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Friday, 31 March 2017

Lion City lit notes / SingPoWriMo starts tomorrow

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Asian Books Blog is based in Singapore. Our regular column Lion City Lit explores in-depth what’s going on in the City-State, lit-wise. L...
Friday, 24 March 2017

Six images: The Ramayana

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The Ramayana , traditionally ascribed to the  Hindu  sage  Valmiki , is an ancient Sanskrit poem . It tells of  Prince Rama’s banishment ...
Sunday, 19 March 2017

Pirated books recovered from a book binding unit / printing press in Lahore

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In a recent raid carried out at a book binding unit / printing press in Lahore around 17,500 pirated copies of Oxford University Press (OUP...
Friday, 17 March 2017

William L. Gibson on trilogies

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William L. Gibson is the author of Singapore Black , Singapore Yellow and Singapore Red , which together form the Detective Hawksworth T...
Thursday, 16 March 2017

The Explosion Chronicles by Yan Lianke longlisted for 2017 Man Booker International Prize

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The Explosion Chronicles by  Yan Lianke, t ranslated by Carlos Rojas,  published by Chatto & Windus, has been  long listed  for the  20...

The Man Booker International Prize 2017:  longlist announced

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The Man Booker International Prize has revealed the ‘Man Booker Dozen’ of  13  novels in contention for the 2017 priz...
Friday, 10 March 2017

Touring China with a shady Frenchman, by William L. Gibson

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In the Land of Pagodas: A forgotten tour through late Qing China with a fugitive Frenchman by Alfred Raquez edited and translated by Wil...