We are delighted to inform that Yuanxiang (Otherland Literary Journal) No. 13, 2011 is out now, with a special Chinese-English bilingual edition of Otherland Book, titled, The Scholar’s Rock [xuezhe de yaogun], featuring 87 poems by Paul Kane, translated into Chinese by Dr Zhang Shaoyang and Ms Zhang Renlan.
The book is published in Nanjing, China, by Otherland Publishing. This project is supported by the Susan Turner Fund of Vassar College.
Price: $29.95, plus
Dr Cathie Koa Dunsford
FILM AND DVD: WATER WHISPERERS TANGAROA – [FEATURE DOCUMENTARY]
DIRECTOR: KATHLEEN GALLAGHER
WICK CANDLE FILMS: http://www.wickcandle.co.nz
WATER WHISPERERS TANGAROA:
TANGAROA PUKANOHI NUI: Tangaroa, God of the Sea, has large eyes. He can observe all we are doing.
Maori Whakatauki [proverb].
It takes a very special kind of magic to create an inspiring film documentary that shows the empowerment of people working together to heal the elements rather than just protesting
Dr Cathie Koa Dunsford
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO: POLLUTION, POLITICS AND POWER -
AN INVESTIGATION INTO ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMPANIES [WINNER OF THE 2009 RACHEL CARSON PRIZE]
MARIE-MONIQUE ROBIN
[Translated from the French by George Holoch]
SPINIFEX PRESS, 2010: http://www.spinifexpress.com.au
To ngaki kai, te Tangaroa-meke, kei uta, kei tai te pakanga
Literally: While war rages on land and sea, you plant the food supplies of Tangaroa-meke
The meaning is that though one may
THE PEN ALL-INDIA CENTRE
invites you, with your friends, to
our PEN@Prithvi session for January 2011
SHAPESHIFTING PASSAGES
Date: 8 January 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 6.30 pm
Place: Prithvi House (1st floor), Opp. Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
At the PEN@Prithvi session for January 2011, we will present readings from the new literary magazine, Nether (which has bravely chosen to emerge in print; online presence at
Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) mournfully announces that its beloved member Mr. ZHANG Jianhong passed away at a hospital in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province in east China, yesterday on New Year Eve. Mr. Zhang, also a Honorary Member of Melbourne PEN and PEN America centers, was a freelance writer better known by his penname Li Hong and a former prisoner of conscience who had been released on medical parole on 5 June 2010 after having served 3 years and 9 months