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Two Brothers and a Wild Dog (Window on Books)

Langston Winduo (author); Peter Ella (illustrator)

ISBN 10: 9980891890 / ISBN 13: 9789980891891
Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press, 2016



Two Sisters and Nokondi's Head (Window on Books)

Cheryl Winduo (author); Tommy Ella (illustrator)

ISBN 10: 9980891785 / ISBN 13: 9789980891785
Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press, 2016


Steven Winduo (author); Tommy Ella (illustrator)
Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press (2016)
ISBN 10: 9980879408 ISBN 13: 9789980879400



Steven Winduo (author); Peter Ella (illustrator)
Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press/Manui Publishers (2016)
ISBN 10: 9980891823 ISBN 13: 9789980891822


 


The inspiration for this book could have been my stories about the prison writings of Papua New Guinea's John Kasaipwalova, Kenya's Ngugi wa Thiong'o, or the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks that got the Buimo prisoners and warders to write their stories during a writers' workshop between October 26th and November 6th, 2009. Doris Omaken and Jill Pijui of the PNG Bible Society coordinated the writers' workshop. University of PNG colleague Sakarepe Kamene and I facilitated the workshop as part of our community outreach obligation. Paul Kaiu gave his support in a significant way to the workshop. We approached the workshop with two considerations: First, we believed, that everyone had the skills and interesting experiences to tell stories. The Buimo Prison writers' workshop began with storytelling. We guided the participants to write these stories down on paper. Second, we decided against using papers, fixed structures, and programs. Our view was that using the techniques used in formal university classrooms was intimidating to learners at the village level or in prisons. Our approach was simple, flexible, and allowed a lot of verbal interactions. The prisoners have a lot of time for devotion and reflection on life. Introducing them to writing techniques and having them write down their experiences can serve as a therapeutic exercise and as a process of self-expression. The writings produced in the workshop had one strong impression. The prisoners are now equipped with the knowledge and techniques of writing their life stories in short prose or if need be, as a book. Some of the participants indicated that the workshop has given them a new ray of hope in life's difficult journeys. Sharing their personal experiences with us through writing gave us a glimpse into their lives outside and inside of the prison walls. As it turned out three inmates were friends I have known before, but had no idea they were in prison for being on the wrong side of the law. Nonetheless, I was happy to share the moments with them as a friend visiting them in prison.


Title: A Turning Point: Buimo Prison Writers
Publisher: University of Papua New Guinea Press
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition:New
Book Type: book



Land Echoes





Format:
Paperback / softback, 298 pages
Other Information:
black & white illustrations
Published In:
United States, 09 February 2014


Adventurous Yarawali Haiwanga escaped a society of sorcerers to the unknown land beyond as a young man. He became a shepherd boy at the Catholic mission station in Madang. Yarawali accompanied the first missionaries into the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, which was discovered three years earlier. After serving three years with the mission he was discharged to make a life for himself in the circular world. He turned to Asapang, his girlfriend from the village next to the mission headquarters. Their friendship led to the birth of Mauri and the suicide of Asapang's father. Tension and unease entered their lives, forcing Yarawali to leave again to join the native police force. In the Great Hagen-Sepik Patrol led by Australians, Jim Taylor and John Black, he served as a policeman before World War II arrived in Papua New Guinea. The lives of the main characters are twirled up in the currents of history. Modern history and fiction are weaved together based on the memory of the author's grandfather's life. It is a story of adventure, love, courage, bravery, boldness, and anxieties of the time. The story is also about the modern changes in the land of a thousand tribes. The novel is a passionate expression of the people of Papua New Guinea.

Publisher:
University of Papua New Guinea Press
ISBN:
9980992069
EAN:
9789980992062
Dimensions:
22.0 x 15.0 x 1.0 centimetres (0.40 kg)
Age Range:
15+ years





Transitions and Transformations: Literature, Politics, and Culture




Transitions and Transformations encapsulates emerging issues on literature, culture, and politics in Papua New Guinea. The essays capture my reflections on the literature and culture of Papua New Guinea. Literature is a window into a society. Through novels, poetry, plays, and short stories writers present an imagined community to readers. The discussions here are by no means the only way of reading Papua New Guinea literature. I do make one statement at the outset, though: this book is a reflection of the transitions and transformations I made in my life as a writer-scholar in Papua New Guinea. In the process I met many friends, students, readers, and mentors, whose creative and intellectual influences rubbed off on me as well. It is a process that helped me understand literature and the kinds of scholarship on cultural-knowledge productions that I deal with in Papua New Guinea. Transitions and Transformations maps the study of Papua New Guinean writers and their writings. It is also a book demonstrating the development of personal scholarship in the field of literary and cultural studies in Papua New Guinea.

Paperback, 256 pages
Published January 1st 2013 by Masalai Press
ISBN
9980992026 (ISBN13: 9789980992024)



Detwan How? (2012) a new collection of poetry in Tokpisin with English translations.

 Published by UPNG Press and Manui Publishers

The Unpainted Mask: a collection of short stories (2010) Steven Edmund Winduo


Published by UPNG Press and Manui Publishers
A Rower's Song (2009) by Steven Edmund Winduo.  Third collection of poetry.


Published by Manui Publishers. 2009.


Reframing Indigenous Knowledge:
Cultural Knowledge and Practice in
Papua New Guinea (2009) A collection of papers
presented during a conference organized by
the Melanesian and Pacific Studies (MAPS) at UPNG in 2004.
The book is edited by Steven Winduo and
published by the Melanesian and Pacific Studies,
University of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, 2009.



Other Books by Steven Winduo


Hembemba: Rivers of the Forest.
Institute of Pacific Studies, Fiji. 
University of South Pacific.
 2000.

Lomo'ha I am in Spirit's Voice I Call.
Suva: South Pacific Creative Arts Society and
Institute of Pacific Studies, University of South Pacific.
1991.


Distributors

Steven Winduo
Manui Publishers
P. O. Box 47
University Post Office
National Capital District
PAPUA NEW GUINEA


Phone: 675-718 18575
email: sewinduo@gmail.com



University Press and Bookshop
University of Papua New Guinea
P. O. Box 341
University Post Office
National Capital Dictrict
PAPUA NEW GUINEA


email: upngbooks@gmail.com
Web: www.pngbuai.com.buybooks.

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