The first Burmese literary festival, the Irrawaddy Literary Festival is set for 1 to 3 February, and in The Myanmar Times Zon Pann Pwint previews it, in Yangon literature fest aims to overcome culture of one-way lecture.
It sounds good -- but I'm with The River of Lost Footsteps-author Thant Myint-U:
It sounds good -- but I'm with The River of Lost Footsteps-author Thant Myint-U:
It is a great opportunity to put Yangon on the international literature map, though I hope that in the future there will be equal attention given to Myanmar-language works and works in Myanmar minority languagesThat's what I'd love to see.