Asia Pacific Writers (AP Writers) is an association of authors and literary translators from the most dynamic and populous region of the world.
Our mission is to promote fine writing from the region and to advance the careers of authors and the translators of their work.
Through our annual gathering, AP Writers enables writers to network, socialize and learn from each other. Our roundtable conference promotes discussion of issues of pressing relevance to writers in the region and provides opportunities for authors who are successful in their field to mentor new entrants. Through AP Writers, individuals gain a louder voice in world writing.
AP Writers serves, and cares for, authors in a part of the world that is rapidly reclaiming its position as a creative force in the global discourse.
Our 2012 Summit, ’Reaching the World’ in Bangkok, has two themes: ‘Translating Asia’ and ‘The Value of Literary Prizes’. Click HERE for inital information. This event will relaunch AP Writers. A new Board/Management Committee will be elected and all members who are financial on 6 November will be eligible to stand for positions. The membership criteria for AP Writers will be posted soon.Register at the top right of this page to be alerted when new information is posted.
The last gathering of the Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership, the forerunner of AP Writers, was held in Perth in December 2011, where the decision was made to register AP Writers as an independent entity in Hong Kong. Our conference in 2010 in Hong Kong, ‘Writing Across Cultures’, attracted participants from 19 countries. We expect our Bangkok Summit to attract writers, translators and others in the publishing buisness from around the world.
Bangkok is the first chapter of a much bigger story. . . Stay posted.
Asia Pacific Writers evolved from the Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership.
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