A new services page will also be added. The aim of this will be to offer support and background services to writers and poets who need a little help. We want to help you get your work published. We want to help you feel confident that your work is great. These services will be offered by a small group of native speaker/writers based in developing countries. That means the prices will be a lot more affordable for many.

We also have a serialization coming up in the second half of the year and a small special issue celebrating the poetry of the African diaspora in Hong Kong.

All the details of this literature news 2016 are below.

Partnerships with Other Journals

Eastlit is looking for partnerships with other similar journals covering the following regions:

• Africa
• Middle-East
• Latin America
• Central Asia
• Eastern Europe

The plan is to work as partners to announce each issue of each others journals. But more than this, the idea is that every year we will each run one or two special issues highlighting the work of selected poets and writers from each of our diasporas. This will hopefully help build far bigger audiences for each of our local writers.

I am looking to partner with online journals of a similar nature to Eastlit. That means:

• Not affiliated to any organization, company or institution.
• Established for at least a year with at least 4 issues published.
• With some form of editorial board.
• But mostly with a desire to see the literatrue of your locality get the readership it deserves.

Journal owners etc please contact Graham if interested or use the Eastlit contact page.

Services

I will soon be adding a special page for these. However, they are all ready to run now. So if you want to get in early drop me a line. The services that will be offered are:

• Writing Mentor Service
• Editing
• Proofreading
• Publishing and Printing Service covering India and the sub-Continent:
  • If you are interested in publication, marketing and distribution service in this locale, let me know.
• Creative Writing classes.
• Developing Creativity classes.

All of the above are at special rates more suited to Asia than the West. For example, many are about 30% of what you would pay in a western country, but still done by a native speaker/writer.

Eastlit Literature News 2016: Eastlit Extras

As mentioned above, in the next couple of months a special slim poetry of the African diaspora in Hong Kong will be published byEastlit. We are also interested in publishing other special issues to highlight particular groups. Years ago we had the chance to publish literature from a Burmese refugee camp until demands for corruption money descended. It would be nice to get back to this kind of opportunity.

In the second half of the year, we will serialize a collection of shorts plus artwork by one of Eastlit’s old regular contributors.

Other Literature News 2016

Remember if you want e-mail notifications of when the next issue Eastlit is out, you can sign up for our Eastlit Newsletter. We only use this to inform people of an issue coming out, or a news post like this coming out. You will not be inundated with rubbish. There are also our usual social media links.

Eastlit readership is currently up 18% on last year. It is also at all time record levels. I am predicting growth of 30% for the year based on acceleration of readership and that last year we only published 10 issues. We will see, but it will definitely be a good year for our contributors in getting their work read!

I got this piece of news from Kristine Ong Muslim whose piece Dark Clocks was published by Eastlit in January 2015:

My short story collection Age of Blight (Unnamed Press, 2016) has just been released.

My book A Room Full of Machines (ELJ Publications, 2015) contained the poem “Dark Clocks,” which appeared in the January 2015 issue of Eastlit.

Lifeboat (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015) is another poetry collection.

Ok well that is all the development and literature news 2016. I hope 2016 is going well for everyone and you continue to enjoy Eastlit.

Cheers

Graham

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These monthly lists will become less regular. They may be quarterly. The January yearly list will also be continued. It seems to be time to concentrate on other areas of news and development in what is limited time each month. So having said that, here is another list.

Popular Asian Literature

Here are the updated lists of popular Asian literature found in Eastlit. These Eastlit lists pf popular Asian literature includes all the popular work including fiction, poetry, artwork and non-fiction of the most recent seven and thirty days. I have also updated the all time list of popular Asian literature. Links to each piece are included.

You can access these pieces of popular Asian literature form the links on this page or the links in the navigation bar or through our archive. Hopefully, you will also spend a little time reading some of the other material. We all know the most popualr is not always the best and what people like is very subjective.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Asian Literature Last Seven Day:

1. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
2. Poem by Preeyakit Buranasin (October 2014).
3. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
4. Gold Moments by Colin W. Campbell (May 2015).
5. The Boy of Mt. Puh by Minglu Zheng (April 2015).

Popular Asian Literature Last Thirty Days:

1. Zara Adcock: An Eastlit Interview by Graham Lawrence (June 2015).
2. A Knock on the Door by Rahad Abir (June 2015).
3. Bitter Potion & Other Poems by Mai Văn Phấn (June 2014).
4. Uneven Path & Other Poems by Gopal Lahiri (May 2015).
5. Saving Princess Pingyang by Sze-Leng Tan (June 2015).

Popular Asian Literature All Time:

1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
4. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
5. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
6. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
7. A Descendant of Emperor Shang Tang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
8. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
9. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
10. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

• + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
• +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
• +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
• +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
• +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
• +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
• +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
• +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
• +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
• +21% September 2014 on September 2013.
• +2% October 2014 on October 2013.
• +32% November 2014 on November 2013.
• +26% December 2014 on December 2013.
• +32% January 2015 on January 2014.
• +11% February 2015 on February 2014.
• +9% March 2015 on March 2014.
• +10% April 2015 on April 2014.
• +8% May 2015 on May 2104.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

• China & Hong Kong.
• India.
• Japan.
• Malaysia.
• Philippines.
• Singapore.
• Thailand.
• United Kingdom.
• United States.
• Vietnam.

Other Eastlit News

The next issue of Eastlit will probably be out around the end of June or start of July. Due to family commitments, I have a lot less free time this month.

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

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These are the new lists of popular Asian English literature found in Eastlit. Unfortunately time means these are getting later and later. Sorry for that. Eastlit includes all the popular Asian English literature including fiction, poetry, artwork and non-fiction of the most recent seven and thirty days. Eastlit’s all time list of popular Asian English literature has also been updated. Due to popular request, we continue to provide direct links to each piece in our lists.

All of this popular Asian English literature and artwork can be read from the links on this page or just make use of the links in the top menu. Eastlit’s archive can be used for navigation, too. Hopefully it will also give you an opportunity to read some of the less read pieces. After all, we all know well read does not always mean the best!

The next issue of Eastlit will be out around the end of April or start of May.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Asian English Literature Last Seven Day:

1. The Boy of Mt. Puh by Minglu Zeng (April 2015).
2. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
3. The Puppet Tree Illustration by Vasan Sitthiket (October 2013).
4. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
5. Nights by M. D. Tahsin (April 2015).

Popular Asian English Literature Last Thirty Days:

1. The Boy of Mt. Puh by Minglu Zeng (April 2015).
2. On Meeting the 100% Perfect Gay Man One April Evening by Connla Stokes (April 2015).
3. Tendai Mwanaka: An Eastlit Interview by Graham Lawrence (April 2015).
4. Junko & Other Poetry by Yumiko Tsumura (April 2015).
5. Caught by Anna Yin (April 2015).

Popular Asian English Literature All Time:

1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
6. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
7. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
8. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
9. A Descendant of Emperor Shang Tang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
10. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

• + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
• +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
• +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
• +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
• +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
• +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
• +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
• +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
• +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
• +21% September 2014 on September 2013.
• +2% October 2014 on October 2013.
• +32% November 2014 on November 2013.
• +26% December 2014 on December 2013.
• +32% January 2015 on January 2014.
• +11% February 2015 on February 2014.
• +9% March 2015 on March 2014.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

• China & Hong Kong
• India
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

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It is that time of year when I have to find the time to list the best read pieces of 2014. So here it is the Eastlit 2014 top literature top twenty. This time though there is actually a bonus as we have 21 pieces with a tie for 20th!

There is a mix of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, an interview and artwork, so we have a bigger mix than last year.

And talking of last year, we have three pieces that featured in the 2013 top twenty and are also in the 2014 top literature list. Their 2013 positions are included in brackets after the author.

The usual monthly lists will be out shortly, but for now let’s see the most popular of 2014.

2014 Top Literature:

1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr.
2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes.
3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh.
4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr.
5. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel.
6. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral.
7. Eastern Poetry by Graham Lawrence. (2013 position 3)
8. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan.
9. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran.
10. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei. (2013 position 6)
11. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacanilao.
12. Cesar Polvorosa Jr. Interview by Graham Lawrence.
13. The Puppet Tree Illustration by Vasan Sitthiket.
14. Sentences and Two Other Poems by Henrik Hoeg.
15. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West. (2013 position 5)
16. Perfect Present by Andrew J. West.
17. The Old Hibachi by Peter Mallett.
18. A Secret Paradise by Daniel Emlyn-Jones.
19. A Bridge Behind by Khanh Ha.
20. Massey Hall 1971 by Flora Qian and Unit 136 by China De Vera.

Other News

Thanks to you all for your wonderful support over the last year. I hope you will keep on contributing or reading Eastlit in 2015. We hope to continue dynamically through 2015 and already have a few plans. Southlit will be integrated into Eastlit starting in February. The aim is to compliment what we already have and hopefully expand the reader base as well as the contributor one.

If anyone has any comments or suggestions on anything to do with Eastlit please get in touch with the editor. All feedback is listened to, considered and appreciated! We are also looking for guest editorials and a possible volunteer for the editorial board. If anyone wants to be interviewed for Eastlit, let me know. Oh and if you like us, linking to our site is always appreciated!

Have a great 2015.

Cheers.

Graham.

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The current lists of popular Asian writing found in Eastlit are finally ready! As always we have included the most popular Asian fiction, poetry, artwork and non-fiction of the past seven and thirty days. The popular all time list has also been updated too. By popular request, we continue to provide direct links to the pieces on our lists.

All of this popular Asian writing and artwork can be accessed from the links on the page or by navigating through the links in the top bar, or you can use the Eastlit archive. It also gives you another chance read some of the less popular pieces. As we all know popular does not always mean best!

The first 2015 issue of Eastlit will be out around early January.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Asian Writing Last Seven Days

1. Translucence and The Exile by James Underwood (December 2014).
2. A Descendant of the Emperor Shang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
3. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
4. The Sarawak Club by Colin W. Campbell (September 2013).
5. Rain by Lu Yu (December 2014).

Popular Asian Writing Last Thirty Days:

1. Translucence and The Exile by James Underwood (December 2014).
2. A Descendant of the Emperor Shang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
3. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
4. Great Goddess by Andrew J. West (December 2014).
5. Brünnhilde’s Immolation by Daniel Emlyn-Jones (December 2014).

Popular Asian Writing All Time:

1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
7. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
8. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
9. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
10. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

• + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
• +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
• +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
• +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
• +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
• +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
• +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
• +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
• +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
• +21% September 2014 on September 2013.
• +2% October 2014 on October 2013.
• +32% November 2014 on November 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

• China & Hong Kong
• India
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

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The latest lists of popular Asian creative writing in Eastlit are finally available! As per normal we include the most popular Asian poetry and fiction of the past seven and thirty days. Our all time list gets an update too. We are going to  continue providing direct links to the pieces in the current list of popular Asian creative writing to make reading them easier.

The creative writing and artwork can be accessed from the links on the page or by navigating using the links in the top bar or from the Eastlit archive. Why not also take a look at some of the other poems, prose and artwork too? We all have different tastes, and let’s be honest, quality does not always mean popularity!

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on December 1.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Asian Creative Writing Last Seven Days

1. Unit 136 by China De Vera (November 2014).
2. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
3. Monkey Business by Ashwin Mudigonda (December 2012).
4. The Old Hibachi by Peter Mallett (September 2014).
5. Chit Phumisak by Wayne Deakin (March 2014).

Popular Asian Creative Writing Last Thirty Days:

1. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
2. Two Poems on Moonlit Nights… by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (November 2014).
3. Unit 136 by China De Vera (November 2014).
4. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
5. Dragon’s Lover by Deborah Wong (November 2014).

Popular Asian Creative Writing All Time:

1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
7. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
8. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
9. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
10. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

• + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
• +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
• +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
• +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
• +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
• +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
• +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
• +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
• +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
• +21% September 2014 on September 2013.
• +2% October 2014 on October 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

• China & Hong Kong
• India
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

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Recently I haven’t said much about Eastlit Live. However, I have been asked a few times about it. Eastlit Live is still up and running as a concept mixed between Eastlit, the Eastlit Live You Tube channel and our Google+ account. You can access Eastlit Live Channel by clicking the link in the title above. We are always looking for multimedia submissions for Eastlit Live. they can be in any medium: writing, photography, video, audio or any combination. We are happy to consider music, talks, poetry readings or any other art genre of live art. Just send them in through the usual submissions e-mail, or if too big contact us through that e-mail. We can work something out.

A previous post describes the multimedia concept behind Eastlit LIve.

Live Art

Live art! Thomas Donaldson has an art show on in Chonburi, Thailand right now. Why not go along and take a look? I have inserted a flyer below. If you need an idea of his style of artwork, Thomas featured in the January 2014 issue of Eastlit in a piece titled: Thomas Donaldson Art.

 Other News

Eastlit April 2014 will be out on March 31 or April 1. This issue will include fiction, poetry, non-fiction, artwork, an interview, advice on writing and a book review. I hope you will enjoy the mix we have put together for you. Thanks also to all those who have contributed work for this issue.

We are still taking submissions for the June to December issues of Eastlit. Please go to our Eastlit submissions page to check the guidelines and send your work in. Also please pass this link on to anyone you know who may be interested.

If you have any live art in the form of video, audio or pictures, please also feel free to submit it for consideration for publication on Eastlit or Eastlit Live.

Enough for now.

Cheers.

Graham.

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