Flood of Fire
Flood of Fire, by Amitav Ghosh, book 3 in his Ibis trilogy,
which explores the opium wars mainly from British and Indian perspectives, has already been getting plenty of coverage, although it is not published until May 28. Click here for a review in the Independent,
UK, and here for one from The Financial Times, UK. Amitav Ghosh is on the shortlist for the International
Man Booker Prize, 2015. The winner will be announced this Tuesday, May 19. Click here for interviews with all the finalists, from the Guardian, UK
Note from Tokyo Writers
This from John Gribble, of Tokyo Writers: "Here is a small reminding nudge. We have two more weekends to submit proposals for the Japan Writers Conference in Kobe in October. What would you like to talk about?" For guidelines click here.
Sydney Writers Festival
The Sydney Writers Festival starts tomorrow, Monday, May 18. If anybody is going, and would like to write up events for Asian Books Blog, please get in touch (NB, no payment). Follow the links below for Facebook and Twitter, or e-mail: asianbooksblog@gmail.com. Thanks, and here's hoping!!
Seen Elsewhere
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'Fear of causing offence becomes a fetish', the Guardian, UK
This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War by Samanth Subramanian, reviewed by Amit Chaudhuri: An account of the civil war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath
is all the more devastating for withholding judgement, the Guardian, UK
