Hong Kong Gothic / Edmund Price

In March, the Hong Kong Writers Circle (HKWC) launched Hong Kong Gothic, the tenth of its annual anthologies of members’ writing. Edmund Price, the lead editor, gives more details.

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.  

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

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 

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.

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.

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.  

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