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Announcement

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

Popular Asian Literature. Eastlit June 2015 Cover. Picture: Shizi Gou #17 by Wen Zhang. Cover design by Graham Lawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.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

Popular Asian English Literature

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Popular Asian English Literature

Popular Asian English Literature: Eastlit April 2015 Cover. Picture: Pingyao in Winter by Xenia Taiga. Cover design by Graham Lawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.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

Popular Asian Poetry and Fiction: Eastlit

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Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction

Eastlit October 2014 Cover. Picture: Canton Tower in the Mist by Miodrag Kostadinovic. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.The latest lists of popular Asian poetry and fiction in Eastlit are now ready! As usual we are including the most popular Asian poetry and fiction over the last seven and thirty days. And the all time list is updated too. For the first time we are providing direct links to the pieces in this list of popular Asian poetry and fiction to make viewing them easier.

The poems, prose and artwork can be found from the supplied links or by navigating via the links in the top bar or from in our 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 November 1.

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

Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction Last Seven Days

  1. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  2. Poem by Preeyakit Buranasin (October 2014).
  3. The Puppet Tree Artwork by Vasan Sitthiket (October 2013).
  4. Still Life and Two Other Poems by Anna Yin (August 2014).
  5. Định Liệt by Matt Martin (October 2014).

Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction Last Thirty Days:

  1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  2. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  3. The Old Hibachi by Peter Mallett (September 2014).
  4. Dreams of Old Shanghai by Colin W. Campbell (October 2014).
  5. Turnstile by Iain Maloney (October 2014).

Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction 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 Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  9. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  10. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacailao (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.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

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

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Eastlit Popular Literature

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Support Eastlit

Eastlit has quite a lot of expenses coming up in the next couple of months. If anyone can help out with a few dollars or know a person or organization that can, it would be appreciated. The donations link below can be used. Or contact Graham directly. Enough and on!




Eastlit Popular Literature

Eastlit Popular Literature. July 2014 Cover: Picture: Xenia Taiga. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.We are once again taking a quick look at the Eastlit popular literature. This month we again include the most popular literature over the last seven and thirty days. The all time list gets its usual update, too..

You can find the pieces by using the links in the top bar or in the Eastlit archive. Maybe take a look at some of the other pieces? We all have different tastes, and quality does nto always go hand in hand with popularity!.

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on August 1. The inaugural issue of our sister journal Southlit is coming out on July 15. That is only a few days away now.

Please note we exclude all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these stats.

Eastlit Popular Literature Last Seven Days

  1. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  2. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  3. Iain Maloney interview by Graham Lawrence (July 2014).
  4. Damai Moon by Colin W. Campbell (July 2014).
  5. A Bridge Behind by Khanh Ha (July 2014).

Eastlit Popular Literature Last Thirty Days:

  1. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  2. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  3. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  4. Sentences and Two Other Poems by Henrik Hoeg (June 2014).
  5. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).

Eastlit Popular Literature All Time:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  3. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  4. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  5. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February 2013).
  8. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  9. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  10. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa jr. (June 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.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

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

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Eastlit Popular Poetry and Literature

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Eastlit Popular Poetry and Literature. June 2014 Cover: Picture: Mai Văn Phấn. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.It is time to once again take a look at the Eastlit popular poetry and literature. I have included the most popular poetry and literature in the last seven and thirty days. The all time popular list also gets an update.

You can navigate to the pieces by using the links in the top bar of in the Eastlit archive. Why not also take a look at some of the other pieces? Not everyone has the same taste and there are some excellent reads outside the top lists.

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on July 1. The first issue of our new sister journal Southlit is due out on July 15.

Eastlit Popular Poetry and Literature. Last Seven Days

  1. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  2. Perfect Present by Andrew J, West (June 2014).
  3. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  4. Sunday Tiptoeing by Jamie Wang (June 2014).
  5. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).

Eastlit Popular Poetry and Literature. Last Thirty Days:

  1. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  2. Perfect Present by Andrew J, West (June 2014).
  3. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  4. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  5. My Neighbor, Mr. Tanaka by Lawrence F. Farrar (june 2014).

Eastlit Popular Poetry and Literature. All Time:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  4. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February 2013).
  8. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  9. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  10. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacanilao (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.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

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

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Eastlit September

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Well sorry, I haven’t done one of these pieces for a while. It has been a very busy time for me away from Eastlit. I will however try to get one or two of these pieces out every month.

Eastlit September Issue

Eastlit September: Journal Cover Eastlit September 2013. Well the Eastlit September issue is out and it is nice to be getting posiitve feedback. Thanks from me and thanks from the writers too.

The Eastlit September issue contains a mix of poetry, short stories and non-fiction. It also includes another extract from a novel. Plus we have the regular piece form Steve Rosse in the How Not to Write series.

We continue to try and introduce a few new writers or poets every issue.

I would also like to thank all the editorial board members for their help. You know who you are. Thanks from me to members old and new. Thanks also to those who have volunteered to join he board in the future and also hose who have sent in guest editorials for consideration. It all helps.

Donations

As I said on the front page, now is a time of some expense for Eastlit. If you are able to help with a dollar, pound, yen or two or know someone who is, it will certainly be appreciated. And if you can’t hey just keep reading or sending the work in, or give us a like, share or spread the word. It all helps and we do value it all. In fact from me it is thanks to you all who have sent so much in or spent so much time reading Eastlit. It will soon be a year and it is humbling to see quite how many people have followed the development of this little journal.

Oh for donations the button can be found on the right of some pages or the front page. On some mobile devices it may appear at the bottom of the page. And here it is below:




 

Eastlit Courses

Eastlit is now offering the following online courses:

  • Activaing Creativity
  • Creative Writing

If you would like more information, please contact us.

Eastlit September – Other Things

We are taking submissions for the next 6 issues right now, so don’t be shy. Send them in.

The Android app is going through gradual development. If we can raise the money, we will also publish an app for iPhones. It is already made!

OK enough from me.

Cheers

Graham

 

Top Reads

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I have not done a top reads or statistics posts before. To be honest I do not look at the statistics that much. However, for the few that do ask, I have listed the top five for the last week and month below. I have also included the ten top reads for all time to date. It is nice to see the all time list being a mix of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Looking at it now, it is nice to also see a number of local writers making the all time top ten.

This only looks at contributors work and not at site pages, news items, editorials, covers etc. I haven’t put direct links to each story, but I have listed each issue, so you can find them there. Each monthly issue is in the archive or the links at he top of the page. Maybe you will find a lesser read piece that you like too. Anyway here are the top reads:

Top Five Last Seven Days:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March).
  2. The Mansion by Andrew J. West (June).
  3. The Battle of Mianzi by Nichole Reber (May).
  4. Blame it on the Farmer by Stefanie Field (May).
  5. Box by Kalpana Negi (January).

Top Five Last 30 Days:

  1. The Mansion by Andrew J. West (June).
  2. Reliving World War II in the Philippines by Carol Colborne (June).
  3. Three Poems by Zara Adcock (June).
  4. Three Poems by Károly Sándor Pallai (June).
  5. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March).

Top Ten All Time:

  1. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yei Wei (April).
  2. La Perla by MFL Bulandus (December).
  3. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February).
  4. The Mansion by Andrew J. West (June).
  5. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March).
  6. Monkey Business by Ashwin Mudigonda (December).
  7. The Battle of Mianzi by Nichole Reber (May).
  8. At the Lake by Tom Sheehan (May).
  9. Four Poems by Anna Yin (March).
  10. Five Poems by Rose Lu (April).

Other News:

The July issue will be out on June 30, or that is the plan!

Cheers.

Graham

Getting Read

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First

Before moving on to the topic of getting read, I have a few things to say. Sorry about any delays in replies recently. I have been away travelling. Also Bryn has decided to withdraw from Eastlit, so that he can go on an extended period of travel. He wishes all of you who had contact with him well. We at Eastlit wish Bryn all the best and thank him for his efforts. He will remain a lifelong honoury editor. Because of this, I will be making some changes to Eastlit by creating a larger team to read the submissions. If any of you are interested in this contact admin. There will also be some other changes, but more on these later.

Getting Read

Some writers ask me how they get more people to read their pieces. Well the first thing is that Eastlit has grown in readership every month. April was up 30% on March and May 30% on April. This should help in getting read more. Each month usually starts with the current issue being the best read thing by far. However, as the month moves on older issues start to receive reads. If your work is in older issues, it is still getting read although at a lower rate than when first published. As the months go by we are also going to use reminders of older pieces. We already did one of these with the post on poetry last month. We also integrate launches and news items with a variety of social media actions both official and unofficial to attract readers. In the near future we intend to intensify this and also aim to start press releases in the regions we cover. All of this should result in your work getting read more often.

Now that is what Eastlit does. However, it is also possible for contributors to help each other get more reads. If you have a piece published and share it on say your Facebook, then you attract some of your friends to read your piece. Some of these may even read others writers’ pieces especially if you suggest this or like another piece. It is possible to increase the reads by community action like this. Oh and please note that it does not make us at Eastlit any money! That has never been our aim as mentioned in previous posts and on our supporting local writers page.

If you support us and our aims it also helps if you give us a like or share on the Eastlit home page, submissions page or supporting local writers one linked to above. This also helps to get more readers who will look at your work.

June Issue

Getting Read: Latest New Post by Graham. How to get more reads of your pieces on Eastlit. Getting Read by Graham LawrenceIf you haven’t seen the June issue yet, just click on the picture to the left to go there. Clicking will take you to the unique cover based on a picture by leading Thai artist Vasan Sitthiket. The drawing is an illustration of the short story The Mansion by Andrew J. West.

Other pieces include Two Poems by rising Chinese poet and writer Xenia Taiga, Three Poems by Károly Sándor Pallai who usually writes in French but whom we are pleased to welcome to Eastlit and there also three more poems by Zara Adcock our youngest contributor. Completing the poetry in the June issue are contributions by Tendai R. Mwanaka and Michele Alice. A.T. Payne’s sees her first publication in Eastlit with the story Waiting for Jasmine and Chained by Nick M. Aarons also with his first piece in Eastlit completes the fiction line up. Both non-fiction pieces are also by writers new to Eastlit with Carol Colborn’s piece plus photographs on Reliving World War II in the Philippines and Lucy Howson’s Vietnam based Saturday Night Sat on the Street in District 1. Steve Rosse finishes the June issue up with the second in the series How not to Write.

Finally

Thanks to everyone who has sent in work or read an issue of Eastlit. Also thanks to all of you who have made suggestions. You know who you are. All the current round of changes should be complete within the next 6 months.

That is about all for now except for personal thanks from me to Bryn for everything. Hey Bryn, enjoy the world. You will always remain a good friend. And thanks for the nice words re Eastlit.

Cheers.

Graham.

April News

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Well it is Happy Thai New Year (Songkhran) to everyone who celebrates it at the start of this news post. It is very hot in Thailand and the five days of water throwing where I live is in full flow. People really seem to be enjoying themselves this year, which is a great thing.

Still, sitting in the garden at 9:45 I had better turn my mind to things Eastlit and give an update of what is going on before the temperature rises too high and the partying begins.

May Issue

The May issue of Eastlit will be bigger than the April issue. The plan is to have it out on May 1 for International Labour Day. It will include fiction, poetry, a novel extract and non-fiction and the first of a series on how not to write!

How Not to Write

Starting in the May issue we will be running a series titled How Not to Write by Steve Rosse. Steve Rosse is a former columnist for The Nation newspaper in Bangkok. He has written a number of books and is an accomplished editor with an eye for good and bad writing!  He has had a number of pieces published in Eastlit since its launch. We hope that writers both new and experienced will find his advice and tips useful.

April Issue

Table of Content: The complete list of contents for the Eastlit April Issue is below. Please click on a link to go to the page. We hope you enjoy the work in the April issue of Eastlit. Eastlit Cover. The picture is Urumqi in Winter by Xenia Taiga. The Eastlit April cover design is by Graham Lawrence. Note: Urumqi is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country. Editorial by Graham Lawrence. Five Poems by Rose Lu. The poems are: It's Neither Frivolous nor Drifty, A Fan, Alley, Bride of Spring and Your Autumn Leaves, My Water. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei. Black Void by Dan Asenlund. Author's note: "Black Void," is a magic realism tale taking place in a northern suburb of Seoul, South Korea. Three Poems by Tendai R. Mwanaka. The poems are: A Road to Somewhere, The Real Nuclear Threat and Intent. Three Pantoums by Colin W. Campbell. The pantoums are: Whispers, Radio Show and Mutiara 93250. J.R. and M.S. do PP by Matt Sipprell. The Articulate Mind by Steve Rosse. China - A Sequence by Iain Maloney. Contributors. An alphabetical list of all the contributors to the April issue of Eastlit complete with biographies of all the writers and poets can be found in this section. Note on Work: Please note that we publish work as received. We do not edit work for minor errors. We regard these as decisions made by the author. The one exception is that we may work with second language writers to help them say what they want to say. Please note all work whether writing or pictures remains the copyrighted work of its authors. Subscribe to our newsletter for all the latest on upcoming issues, competitions, incentives, contributors and news in general. The independent offshoot of Eastlit The International Writers Group can be found on Google+.The April issue of Eastlit was a small one. However, it has attracted a lot of interest. If you have not seen it yet, why not take a look at our unique cover. If you prefer, you can go straight to the table of contents. Eastlit’s April issue has a mix of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The contributors come from across the region and outside. They include expatriates as well as local writers, and we feature both writers new to Eastlit and a couple of old hands. The cover picture is provided by Xenia Taiga this month. Thanks to all those who contributed ad to those who have read it.

Eastlit and Readers

Over the course of this year to date, there has been a steady increase in the number of readers visiting the site. We would like to thank our readers for their support of the site and its contributors. Without you Eastlit would not be here. We also invite comments or suggestions through the usual contact.

Previously Published Authors

Please remember that you can submit more work at any time. In fact we love to see more from authors we have already published. The only limitation is that in general we do not publish authors in consecutive months. We also welcome submission or work from authors previously rejected. Every piece will be judged on its merits.

Non-Native Writers

At Eastlit we are happy at the number of pieces of work we have received from writers whose native language is not English. Thank you. We hope these submissions continue to increase. Don’t forget that we offer free advice and editing on pieces to non-native writers.

The Butterfly’s Body

The May issue of Eastlit will see the publication of Life Cycle, which is the final chapter of The Iron Butterfly by Richard Lutman. The first two chapters are The Butterfly’s Body and The Colors of the Wings. These were published in the January and March issues of Eastlit respectively.

Translations

You can now also submit translations into English of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. In fact we positively welcome this if anyone has work. Please read our submissions page first. Then submit through the submissions e-mail.

Other News

I have been busy looking for and fixing broken links in Eastlit. Those previously not working have I hope been fixed. However, if you find any broken links please report them to Eastlit admin or through our contact form.

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Sawadee Pee Mai.

Cheers.

Graham.

News

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There are a number of news items as we approach the end of March. I have set them out under headings so you can find what is relevant to you.

News

The April issue will be out on April 1, 2013. It will be an issue of eight or nine pieces including fiction, poetry and a couple of non-fiction pieces. This is continuing in line with our smaller issues policy from the start of this year.

Writers will be hearing in the next few days if their work is in or out.

Writing Process and Editing

We hope to be making an announcement on something new to help new and aspiring writers very soon. As soon as we have things confirmed, we will make it public. This fits with our aim of trying to help new writers and non-native writers. We remain fully committed to encouraging and supporting non-native writers.

Writers’ Group

The International Writers Group, which will be independent of Eastlit, has been set up. It is on Facebook as a Facebook page. Google stopped supporting Google Communities. Please take a look if interested. It is open to anyone writing in English. It is also open to those interested in writing and readers. Using Facebook means that writers can take advantage of easy ways to share, edit, co-write or seek opinions. This can also be done in a private way with only chosen people or publicly. That is up to the writer. Using Facebook does though mean you will need a Facebook account. But who doesn’t have one these days!

Right now the group is very new and small. We are actively seeking new members, so if you have friends who may be interested please let them know. The aim is to make this a group for the members and not have it dominated by a few.

Most of all we would love to hear your ideas. You can contact us in the community, through the usual channels here or via our g mail account.

Future Eastlit Issues

We are now taking submissions for our May and June issues. We are accepting fiction, poetry, non-fiction, relevant essays, novel extracts and photographs. If you have not submitted before, please take a look at our submission guidelines before sending work in.

We actively encourage non-native writers to send work in. See our commitment to supporting new writers.

Finally

If you do support our aims or even just enjoy the work, please do like or share us from the links at the bottom.

Cheers.

Graham.