North Koreans in exile are the only North Koreans who right now have any chance of having their voices heard; the May issue of the on-...

 Words Without Borders (WWB) is a non-profit organisation encouraging cultural understanding through the translation, publication, an...

If you’re fed up with books about lucky westerners going through a patch of angst, then read The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata, whi...

500 Words From is a series of guest posts from writers and translators. Many Asian writers feels excluded by geography, or by lang...

Boyd Anderson is visiting Singapore from Sydney, to promote his new novel, Amber Road – see the previous post for a notice. I met him...

Amber Road is an historical romance set during WW11, against the backdrop of the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore. The...

Asia House, in London, builds links between the UK and Asia; the organisation runs a variety of programmes focused on helping reader...