Lightship Publishing is an independent publisher based in Kingston-upon-Hull, UK. The Lightship International Literary Prizes have the aim of discovering, mentoring, and publishing the best new writers (in English)… Read More
A poem for a Monday morning… What better way to start the week, wherever you are in the world? Every week we will be uploading a poem and accompanying… Read More
Stories lie at the heart of our lives. We need them to understand ourselves, to understand others, to make sense of the world around us. This year, Sydney Writers’… Read More
A programme of Artists in Residence opportunities is offered in Vienna for 2014, in visual arts, art photography, video and media art, design, composition, literature, contemporary dance and choreography,… Read More
Tara Books in Chennai, India has been awarded the inaugural BOP Best Children’s Publishers Award for Asia at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2013. Tara Books has received… Read More
The Memefest festival nurtures and rewards theory, practice and research of communication that works towards a more equal society. Read More
The Année France-Vietnam has been launched in Hanoi, with a French season programme to run in Vietnam including many cultural events running till December 2013. It will be followed by a Vietnam Season in France in 2014. Read More
The M Literary Residency Programme has been established to disseminate a broader knowledge of contemporary life and writing in India and China today and to foster deeper intellectual, cultural… Read More
The Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) provides support to contemporary artists and cultural performances in Vietnam and to cultural exchange activities between Denmark and Vietnam. Support may be… Read More
Alchemy is the South Bank Centre’s annual festival that explores the rich cultural connections between Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UK. It includes music, performance, literature, debate,… Read More
The Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship Programme provides information and networking within the international publishing world. Since the programme was established in 1998, more than 220 participants from 44 countries… Read More
The HIAP Residency Programme is offered to arts professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including, but not limited to, Visual and Media Arts, Dance, Theatre and Literature. Living… Read More
The Selection Committee for the World Book Capital is calling for nominations for the World Book Capital 2015. This initiative represents a collaborative undertaking by key stakeholders in the… Read More
Tan Twan Eng is the winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize, becoming the first Malaysian author to win Asia’s most prestigious literary prize. The author won with… Read More
culture360.org is looking for individual researchers to create a list of organisations for the following ASEM member countries: Bangladesh, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland. Deadline for applications is 15 April 2013. Read More
The EU’s Culture Programme (2007-2013) has a special action for cultural cooperation projects with other (‘Third’) countries. In 2013, applications can be made for co-finance grants for joint cultural… Read More
March is definitely Literature Festival season in China. The Script Road- Macau Literary Festival – takes a different pathway, being a grand meeting between writers and artists from China… Read More
UNESCO’s International Fund for the Promotion of Culture (IFPC) is launching a call for proposals for artistic and creative projects. It prioritises young creators (18-30 years) and projects from… Read More
Bookworm International Literary Festival is a unique celebration of literature and ideas in China, an independently funded festival programming 200 events across China, connecting over 90 Chinese and international writers and thinkers. It takes place in March at The Bookworm bookshop event spaces in Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou with a NYT BLF Caravan tour to other cities. Read More
Adelaide Festival runs 1-17 March with a full programme of theatre, music, dance and visual arts and a writer’s week. The programme features Australian premieres of theatre and dance… Read More
In China, two international literary festivals run 1-17 March, organised by the M restaurant group: Shanghai International Literary Festival and in Beijing the Capital Literary Festival. Read More
Here is the annual round up of some of the best visual, literary and other arts events in Asia and Europe in 2013 from culture360.org’s Editor Judith Staines. Read More
The first literary festival will be held in Lahore from 23-24 February and presents book readings, panel discussions, exhibitions of Urdu and English language literature from Pakistan, India and… Read More
The Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen international forum and festival calls for applications from cultural bloggers to join the online team, covering the performances, meetings and social debates in Berlin 3-19… Read More
Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Council) has liaison offices* in India and China and supports studio and research residencies to and from the region. Applications invited for residencies in 2014… Read More
For its 6th edition, the Made In Asia Festival in Toulouse, France investigates the planet Japan, a great country of culture. From 7-23 February, a series of French-Japanese creative… Read More
Five novels showcasing a diversity and depth of writing were announced in the shortlist for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. The selection presents distinctive and celebrated writers for… Read More
Manchester-based publisher Comma Press is currently looking for 10 short stories set in and around Tokyo within the last 50 years of the city’s history (i.e. from 1960′s onwards). The idea of the overall book is to map Tokyo through short fiction, i.e. with a plethora of different references to places within the city, but also to give a sense of the changes the city has experienced. Read More
For its 24th biennial, Europalia International will bring India to the heart of Europe in the europalia.india festival in Brussels and the environs. A preliminary outline of the programme… Read More
DSC Jaipur Literature Festival (24-28 January 2013) is the largest literary festival in Asia-Pacific, and the most prestigious celebration of national and international literature to be held in India…. Read More