prater (editor), PO BOX 14022 CMPC Melbourne Australia
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The annual Hong Kong International Literary Festival is the premier English-language literary event in East Asia and the only such event explicitly focusing on literature with Asian roots. The Festival features fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction (travel writing, memoirs, etc.) and has a separate youth Festival which takes place concurrently
Contact:
Madeleine Dignam,
General Manager
The Hong Kong International Literary Festival
23/F Success Commercial Building
245-251
AZHARI was born on the outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on 5 October 1981. Until recently, he was studying in the Department of Indonesian Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh. He is active in Komunitas Tikar Pandan [The Pandanus Mat Community], a group that focuses on cultural activities in Aceh, and the chief editor of the cultural journal Titik Tolak [Point of Departure]. In 2004, Azhari published his first collection of
The Literary Centre (Singapore) is a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to
• organise literary festivals, events and activities,
• promote, support and serve the literary arts in Singapore, and
• function as a resource hub for writers residing in or with an interest in Singapore.
It was founded by noted Singaporean poets Alvin Pang and Toh Hsien Min.
Incorporated in Singapore in Nov 2003, Literary Centre relies primarily on sponsorship, group
ALVIN PANG (b. 1972) holds First Class Honours in Literature from the University of York in England and an Honorary Fellowship in Writing from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (2002). His first volume TESTING THE SILENCE (Ethos Books, 1997) was listed as one of the Top Ten Books of 1997 by The Straits Times and was short listed for the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) Book Award in 1998/9. CITY OF RAIN (Ethos Books, 2003), his