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School Days

April 1, 2004

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Youths Kick-Start Japanese Market, China Makes the Grade, French Teacher Explores Afterlife When 19-year-old Hitomi Kanehara and 20-year-old Risa Wataya recently became the youngest authors ever to win the coveted Akutagawa Prize (which helped launch the careers of greats like Kenzaburo Oe and Ryu Murakami), the Japanese literary scene received just the spark it needed…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged A Back(side) I Want to Kick, Akutagawa Prize, Axelle Hardy, Bertelsmann, Bungei Shunju, Deep Love, Enrique Vila-Matas, Frank Schatzing, Guillaume Musso, Hitomi Kanehara, Jennifer Lyons, Kenzaburo Oe, Kodansha America, Luc Kwanten, Marc Levy, Marguerite Duras, Naoko Maeda, Planeta, Risa Wataya, Rizzoli, Ryu Murakami, Snakes and Earrings, Stephen King, Tohan, Writers House, XO, Yoshi

International Fiction Bestsellers

September 1, 2003

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The Deal Down Under ‘Books Alive’ in Australia, Fresh French in Holland, And a Greco-Dickensian Fable Some call it preaching to the choir, but preliminary results are in on Australia’s inaugural two-week, federally-funded, book-buying bonanza called Books Alive, which is aimed at luring “occasional, lapsed, and young readers” back into the literary fold with a…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged 1984, AC Nielsen, Ambo/Anthos, Andy Palmer, Anna Fienberg, Anna Pataki, Arcade, Australia Council, Book Industry Assistance Plan, Book Week, Books Alive, Brett Osmond, Bryce Courtenay, Bungei Shunju, Canongate, Carta, Century, Chris Herschdorfer, David Wenham, Diogenes, Foteini Tsigarida, Geraldine Brooks, Ian Rankin, ILA, John Clarke, Lord of the Rings, Masque, Matthew Reilly, Michael Heyward, Michael Joseph, Morris Gleitzman, Nicci French, Otava, Patakis, Penguin Books Australia, Prisma, Robert Sessions, Roy Kyle, Sally Morgan, Sam Neill, Sean French, Seven Network, Shane Maloney, Soti Triantafillou, Stiff, Tashi, Tashi & the Giant, Text, The Brush-Off, The People Who Went Away, Toad Heaven, Year of Wonders, Zsolnay

The Writing on China’s Great Wall

July 1, 2001

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The free market’s last great territorial conquest, China remains a daunting and volatile arena for many book publishers in the West. This month Toby Eady, of the eponymous London-based literary agency, looks back on some of his Asian adventures and shares a few words of wisdom for those seeking Chinese fortunes. When I first visited…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Abrams, art books, BBC, BEA, Beijing Book Fair, Bertelsmann, Bill Gates, Book-of-the-Month Club, Bungei Shunju, Chatto & Windus, Dan Frank, Daughter of the River, Flora Drew, Foreign Language Press, Frankfurt, Gao, Hong Ying, Jan Mets, Judith Curr, Jung Chang, Literary Guild, Little Red Book, Ma Jian, Pantheon, People's Education Press, Picquier, Pocket, Rebecca Carter, Red Dust, Rizzoli, Robinson, Shanghai Baby, Shanghair Baby, Simon & Schuster, Soul Mountain, Toby Eady, Wei Hui, Wild Swans, Xinhua Publishing House

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