RE: Appeal for donations to support the next round publication of "Din kong Fa" [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
PHOUMIRATH, Thong
Sabaidii
Sounds like a good idea to have a sum of money set aside for publication of further books.
Bounthanh – you know the people at Room To Read in Laos. It might be a good idea for you to talk to them and negotiate some funding – because I know they are always on the lookout for more books in Lao or Lao and English for their distribution to libraries throughout the country. This is for the mutual interest of both groups. They may be willing to commit some money towards publication of Lao books.
Hakpheng
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Subject: [LaoEnGT] Appeal for donations to support the next round publication of "Din kong Fa"
oHi, Sabaidii all members of 'Lao short story translation project',
Please see below Bounthanh's clarification in term of how much money is needed at the minimum to support the next round publication of "Din kong Fa". It's US$2500. We have raised so far about US$150. See ...
May I appeal to all our members to consider making donations to this good cause.
To donate (via PAYPAL), click on link below ...
Note PayPal charges a small fee ranging from 2.7% for significant donation to 5.4% for small donation.
Alternatively contact me, Bounluang Vannithone at luan_va...@hotmail.com or Daovieng Norath dao.n...@hunterwater.com.au to arrange for receiving donations.
We appreciate your donations. They are acknowledged and recorded on the web page.
Hakphaeng,
Regards,
Luang Vannithone
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:05:00 -0800
From: bount...@yahoo.com
Subject: Fw: Asia Pacific Writers Support S.E.A. Write Festival & Awards
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Hi Bounluang, Thanks for your reply. For sure, I plan to take part in this important event below, and it will be good if we can publish our book by that time. I'm happy that you take this task seriously. I plan to have the run of 1500 copies, and I estimate the total cost of the publication - not more than USD 2500.
I hope to find the bigger part of funding in Laos, you guys in Oz can contribute how much as you want. As soon as you finish the translation of twenty stories, I'll take action. RtR promised to buy some of my books next month, so I'll have money in my pocket at least USD 1000 for this purpose.
It's a great idea if we can get Pomma and other people to join our team.
I want to put our stories in English on Vientiane Times one by one so that the large audience can have access to them. Do you agree to it?
Hak pheng, Bounthanh
Asia-Pacific Writers supports S.E.A.Write Festival 2012
Asia-Pacific Writers (AP Writers) will hold its inaugural gathering in Bangkok, Thailand, 4-5 November 2012, to dovetail with this year’s Southeast Asian Writers’ (S.E.A.Write) Festival and Gala Awards. The S.E.A.Write Awards have been presented annually since 1979 to authors and poets in Southeast Asia. The Award was initiated by Thailand’s legendary hotel – The Oriental - and its business allies in cooperation with two literary associations – PEN Thailand and the Writers Association of Thailand. A member of the Thai royal family presides over the gala awards dinner at Bangkok’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, famous throughout its 135-year history for its relationship with international authors. Legendary authors who have stayed there include Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward and James Michener.
Books by S.E.A.Write winners have not always been available in English. This partially accounts for the lack of recognition of the writers, the award and much excellent literature from the region. Translation into English is often a first step to translation into many other languages.
AP Writers will work with the British Centre for Literary Translation, the Translators’ and Interpreters Association of Thailandand others to organise translation workshops that produce English excerpts of some of the 2012 award winners’ work.
Readings of the winners’ work, together with readings of the translations, will be held in Suan Pakkard Palace, a former royal residence now operating as a fine arts museum and made available courtesy of S.E.A. Write Organising Committee Chair, M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok.
Working with the Writers’ Association of Thailand, PEN Thailand, and others, AP Writers will organise Creative Writing workshops to enable Thai writers and other emerging writers from the Asia-Pacific region to work with internationally-established authors. Consultations with literary agents and publishers may also be arranged, if possible.
AP Writers’ key forum will be a series of provocations leading to roundtable discussion and debate on the themes ‘TRANSLATING ASIA’ and ‘THE VALUE OF LITERARY PRIZES’. The forum will be held 4-5 November at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
AP Writers thanks other members of the organising team and those who have already committed to the success of this event. They include:
– Mandarin Oriental Hotel’s General Manager Jan D. Goessing, and Somsri Hansirisawasdi, Director of Public Relations. – Surapeepan Chatraporn, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Associate Professor of English, Chulalongkorn University. – Professor Emeritus Srisurang Poolthupya – Translators’ and Interpreters Association of Thailand, & the Royal Institute of Thailand. – Binlah Songkalagiri – Writers’ Association of Thailand. – PEN Thailand. – Panadda Lerlum-Umpai, S.E.A. Write Committee, formerly a senior executive with the Bangkok Bank and President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand. – British Centre for Literary Translation – Julianne Schultz, editor Griffith REVIEW and judge of the Miles Franklin Literary Award (Australia). . In early April 2012 Asia Pacific Writers will be registered in Hong Kong by a group of authors as an association of authors from the most populous and dynamic region of the world. AP Writers recognises fine writing and will seek to advance the careers of its authors, including assiting writers from Asia and the Pacific to participate more fully in global literary discourses. More information about the new association and how to participate will be available soon.
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