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Sunday, 2 April 2017

Newly published: The Kingdom of Women by Choo Waihong

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The Mosuo tribe is the last surviving matrilineal and matriarchal society in the world. Choo Waihong brings their story to light in The K...
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...