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
Review of Siddhartha Chowdhury’s new novel Ritwik & Hriday (Asian Age / India and the UK)
Hong Kong, Singapore writers festivals court controversy (Asia Times / Thailand)
Why pop culture is no less valuable than classic literature (Jakarta Post / Indonesia)
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:
Where the Jews Aren’t: The Sad and Absurd Story of
Birobidzhan, Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region by Masha Gessen reviewed by Peter
Gordon
Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy by Ece Temelkuran reviewed by Joshua Bird
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China by Jeffrey Wasserstrom (editor) reviewed
by Jonathan Chatwin
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
British
Council Literature, @LitBritish. Connecting British writers with readers all
over the globe. Showing not all Brits have turned their backs on the rest of the
world, post the idiocy that’s Brexit.
Blog
spot
GalleyCat: a catchall book blog
for anything related to (Western) publishing and book industry news. It’s
interesting, even though it barely acknowledges Asia exists. Click here.
Follow
Asian Books Blog on Twitter. Like Asian Books Blog on Facebook, or send a
friend request to Rosie Milne.
