Social Sunday

Sundays used to be for lounging with the papers, now they are just as likely for lounging with iPads. So if you're lazily clicking around looking for something to read, here are a few suggestions, focussing on what's going on lit-wise in Asia.

Seen online around the region

Daio Paper sells literary museum to Chinese publisher (Nikkei Asian Review / Japan)

Asia Foundation Launches Let’s Read! E-Books for Cambodian Children (Khmer Times / Cambodia)

Vietnamese writer Bảo Ninh, who wrote Nỗi Buồn ChiếnTranh (The Sorrow of War), will receive Korean award, the Sim Hun Literary Award. (Viet Nam News / Vietnam)

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:

Easternisation: War and Peace in the Asian Century by Gideon Rachman reviewed by Peter Gordon
“Something Sets Us Looking for a Place”: A Conversation with Sarah Howe by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
East Commerce: A Journey Through China E-Commerce, and the Internet of Things by Marco Gervais reviewed by Nicholas Gordon

The Tale of Aypi by Ak Felspar reviewed by Joshua Bird

Twitter and blog spots.

Each Sunday I suggest a Twitter account you may like to follow, and a blog I find interesting – either about books, or about Asia, or both.

Twitter spot

Literary Hub, @lithub,  using the slogan “read to live”. It provides a fantastic round-up of interesting articles.  Associated website: lithub.com

Blog spot

Global Voices: “We are a border-less, largely volunteer community of more than 1400 writers, analysts, online media experts, and translators.” Really interesting site. Pages available in several languages, including Chinese.  Related twitter account: @globalvoices.

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