Haiga 316

Haiku by Darko Plazanin.

Ms. Masajyo Suzuki, a love haiku poet, opened an Japanese style pub "Unami (April wave) in Ginza, Tokyo many years ago. The pub had been later run by Suzuki's grandson, and closed at about this time last year. I frequented the pub whenever I was in Tokyo so the closing was a sad new to me. The other day, however, I received a postcard from the son, announcing the reopening of the pub. The new location is just a few steps away from the original place. I am busy this month, but when April comes, I will be there.
Masajo Suzuki: http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/translations/masajolovehaiku.html

World Haiku 2010

Haiku anthology of world haiku, "World Haiku 2010" is now available at the following URL:
http://www.worldhaiku.net/news.htm
Under "Event" and then "World Haiku Anthology" there is a line that says "World Haiku 2010 book order form: English/Japanese.
Just click the "English", then you get a Word order form downloaded.

The anthology includes; 506 haiku poems by 171 haijin from 35 countries, 24 Junior haiku from Japan and New Zealand, 5 haiku related essays, reports on the 4th Japan WHA Conference and on WHAC5 in Lithuania, and 13 fine haiga from the monthly haiga contest.

This anthology plus all the back issues will be used as the side readings for a literature class at Tokyo University conducted by Ban'ya Natsuishi. The class begins from this spring.

Short story ebook 3

Doughnut: a short story 3 (Japanese)

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A short story in Japanese

Haiga 315

Haiku by Darko Plazanin.

Recently, I read a lot of novels written by Chinese authors. I am reading books by Gao Xingjian now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Xingjian

Many Chinese novels deal with the difficult times the authors had to go through during the sixty years of New China.
Gao Xinglian's novels, "Soul Mountain" and "One Man's Bible", seem to give me an impression that experiences of the difficult times were distilled and converted into a form of artistic expression. And this aspect seems to make him stand from the other Chinese authors.

Short story ebook 2

Gently: a short story

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Japanese only.

Haiga e-book 2 "wind"

haiga e-book 2 "wind"

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The theme of this haiga ebook is "wind"
Click the center of the book icon; that will take you to the book page. Click once more at the book image there.

Haiga 314

Haiku by Darko Plazanin: Lived in Samobor and works in Zagreb as a warehouseman. His haiku verses had been, among others, translated into Japanese, English, German, French, Hungarian, Romanian, Flamanian and Irish language. He was one of the most represented Croatian haiku poets abroad. He is one of my favorite haijin, too.

Haiga 313

Haiku by Mohammed Bennis again.

Short story ebook 1

Torch-a short story

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Sorry, the story is only in Japanese.

mini haiga ebook 1

lady_without.pdf

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A little trail of haiga ebook

haiga 312

Haiku by Mohammed Bennis

Haiga 311

Haiku by Mohammed Bennis: Born in Fez, Morocco in 1948. A major figure in Modern Moroccan poetry. Ph.D holder, and professor of Arab poetry at the faculty of letters, Rabat. He is president of the House of Poetry in Morocco, and one of its founders.