Writers and publishers engage in much hand-wringing while pondering ways to get the world to read the nation's authors at a recent book fair, Yang Guang reports
Many attendees of the 17th Beijing International Book Fair cited the success of Yu Dan's Confucius from the Heart as an example of Chinese authors making inroads in the overseas publication market.
Chinese publishers are looking at the on-going 17th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) to take Chinese literature to a global audience.
Britain's top annual comedy prize, the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award, went to England's Russell Kane at an Edinburgh Fringe festival ceremony on the weekend for his show "Smokescreens and Castles."
Writing for the Web is fast emerging as an attractive option for both writers and publishers. But can online books ever shake off the feeling this is not serious literature?
British literary translator Julia Lovell had her eureka moment some 15 years ago, while watching the James Bond film You Only Live Twice as a Cambridge freshman studying history.
Quality translations and targeted marketing alone can help break the lingering stereotype in overseas markets of modern Chinese fiction as propaganda, literary experts say. Yang Guang reports
Peter Buffett, the second son of investment guru Warren Buffett, says he is looking forward to the Chinese version of his new book.
The first Master of Literary Writing in China, Fu Yuehui, has just graduated from Fudan University, Shanghai. Wang Anyi was Fu's supervisor.
Author Chen Danyan's contemporary writings of Shanghai have become nostalgic musings on the city's transformation.
While British sinologist Joseph Needham attributed significant weight to the impact of Confucianism and Taoism on the pace of Chinese scientific discovery, Chu Yu believes the impact of Confucianism is not the major stimulus.
Giles Foden, British author of "The Last King of Scotland", found perhaps unlikely inspiration for his latest novel, "Turbulence", in his father-in-law.
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