‘Come and sit down with these storytellers. Let them tell you what is like to be just like you.’ In the current issue, Jinhao Xie (錦豪/Jinhao) reviews Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan and Where Else, edited by Jennifer Wong, tim tim cheng 🐸 (she/they), and Jason Lee.

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I had an absolute blast at Poetry's Englishes.🌏 The impeccable line-up, readings, panel discussions, conversations over coffees, and workshops. I wish I could attend every session. Kudos to the organizer and all the poets. Very honoured to have talked with many of you!😍

Poems as 'personal cultural memory' - read 𝒜𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝐻𝓊𝑒𝓃 and Felix Chow's article 'Cosmopolitan Hybridity, Cultural Memory and Curation in Hong Kong Poetry' in Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature, edited by Jennifer Wong: writingchinesejournal.org/articles/10.22…

Can't wait for this extravaganza! 🌏✍🏼

So enjoyed the poetry forum this morning with Collier Nogues, Nicholas Wong, tim tim cheng 🐸 (she/they) & 𝒜𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝐻𝓊𝑒𝓃. A chance to share my fav film stills from Wong Kar Wai’s movies…& to learn ekphrastic craft from the poet stars

Very happy to have made the shortlist - and to be put together with poets I admire. Extremely grateful to the editors of The Emma Press and BERG. 🗺️🌸🐒🍑🤱🏻☯️🌊

My own copy of voice & verse poetry magazine featuring my poem, A Whale of a Time. Honoured to be among so many others as 𝒜𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝐻𝓊𝑒𝓃 (his poem shines next to my modest offering) & Paola Caronni. Thank you t & vvpoetry for giving my voice-all our voices-a home 🙏🏼

CORRECTION: please note that due to clock change variation, this will be still at 8pm HK but **12pm UK / 7am NY**

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Can’t wait for the online launch of StateofPlay anthology ⁦Out-Spoken Press⁩ W/ ⁦Mukahang limbu⁩ ⁦DongLi 李栋⁩ ⁦𝒜𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝐻𝓊𝑒𝓃⁩ Alvin Pang and Laura Jane Lee, 9 Nov, join us to hear their work and chat! Moderated Eddie Tay eventbrite.co.uk/e/state-of-pla…

I was over the moon when I knew this. Very very grateful to The Emma Press. The list of titles looks amazing! 📔

STATE OF PLAY — a new anthology bringing together conversations & poetry between a host of wonderful writers, taking place over the course of a year — is out next month!

Here’s a peek at the contents to whet your appetite..

Preorder: outspokenldn.com/shop/state

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