The Sunday Post

A rojak* of items that caught my eye this week…

500 words from William L. Gibson

500 words from...is a series of guest posts from authors writing about Asia, published by Asia-based, or Asia-focussed, publishing houses, in which they talk about their latest books. Here Jakarta-based William L. Gibson talks about Singapore Yellow, volume two in his 19th century Detective Hawksworth trilogy, set in Singapore and Malaya – it kicked off with Singapore Black, and will conclude with Singapore Red. The trilogy is published by Monsoon, a company specialising in books that open windows onto south-east Asian history.

Just quickly...

I wrote an account of the amazing building housing Singapore's new National Gallery, for the UK Telegraph.  If you're interested, click here.

This Week in Asian Review of Books

See the Asian Review of Books for ever-interesting discussion. Here are links to its newest reviews, excerpts, letters, essays, listings, translations, news items, and round ups:

Asian books among the New York Times 100 Notable for 2015, and ARB reviews 
Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empireby Roger Crowley reviewed by Jame DiBiasio
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 shortlist and ARB reviews 
Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China’s Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands by Sulmaan Wasif Khan reviewed by Glyn Ford
Cathay: Ezra Pound’s Orient by Ira Nadel reviewed by Kerry Brown

The Sunday Post

A rojak* of items that caught my eye this week…

500 Words From Tim Hannigan

500 Words From...is a series of guest posts from authors writing about Asia, published by Asia-based, or Asia-focussed, publishing houses, in which they talk about their latest books. Here UK-based Tim Hannigan talks about A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation, published by Tuttle, a company specialising in books that build bridges between East and West.

This Week in Asian Review of Books

See the Asian Review of Books for ever-interesting discussion. Here are links to its newest reviews, excerpts, letters, essays, listings, translations, news items, and round ups:

God is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth: Light in Islamic Art and Culture, edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair reviewed by Peter Gordon
New fiction: Yan Geling’s Disappointing Returns by Dave Haysom
Emerging from the cocoon: literary culture in Myanmar by Ellen Wiles
Seahorse by Janice Pariat reviewed by Jane Wallace