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Sunday, 28 March 2021

New book announcement

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Earnshaw Books (Hong Kong) is releasing two new memoirs on April 1. Made in China by Simon Gjeroe, and Spring Flower by Jean Tren-Hwa Perk...
Thursday, 25 March 2021

Elaine Chiew Chats With Catherine Menon about her startling debut Fragile Monsters

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Photo Credit: Paul Emberson Bio:   Catherine Menon is Australian-British, has Malaysian heritage and lives in London. Her debut short story...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Through Teachers' Eyes: Bringing Asian Poetry into the Classroom

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Editor's note:  Growing up in Singapore, my high-school literature curriculum  – as far as I can remember it – consisted of a steady die...
Monday, 22 March 2021

Backlist books: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

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Backlist books is a column by Lucy Day Werts that focuses on enduring, important works from or about Asia. This post is about The Tale of ...
Sunday, 7 March 2021

Manga Kamishibai by Eric Nash - A Look at Japanese Paper Theater

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  Before what we know as manga , there was kamishibai . Literally translated as “paper play ” ( 紙芝居 ) kamishibai was a popular form of ente...
Friday, 26 February 2021

Edgeland Visible: Reading Singapore’s Terrains of the Anthropocene

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Editor’s note: Here in Singapore, public conversation has in recent weeks revolved around the fate of the island’s forests – sanctuaries of...
Friday, 19 February 2021

Indie Spotlight: A New Year, A New Page Forward

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Happy Chinese New Year! I’m indie WWII historical fiction author Alexa Kang , and it is my honor to begin the Year of the Ox as the Asian Bo...