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.
Lion City lit notes provide quick updates between columns. By Lucia
Damacela
Saturday 15 April 2017
Friday 14 April 2017
Seen Elsewhere: Some People Juggle Geese
American-born, Singapore-resident writer and
editor Lucy Day, who blogs at Some People Juggle Geese, has compiled a list of
her own blog posts which may be of interest to readers of Asian Books Blog. Take
a look!
Friday 7 April 2017
Bamboo Trilogy / Ann Bennett
UK-based Ann Bennett’s newly-published
Bamboo Road is part of a Second World War trilogy of historical novels set in Southeast Asia. Her
trilogy can be read in any order and includes her earlier titles Bamboo
Heart and Bamboo Island. Here Ann explains what inspired
her to write a trio of linked, standalone stories.
Sunday 2 April 2017
Newly published: The Kingdom of Women by Choo Waihong
The Mosuo tribe is the
last surviving matrilineal and matriarchal society in the world. Choo Waihong brings
their story to light in The Kingdom of Women: Life, Love and Death in China’s
Hidden Mountains.
Friday 31 March 2017
Lion City lit notes / SingPoWriMo starts tomorrow
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. Lion City lit notes
provide quick updates between columns. By Lucia Damacela
Friday 24 March 2017
Six images: The Ramayana
The Ramayana, traditionally
ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki,
is an ancient Sanskrit poem. It tells of Prince Rama’s banishment from his kingdom by
his father; his travels and adventures in forests across India with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana;
Sita’s kidnap by Ravana,
the demon king; Rama’s
struggles to rescue Sita.
The characters Rama, Sita,
Lakshmana, Bharata, an emperor, Hanuman, the monkey god, and Ravana are known throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
south-east Asian countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Versions of the Ramayana are
found in Khmer, Bahasa Indonesia, Malaysian, Tagalog, Thai, Lao, and
Burmese,
as well as in Indian languages.
Sunday 19 March 2017
Pirated books recovered from a book binding unit / printing press in Lahore
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) textbooks were seized. The raid
was conducted by the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) Lahore in
conjunction with OUP Pakistan. The unit / press was allegedly involved in the
printing of around 10,000 unbound; 2,200 finished; and 5,000 jackets of pirated
versions of OUP textbooks including New Oxford Modern English, New Countdown
Maths, New Oxford Primary Science, New Syllabus Primary
Mathematics, and New Oxford Progressive English Readers.
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