Okay, so I’m trying not to post long comments at Sadaik as the main reason for the blog is simply to provide information and news concerning literature in Burma and, well, my thoughts aren’t that important really. Sometimes though, I cant help myself and Di Morrisey’s new book ‘The Golden Land’ got my knickers in […]
It’s interesting, how, despite the 300 plus political prisoners still in jail, the ‘turn a blind eye, let’s pretend it’s not happening’ war in Kachin, the phosphorus burning of monks and oh yeah, that Rakhine thing, the lifting of economic sanctions have convinced us foreigners that all is good and democratic in the land of […]
As Myanmar’s censors loosen their grip, one of the country’s most acclaimed authors plans to republish her novel about two gay lovers, restoring sex-laced passages once deemed too risque for readers …
“On Nov 17 this year, the Burmese writer Ma Thida and I went to visit the offices of the Press Scrutiny Board in Yangon, the seat of the country’s once-feared censorship authority. …”
The winners of the National Literary Award for books published in 2011 were announced on November 22, with 13 honourees named by a judging committee working under the Ministry of Information …