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Sunday, 30 October 2022

Guest post from Victory Witherkeigh, Filipinx author of The Girl

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Filipinx Victory Witherkeigh is an established writer of short stories, and a debut novelist. She is currently living Las Vegas. The Girl  i...
Friday, 14 October 2022

Curiouser and curiouser – Nicky Harman tells the marvellous story of 'Alice in Wonderland' and its Chinese translator

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  What do cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast have in common? They’re all comfort foods that Alic...
Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Audition by Ryu Murakami Review - A Japanese Horror Love Story

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Since it’s Halloween season I decided to review a Japanese horror novel. Audition by the writer Ryu Murakami, is a story about a man findin...
Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Aphrodisiac Foods From Distant Lands: Tse Hao Guang on Jay Gao's 'Imperium'

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Editor's note:  Pardon the overlong hiatus in the poetry column  –  which can be attributed to my having been on reservist training for ...
Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Indie Spotlight: Cozy Mystery Author H.Y. Hanna on How She Chose Self-Publishing and Found Success

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Indie Spotlight   is a column by WWII historical fiction author Alexa Kang . The column regularly features hot new releases and noteworthy i...
Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Saliva Chicken and Ants Climbing Trees: Nicky Harman on Translating Chinese Food names

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It is all-too-easy to ridicule the translations of Chinese dishes that you see in restaurants. There’s an entire blog post from BoredPanda ...
Monday, 1 August 2022

Blog Closing for August

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Asian Books Blog is closed for a summer break from today, Monday August 1,  until Monday September 19. Happy summer reading!!!!