From the press release: Bi Feiyu was today announced the winner of the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel Three Sisters. Bi was named the winner at a black tie prize dinner at the Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong, receiving a cash award of USD$30,000. The novel’s translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin will share a cash prize of …
In China and the UAE Book Fairs Civilize Business-Minded Metropolises
This article is part of a series on publishing in the Middle East which is sponsored by the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. By Edward Nawotka To most people around the world when you say the word “Frankfurt” the first association that comes to mind is banking. Of course, in publishing if you simply say “Frankfurt,” it conjures up images …