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Thursday, 15 June 2017

A Horse Walks Into a Bar by David Grossman wins Man Booker International Prize

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A Horse Walks Into a Bar by David Grossman has won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize. The novel was translated from Hebrew by Jessica...
Tuesday, 13 June 2017

Indonesian emerging voices at Ubud

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The Yayasan Mudra Swari Saraswati , a not-for-profit organisation with the mission of improving the lives of young Indonesians through liter...
Friday, 9 June 2017

500 words from John Holliday

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500 words from is an occasional column in which authors talk about their newly-published books. John Holliday, an Australia-based, Briti...

Asia well represented in PEN Translates awards

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PEN is an international organisation which promotes literacy and free speech around the globe. English PEN runs PEN Translates, which each ...
Friday, 2 June 2017

New book announcement: Hong Kong on the Brink by Syd Goldsmith

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In 1967, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong was rocked by a series of pro-communist riots against British colonial rule. ...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Lion City lit: European Union Writers Festival

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Asian Books Blog is based in Singapore. Our regular column Lion City Lit explores in-depth what’s going on in the City-State, lit-wise. ...
Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Lion City Lit notes: update to William Farquhar and Singapore book launch

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Asian Books Blog is based in Singapore – the Lion City. Lucía Damacela keeps an eye on local listings.  The book William Farquhar and S...