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New Korean books in English to look forward to in 2025
Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang’s translated novel We Do Not Part leads a strong line-up of new English-language Korean literature this year.
8 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
Books and literature
Author Ian Rankin on his favourite books and being a ‘frustrated rock star’
5 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
American cinema
Copyrights on Popeye, Tintin, Singin’ in the Rain start expiring in 2025
26 Dec 2024 - 4:33AM
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Hong Kong ‘snake bible’ author on why you should learn to fear them less
The coming Year of the Snake is a great time to learn more about them, says Adam Francis, an enthusiast for the reptiles and for Hong Kong.
1 Jan 2025 - 5:24PM
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A Burmese python, the apex snake species in Hong Kong. Photo: Adam Francis
Chinese culture
How snake went from evil temptress to righteous demon in Chinese mythology
The best known Chinese folk representation of snakes is the Legend of the White Snake. The snake’s role in it has gone from bad to good.
10 Jan 2025 - 11:53AM
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Tourism
Walk in Gabriel García Márquez’s footsteps on a trip through Colombia
See where García Márquez got the inspiration for magical realist novels including One Hundred Years of Solitude, now a Netflix miniseries.
15 Dec 2024 - 9:17AM
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Chinese culture
8 celebs born in the Year of the Snake, from Taylor Swift to K-pop’s Psy
As the Year of the Snake slithers closer, we look at some well-known people who were snake babies – including a Chinese politician.
10 Jan 2025 - 11:55AM
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Taylor Swift during a concert in Singapore as part of The Eras Tour. The singer is among a number of celebrities born in the Year of the Snake. Photo: Getty Images
Books and literature
China’s ‘most famous woman’ on a career spent introducing it to the world
Her TV shows gave US viewers tastes of Asia and brought the world to Chinese homes. Yue-Sai Kan talks bridging the gap between East and West.
12 Dec 2024 - 6:15PM
Chinese culture
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Chiung Yao, Taiwanese romance novelist, dies aged 86
Writer known for novels including My Fair Princess reportedly leaves suicide note saying ‘I choose this way to go home gracefully’.
7 Dec 2024 - 8:53AM
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Books and literature
Why Japanese author Mieko Kanai charms readers overseas, but not at home
Mieko Kanai was seen as a contender for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, but in Japan her books are rarely even reviewed.
4 Dec 2024 - 4:15PM
Fame and celebrity
Oprah Winfrey starts new YouTube podcast and shares book club pick
In partnership with Starbucks, The Oprah Podcast started with Winfrey’s latest book club pick, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
4 Dec 2024 - 10:45AM
Oprah Winfrey interviews Claire Keegan on “The Oprah Podcast”. Photo: YouTube/@Oprah
Books and literature
Korean author on being your true self, as her hit guide appears in English
K-pop stars helped Kim Su-hyun’s I Decided to Live as Me fly off shelves in Asia. An English translation may help more find their own path.
10 Dec 2024 - 12:33PM
Performing arts in Hong Kong
5 must-see music and arts events in Hong Kong this weekend, November 15-17
From an auction where you can bid with stories to a night of dreamy classical music under the stars, here is what is happening this weekend.
14 Nov 2024 - 1:18PM
Britain
UK writer Samantha Harvey’s Orbital wins Booker Prize for fiction
In her novel set aboard the International Space Station, six astronauts circle the Earth, looping through 16 sunrises and sunsets in a day.
13 Nov 2024 - 4:18PM
Books and literature
Copy of The Little Prince worth US$1.25 million for sale at art fair
For sale in the UAE, the typescript, one of only three known to exist, contains handwritten corrections by author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
9 Nov 2024 - 1:15PM
A rare typescript of The Little Prince, one of only three known copies, is going on sale for US$1.25 million at Abu Dhabi Art, an art fair that runs from November 20 to 24. Photo: Reuters
Books and literature
Tributes pour in for bookshop owner, but he’s very much alive
His landlord thought he’d died. People shared fond memories of him. A clearance sale was arranged. But Bill Fiedler had simply retired.
6 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM
Books and literature
Literary but not literal, translator introduces Korean writers to the world
Award-winning translator Brother Anthony ponders Nobel Prize hype and the complexities of translating Korean poems and novels into English.
4 Nov 2024 - 9:41AM
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Jodi Picoult, Margaret Atwood, Alice Walker books top banned list in US
Once recommended for young adults, Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes leads among 4,200 titles banned in schools, writers’ group PEN America says.
3 Nov 2024 - 4:15AM
Jodi Picoult’s novel about a school shooting, Nineteen Minutes, is the most banned book in schools in the United States, according to PEN America. Photo: Instagram/@berlinbookbriefs
Books and literature
Nick Harkaway on stepping into dad John le Carré’s shoes
Author talks about reviving spymaster character George Smiley for Karla’s Choice, and how he got over his terror of writing the thriller.
28 Oct 2024 - 1:13PM
Food and Drinks
Cookbook takes stress out of sharing kitchen with recipes for bonding
A Couple Cooks: 100 Recipes to Cook Together has recipes from pizza to sides in which the labour is split to make things ‘more fun together’.
27 Oct 2024 - 4:15PM
Books and literature
Novelist Nicholas Sparks on Counting Miracles, its Bible connection
The author talks about where his ideas come from, how characters in his new book compare to those in earlier ones, and being a visual writer.
20 Oct 2024 - 6:15PM
OPINION
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Macanese writer-lawyer’s fiction gives powerful flavour of old Macau
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Shopping, sedan chairs, seeing China – tips for 1930s Hong Kong tourists
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The eclectic publisher jailed for plotting to kill Mao Zedong
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A brief but beautiful encounter with a key literary figure from 1930s China
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A Hong Kong amateur historian dead 35 years but whose work still resonates
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Published in 1957, this is still Hong Kong’s most comprehensive history book
31 May 2023 - 7:45AM
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