Save the date! ResArtis worldwide network of artist residencies 2012 General Meeting in Tokyo, October 25-28 on theme: New Horizons for Creative Platforms, Constellation of Cultures-Asia, Middle East and… Read More
The European Commission has authorised, under EU state aid rules, a Spanish scheme allowing up to €10.95 million of public funding for the publication of culturally valuable books in… Read More
THE TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR is the largest annual arts publishing fair in Asia and is looking for submissions. Now in its fourth year, the fair gathers together arts publishers, gallery presses and self-publishing artists from Japan and abroad. Read More
The Arts Development Fund (Cultural Exchange Project) administered by the Hong Kong Home Affairs Bureau aims to promote cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and other places. Hong Kong residents… Read More
As part of the British Council’s Dickens 2012 programme, Arcola Theatre and Punchdrunk Enrichment set out to rediscover the resonance of Dickens’s creative process for the 21st century. Leading a unique series of collaborations in cities across Asia and Australia, creating theatrical audio-guided journeys in each location. Read More
The Asia House Festival of Asian Literature runs 15-30 May, 2012 in London with a rich programme in various venues of writing about Asia and Asians. Founded in 2006,… Read More
Hors Les Murs is the international mobility programme of the Institut Français, aimed at French artists and culture professionals who wish to travel abroad to develop a specific project in a country of their choice. Read More
The 17th European Writers’ Meetings in Wroclaw runs from 20-22 April at Studio Na Grobli, courtesy of Jerzy Grotowski Institute. The event will attract authors from different countries and provide an unforgettable experience for hundreds of book lovers. Read More
Kyung-sook Shin has become the first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize, Asia’s prestigious award for writers, for her novel ‘Please Look After Mom’. The South Korean novelist attended… Read More
Writers Bloc is a new international writer-led initiative. Launched at the Free Word Centre in London, it involves sending writers to different countries to investigate education and literacy. A… Read More
Julia Lovell presents two new magazines showcasing contemporary Chinese writing in English translation: Pathlight and Peregrine, an English-language supplement within Chutzpah, a Chinese literary journal, in an excellent informative… Read More
A one-day programme at the Free Word Centre in London of debates, readings, film screenings and music which aims to improve our understanding of the freedom to write, and the freedom to read, in China. Read More
PUNCTUM is a new photo magazine that showcases contemporary photography from a Pan-Asiatic point of view. Each issue aims to present at least fourteen photo essays by Asian photographers… Read More
Writers respond to Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown of 2011 in ‘March was made of Yarn‘, published with the support of the Read Japan programme of the Nippon… Read More
The London Book Fair Market Focus initiative is a key opportunity for UK and international publishers to liaise with their foreign counterparts, and seek out and capitalise on new… Read More
M on the Bund presents the Shanghai International Literary Festival 2012, March 2 – March 18, 2012. The diverse programme includes writers from China, Pakistan, India, the UK, Australia,… Read More
The Caravan is India’s first narrative journalism magazine with a focus on arts, culture, theatre, cinema and music, as well as politics, travel, environment and other topics. It is… Read More
Dusun is a Malaysian arts and culture magazine, featuring the best of Malaysian arts, artists and writers. It is published online as a free e-magazine on Issu. Read More
A joint three-year programme between the British Council and Arts Council England which will support individual artists based in England to work internationally has opened for applications. Read More
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy is the most important international event dedicated to the children’s publishing and multimedia industry, attracting exhibitors, authors and illustrators from around the… Read More
UK Now presents recent and exciting artistic work, both classical and contemporary, to audiences in China. The Festival includes the full range of art forms including music, dance, the visual arts, design, fashion, architecture, theatre, literature, film, digital and live art. Education, outreach projects and creative sector skills and training programmes take place alongside this work. Read More
The Alliance Française de Singapour presents A Javanese Affair – a week showcasing Indonesian culture in Singapore from 21 February to 25 February 2012. Read More
The Alliance Française de Singapour presents A Javanese Affair – a week showcasing Indonesian culture in Singapore from 21 February to 25 February 2012. Read More
The New Zealand International Arts Festival is New Zealand’s premier cultural event and a leading multi-arts festival in Australasia. Read More
The Japanese Pavilion will introduce a new literary landscape through many recent publications that include novels, poetry, essays, as well as manga books for younger generations. It will also provide an opportunity to reflect on the aftermath of last year’s natural disaster and the current Japanese state of mind in the context of recovery. Read More
Australia’s longest running arts festival – Perth International Arts Festival – Feb 10 – Mar 3 2012 with a intense programme of all arts, featuring artists from Australia, Europe, Asia and beyond and specialist festivals of literature and film. Read More
Through workshops, film screenings and talks with renowned manga artists, young people will be given the unique opportunity to learn more about this popular form of culture and the way it is produced. Read More
Authors Rohit Manchanda and Srikumar Sen were announced the joint winners of the inaugural Tibor Jones South Asia Prize 2012 for their unpublished manuscripts, respectively, A Place in Mind… Read More
An unprecedented seven novels have been shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. Chair Judge Razia Iqbal revealed that because of the strength of contemporary fiction coming out of… Read More
Call for proposals for a Curator/Writer/Art Critics Residency at Cemeti Art House in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, to widen scope on art discourse. Read More