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71:, the then Southeast Asian Representative of Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., founded the series as its general editor in 1966 in Singapore. Comber thought a similar series focussing initially on Southeast Asia was worth pursuing to "give a tremendous boost to creative writing in English...which was still regarded then as something of a cultural desert". He also wanted to publish the "tremendous body of local writers writing in their local languages" across the entire Asia in English translation "to make it available to a wider reading public" as he felt that existent publishers only focussed on their individual countries. 213:, the then General Manager of Heinemann Educational Books, confirmed that the series had stopped publishing poetry because of poor sales. In 1985, after publishing more than 70 titles, Comber left the series after Heinemann Asia was taken over by a parent group of publishers. In retrospect, Comber notes that in business terms, Heinemann made "very little" from the series, though it neither lost much, with textbook publishing sales subsidising the series. The series continued until around 1996, resuming publishing poetry and diversifying its focus beyond literary fiction to ghost stories. 243: 51:
and more. The series is also credited with contributing prominently to creative writing and the creation of a shared regional identity amongst English-language writers of
143:(1978), which sold 8,000 copies. By 1988, about 15 titles in the series were used as supplementary textbooks in Singapore schools, guaranteeing sales in the thousands. 19:
was a series of books of Asian writing published from 1966 to 1996 by Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd (often referred to as Heinemann Asia), a subsidiary of
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Some Writing in Asia series titles have since been republished by other companies, like
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in 1967. The anthology, whose stories were edited and mainly translated into English by
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and had its film rights sold, while the latter was adapted into a play at the 1978
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Buoyed by the profits made from textbook publishing, the series first published
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and modern and classic stories and novels in English translation from the
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The Strange Cases Of Magistrate Pao: Chinese Tales Of Crime And Detection
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The series met with commercial success a decade later when two reprinted
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for the novel in 1977. The series also met with critical acclaim when
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Genesis of a Revolution: An Anthology of Modern Chinese Short Stories
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Mass Possession: A True Story! Tales of the Supernatural and Natural
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A Folding Screen: Selected Chinese Lyrics from T'ang to Mao Tse-tung
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The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English
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Malayan Horror: Macabre Tales Of Singapore And Malaysia In The 50s
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is considered the first modern Indonesian novel and won the first
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Second Tongue: An Anthology Of Poetry From Malaysia And Singapore
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Reflections in the River: Contemporary Japanese Short Stories
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The Shadow of a Shadow of a Dream: Love Stories of Singapore
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Glimpses of the Past: Stories from Singapore & Malaysia
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List of authors and books in the Writing in Asia Series
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From Surabaya to Armageddon: Indonesian Short Stories
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Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore
753:. Translated from the Indonesian by Harry Aveling. 2310:Ollie's Search For Golden Hope & Other Stories 1875:. Translated from the Korean by Marshall R. Pihl. 2042:The Ghost Lover Of Emerald Hill And Other Stories 146:Significantly, as part of the series, Australian 2540:Bight Of Bangkok: A Collection Of Short Stories 3012:. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 79–86. 2865:. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 79–86. 2586:National Book Development Council of Singapore 1577:Or Else, the Lightning God & Other Stories 1515:National Book Development Council of Singapore 1452:. Translated from the Malay by Harry Aveling. 1388:. Translated from the Malay by Harry Aveling. 1325:. Translated from the Korean by Richard Rutt. 1173:. With an introduction by Yasmine Gooneratne. 1002:A Blade of Fern: A Novel About the Philippines 2965:. Singapore Press Holdings. The Straits Times 2942:. Singapore Press Holdings. The Straits Times 2919:. Singapore Press Holdings. The Straits Times 8: 2730:Reminiscences: A Collection of Short Stories 123:. Other commercially successful titles were 133:(1972), which sold over 25,000 copies, and 1597:Crossing The Peninsula & Other Stories 272: 191:Crossing The Peninsula & Other Stories 63:Inspired by the successful and pioneering 2803:Patke, Rajeev S.; Holden, Philip (2009). 23:, London. Initiated and mainly edited by 1893:A Busy Week: Tales from Today's Thailand 1301:The Stars and Other Korean Short Stories 815:. Memoir, originally published in 1968. 504:Taw and Other Thai Stories: An Anthology 2765: 2563:. Novel. Originally published in 1992. 2376:Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories 1517:'s Book Award for English Poetry 1982. 920:. Novel. Originally published in 1948. 2478:Sunshine in the Rain: A Maid's Courage 2062:Foam Upon the Stream: A Japanese Elegy 1751:The Newspaper Editor and Other Stories 1470:Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Short Stories 461:The Mutes in the Sun and Other Stories 2689:Reincarnation and Other Short Stories 702:, edited and with an introduction by 376:. Edited and with an introduction by 31:, Western writers based in Asia like 7: 2438:Fancies and Follies: Stories of Love 2104:The Nan-Mei-Su Girls of Emerald Hill 1107:Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore 140:Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore 2397:Deadline for Love and Other Stories 92:for supposed "Chinese chauvinism". 2938:Chua, Rebecca (6 September 1986). 1998:. Originally published in 1986 as 440:The Romance of the Western Chamber 14: 2755:List of Indonesian-language poets 1954:Man Snake Apple & Other Poems 1812:A Wisp of Bliss and Other Stories 1385:The Third Notch and Other Stories 2333:. Originally published in 1974. 2292:. Originally published in 1937. 1733:. Originally published in 1973. 1621:. With a foreword by C. Sircar. 774:. Originally published in 1935. 576:. Originally published in 1974. 304:Modern Malaysian Chinese Stories 241: 77:Modern Malaysian Chinese Stories 2458:Goh's 12 Best Singapore Stories 1872:The Good People: Korean Stories 464:. Short stories and a novella. 2915:Chia, Helen (13 August 1988). 792:Myths and Legends of Indonesia 695:Letters of a Javanese Princess 1: 2961:John, Alan (30 August 1982). 2940:"So you want to be an author" 2790:The Phoenix and Other Stories 2775:The Phoenix and Other Stories 1974:The Adventures Of Holden Heng 1913:The Phoenix and Other Stories 1852:Shadow Play and Other Stories 1406:Sri Sumarah and Other Stories 1022:Chemmeen: A Novel About India 2985:"Book honours for two poets" 2588:'s Fiction Book Award 1976. 2330:Daughters of an Ancient Race 706:and with an introduction by 3076:Heinemann (publisher) books 2125:Encounter and Other Stories 1536:Modern Korean Short Stories 1365:Reunion & Other Stories 1196:Malaysian Novel of the Year 1013:Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai 373:Maugham's Malaysian Stories 3092: 2606:Silent Cries from the Dark 2355:Tales of the Hungry Ghosts 1044:Modern Far Eastern Stories 137:'s short-story collection 121:Hong Kong Festival of Arts 2809:. Routledge. p. 81. 2750:List of Malaysian writers 2498:The Best Of Catherine Lim 2248:More Ghosts of Singapore! 1448:The Prince of Mount Tahan 196:Commonwealth Poetry Prize 2917:"Bookends: Charles Cher" 2289:The Importance of Living 1995:Honour and Other Stories 1618:Early Buddhist Mythology 1513:. Poetry. Winner of the 833:And Napalm Does Not Help 771:My Country And My People 628:Maugham's Borneo Stories 3009:Asian Voices in English 2862:Asian Voices in English 2053:Ediriwira Sarachchandra 2001:The Battle of the Bands 1662:Malaysian Short Stories 1490:Malay Myths and Legends 1118:Ediriwira Sarachchandra 939:Singapore Short Stories 108:City of Broken Promises 2745:African Writers Series 2647:The Road To Chandibole 2417:Love's Lonely Impulses 1685:(Sungai Mengalir Lesu) 1510:Prospect Of A Drowning 1170:Stories from Sri Lanka 1148:Ulysses by the Merlion 1127:Curfew and a Full Moon 728:Myths for a Wilderness 65:African Writers Series 17:Writing in Asia Series 3006:Comber, Leon (1991). 2859:Comber, Leon (1991). 1450:(Putera Gunung Tahan) 1228:Robert Burdette Sweet 516:Pramoedya Ananta Toer 152:Pramoedya Ananta Toer 99:books in the series, 90:Internal Security Act 2581:If We Dream Too Long 2519:Lovers and Strangers 2165:Ghosts of Singapore! 2083:Hearts & Crosses 1588:Shirley Geok-lin Lim 981:Bones & Feathers 951:Muhammad Haji Salleh 700:Agnes Louise Symmers 686:Raden Adjeng Kartini 600:Muhammad Haji Salleh 353:ASEAN Literary Award 326:22 Malaysian Stories 255:adding missing items 188:'s debut collection 186:Shirley Geok-lin Lim 182:ASEAN Literary Award 29:Shirley Geok-lin Lim 2963:"Behind the awards" 2700:Marie Gerrina Louis 2638:Marie Gerrina Louis 1640:ASEAN Short Stories 1439:Ishak Haji Muhammad 1280:Three Sisters of Sz 960:Time and Its People 619:W. Somerset Maugham 364:W. Somerset Maugham 161:(1975, c.1950) and 105:(1977, c.1968) and 84:with a foreword by 37:W. Somerset Maugham 2560:The Crocodile Fury 1705:Flowers in the Sky 1427:Beyond the Heights 1322:A Nine Cloud Dream 1207:Yasmine Gooneratne 1160:Yasmine Gooneratne 917:Tree Without Roots 285:Title and Details 253:; you can help by 209:In 1982, however, 3041:"Scorpion Orchid" 2894:"Behind the Book" 2838:"Behind the Book" 2736: 2735: 2721:Syed Adam Aljafri 2668:A Rose Has Thorns 2609:. Short stories. 2522:. Short stories. 2501:. Short stories. 2429:Judith Anne Lucas 2342:Judith Anne Lucas 2301:Syed Adam Aljafri 2251:. Short stories. 2230:. Short stories. 2168:. Short stories. 2086:. Short stories. 1730:A Son of a Mother 812:Myself a Mandarin 708:Eleanor Roosevelt 563:Duncan Mackintosh 271: 270: 127:'s autobiography 102:Myself a Mandarin 3083: 3056: 3055: 3053: 3051: 3037: 3031: 3030: 3028: 3026: 3003: 2997: 2996: 2994: 2992: 2981: 2975: 2974: 2972: 2970: 2958: 2952: 2951: 2949: 2947: 2935: 2929: 2928: 2926: 2924: 2912: 2906: 2905: 2903: 2901: 2890: 2884: 2883: 2881: 2879: 2856: 2850: 2849: 2847: 2845: 2834: 2828: 2827: 2825: 2823: 2800: 2794: 2787:Wong Swee Hoon, 2785: 2779: 2772:Wong Swee Hoon, 2770: 2531:Michael Smithies 1933:Web of Tradition 1884:Michael Smithies 1249:Stanley R. Munro 698:. Translated by 633:G. V. de Freitas 547:Eye on the World 494:Jennifer Draskau 419:Son of Singapore 273: 266: 263: 245: 244: 238: 172:(1969) from the 130:Son of Singapore 3091: 3090: 3086: 3085: 3084: 3082: 3081: 3080: 3071:Series of books 3061: 3060: 3059: 3049: 3047: 3039: 3038: 3034: 3024: 3022: 3020: 3005: 3004: 3000: 2990: 2988: 2983: 2982: 2978: 2968: 2966: 2960: 2959: 2955: 2945: 2943: 2937: 2936: 2932: 2922: 2920: 2914: 2913: 2909: 2899: 2897: 2892: 2891: 2887: 2877: 2875: 2873: 2858: 2857: 2853: 2843: 2841: 2836: 2835: 2831: 2821: 2819: 2817: 2802: 2801: 2797: 2786: 2782: 2771: 2767: 2763: 2741: 2206:Winds of Change 1843:H. Jathar Salij 1803:Heah Chwee Sian 1547:Linda Ty-Casper 1526:Chung Chong-Wha 1418:Ruth Lor Malloy 1237:Akbar the Great 1055:Iwan Simatupang 1034:Chung Chong-Wha 993:Edith L. 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