Even Bhutan has already held a literary festival, and now, in another sign of Burma opening up, they've announced: "the first ever English language literary festival in Burma / Myanmar", the Irrawaddy Literary Festival, to be held 1 to 3 February 2013 in Rangoon.
It's nice that they'll have: "some of the best local authors (writing in English) as well as a rich mixture of writers and artists from elsewhere", but I hope they have some local-language talent as well .....
See also the report in Mizzima, Suu Kyi to lead Burmese literary festival.
It's nice that they'll have: "some of the best local authors (writing in English) as well as a rich mixture of writers and artists from elsewhere", but I hope they have some local-language talent as well .....
See also the report in Mizzima, Suu Kyi to lead Burmese literary festival.