Translation, mostly a labor of love
2011-07-15 07:57:36
If you're in the business as a niche publisher/translator, chances are, you're doing it for love.
From 'cartloads of books' to e-publishing
2011-07-15 07:57:36
In Confucius' era, heavy bamboo or wood strips were the medium of publication, today its e-publications.
Demystifying Tibet
2011-07-08 08:11:12
Writer Tsering Norbu says he wants to present the faith, tolerance and courage in Tibetan culture to the world.
An unusual thriller for crime fans
2011-07-08 08:11:12
In what its editor called a publishing first, 26 authors have joined forces to write a thriller called No Rest For the Dead.
Aravind Adiga's new wrecking ball of a novel
2011-07-08 08:11:12
Feuds over property and deadly clashes over land are as much a part of India's economic rise as call centers.
Pen mightier than the sword
2011-07-01 08:11:07
Literature should be a bit detached from the current political situation, says Peruvian-Spanish writer Mario Vargas Llosa.
Standing out in a sea of 'red' literature
2011-07-01 08:11:07
Six books with the same title, The Founding of a Party, are vying with one another to pay tribute to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
New book records triumphs, trials of ancient civilization to the present day
2011-07-01 08:11:07
The recorded history of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization is not just a national treasure.
Heed perils of growth led by consumption, writer warns
2011-06-24 07:52:23
It took Malaysian Chandran Nair a long time to gain the confidence to start his first book, though the idea was incubated for 20 years.
Defining a new dream
2011-06-24 07:52:23
Helen H. Wang left her hometown of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in 1989, with the proverbial Great American Dream twinkling in her eyes.
Following in the footsteps of tragedy
2011-06-17 07:37:40
Xiao Hong's short life was a troubled one, but even by this measure, the time her fianc Wang Enjia abandoned her was a low point.
'Midwife' of Chinese literature prized for his work on woman author
2011-06-17 07:37:40
Professor Howard Goldblatt, hailed as the "midwife" of contemporary Chinese literature by John Updike, was sweating when he received the Xiao Hong Research Award on June 3, in Harbin.