Writer Training in Myanmar (Burma)

June 14-20, 2007
Myanmar: Training church leaders to write
June 14-20, 2007
           By invitation of a local Christian publishing house in Myanmar, conducted an author training workshop, June 14-20, 2007, in the capital, Yangon. This seminar followed MAI’s trainings in 2004 and 2006 for marketing and publishing. MAI sent an experienced writer trainer to lead this residential one-week writer workshop, and she involved a local Burmese author as her co-trainer and translator. Through this workshop, 12 carefully selected writers developed ideas for publishable manuscripts and began writing with editorial help and guidance from the MAI trainer.
 
            Until now, the host publishing house has focused on translating literature into Burmese, but that vision has broadened largely as a result of his contact with MAI. “I think it’s best to train writers so that we can produce literature in the context of my country,” the publisher said. 
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Africa Train-the-Trainer
Accra, Ghana
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LittWorld 2009
Nairobi, Kenya
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Zimbabwe author training
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SouthEast Asia writer workshop
An MAI trainer will lead this writing workshop to a group of women who launched a Christian magazine in their "closed" country, following their last MAI workshop on how to start a magazine.
 
SouthEast Asia publishing workshop
An MAI publishing veteran leads this workshop to equip publishers and others interested in launching publishing work in this "closed" S.E. Asian country.
 
Ethiopia marketing and publishing
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Uganda writer training
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Mexico: Writer Training
Writer Training
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Malaysia writer workshop
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Mongolia editing and design workshops
MAI trainers lead workshops in editorial and graphic design, equipping Mongolian Christian publishers and writers who hope to penetrate the general market.