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Poem – Mike Ladd (Australia)

White medusa
above our reef,
we watch its life-cycle
a fathom down.

12 Poems – Jan Erik Vold (Norway)

A Bottle-Born Letter For Robben Island
(For Nelson Mandela)
I TAKE A FELT PEN
and draw
an
Indian
on the canvas
of the sky. That is my
monument. That is the help
we’re looking
for. I put the sketch in an
envelope
and send it
to Robben Island.
EVEN IF I’VE FORGOTTEN
the zip
code. Even
if I’ve forgotten the bank
account. Even if I’ve forgotten
the social service
number, the
passport number, the bicycle
number. I [...]

Fiction: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Reviewer Zafar Anjum)

My first brush with Pakistani writer Daniyal Mueenuddin’s material was on the pages of the New Yorker.

Poem – Theophilus Kwek (Singapore)

Little India

Smiles are not returned in Little India
where dreams are stolen rather than softly scribbled;
shophouses shrink from each other, their mandarin letterings
dissolving alongside the Sikh script
beneath gold mango lassi
into dirty puddles.
The young bachelor
of commerce selling phonecards on the corner
can tell you that citizenship
means more to him than most Singaporeans
because it would take him off the [...]

London Poets Video Series, 2009. See it at the Online Festival @ litup.sg

With Karen McCarthy (Exec Producer), Fiona Melville (Videographer), Suzanne Alleyne (Producer) and Chris Mooney-Singh (Writers Connect) July 23 09.
To see the videos go to the Lit Up Online Festival

Writers Connect: What are you thoughts about the value of an on-line lit fest?
Karen: The Net allows us to be international. It’s quick and easy access for [...]

Two Poems by Marc Daniel Nair (Singapore)

I imagined finding the original Bali,
untainted acres of padi, with children
chasing ducks across narrow mud banks.

Short+Sweet 2008

The Short and Sweet 08 season opened on June 5. Here are some first impressions of the first 10 of the Top 30 season

Lit Up Singapore 2009

Lit Up Singapore 2009, the Young Writers & Readers Festival, will be held between 18 July to 25 July 2009.

What does the Booker win mean for Arvind Adiga?

by Zafar Anjum
Some Indians are upset at Arvind Adiga’s Booker win because they think it was wrong of him to have exposed the dark side of India (Read: The dark horse and Roars of anger).
The truth is that the dark side of India has always been out there, provided that one was living [...]

Mrs Pritima Devi (Singapore)

“I am so lucky to be here with you.
To move in public is no easy choice
if you wear divorce’s question-mark
upon your forehead. Interviews are eyes
kept low-caste, avoiding marriage status.