Kyaw Zwa Moe’s Prison Memoir
The audience for political prisoner memoirs hasn’t yet dimmed in Myanmar, though its still rare to find one in English …
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Kyaw Zwa Moe’s Prison Memoir
Celebrating Karen Literature and Music (video)
‘Only a small number of Karen people living in the Karen State and along the Thai-Myanmar border play the traditional instruments and they have nearly disappeared in other areas inhabited by the Karen people.’
Winning the DA Prize for Short Fiction
It’s been a lucky month so far. On the back of the shortlisting for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, i am now delighted to say i have won the inaugural Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction for my story ‘Bakhur’ …
UK Fellowship for Myanmar Literary (and other creative industries) Professionals
Goldsmiths University of London in association with the Charles Wallace Burma Trust is inviting applications from Creative and Cultural mid-career practitioners and academics from Myanmar for a 3 month (September to December) Fellowship in London …
World Press Freedom Day 2018
Yesterday was World Press Freedom day, and the Irrawaddy Journal took the opportunity to revisit older pieces they published on literary censorship in Myanmar in the 90’s and early 2000’s …