Nou Hach Literary Journal

An international poetry festival titled ‘Northern Europe meets Mekong’ will run throughout June in Battambang, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. The festival features writers from Cambodia and Europe who will hold poetry readings at venues throughout Phnom Penh, conduct creative writing workshops with children, and speak at a free one-day seminar at the Buddhist Institute on 20^th June.

The festival aims to promote poetry and to share universal ideas between poets from all over the world. Audiences will be entertained with poetry readings at venues as varied as the Australian Centre for Education, the French Cultural Centre and Monument Books, while finding out more about the art of modern poetry. Read the rest of this entry »

Nou Hach Literary Association Writers Conference on Literary Aesthetics

The Nou Hach Literary Association, in cooperation with the Sowers Association and the Khmer Writers’ Association abroad, will once again host its annual writers conference for 2009, now in its seventh year.

The seminar features Cambodian guest speakers as well as guest speakers from Sweden, Iceland, Demark and Fore Island, who will share their experiences. Read the rest of this entry »