We are pleased to announce that the seventh issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal has now been launched. It features work by Ivy Alvarez, Andrew Barker, Dave Bonta, Catherine Candano, Surajit Chakravarty, Cecilia Chan, Kevin Chan, Louie Crew, E. K. Entrada, Suzanne Hermanoczki, Enrica Ho, Alan Jefferies, Iris A. Law, Fatima Lim-Wilson, Janet McClaskey, Caitlin Militello, Reid Mitchell, Ceci Mourkogiannis, Alice Tsay, Amy Uyematsu and Steve Wing.
We would like to thank our
In the Asialink Essays series, leading commentators explore key issues in Australia’s engagement with Asia.
==============================================
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: Asia and Australia at the centre
Ron Huisken, Senior Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University.
The Australia-Japan International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament is one manifestation of a genuine but still modest movement to have another
Saya Pun Melayu by Zaid Ibrahim (RM 35.00)
Melalui buku Saya Pun Melayu, pembaca berpeluang untuk memahami dengan lebih jelas siapa Zaid Ibrahim. Kenapa beliau meletak jawatan sebagai menteri dan seterusnya dipecat daripada UMNO yang disertainya sejak 23 tahun, dan juga mengapa sesetengah pemimpin UMNO begitu membencinya sehingga ada yang mendesaknya keluar daripada rumpun Melayu.
(Also see covers of seven other new Malaysian books on the shelf.).
For further information:
Giramondo books and authors shortlisted for Australian Literary Awards:
Robert Gray’s autobiography, The Land I Came Through Last, and Dmetri Kakmi’s memoir Mother Land, were both recently shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.
Alan Wearne’s new collection of poems, The Australian Popular Songbook, was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; it has also been awarded the prestigious 2009 Grace Leven Prize for
THE PEN ALL-INDIA CENTRE
invites you to the launch of, and readings from
Beyond the Beaten Track: Offbeat Poems from Gujarat, translated and edited by Pradeep Khandwalla
Date: 2 April 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 6.15 pm
Place: Theosophy Hall (3rd floor), 40 New Marine Lines
Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020
THIS IS A PUBLIC READING: ALL ARE WELCOME
*
Published by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad, Beyond the Beaten Track is the largest single