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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!!!!
Thursday 28 July 2022
'Possibility and Communion': An interview with Jonathan Chan
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Editor's note: When I arrived at the launch of his debut collection going home a fortnight ago, the first thing that struck me about Jo...
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