The Asia-Pacific writing partnership: an initiative supporting writers in the world's most populous and dynamic region

dc.contributor.authorCamens, Janeen
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Humanitiesen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I describe the background, rationale and activities of the Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership, a transdisciplinary initiative formed to support writers in the Asia-Pacific region by creating opportunities for writers from the region to further their careers through literary encounters organised with universities and other writers’ organisations in Australia, Asia, the UK, USA and wherever writers can come together to network, develop their skills and promote their work. It seeks to foster links between writers/practitioners in the Creative Writing discipline and scholars of literary theory, cultural studies, translators, post-colonial literary theory and others in and outside the academy. It aims to further stimulate the receptiveness of readers to writing from this the world’s most populous, diverse and creatively dynamic region. As well as facilitating regional and international connections, it serves as a research tool, a virtual laboratory, in which to observe contemporary writing from the ‘margins’ of the so-called World Republic of Letters and to remap such literary world models.en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJane Camensen
dc.identifier.citationNew Writing, 2011; 8(3):272-286en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14790726.2011.615405en
dc.identifier.issn1479-0726en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/71596
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.rights© 2011 Taylor & Francisen
dc.subjectAsia-Pacific literature; creative writing; post-colonial literature; translation studies; comparative literary studies; globalisationen
dc.titleThe Asia-Pacific writing partnership: an initiative supporting writers in the world's most populous and dynamic regionen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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