Asia Writes

Kyung-sook Shin has tonight become the first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize, Asia’s most prestigious award for writers, for her n...

The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 was awarded to Singapore based Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka for his book Chinaman (Ra...

Timothy Liu (Liu Ti Mo) was born in 1965 in San Jose, California. He is the author of eight books of poems, including Of Thee I Sing (2004)...

Asia Writes's featured writers Sweta Srivastava Vikram and June Nandy won the Taj Mahal Review Azsacra International Poetry Award for t...

Young people in Olongapo and Angeles City are tapping their creative talents to combat serious issues that have plagued their communities: d...

Sundance Institute recently announced the 14 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, taking place at the Sun...

Dates: 26 - 29 May 2011 From over 100 applicants, 15 writing fellows have been chosen for the 4th Rogelio Sicat Writing Workshop. This year,...

The Vodafone Crossword Book Award recognises and rewards the best of Indian writing and ensures that works of merit reach a wider audience. ...

The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature announced the Jury for its 2012 edition today. The five member judging panel comprises eminent name...

Deadline: 15 June 2011 Asia Writes 's featured writer Luisa A. Igloria will be qarrtsiluni's judge for their 2011 chapbook competit...

ASM (Association of Stories in Macao) is launching twelve books of literature on Friday April 29th at 5.30 pm at Fellows Corner, 5th Floor, ...

Starting this year, local writers can apply for allocation under the RM2mil fund to publish their own books. National Library director-gener...

Congratulations to O Thiam Chin whose short story "Brothers" was a finalist for Best of the Net 2010. See the list here . O Thiam ...

The culture of poetry both in India and Macedonia is not unknown to writers, readers and literature lovers. Recently. The Enchanting Verses ...

Walking through the Library of Congress’ Asian Reading Room, librarian Remé Grefalda briskly pointed out the major collections. “These stack...

Announcement of winners: 1 June 2011 Scott Griffin, founder of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry and David Young, trustee, announc...

Date: 18 May 2011 (announcement of winner) Worth £60,000 to the winner, the prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has pub...

Under the joint auspices of the Office of the Dean of Special Programs at Skidmore College and the New York State Writers Institute at the U...

Kalima, the translation project of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), published the Arabic translation of a collectio...

As a result of the initiative rising from the communique signed in 2003 between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia and UNE...