Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Published Today: Dancing Through Red Dust by Murong Xuecun
About the book
Dancing Through Red Dust tells the story of lawyer Wei Da, who is
forced to go on the run after an accident leaves his girlfriend’s blackmailing
ex-lover dead. He destroys evidence, hides his assets and plans to flee China
but his desperate bid for freedom ends in anguish when he is arrested and sent
to the notorious Cao River Remand Centre.
Monday, 14 September 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, letters, essays, and round ups:
3 Parallel Artworlds: 100 Art Things from Chinese Modern History, Chang Tsong-Zung and Gao Shiming, editors reviewed by Eric Wear
Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom by Andrew Duff reviewed by Sinead Ferris
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan reviewed by Peter Gordon
Japanese Literature: From Murasaki to Murakami by Marvin Marcus reviewed by Todd Shimoda
Outside reading: links to essays and articles on India, Indonesia, China
The Raj at War: A People’s History of India’s Second World War by Yasmin Khan reviewed by Nigel Collett
Out to Work: Migration, Gender, and the Changing Lives of Rural Women in Contemporary China by Arianne M Gaetano reviewed by SY Koh
The Burden of Being Burmese, Poems by Ko Ko Thett reviewed by Peter Gordon
Modern Ink: The Art of Xugu by Chen Siyuan, Craig L. Yee, Jung Ying Tsao and edited by Britta Erickson with J. May Lee Barrett reviewed by Juan Jose Morales
Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom by Andrew Duff reviewed by Sinead Ferris
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan reviewed by Peter Gordon
Japanese Literature: From Murasaki to Murakami by Marvin Marcus reviewed by Todd Shimoda
Outside reading: links to essays and articles on India, Indonesia, China
The Raj at War: A People’s History of India’s Second World War by Yasmin Khan reviewed by Nigel Collett
Out to Work: Migration, Gender, and the Changing Lives of Rural Women in Contemporary China by Arianne M Gaetano reviewed by SY Koh
The Burden of Being Burmese, Poems by Ko Ko Thett reviewed by Peter Gordon
Modern Ink: The Art of Xugu by Chen Siyuan, Craig L. Yee, Jung Ying Tsao and edited by Britta Erickson with J. May Lee Barrett reviewed by Juan Jose Morales
Sunday, 13 September 2015
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Just Quickly...
You may be interested in this piece I wrote for the UK Telegraph, on book subscription services for expats, if so click here.
Friday, 11 September 2015
Indie Spotlight: Translation opportunities for indie authors
Indie
Spotlight is our monthly column on self-publishing. This month Siobhan Daiko explains how to get indie titles translated.
Sunday, 6 September 2015
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