By Bank of South Pacific “Saving a little bit of money can go a long way if you want to buy things in the future such as stationary, books, even a computer,” said Brisbane Broncos Ambassador and retired player Darius Boyd when launching the BSP Financial Literacy School Program today (Tuesday 3rd May, 2022). PopularContinue reading “BSP and Broncos launch 2022 Financial Literacy Program in NCD schools”
Category Archives: Literature
Ex-kiap author shortlisted for UK award
By KEITH JACKSON – posted on PNG Attitude blog Death of a Coast Watcher by Anthony English, Monsoon Books, Burrough on the Hill Leics UK, 2020, 479 pages. Kindle $9.56, paperback $22.75 from Amazon Books NOOSA – A psychological thriller with a strong connection to wartime events in Papua New Guinea has been shortlisted by the London-basedContinue reading “Ex-kiap author shortlisted for UK award”
PNG-Australian Lydia Gah writes her story of surviving domestic violence to inspire hope and change
ABC Far North / By Brendan Mounter Born prematurely in a remote village on New Britain island, off mainland Papua New Guinea, Lydia Gah learnt to survive from her very first breath. But it’s her story as the survivor of a 12-year abusive marriage that she’s determined to share with the world. Ms Gah has just self-published aContinue reading “PNG-Australian Lydia Gah writes her story of surviving domestic violence to inspire hope and change”
The third Mini-poetry Competition for World Environment Day – Coming soon!
Making waves in 2021 with Tongan poet Karlo Mila na tanim tokpisin wantaim Benjamin Mane long 2020 LAST year, there were very few entrants in the mini-poetry competition, only four entrees actually, but that was a step up from the first contest, for which we had only one entrant. Maybe the number of entrees wasContinue reading “The third Mini-poetry Competition for World Environment Day – Coming soon!”
FREE DOWNLOAD!
The first issue of a new PNG writer’s magazine In some cultures May Day is “traditionally a celebration (or festival) of spring and the resurrection of nature after the winter months”. It has been many years since Papua New Guinea had a writer’s magazine. Ples Singsing has decided to address that lack. In some countriesContinue reading “FREE DOWNLOAD!”
The writers who are forever more to write
PHILIP FITZPATRICK – posted on PNG Attitude Blog “I write a lot & always have plenty of ideas, drafts, storylines, even planned sequels…. I’ll be writing for evermore in the future, if I can find time” – Baka Barakove Bina In 2015, when Baka Bina published his novel, ‘Man of Calibre’, Phil Fitzpatrick described it asContinue reading “The writers who are forever more to write”
We need an educated population
By Michael Kabuni – posted on Academia Nomad If I had an option of creating my own village, I would be happy to have all the University graduates without jobs as members of the village. Our chief would be someone with a degree in psychology from UPNG. Our church treasurer would be an accountant graduateContinue reading “We need an educated population”
What must have happened to Ma?
BAKA BARAKOVE BINA – posted on PNG Attitude Blog NOOSA – Yesterday Baka Bina was announced as one of five Pacific regional finalists in the prestigious Commonwealth short story prize, the first Papua New Guinean to be thus honoured and chosen from 6,730 entries before the international judging panel. The original story is in TokContinue reading “What must have happened to Ma?”
Baka Bina shortlisted for major literary prize
KEITH JACKSON – posted on PNG Attitude Blog NOOSA – Baka Bina has become the first author from Papua New Guinea to be shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction from any of the Commonwealth’s 54 member states. Baka’s story, ‘Wonem SamtingContinue reading “Baka Bina shortlisted for major literary prize”
No magic in writing; it’s the spirit within
SIMON DAVIDSON – PNG Attitude Blog PORT MORESBY – The act of writing is daring and magical as it summons inner courage, latent creativity and sparkling intelligence to form a universe of words. It is a bold act to put words on a blank page, and then to share them. It is unnerving especially forContinue reading “No magic in writing; it’s the spirit within”
Ples Singsing - A PNG Writer's Blog 