In the UK, Vintage Books and Aimer Media have launched the Murakami Diary app, which offers 6 new exclusive short stories by Haruki Murakami for £1.99.
Why Haven’t More Asian Authors Attracted a Global Audience?
Is it a problem with a lack of translations from Asia? Cultural bias? Or simple lack of interest?
Ian McEwan to Be Awarded 2011 Jerusalem Book Prize
By Edward Nawotka Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has announced that Ian McEwan will be awarded the Jerusalem Prize during this year’s Jerusalem International Book Fair, which takes place from February 20-25. The Jerusalem Prize is awarded biennially to a writer whose work best expresses and promotes the idea of “freedom of the individual in society.” It …