Thursday, 9 July 2015
Just Quickly...
This is not of specifically Asian interest, but you may want to see a piece I wrote for the UK Telegraph on expat themed summer reads. Click here.
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This Week in Asian Review of Books
See the Asian Review of Books for ever-interesting discussion. Here is a list of its newest reviews, excerpts, letters, essays, and round ups:
The Black Coat by Neamat Imam reviewed by Manasi Subramaniam
Letter from Hong Kong: an oasis in the literary desert by Peter Gordon
China and the world: beyond exceptionalism by Kerry Brown
Letter from Hong Kong: an oasis in the literary desert by Peter Gordon
China and the world: beyond exceptionalism by Kerry Brown
Sunday, 5 July 2015
The Sunday Post
A rojak* of items that caught
my eye this week…
Pen Translates
Two forthcoming titles of Asian interest have
been awarded PEN Translates grants. Congratulations to:
Paper Tiger by Xu Zhiyuan, translated from Mandarin by Michelle Deeter and Nicky Harman, published by Head of Zeus, August 2015
Paper Tiger by Xu Zhiyuan, translated from Mandarin by Michelle Deeter and Nicky Harman, published by Head of Zeus, August 2015
Lost Evenings; Lost Lives by Aazhiyaal, Theva
Abira et al, translated from Tamil by Lakshmi Holmström and Sascha
Ebeling, published by Arc Publications, October 2015.
Friday, 3 July 2015
Q & A: Alice Clark-Platts
Singapore-based author Alice Clark-Platts, the founder of
the Singapore Writers’ Group, has just published her debut novel, Bitter Fruits, through Penguin UK.
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Just Quickly...
It's music, not books, but you may be interested in a piece I wrote for the UK Telegraph on the Jakarta-based, 6-times Grammy-winning record producer, Steve Lillywhite. Click here.
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Monday, 29 June 2015
This Week in Asian Review of Books
See the Asian Review of Books for ever-interesting discussion. Here is a list of its newest reviews, excerpts, essays, and round ups:
Outside reading: links to essays and articles on writing, books and language
No Direction Rome by Kaushik Barua reviewed by Peter Gordon
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors by Daniel Tudor and James Pearson reviewed by Glyn Ford
Young Adult fiction: Panther by Chhimi Tenduf-La reviewed by Jane Houng
The Annotated Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace reviewed by Stephen Joyce
No Direction Rome by Kaushik Barua reviewed by Peter Gordon
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors by Daniel Tudor and James Pearson reviewed by Glyn Ford
Young Adult fiction: Panther by Chhimi Tenduf-La reviewed by Jane Houng
The Annotated Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace reviewed by Stephen Joyce
Sunday, 28 June 2015
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