Asia Pacific Writers & Translators

Asia Pacific’s largest non-profit international literary organisation for writers & translators, dedicated to the promotion of our region’s literature.

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#APWTBOOKSHELF
APWT Member Kavita A. Jindal’s new collection ‘The Planet Spins On It’s Axis, Regardless’ delivers astute and prescient stories. Kavita is an award-winning novelist, poet and essayist. Published by: Serving House Books. https://t.co/GCuYQLPlGb

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#APWTHEARTWATER
Program Reveal! APWT HEART WATER Chiang Mai Thailand. We are excited to bring this eclectic, immersive and innovative program to the world. Blending retreat, festival and conference style elements.
Check out the full program here: https://t.co/q3EJcf2fj2

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#HEARTWATER
Register now to secure your place at APWT Heart Water Chiang Mai Thailand. Heart Water will mingle festival, conference and retreat elements to create a unique literary experience
register via the link:
https://t.co/q3EJcf1Htu

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#APWTBOOKSHELF APWT member Patrick Moser uses surfing to open a door on the cultural appropriation practiced by Californians against a backdrop of settler colonialism and white nationalism.
Available worldwide at: https://t.co/TxP1e9B01F

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

APWT member Suzanne Kamata’s new novel Cinnamon Beach is a multicultural tragicomedy, told from three female perspectives, in which an American writer living in Japan returns to South Carolina to scatter the ashes of her brother.
Available from Amazon: https://t.co/TGsUbSjeXP

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

Poet and APWT member, Meher Pestonji’s new collection Can Poetry Halt War explores various aspects of the war machine. These poems visualize people uniting as world citizens to create their own utopia.
Published by @UkiyotoPublishing Available from Amazon.

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

The Alchemy of Nine Smiles is a vibrant collection of longer poems by world-renowned Himalayan poet and APWT member Yuyutsu Sharma. The poems weave an epic narrative of the poets travels across continents. Published by: @redriverpress and available worldwide on Amazon.

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#APWTBOOKSHELF
Author and APWT member Suniti Namjoshi has recently launched her latest book O Sister Swallow with @spinifexpress . This richly textured book with its tender and elegant language is full of both joy and grief.
Available worldwide on Amazon.

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#APWTBOOKSHELF
Parijat Petals, APWT member Alka Balain’s debut poetry book, is a collection of simple and short poems. These are for and about her mystic friend or the Divine, whatsoever we want to name that pure sacredness as. Available on Amazon: https://t.co/QgQuUQcLdg

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#APWT2024
Heart Water
22-24 November 2024
Chiang Mai. Thailand. The bi-annual APWT summit. HEART WATER will run in two remarkable venues – Chiang Mai University and Kalm Village a stunning art, craft and cultural centre. Become an APWT member here: https://t.co/xCKwtpfUrj

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

#APWTBOOKSHELF
APWT Member Elaine Chiew’s ‘The Light Between Us’ is a Southeast Asian historical romance that defies time and space as an archivist explores Singapore’s tumultuous past through a supernatural connection. Elaine Chiew is a London-based author.

[Sujata Parashar @sujatavidu]

A brilliant start to the @ap_writers writing retreat in Ubud Bali!!
Asia Pacific Writers And Translators ✌️🌻
#writinglife #writingcommunity
#writers #AuthorsOfTwitter #Bali #travel #indonesia

[Sudeep Sen @sudeepsennet]

TODAY Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
8:30-9:30pm feat. Sudeep Sen & Jennifer Mckenzie ‘Navigating Past & Present’ | moderater: Sally Breen | Festival Club @ Bar Luna, Casa Luna
See you folksthere!
https://t.co/xXYx6IEYDr

@ap_writers @ubudwritersfest @ilya_poet @mileeashwarya

[Sudeep Sen @sudeepsennet]

See you at the @ap_writers Asia Pacific Writers & Translators Writing Retreat
& @ubudwritersfest Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali soon.

For the retreat, spaces are filling up fast -- do register at --
https://t.co/PXitKSlDZZ

@ilya_poet @ranjithoskote @mileeashwarya

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

APWT & @NiralaBook present “Fire and Rain”, a special edition of Pratik: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing focused on Australian literature featuring the work of 24 writers, poets & artists. Edited by @SalBreen @jenrosmac & Yuyutsu Sharma https://t.co/aDIqNxCc7P

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“Give up all the other worlds / except the one to which you belong.”

— David Whyte

[Asia Pacific Writers & Translators @ap_writers]

Great news! And check out Meridian!

[Ravi Shankar, PhD @empurpler]

Hey fam! I'm beyond the moon to report that Drunken Boat is afloat again - please have a look at the redesigned website and announcement of the series in Global Classics https://t.co/lro4TqqbVA @drunkenboat1999 #WritingCommmunity #publishinghopefuls #poetrycommunity #webzine

[The Center for Fiction @Center4Fiction]

We are thrilled to share that the Medal for Editorial Excellence is being awarded to Graywolf Press! Their discovery and nurturing of great writers over the past 50 years has vastly enriched the world of books, and we can't wait to celebrate with them at the Annual Awards Benefit

[Meru Gokhale @MeruGokhale]

A literary award called "The Deodar Prize" has just been launched. It is an effort to recognise new themes and voices in literary fiction in India. The jury looks excellent.

https://t.co/7ax7gONtIV