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This is the sixth issue of BALLOONS Lit. Journal featuring stunning works in poetry, prose, and art from contributors from different parts of the world.
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Audio Section
Poetry
Fiction
Voice Performers of BLJ Issue 6
Sherry Merrow Schwartzman was an elementary school teacher for more than 25 years. For most of those years she taught first grade, a grade where many, many children learn to read. To encourage a love of reading and a desire to learn to read, over the years she spent many hours reading to the children in her classes. She continues to visit classrooms carrying her bag of books, always ready to read. To quote her, “Give me a few books, a few kids to share them with and that is a perfect way to spend my day.”
Jasmine Turner is a young writer from South Australia. Having loved books since childhood, she has collected more novels than could pos-sibly be read in a lifetime. Hoping to put this obsession to good use, she is currently studying librarianship. In her free time, Jasmine imagines herself in faraway places and translates her ad-ventures into short stories. The story she performs here, “Electric Dessert”, is her own work.
Mary Ann Tear is a BIFF adjudicator as well as a Trinity College London senior examiner and she is their Drama and Performance Consultant for SEA based in Singapore. She is a choreographer, director and Performing Arts lecturer. All this work has taken her to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Canada, as well as many UK and European centres. Whilst enjoying the examining, adjudicating, directing, choreographing, and lecturing Ms Tear has also found time to read, listen to music, to go to the theatre, visit art galleries, and watch the latest films, believing that it is so important to be up to date with movements in the contemporary arts scene. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends in Singapore.
Ho Cheung LEE (Peter), Ed.D., resides in Hong Kong where he teaches and writes. He is the founding editor of BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ). In addition to doing poetry and short story writings, he is fond of performing texts. He completed his Trinity Guildhall Grade 8 Performing Text, for which he was awarded an Exhibition Award, followed by his ATCL (Speech & Drama) and LLCM(TD) (Speech & Drama Teaching). He can be found at ho-cheung.com.
Chan Wang-hei is a Secondary 4 (Grade 10) student in Hong Kong. He is a two-time English verse-speaking winner at the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival. Recently, he attained Grade 8 (with distinction) for Speech and Drama in the Trinity Guildhall examination.
Kwok Chun-wang Tom is a Secondary 2 (Grade 8) student. He is a three-time English verse-speaking winner at the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival and three-time English verse-speaking winner in his school’s annual speech event, “Speech Gala”. He passed with distinction in the Grade 8 London College of Music examination in Speech & Drama. Besides performing texts, he writes poetry, swims, plays the clarinet, paints and reads a lot. He lives in Hong Kong with his parents and sister.
Irene Latham is the author of more than a dozen current and forthcoming poetry, fiction and picture books for children and adults, including Leaving Gee’s Bend, 2011 ALLA Children’s Book of the Year. Winner of the 2016 ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award, she also serves as poetry editor for Birmingham Arts Journal. The poem she performs here, “Cave Cricket’s Lament”, is her own work. [Irenelatham.com]
Coltrane “Cole” Varela is a junior at The Field School in Washington, D.C. where he plays basketball and ultimate Frisbee. He was named for John Coltrane, his father’s favourite jazz musician. In his spare time, Cole volunteers as a buddy for an organization that serves as a respite for families with children with intellectual disabilities. He enjoys hiking, playing chess online, and reading and writing poetry. The poems he performs here, “The Lone Beach Ball”, and “Swing Set”, are his own work.
Sherry Merrow Schwartzman was an elementary school teacher for more than 25 years. For most of those years she taught first grade, a grade where many, many children learn to read. To encourage a love of reading and a desire to learn to read, over the years she spent many hours reading to the children in her classes. She continues to visit classrooms carrying her bag of books, always ready to read. To quote her, “Give me a few books, a few kids to share them with and that is a perfect way to spend my day.”
Jasmine Turner is a young writer from South Australia. Having loved books since childhood, she has collected more novels than could pos-sibly be read in a lifetime. Hoping to put this obsession to good use, she is currently studying librarianship. In her free time, Jasmine imagines herself in faraway places and translates her ad-ventures into short stories. The story she performs here, “Electric Dessert”, is her own work.
Mary Ann Tear is a BIFF adjudicator as well as a Trinity College London senior examiner and she is their Drama and Performance Consultant for SEA based in Singapore. She is a choreographer, director and Performing Arts lecturer. All this work has taken her to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Canada, as well as many UK and European centres. Whilst enjoying the examining, adjudicating, directing, choreographing, and lecturing Ms Tear has also found time to read, listen to music, to go to the theatre, visit art galleries, and watch the latest films, believing that it is so important to be up to date with movements in the contemporary arts scene. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends in Singapore.
Ho Cheung LEE (Peter), Ed.D., resides in Hong Kong where he teaches and writes. He is the founding editor of BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ). In addition to doing poetry and short story writings, he is fond of performing texts. He completed his Trinity Guildhall Grade 8 Performing Text, for which he was awarded an Exhibition Award, followed by his ATCL (Speech & Drama) and LLCM(TD) (Speech & Drama Teaching). He can be found at ho-cheung.com.
Chan Wang-hei is a Secondary 4 (Grade 10) student in Hong Kong. He is a two-time English verse-speaking winner at the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival. Recently, he attained Grade 8 (with distinction) for Speech and Drama in the Trinity Guildhall examination.
Kwok Chun-wang Tom is a Secondary 2 (Grade 8) student. He is a three-time English verse-speaking winner at the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival and three-time English verse-speaking winner in his school’s annual speech event, “Speech Gala”. He passed with distinction in the Grade 8 London College of Music examination in Speech & Drama. Besides performing texts, he writes poetry, swims, plays the clarinet, paints and reads a lot. He lives in Hong Kong with his parents and sister.
Irene Latham is the author of more than a dozen current and forthcoming poetry, fiction and picture books for children and adults, including Leaving Gee’s Bend, 2011 ALLA Children’s Book of the Year. Winner of the 2016 ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award, she also serves as poetry editor for Birmingham Arts Journal. The poem she performs here, “Cave Cricket’s Lament”, is her own work. [Irenelatham.com]
Coltrane “Cole” Varela is a junior at The Field School in Washington, D.C. where he plays basketball and ultimate Frisbee. He was named for John Coltrane, his father’s favourite jazz musician. In his spare time, Cole volunteers as a buddy for an organization that serves as a respite for families with children with intellectual disabilities. He enjoys hiking, playing chess online, and reading and writing poetry. The poems he performs here, “The Lone Beach Ball”, and “Swing Set”, are his own work.
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ISSN 2520-3169 (Print)