Seen Elsewhere
Click here for the Rules for the
25th International Play Writing Competition from the BBC World Service, which runs
from now until Jan 31, 2016, and which is open to all writers as long as they
live outside the UK.
Click here for the page of the
OUP Pakistan website which carries details of prizes to be awarded at the Karachi Literature Festival, 2016. The Festival will be held next February. The
deadline for submissions for the various prizes is October 30.
Quick Notice: Stories and Poems by Rudyard Kipling
Edited by Daniel Karlin
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of
the earth!
The Ballad of East and West /
Kipling
About the editor: Daniel Karlin has published widely in the field
of Victorian literature. He has also edited a translation of The Rubáiyát
by Omar Khayyám for Oxford
World's Classics.
Details: Published this week, on
8th October / 978-0-19-872343-1 / Paperback / Priced in local currencies / Oxford
University Press.
Blog Spot
Each week I invite the
administrator of a relevant and interesting-sounding blog to write a paragraph, explaining why readers of Asian Books Blog should take a look at his or her site.
This week New York-based ML Awanohara writes about The Displaced Nation, the blog she
founded for expats, of which, of course, Asia has legion – not just Western
expats, but Indians living in Hong Kong, Japanese living in Singapore,
Indonesians living in the Philippines, and so on and so forth.
“Entering The Displaced Nation is like falling down into the expat's
version of Alice in Wonderland. Here,
expats are free to express the sense of discombobulation they feel when moving
to other countries. By the same token, they are encouraged to channel their
feelings of being out of place into reading and writing books. Founded in 2012,
this collective blog quickly achieved a following among expats, third culture
kids, and other internationals who appreciate its quirky source of humour and
emphasis on creativity. A set of regular columnists help me feed the blog twice
a week. One of the most popular features is a list, published twice a year, of
recommended books for, by, and about expats. Also popular are interviews with
expat authors. Right now, reflecting the blog's special relationship with Alice
in Wonderland, I am running a Wonderlanded series about expat authors whose lives, and works, in some way echo
Alice's adventures. The best way to sample The Displaced Nation's special blend
of internationalism, creativity and wackiness is to subscribe to its weekly
newsletter, The Displaced Dispatch. It's free, informative, and also a bit of a
wheeze.”
Do you run a blog you
think may be of interest to readers of Asian Books Blog, and which you’d like
to see featured here? If so, get in touch, preferably via e-mail - asianbooksblog@gmail.com. Thanks.
Twitter Spot
Each week I make a suggestion of
an interesting Twitter account you may like to follow. This week, the Royal Asiatic Society, @RAS_Soc.
The London-based Royal Asiatic Society provides a forum for those who are
interested in the history, languages, cultures and religions of Asia to meet
and exchange ideas. Their Twitter account often features images of
artworks of interest in Asia. Click here
to explore too their website.
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