On the Noodle Road is one attempt to answer an old chestnut: Did Marco Polo really bring noodles from China to...
Day: August 5, 2013
In 2012, former advertising copywriter Jack Cheng had the chance to publish his first novel through Kickstarter, the web’s largest crowdfunding...
Chinese author Yang Zewei Chinese writers under 30 are stepping into the limelight with the New Wave series released in June. Bai Ye, a literary critic who has traced the post-1980 generation for more than 10 years, spoke at the book launch, praising the young writers' works. "I used to worry that they would never come of age," he says. "I don't have that worry anymore." The series consists of three novels. There Is Nothing Like a Cat looks at urban relationships from the eyes of a cat; Bian Wai talks about a young man's aspirations to work in the bureaucratic system; and Qing Ci depicts a tormented and out-of-control love life. (more…)
In continuation of its long-term commitment to support children’s education, the Sony Group of Companies in Singapore said it will...
Fractals brings together over 300 new and select earlier poems from Sudeep Sen’s internationally acclaimed oeuvre spanning thirty-five years, 1978...
In North Kolkata, big gates lead into Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home, Jorasanko. Staircases lead up to wide verandas that skirt...
There's a new colour on the literati bookshelves this season, and it's 'Cobalt Blue'. The book by Sachin Kundalkar was...
HarperCollins has paid US$60,000 to buy the English copyright of the Chinese novel "Zu Jie", a noir suspense novel set...
There is a new film in India which is making waves, or at least, grabbing headlines due its adult theme...
