John D. Greenwood is a Scot now transplanted to America. He began his career teaching philosophy, including a stint at the National Universi...

As this is my first blog post as a regular contributor, I thought I’d change it up from my other articles – Researching Historical Japan ...

Jonathan Chatwin writes on travel, culture and history with a particular focus on China. His first book, Anywhere Out of the World , was a ...

Courtesy Leland Cheuk Reading a book that hits hard but also keeps you rolling around in laughter is, to quote Seneca, a res severa e...

Hope your summer went well and you got your tsundoku pile down a little at least? Back to work now, and rebuilding that pile. And s...

As 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. H...

The 22nd annual Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) returns this November with the theme A Language of Our Own . This edition seeks to examine ...