Open Space is an independent, interactive and creative public space where civil society organisations and public-spirited citizens can interact, debate and initiate action on social justice and development issues .

Open Space aims to:
• Strengthen civil society by promoting an understanding of social justice, rights and sustainable development
• Take the messages of social equity, justice, sustainable development, diversity and pluralism to a wide cross-section of

Talking Poetry showcases the works of poets from South Asia and South East Asia.

Talking Poetry is edited by Priya Sarukkai Chabria, poet and novelist. The Other Garden, (1995) and Dialogue and Other Poems (2005 reprint 2006) are among her publications. Her next novel Generation 14 is in press with Zubaan. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Adelphiana, Atlas, Drunken Boat, Soundings, The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Voices from the East and archived at

Caferati is an online forum for writers in English. Most of the membership is Indian or has an India connection, because that’s where the group originated. But membership is open to adults anywhere in the world. Some of us are published in the dead-tree sense or earn a living from writing in some way but that is not a condition for membership.

You can find out more about us by visiting our website, http://www.caferati.com

Caferati also run a blogspot publishing the best

Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA)

website: http://home.vicnet.net.au:80/~aalitra/

Kia Ora, Welcome

blackmail press was created to give poets, students and poetry readers in New Zealand a site to read, submit and find great poetry. The impetus was to promote New Zealand poets and to provide a safe environment for emerging New Zealand poets to share their works.

Poets are asked to submit works they feel best showcase their unique voice

We would like to thank, Christina Conrad, Michele Leggot, Brian Flaherty, Mark Pirie, for their energetic support and