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Monday, 17 June 2019

Focus on NIAS Press: A day in the life of a publishing assistant. By Adela Brianso Junquera

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The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), an integrated part of the University of Copenhagen, is an academically independent Nordic r...
Friday, 14 June 2019

Researching historical Japan, by Matthew Legare

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Matthew Legare is the author of the Reiko / Inspector Aizawa historical thrillers set in pre-World War II Japan, and published by Black Mist...
Wednesday, 5 June 2019

Tsundoku #5 - June 2019

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Welcome to issue #4 of Tsundoku – a column by me, Paul French, aiming to make that pile of ‘must read’ books by your bed a little m...
Monday, 3 June 2019

Eminent Historian Professor Wang Gungwu converses with Elaine Chiew on his autobiography, Home Is Not Here

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Photo courtesy of NUS Press From the book jacket: Wang Gungwu is one of Asia’s most important public intellectuals. He is best-known...
Thursday, 30 May 2019

Indie Spotlight: Guards Gone Wild!

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My guest today is Loh Teck Yong, a Singapore security guard who has self-published an interesting and original account of his experien...
Wednesday, 29 May 2019

Exciting writing from Korean: in this post, Nicky Harman talks to noted translator from Korean, Sora Kim-Russell (김소라)

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Sora, how did you get started in literary translation? I started out translating short stories, but my big break was with Shin Kyung...
Friday, 24 May 2019

500 words from Andrew Lam

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500 words from …is an occasional series in which novelists talk about their latest novels. Andrew Lam’s second historical novel, Repentanc...