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!
π11th March
π5:15pm 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/...
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π₯ 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
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βOcean, as Much as Rainβ 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
Save 30% with E26OCEAN dukeupress.edu/ocean-as-muc...
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Book launch: 'Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet'
Join the editors and translators for the launch of 'Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet' by Tsering Woeser.
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.
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17:15 on 11 March 2026
Book: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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cc @soasuni.bsky.social
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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/...
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Tibetan media Voice of #Tibet reporting that the Dalai Lamaβs younger brother, Ngari Rinpoche, has passed away at the age of 80.
www.facebook.com/VoiceofTibet...
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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...
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The book features cover artwork by Tenzing Rigdol and a foreword by Pankaj Mishra.
1.β β Author Tsering Woeser with her copy of βOceanβ. Photo Credit Tsering Woeser
2.β β β Editor-Translator Dechen Pemba with her copy of βOceanβ. Photo Credit Dechen Pemba
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Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of βOcean, As Much As Rain β Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibetβ by Tsering Woeser, published by @dukepress.bsky.social, edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain with Dechen Pemba.
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βOcean, As Much As Rain β Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibetβ By Tsering Woeser: Book Review by Kamila HladΓkovΓ‘
Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of βOcean, As Much As Rain β Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibetβ by Tsering Woeser, published by Duke University Press, β¦
Read scholar Kamila HladΓkovΓ‘'s review of "Ocean, as Much as Rain" by @woeser.bsky.social , published by @dukepress.bsky.social and OUT NOW!
highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
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Woeserβs 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."
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βOcean, As Much As Rain β Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibetβ By Tsering Woeser: Book Review by Kamila HladΓkovΓ‘
Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of βOcean, As Much As Rain β Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibetβ by Tsering Woeser, published by Duke University Press, β¦
"In the West, Woeser has been widely known and appreciated as a poet and βactivist.β However, I have always seen her primarily as a βwitnessβ, a survivor providing testimony [...]
highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
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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 PoemβFor Lobsang Tsepak, by Tsering Woeser, translated from Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Poetry, βIf you gaze at hell for too long you risk being eaten bit by bit Are you willing to negotiate? If so, weβll listen in exchange for his safe returnβ
Read Tsering Woeserβs poem βOnly This Useless PoemβFor Lobsang Tsepakβ (tr. Fiona Sze-Lorrain). Woeserβs poem is an elegy to the Tibetan monks and nuns protesting Chinese rule since 2011. . Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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Only This Useless PoemβFor Lobsang Tsepak - Words Without Borders
Tsering Woeserβs 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.
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Only This Useless PoemβFor Lobsang Tsepak - Words Without Borders
Tsering Woeserβs melancholic poem mourns the lives lost to the violence of an unfree Tibet.
Tsering Woeserβs melancholy poem (tr. Fiona Sze-Lorrain) mourns the lives lost to the violence of an unfree Tibet. Read βOnly This Useless PoemβFor Lobsang Tsepakβ here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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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.
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.
buff.ly/dIm4pZk @hpeaks.bsky.social @woeser.bsky.social #Tibet
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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 βOcean, as Much as Rain,β 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
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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
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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...
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The Dalai Lama won the Grammy Award for "Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording"
Didn't take long for Beijing to respond: βWe firmly oppose the relevant party using the award as a tool for anti-China political manipulation"
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