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Book launch: 'Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet' By Tsering Woeser Date 11 March 2026 Time 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm Venue SOAS University of London Room Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT) Speakers Jemimah Steinfeld is CEO of Index on Censorship. Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a writer, poet, translator, and the author of, most recently, Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories. Dechen Pemba is the editor of High Peaks Pure Earth.

New event!
📆11th March
🕔5:15pm UK time

@hpeaks.bsky.social hold Book launch in London:
'Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet' by @woeser.bsky.social
& discussion w/ @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social, Fiona Sze-Lorrain & Dechen Pemba

Reg:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

🎥 Take an online tour of MOA's feature exhibition, Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images with curator Fuyubi Nakamura. The exhibition showcases Tibet and Tibetans through their own lenses and voices. Watch now: https://f.mtr.cool/qlfgdkglin

Join the London book launch event on 11 March at SOAS: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

“Ocean, as Much as Rain” is a collection of stories, poetry, and essays by @woeser.bsky.social It's a landmark publication celebrating the work of a steadfast dissident and leading #Tibetan literary figure of our times @dukepress.bsky.social

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EVENT: Join Index CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social in conversation with Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dechen Pemba for the launch of their new book Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet by Tsering Woeser.

📅 17:15 on 11 March 2026

Book: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

Butter Tea In this lovely short film, the traditional Tibetan drink butter tea (bho jha) becomes a bridge between generations, outreach across cultures, and a reminder of the value of mindfulness. From Clarissa Wei at Eater, more

In this lovely short film, the traditional Tibetan drink butter tea (bho jha) becomes a bridge between generations, outreach across cultures, and a reminder of the value of mindfulness. [kottke.org]

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The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara review – into Tibet’s ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ The follow-up to Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line explores the history of colonial exploration through a perilous 19th-century odyssey

“The Last of Earth” by Deepa Anappara reviewed by Sana Goyal for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Losar Tashi Delek ལོ་སར་བཟང་། 🔥🐎🎉

Announcing the book launch event for "Ocean, as Much as Rain" by @woeser.bsky.social in London on 11 March, 2026 taking place at SOAS. See link for details and registration!

www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

India has long promised 'vibrant' border villages, as China speedily builds up India's government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, Indian residents wonder what's taking so long.

Both India and China are building up strategically-placed yet very remote villages along parts of their contested border, high up in the Himalayas. @npr.org went to some of the villages on the India side.
www.npr.org/2026/02/17/n...

Tibetan media Voice of #Tibet reporting that the Dalai Lama’s younger brother, Ngari Rinpoche, has passed away at the age of 80.

www.facebook.com/VoiceofTibet...

This Bowl of Soup Is a Warming Way to Reset for the New Year Preparing and sharing a pot of Tibetan guthuk ahead of Losar, the New Year celebration, helps banish the bad from the past year.

The New York Times gets your #Losar started with a piece about Guthuk, recipe also included!

cooking.nytimes.com/article/losa...

Ocean, as Much as Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet

To order (from your location):

United States, Central/South America: www.dukeupress.edu/ocean-as-muc...

Canada: utpdistribution.com/978147803311...

Asia, Australia, Europe, UK, and elsewhere: mngbookshop.co.uk/978147803311...

The book features cover artwork by Tenzing Rigdol and a foreword by Pankaj Mishra.

1.⁠ ⁠Author Tsering Woeser with her copy of “Ocean”. Photo Credit Tsering Woeser
2.⁠ ⁠⁠Editor-Translator Dechen Pemba with her copy of “Ocean”. Photo Credit Dechen Pemba

Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of “Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” by Tsering Woeser, published by @dukepress.bsky.social, edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain with Dechen Pemba.

“Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” By Tsering Woeser: Book Review by Kamila Hladíková Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of “Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” by Tsering Woeser, published by Duke University Press, …

Read scholar Kamila Hladíková's review of "Ocean, as Much as Rain" by @woeser.bsky.social , published by @dukepress.bsky.social and OUT NOW!

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Woeser’s unique position as an insider in Tibet with direct access to places and people and at the same time a brave objective observer have turned her into one of the most valuable Tibetan voices of the first three decades of the twenty-first century."

“Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” By Tsering Woeser: Book Review by Kamila Hladíková Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of “Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” by Tsering Woeser, published by Duke University Press, …

"In the West, Woeser has been widely known and appreciated as a poet and “activist.” However, I have always seen her primarily as a “witness”, a survivor providing testimony [...]

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An image of a stone hut with a red door on a mountainside, overlaid is white text that reads: Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak, by Tsering Woeser, translated from Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Poetry, “If you gaze at hell for too long you risk being eaten bit by bit Are you willing to negotiate? If so, we’ll listen in exchange for his safe return”

Read Tsering Woeser’s poem “Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak” (tr. Fiona Sze-Lorrain). Woeser’s poem is an elegy to the Tibetan monks and nuns protesting Chinese rule since 2011. . Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak - Words Without Borders Tsering Woeser’s melancholic poem mourns the lives lost to the violence of an unfree Tibet.

"I can do nothing but cry and write poems."
Read "Only This Useless Poem" by Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser @woeser.bsky.social, from her new book "Ocean, as Much as Rain," in @wwborders.bsky.social.

Photographs Taken During a Journey Around Tibet in 1997 by Linda Griffiths We received a warm welcome from the many Tibetans we met — a life-changing experience for me, a homecoming — the landscape, buildings and the people merging, and overnight stays with Tibetan …

Buddhist practice: Photographs Taken During a Journey Around Tibet in 1997 by Linda Griffiths wp.me/pFy3u-3FB.

Khadhok's rise signals a new chapter for Tibetan art India-based collective elevates contemporary voices in Tibet and in exile

Khadhok's rise signals a new chapter for Tibetan art
https://asia.nikkei.com/life-arts/arts/khadhok-s-rise-signals-a-new-chapter-for-tibetan-art

Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak - Words Without Borders Tsering Woeser’s melancholic poem mourns the lives lost to the violence of an unfree Tibet.

Tsering Woeser’s melancholy poem (tr. Fiona Sze-Lorrain) mourns the lives lost to the violence of an unfree Tibet. Read “Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak” here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Tibet: Pilgrims and progress - SOAS China Institute John Gittings continues his selection of photos taken over a quarter of a century, with images from his four visits to the Tibetan regions.

Blog from December 2025 by journalist John Gittings @soasuni.bsky.social

blogs.soas.ac.uk/china-instit...

Cover of Ocean, as Much as Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet by Tsering Woeser. The cover art is a detail from the installation "Biography of a thought" by Tenzing Rigdol, a vibrant, colorful piece with stylized waves in various shades of blue and swirling, multicolored clouds. In the center is a wooden chair on a small purple platform, positioned in front of an intricate circular pattern with floral motifs in blue and orange, framed by concentric rings of bright ornamental designs in pink, green, and yellow. The subtitle is in small blue text at the top, the title in large white text beneath the chair, and the author name beneath the title. At the bottom of the design, the words "Edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dechen Pemba" appear.

Save 30% on #NewBook "Ocean, as Much as Rain," a translation of Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser's stories, poetry & prose by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dechen Pemba.
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Cover of Ocean, as Much as Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet by Tsering Woeser. The cover art is a detail from the installation "Biography of a thought" by Tenzing Rigdol, a vibrant, colorful piece with stylized waves in various shades of blue and swirling, multicolored clouds. In the center is a wooden chair on a small purple platform, positioned in front of an intricate circular pattern with floral motifs in blue and orange, framed by concentric rings of bright ornamental designs in pink, green, and yellow. The subtitle is in small blue text at the top, the title in large white text beneath the chair, and the author name beneath the title. At the bottom of the design, the words "Edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dechen Pemba" appear.

We're pleased to be releasing a pile of great books this month, including “Ocean, as Much as Rain,” written by Tsering Woeser @woeser.bsky.social and edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain with Dechen Pemba. Check out all our new February titles on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ

Graphic reading New Books out this month with covers of Ocean, as Much as Rain; Atomic Bombshells; The Sound of Feathers; My Father, the Messiah; Sex Isn't Real; Gay Print Culture; and The Absent Stone.

This February, learn about the Grateful Dead, trans history, Tibetan literature, cultural patrimony and more. Check out all our new releases: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ #NewBooks

Dictionary of Tibetan Pastoralism This is the web version of the Dictionary of Tibetan Pastoralism.

Thank you Gabriel Lafitte for letting us know that the "Dictionary of Tibetan Pastoralism" as mentioned by Tsering Dondrup is freely downloadable online. The first edition was primarily Tibetan to Japanese, with Wylie. In 2022, an English edition came out nomadic.aa-ken.jp/search/?lang...

The Dalai Lama won the Grammy Award for "Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording"

Didn't take long for Beijing to respond: “We firmly oppose the relevant party using the award as a tool for anti-China political manipulation"