Association of Stories in Macao
澳門故事協會
ASM’s 2010 Booklaunch
to be held at CCI (Creative Macau) ? Macau Cultural Centre
4.30 pm ? Saturday 18th December
Our Guest of Honour
The distinguished Hong Kong scholar and poet
Professor Leung Ping Kwan
At a ceremony to be held at CCI (Creative Macau) at
Collected Works is a much loved Melbourne institution, which specialises in poetry and literary fiction from Australia, USA, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Europe, Japan, China and other regions.
Established in 1984, Collected Works is a haven for readers, writers, small presses. It hosts many book launches and readings.
A must visit place for any lover of independent books, ideas and conversation….
and if you want to know what is happening in the Melbourne writing scene ...
NaNoWriMo attracted over 100,000 writers worldwide last year, including 647 from Singapore. The rules are simple: write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. Write-ins and meet-ups take place most weekends in November. Register online. It’s free! The kick-off party will be held at the National Library, Multipurpose Room (Basement 1) on the 30 October 2010 at 6.30pm.
For more information, visit http://www.tinyurl/nanosg10 or email singapore@nanowrimo.org
National Book
20 October 2010
The PEN All-India Centre strongly condemns the removal of Rohinton Mistry’s novel, Such A Long Journey, from the SYBA syllabus of the University of Mumbai’s Literature course. We also express our great disappointment at the manner in which politicians belonging to the supposedly centrist and liberal parties, including the Indian National Congress, have consented to this ban, demanded by the scion of a right-wing political party, the Shiv Sena.
India has
独立中文笔会关于刘晓波荣获诺贝尔和平奖的声明
（2010年10月8日）
独立中文笔会欣闻本会荣誉会长刘晓波博士今天荣获2010年度诺贝尔和平奖，在此表达我们的衷心祝贺，并向所有呼吁、推动和支持他获奖以及关注他因言获罪判刑的海内外各界人士表示诚挚的感谢。
刘晓波博士是中国著名作家、文学评论家和人权活动家，自1980年代起投身于自由写作和争取人权、民主的活动，20多年来始终坚持批评专制、面向民间的和平理性立场，致力于争取扩大中国的言论自由、开拓公民社会和宪政改革的空间，无惧监禁、监控、骚扰、打压，挑战现代文字狱恶法，多次因言获罪遭监禁而无怨无悔。1989年，他因支持学生和平抗议并避免暴力冲突牺牲而系狱一年半；1996年，他因反对大陆对台湾的武力威胁并呼吁海峡两岸和平协商被劳教三年；2001年，他参与创建本会——中国共产党统治下第一个以维护言论自由为基本宗旨并致力于救助因言获罪写作?