Thursday, 21 April 2016

Shakespeare week: Thursday

A Midsummer Night's Dream staged in Beijing
Shakespeare is surely the world's most global playwright? Saturday, April 23, marks the 400th anniversary of his death, and so all this week I'm posting and sharing relevant links - with a focus on Shakespeare in Asia. Today, Shakespeare (Shashibiya) in China, a competition, and the daily Shakespeare Twitter spot.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Shakespeare week: Wednesday

Shakespeare is surely the world's most global playwright? Saturday, April 23, marks the 400th anniversary of his death, and so all this week I'll be posting and sharing relevant links - with a focus on Shakespeare in Asia. Today, two books on the influence of Shakespeare on Japanese theatre traditions, and a competition inspired by the Goodreads Shakespeare week.
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Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Shakespeare week: Tuesday

Shakespeare is surely the world's most global playwright? Saturday, April 23, marks the 400th anniversary of his death, and so all this week I'll be posting and sharing relevant links - with a focus on Shakespeare in Asia. Today, a fantastic online video and performance archive from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT Global Shakespeares.

 It's a really interesting site to explore. 

 For India click here.

 For East and Southeast Asia click here.

 Daily Shakespeare Twitter spot
I can't find any Twitter accounts linked to MIT Global Shakespeares, so today's suggested account is #Shakespeare.
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Monday, 18 April 2016

Shakespeare week: Monday

Shakespeare is surely the world's most global playwright? Saturday, April 23, marks the 400th anniversary of his death, and so all this week I'll be posting and sharing relevant links - with a focus on Shakespeare in Asia. But to kick off, here are three UK-based websites you may enjoy exploring, plus a Twitter hashtag:

 The Royal Shakespeare Company - click on the button "about Shakespeare."

 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - take online tours of Shakespeare's family homes.

 Shakespeare's Globe - click around to discover more about the rebuilding  of Shakespeare's iconic theatre.

Daily Shakespeare Twitter spot
#Shakespare400 - Shakespeare themed tweets from around the world.






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Sunday, 17 April 2016

The Sunday Post

Asian Books Blog is based in Singapore. Usually The Sunday Post is a rojak - a Singaporean salad - of items that caught my eye the previous week. Today, though, I’m pushed for time, so things are a bit scanty. Apologies.  Hope you find the links interesting.

Seen elsewhere
Why did India’s ambitious globaltranslations project, die prematurely? From Scroll.in (India)
Tough times for translators inBurma. From Frontier (Myanmar)
To Get More Voices Published inEnglish: Translation as Activism. From Publishing Perspectives (USA)

Twitter spot
Each week I make a suggestion of an interesting Twitter account you may like to follow.  This week, the SOAS China Institute, the account of the forum for Chinese-related research at SOAS, University of London, @SOAS_CI.
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Thursday, 14 April 2016

500 words from Ray Hecht

500 words from...is a series of guest posts from authors writing about Asia, or published by Asia-based, or Asia-focused, publishing houses, in which they talk about their latest books. Here Shenzhen-based American Ray Hecht talks about his new novel South China Morning Blues, published by Blacksmith Books based in Hong Kong. Ray’s earlier books were The Ghost of Lotus Mountain Brothel and Loser Parade. He currently writes for Shenzhen Daily, the only daily English-language newspaper in the south of mainland China.
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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, announcements, news items, and round ups:


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