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China (10.03.2010 05:43h): The First Chinese Novel on Twitter?
Lian Yue, an ex-teacher and ex-procurator and now a famous blogger and political commentator in China, announced on his blog that he is starting a novel, entitled 2020, on twitter this month. According to the blog, the novel will last until 2020. As far as I can tell and please correct me if I am wrong , this is the first Chinese novel to be released on Twitter. Matt Stewart is said to be the first writer to release a full-length literary novel, The French Revolution, on Twitter. He decided to do so after failing to find a publisher for ... [Link] [Cache]
Dominica (03.03.2010 14:47h): Pick Up A Book
“The book is not only the door to other wonderful world[s], but it is the best teacher, university and source of wisdom”: Dominica Weekly extolls the benefits of reading. [Link] [Cache]
Trinidad & Tobago (03.03.2010 14:31h): Going to Town
Online literary magazine Town has just published its third issue: Trinidadian bloggers Nicholas Laughlin and Pleasure comment. [Link] [Cache]
St. Lucia (02.03.2010 14:47h): Bonding Over Books
From St. Lucia, Caribbean Book Blog profiles “a new online community designed for fans of West Indian literature [which] aims to leverage Caribbean commonality across the power of the internet to…strengthen bonds between readers, writers, publishers and book clubs in the Caribbean and its Diaspora.” [Link] [Cache]
Gayle Pescud (26.02.2010 15:30h): Ghanaian students contribute to virtual media library
ISABT Newsletter In July 2009 I had the privilege of catching up with old friends and meeting some new faces when Jonathan Thurston, his wife Kristi, and past and present students arrived in Ghana to carry out a book making project with students at a primary school in Elmina, in the Central Region of Ghana. What’s so special? They use simple, portable technology to inspire creativity and facilitate learning among Ghana’s poorest students. And they use ‘social media’ to establish networks with like-minded individuals and organizations internationally, enhancing development opportunities and increasing the possibility of involving other communities and countries ... [Link] [Cache]
Nigeria (25.02.2010 16:12h): Nigerian author nominated for Commonwealth Writers Prize
A Nigerian author published by a Kenyan has been nominated for Best Book in the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize. [Link] [Cache]
Sri Lanka (24.02.2010 19:19h): Interview With Ameena Hussein
Sanjana Hattotuwa at Groundviews posts an interview with Ameena Hussein, one of Sri Lanka’s best known English authors. [Link] [Cache]
Ukraine, Russia (22.02.2010 12:23h): The Plight of Chekhov's Yalta Museum
Rosamund Bartlett, Anton Chekhov's English biographer and director of the Anton Chekhov Foundation, writes about the plight of Chekhov's house-museum in Yalta, Crimea, at OpenDemocracy.net. [Link] [Cache]
India (20.02.2010 21:17h): Twitter In Social Activism
Pratham Books, a non-profit trust engaged in publishing of children books, informs in their blog how Twitter helped them to reach books of a mobile van to a number of children in Kolkata, India. [Link] [Cache]
Filip Stojanovski (19.02.2010 16:19h): Ada Lovelace Day 2010
Ada Lovelace Day is an international initiative striving to increase content about achievements of women in technology and science, named after the world's first programmer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace 1815-1852 , Lord Byron's daughter, also famous as a character in the seminal steampunk novel The Difference Engine by Gibson & Sterling. A pledge drive is currently under way: participants take an obligation to post about geek heroines on their blogs on March 24. More info on Twitter via hashtags #AdaLovelaceDay and #ALD10. [Link] [Cache]
Africa (18.02.2010 14:30h): Is Anglophone African Literature foreign?
“Is Anglophone African Literature foreign literature?,” Kenyan blogger Keguro asks: “What makes literature “foreign”? And how does the designation “African” function?” [Link] [Cache]
Russia (18.02.2010 05:42h): Bloggers Remember Rock Legend
Ilya Kormiltsev's LJ-avatar On February 4, 2010, Russian bloggers celebrated the sad date. Ilya Kormiltsev [ENG], one of Russia’s most talented and controversial poets and songwriters, died of spine cancer three years ago. Back in 2007, Kormiltsev’s death became the first and the most publicized death on RuNet Russian Internet . Bloggers remembered him years after posting and re-posting his poems and songs, admiring his talent as well as non-conformism, respecting his thirst for freedom of expression and active civil position. Kormiltsev’s success story began in the the 80s in the city of Sverdlovsk now Yekaterinburg [ENG]. Kormiltsev became famous ... [Link] [Cache]
Russia (18.02.2010 05:28h): Bloggers Discuss Utilization of Old Books
Libraries are throwing away old books due to old age and lack of readership, literary critic Alexander Zhitinski reported [RUS]. A library in Saint-Petersburg had to throw away all the books published before 1999. Mistreatment of books provoked a heated discussion online [RUS] while mainstream media ignored the subject. [Link] [Cache]
Video (12.02.2010 22:44h): Mobile Libraries of the World
books by br1dotcomThe mobile library has become a staple in many library systems, bringing books to those who cannot access the libraries themselves. However, in many places due to bad road conditions or lack of funding, the traditional system of rigging a bus or truck as a library is not possible. Thus, library carts, donkey libraries and motorcycle libraries have appeared as viable options to bring books to the communities. Through the Bilingual Library blog we can catch glimpses of these alternative mobile libraries. First, lets talk about the the donkey libraries. It seems that the most commonly mentioned example ... [Link] [Cache]
Trinidad & Tobago (12.02.2010 19:04h): Poetry in the Mas'
Azerbaijan (10.02.2010 11:19h): Book review
Scary Azeri in Suburbs comments on Artush and Zaur, a homo-erotic novel telling the love story between an Armenian and Azerbaijani man. The blogger says that while the book is a brave attempt to overcome taboos, she found it more funny than touching in its depiction of various sexual encounters. [Link] [Cache]
India (09.02.2010 19:05h): The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Blog
An interesting panel discussion on the delicious variety of ‘Food Writing' took place at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai, India. Read this and much more in The Kala Ghoda Gazette, the official blog of the festival. [Link] [Cache]
St. Lucia, Jamaica, Haiti (08.02.2010 15:59h): Words Can Help
Want to write in solidarity for Haiti? St. Lucia-based Caribbean Book Blog and Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp have details. [Link] [Cache]
Russia (06.02.2010 03:06h): Turgenev and the Viardots
St Petersblurb writes about the relationship of Ivan Turgenev, Pauline Viardot, and her husband. [Link] [Cache]
Jamaica, U.S.A. (05.02.2010 15:08h): Wisdom of Children
“I learned that children are naturally giving and spontaneous and if we are not willing to accept some of the ‘wild energy' of our children and if we continue to treat our schools as warehouses, then we should be prepared to accept the death of their imagination”: Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp sharesthe valuable lessons that children have taught him. [Link] [Cache]
Mong Palatino (05.02.2010 04:07h): Digital library of Lao manuscripts
Digital library of Lao manuscripts features 86,000 texts from 800 monasteries in Laos. The web project aims to preserve historic Lao literary texts. [Link] [Cache]
Haiti (05.02.2010 02:25h): Russian Interpol Officer Blogs About Disaster
Yuri Firsov Until recently, the Russian blogosphere didn’t have its own citizen media source in Haiti. There were no direct witnesses of the devastating earthquake among Russian bloggers. But the bloggers suddenly discovered the blog of Yuri Firsov [RUS], an Interpol officer in Haiti. Firsov is one of eight Russians who serve in the UN criminal police Interpol in the country. As an UN officer, he travels from one hot spot to another and occasionally finds time to jot down his impressions on his blog. Firsov arrived to Haiti at the beginning of December 2009 when he cheerfully updated his ... [Link] [Cache]
Russia (05.02.2010 01:42h): “Most Influential Intellectual” Online Vote
At OpenDemocracy.net, Lyubov Borusyak writes that “a recent internet vote on the [Russia's] most influential intellectual saw instead postmodern ambiguity emerge victorious.” [Link] [Cache]
St. Lucia, Jamaica (03.02.2010 15:19h): Commonwealth Writers
“The race to win the coveted titles of Best Book and Best First Book in the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize has begun”: St. Lucia's Caribbean Book Blog reports, while Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp is excited about the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. [Link] [Cache]
Dominican Republic (03.02.2010 01:48h): Mateo Morrison Wins National Literature Prize
The poet Mateo Morrison was recently awarded the 2010 National Literature Prize [es] in the Dominican Republic writes blogger Pedro Genaro. [Link] [Cache]
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