Tag: Proverse Hong Kong
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Register for the Proverse Autumn Reception 2025!
The Proverse Autumn Reception 2025 will be held at the Helena May FRIDAY 28 NOV from 7pm-9/9.30pm – and YOU’RE INVITED! Dr. Gillian Bickley, co-founder with Dr. Verner Bickley, MBE, of the International Proverse Prizes will announce the WINNERS of the PROVERSE POETRY PRIZE 2025 and the SEMI-FINALISTS of THE PROVERSE PRIZE 2025. Books will…
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Proverse Spring Reception 2025
The well-attended Proverse Spring Reception 2025 took place at the Helena May, and we welcomed two poets from Singapore for the first time. First came a heartfelt expression of gratitude for the support received from time to time from Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Next, Proverse authors present were introduced. Then came two sad announcements.…
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Michael Witts Double Book Launch
Our 2023 Proverse Prize winner Michael Witts is participating in a double book launch this Sunday 16 March from 6pm in his native Glebe, New South Wales, Australia. If that’s your stomping ground, or you happen to be visiting that part of the world, please attend! https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/Proversehk/SomeDualities
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Proverse Spring Reception 2025 April 29
The Proverse Spring Reception is just around the corner and taking place at the Helena May 29 April 2025 from 7pm-9pm. We will be launching new books by our authors, including the latest book in our Mingled Voices series of poetry anthologies, Mingled Voices 9. We will also be celebrating the life and literary achievements…
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Proverse Prize Winners Announced!
The winners of The Proverse Prize 2023 were announced at the Proverse Autumn Reception at the Helena May 21 Nov 2024. The winners were Michael Witts for his poetry collection Some Dualities, Matthew Wong-Foreman for his novel Sunset at Lion Rock and Stewart McKay for his debut novella The Ballad of Billy Lopez. The winners…
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Register for the 2024 Proverse Autumn Reception
Our 2024 Autumn Reception will be held at the Helena May 21 Nov from 7-9pm. Books will be launched and the winners of the 2023 Proverse Prize announced! The winners of the 2024 Proverse Poetry Prize will also be announced. There will also be a report on the 2024 Proverse Prize. Registration is open so please act fast to reserve your place! View our…
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Proverse Spring Reception 2024 – You’re Invited!
Spring has officially arrived! You are cordially invited to the Proverse Spring Reception 2024 on Thursday 25 April from 7-9pm at the Helena May, where we will be revealing the Proverse Prize 2024 finalists and launching Mingled Voices 8, our anthology of poems by poets who won places in the 2023 Proverse Poetry Prize! Please…
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Proverse Author Sheng-Wei Wang in the SCMP!
Congratulations to Sheng-Wei Wang, author of The Last Journey of the San Bao Eunuch: Admiral Zheng He, published by Proverse in 2019, for persisting with her topic and gaining attention in today’s SCMP (Hong Kong). Read the article below and see the book details on Amazon and Chinese University Press! https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3249097/did-chinese-explorers-ming-dynasty-travel-americas-decades-columbus
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Happy Holidays from Proverse!
Our latest newsletter has just dropped and can be downloaded here! Catch up with the latest news about the Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize winners and finalists, watch our 2023 Autumn Reception on YouTube and read about our three most recent book releases! Wishing all of you a magical Christmas and a happy, fruitful…
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Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize Announce Winners!
The winners of the 2022 Proverse Prize and semifinalists of the 2023 Proverse Prize were announced at our 2023 Autumn Reception at the Helena May 21 November 2023! Also announced were the winners of the 2023 Proverse Poetry Prize. All winning single poem entries will receive places in our next Mingled Voices anthology, Mingled Voices…
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Proverse 2023 Autumn Reception Tickets On Sale!
Tickets have just gone on sale for our 2023 Proverse Autumn Reception at the Helena May, which takes place 21 NOV 2023 from 7pm-9.30pm. The winners of places in our 2023 Proverse Poetry Prize anthology Mingled Voices 8 and semifinalists of the 2023 Proverse Prize will be announced at the event! Tickets usually sell out…
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REMINDER: Proverse Prize and Poetry Prize 2023 Submissions end 30 June!
The countdown has begun! Submissions for the International Proverse Prize and International Proverse Poetry Prize 2023 close in just 4 days! CLOSING DATE: 30 June! ENTER NOW! The Proverse Prize for single-author book-length fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, previously unpublished in English (may be in translation), founded in 2008, offers a cash prize (HK$10,000) and publication.…
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Nicholas Binge Ascending
Many congratulations to Nicholas Binge, whose first book Professor Everywhere was a Proverse Prize 2019 Finalist, on the publication of his new book, Ascension! Although not published by Proverse, it was launched on 27 April, the same day as the Proverse Spring Reception! We are always excited to celebrate our authors and former prize-winners’ careers…
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Submissions for 2023 International Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize are OPEN!
Our 2023 Proverse Spring Reception was held 27 April at the Helena May and we can’t wait for the next one! The 2023 Proverse Autumn Reception will take place in November where the semi finalists of the Proverse Prize 2023 and winners of the Proverse Poetry Prize 2023 will be announced! Submissions opened 7 May…
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Latest Galleries!
Our 2023 Proverse Spring Reception was held 27 April at the Helena May and we can’t wait for the next one! Thanks to everyone who attended. The 2023 Proverse Autumn Reception will take place in November where the semi finalists of the Proverse Prize 2023 and winners of the Proverse Poetry Prize 2023 will be…
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Proverse Spring Reception 2023
Thanks to everyone who attended and supported our 2023 Proverse Spring Reception at the Helena May 27 April! The poetry readings by some of the poets published in Mingled Voices 7: Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2022 and speeches by 2022 Proverse Prize finalists (the winners will be announced at our 2023 Autumn Reception) were spellbinding.…
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Mingled Voices 7 Launching Proverse Spring Reception 27 April 2023
The winners of the 2022 Proverse Poetry Prize were announced at our Autumn Reception at the Helena May in November. Our anthology of winning entries Mingled Voices 7 will be among the books launched at our Spring Reception at the Helena May 27 April 2023. The book has just landed on Chinese University of Hong Kong…
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2023 Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize Open for Entries 7 May!
Our annual International Proverse Prize for unpublished book-length works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry collections and International Proverse Poetry Prize for Single Poems open for entries 7 May 2023! With cash prizes and the opportunity to see your unpublished books published (single poems are also published in our Mingled Voices anthology series) you do not…
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Proverse has had a Facelift!
We’ve been putting it off for years, but Proverse has finally removed its face mask, studied its reflection and opted for a full facelift! We hope you enjoy browsing our new site! Please subscribe below to make sure you don’t miss out on our latest books, literary events and prizes!
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