Contents About the Contributors... I. INTRODUCTION (Hans-Bernd Zöllner)... On the History of the Myanmar Literature Project... A Rather Long March... First Steps... Future Issues... Introducing this Publication... Fundamentals... Categories of Interest... Nagani in Different Contexts... People... Books... Public Relations... Others... A Note on Editing the Book Reports...... II. ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE: An Introduction into the Nagani Book Club... 1. Introduction: 2. History and Stories... Roots... The Genesis of an Idea... The Beginnings... Success and Split... The Final Years... 3. Books and More... Classification and Nature of Published Books... The Reception of World Literature... Personal and Political Affiliation... 4. The Club?s Impact... 5. Invitation to Join the "Club of Researchers"..... III. INFORMATION ABOUT U TUN AYE (Compiled by Thakin Hla Kun)... 1. Life Sketch of U Tun Aye... 2. Translation of an Interview given by U Tun Aye... Foreword by Editor Soe Myint Latt... 3. The Song.. 4. Some of the Publications of Nagani..... IV. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THAKIN HLA KUN... 1. Personal Life Sketch... Photograph of Thakin Hla Kun (1945)... 2. Extract from a diary covering a travel to Yangon in January, 2005 (H.-B. Zöllner)... Photograph of Thakin Hla Kun (2005)..... V. INTERVIEW WITH DAGON TAYA: Photograph of Dagon Taya (2001)..... VI. NU?s BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES ON THE NAGANI BOOK CLUB: Outside the Ivory Tower... Reproduction of an invitation card to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Nu?s death..... VII. THE NAGANI NEWSLETTER "AN OVERVIEW... Volume 1, No. 1, 42 pp. [Incomplete]; Volume 1. No, 2, 36 pp; Vol. I, No. 3, 34 (+2) pp; Vol. I, No. 4, 38 (+2) pp; Vol. I, No. 5 [missing]; Vol. 1. No. 7, (End of September 1938), 40 pp; Vol. I, No. 8, 32 pp. (End of October 1938); Vol. I, No. 9, 32 pp..... VIII. THREE DOCUMENTS: Leaflet Heralding the Purposes and Activities of the Nagani Book Club... Translation of Leaflet Heralding Purposes and Activities of the Nagani Book Club... The Dragon Book of Verse (Title Page)... Nagani Share..... IX. LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NAGANI BOOK CLUB AND BURMA PUBLISHING HOUSE: Nagani Book Club... Tun Aye?s Burma Publishing House..... X. APPENDICES: Nagani Project"Call for Participants"..... SHORT INFORMATION on the MAKING of the BOOK REPORTS