WELCOME
WELCOME TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC WRITING PARTNERSHIP
Supporting Writers from the World’s Most Populous and Dynamic Region
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The Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership is a not-for-profit initiative that brings together writers, scholars, writers’ organizations, translators, publishers and others interested in the development, exploration, distribution and promotion of writing from Asia and the Pacific Rim.
We support diversity of cultural expression and literature that crosses borders. The Partnership champions the notion that literature enhances understanding between cultures.
We seek to collaborate with universities, writers’ festivals and other bodies in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond to initiate opportunities and events that benefit the region’s writers. Our most recent event (in March 2010) was Writing Across Cultures hosted by the City University of Hong Kong, held in conjunction with the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival in early March. It initiated international writing student exchange programs between universities.
Our key event for 2011 has yet to be finalised. Check back with our site for update or register for membership to receive details by email.
The Partnership’s Board and Advisory Council include established writers, scholars, editors, translators, publishers, literary agents and others associated with the production, distribution or promotion of prose and poetry from or about the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership’s 2010-2012 Board was elected at the APWP’s AGM on 12 March 2010 in Hong Kong.
You don’t have to be an established writer, a distinguished scholar or literary organisation to join the Partnership. Membership is free to anyone interested in keeping up-to-date with discussions about writing from the region.
Our primary working language is English, but our members and affiliates include many writers, scholars, translators and others whose primary language is not English. Universities and other organisations that host events for us may choose to organise workshops and forums in other Asian languages.
To register to become a member of the Writing Partnership and keep up to date with our activities, click Membership Registration.
Please click contact us if you would like to explore ways to work with the Partnership.
The Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership is hosted by the Creative Writing Program at The University of Adelaide. The APWP is not currently funded by any organisation or institution. It relies on members to host and support its events. Its extensive data base links co-organisers of APWP events not only to writers throughout the region but also to writers teaching in some of the world’s best writing programs outside Asia and the Pacific Rim.
