The International Writers Magazine: 2007 Archives - 2008 and more see below

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JANUARY	Sussing Out South Korea Arya Kazemi Being surrounded by a group of kids chanting "waygook" (the Korean term for foreigner) was after a couple of years of working and living in South Korea nothing out of the ordinary for me... This experience was quite indicative of the perils facing an expatriate in this country... more Fanning the Flames: how the ‘queer space’ of the internet and the writing of fan fiction enhances the fictional universe of Torchwood by Jodie Corney The Funeral Reunion Quentin Bates A scrum of hard-faced women cradling extra-long Superkings between taloned fingers crowded around the flowers while husbands and dads in sharp suits passed a pouch of baccy from hand to hand in the summer sunshine. more
FEBRUARY	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Sam North 'Papa,' she whispered. 'I think I am going to hell.' A remarkable compelling WW2 story Y Tu Mamá También Director: Alfonso Cuarón Gabriela Davies There is a new wave of cinema in the international scene today, and it is definitely Latin. Hot House Rising James Campion The Bush Administration bankrolled by Oil Men suppressed scientific panic-speak on the accelerated global warming dangers.
MARCH	Tranquil Coup d' Etat Eliot Ballard I am standing in front of a smashed car a Thai slogan over its caved windshield. Soldiers file past. To my left, protestors are waving signs. "No To Dictatorship" Loneliness Paul Haire in Beijing I watched the rugby on Saturday night this weekend, Scotland v Ireland. I drank too much as usual.
APRIL	Kurt Vonnegut,Jr 1922-2007 James Campion All this happened, more or less Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. "Slaughterhouse Five" Amadeus Directed by Milos Foreman Dan Schnieder DVD review I found that the film was not at all as I expected Mexico Dermot Sullivan's Mex Diaries I am having some trouble adjusting to the altitude.
MAY	Fail & Fail Again Colin Todhunter I used to feel really great. Then I started watching TV Twilight by Stephanie Meyer Nicole Foulger A gripping romantic vampire story with bite... So you think the British Government will look after you James Skinner ‘I’ve finally decided to retire as Her Majesty’s governmental representative after nearly 5 years of rescuing Brits from the gallows...
JUNE	Burning Man Annie Lalla Burning Man… most have barely heard of it, many are intrigued, few are brave enough to go. Paris Hilton James Campion Paris Hilton is being railroaded. Period. She deserves to be in prison as much we do for putting her there.   The Thief of Bottles Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra Once my father owned an auto-body shop in a wooded area in the district of Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. The shop had two dusty windows and a little light, grayed by this dust
JULY	Venezia Sam North I am not sure whether you go to Venice for the history, the romance, the idea you can go everywhere by water or you just want to see it before it crumbles, but we all have reasons to go there and go there one must. The Sepulcher Lakunle Jaiyesimi Are words thrown up, like mines, from relegated sepulchers in the manner of whispers heavier than the songs of heroes?
AUGUST	Insights from Tuscany: the Art of Simplicity Sonu Purhar I hear the merry ping of a horn behind me and automatically step aside; my short stay here has already schooled me in small-town road etiquette. Saving Cham Culture Antonio Graceffo The Kingdom of Champa, originating in the second century AD was one of the most powerful empires in Indochina
SEPTEMBER	Heart Of Glass Dan Schneider German filmmaker Werner Herzog is not an artist to be underestimated, even in his lesser films, like 1976's Heart Of Glass (Herz Aus Glaus) because his films tend to have a cumulative power, Failure at the lake Eric D Lehman I was sixteen, we hiked up the summer Sierra in the backcountry Our parents had left us with worried instructions to stick to the trail. "Don’t get lost!
OCTOBER	Eating Crabs in Kuching Fiona Lal ‘Malaysia truly Asia’, the sing song refrain kept bouncing around my brain as we lurched down the runway at Kuching. Scruffy palm trees bent graciously as we rather jerkily slowed down. Appleby Fair Frances Lewis I heard tell the Appleby Fair of 1947 was likely to be the best of our lifetime; this cos the farmers are dooming the horse trade, those tarmacadamed roads are threading across our green fields, more and more motors are rolling up – this we all know, this will change everything. Frit Linda Regan ‘Don’t Put Your Daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington!’ Isn’t a phrase that resounded around our house, in the year when I reached five.
NOVEMBER	Some Days Are Like This Juliana Perry Plaguing my mind more often than not these long evenings are those five simple words. The phone is silent and the remains of my own dinner sit haphazardly in the sink Fresa y Chocolate Directors: Alea & Tabio Anne Marie-Dover A bigoted and fervently heterosexual young man and an older, decadent homosexual is very promising, the plot reveals a sensitivity that has made Fresas y Chocolate one of the most celebrated Latin American films of the 90’s. Everyman by Philip Roth Josef Fiser It just opens the door. It is like a picture, nicely painted picture which can just please you by its colours as well as take you as deep into life (and death) matters as you can stand.
DECEMBER	The Jon Courtney Grimwood Interview by Aby Davis His passion is evident in this desire to get the English Language a star on the Magical Realist walk of fame. Let Sleeping Dogs Thai Tabytha Towe - Every dog you see here are either lying on the ground dehydrated and too hot to move, or either scavenging for food. Tab in Ko Chang. Still Life Mark Robinson - survivor And the skies above the City bleed down upon the earth its overcast haze. Quiet below, sinking beneath the mist, a stale darkness pervades. With streets aloof, atom-bomb atonic. Red flashing twelve o’clocks light a humming wave of out-of-order signs and sequential blinking green men below the anodised phosphorescent burn of street lighting.

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