WELCOME TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC WRITING PARTNERSHIP
Supporting Writers from the World’s Most Populous and Dynamic Region
The Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership 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.
The Partnership supports diversity of cultural expression and literature that crosses borders. It champions the notion that literature enhances understanding between cultures.
We collaborate with universities, writers festivals and other organisations to organise event and initiate opportunities that benefit the region’s writers.
Our key event in 2010 is Writing Across Cultures hosted by the Department of English at the City University of Hong Kong and held in conjunction with the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival in early March.
Our second event in 2010 will be in November in Melbourne, Australia. We will hold a session focused on creative writing and literary studies Asia at a conference called ‘Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners: The Role of Literary Studies in Creative Writing Programs’. The conference is hosted by the Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology University (RMIT) in conjunction with the Australian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). It looks at tensions between the study of literature in university creative writing programs. What new developments might shape future writing and literary curriculum? For more information, click HERE.
The Partnership’s Board and Advisory Council include writers, scholars, editors, translators, publishers, literary agents and others associated with the production and distribution of prose and poetry from or about the Asia-Pacific region.
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.
To register to become a member of the Writing Partnership and keep up to date with our activities, click Membership Registration.
Please contact us if you would like to explore ways to work with the Partnership.
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