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Thursday, 21 September 2017

Backlist books: Mahabharata retold by William Buck

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Backlist books is a column by Lucy Day Werts that focuses on enduring, important works from or about Asia. This post is about The Mah...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Elaine Chiew on contemporary voices: The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang

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In the first of her new columns on contemporary voices Elaine Chiew uses The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang as a springboard to discuss...
Friday, 15 September 2017

Jo Furniss on dystopias

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All the Little Children, the debut novel from Singapore-based, British expat Jo Furniss was published at the beginning of this month. In ...
Wednesday, 13 September 2017

All the Little Children, guest post by Jo Furniss

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When a family camping trip takes a dark turn, how far will one mother go to keep her family safe? That’s the question British-born serial ...
Saturday, 9 September 2017

500 words from Nigel Barley

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500 words from is an occasional series in which writers talk about their newly-published books. Nigel Barley is a British anthropologist...
Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Summer break: happy reading!

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Asian Books Blog is taking a summer break. We'll be back on Friday, September 8.  In the meantime: happy summer reading!

Lion City Lit: Writing and talking about race in Singapore by Eldes Tran

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Asian Books Blog is based in Singapore, a multi-racial city. The majority population is of Chinese descent.  There are also large minoriti...