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Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2024, is the author of a number of acclaimed books including The Vegetarian, Human Acts and We Do Not Part. Photo: AFP
Books and literature

A peek inside Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new book, Light and Thread

Consisting of 12 essays and poems, Light and Thread is Han’s first book since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in October 2024.

Tourism

Inspiration for The Shining, the Stanley Hotel to get refit and expansion

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American cinema

Suzie Wong star Nancy Kwan looks back on her life and breaking barriers

Books and literature

Review | Say hello to another great Gatsby, Jay’s sister Greta, in The Gatsby Gambit

F. Scott Fitzgerald classic is riffed on by Claire Anderson-Wheeler, with Jay Gatsby’s sister Greta looking into the death of Tom Buchanan.

From left: Jason Clarke as George Wilson, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway and Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan in a still from The Great Gatsby (2013). The centenary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel has seen new riffs on its story, including The Gatsby Gambit in which Tom is murdered. Photo: Warner Bros
From left: Jason Clarke as George Wilson, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway and Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan in a still from The Great Gatsby (2013). The centenary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel has seen new riffs on its story, including The Gatsby Gambit in which Tom is murdered. Photo: Warner Bros
China consumption

China’s sci-fi industry shoots for stars as Beijing pushes ‘quality’ growth

With successes like The Three-Body Problem, the genre has never been more popular – and authorities have taken note.

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Space

Spacewalks? Summiting Mount Everest? Scott Parazynski’s done both

From Nasa missions to scaling Everest, Scott Parazynski shares his inspiring journey – and his advice for adventurers on how to succeed.

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Transgender writer had to learn how to be a man. Now he’s coaching you

With his book No One Taught Me How to Be a Man, trans man Shannon T.L. Kearns is hoping he can help redefine manhood in a healthy way.

With No One Taught Me How to Be a Man, trans man Shannon T.L. Kearns is hoping he can help redefine manhood in a healthy way. Photo: Instagram/shannontlkearns
With No One Taught Me How to Be a Man, trans man Shannon T.L. Kearns is hoping he can help redefine manhood in a healthy way. Photo: Instagram/shannontlkearns
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Review | Beatles book takes deep dive into the Lennon-McCartney relationship

Ian Leslie relies on other Beatles books, gossip and interpreting lyrics to try to define the relationship between band’s writing partners.

Books and literature

One of the greatest American writers set to publish first novel in 12 years

Set in the American city of Milwaukee in 1932, Thomas Pynchon’s new book Shadow Ticket is his first since 2013’s Bleeding Edge.

Books and literature

6 good reads about privilege, from The Great Gatsby to Crazy Rich Asians

A Wall Street satire by Tom Wolfe. Edith Wharton’s jab at high society. Six books that offer a sense of escape yet are strangely relatable.

A still from Crazy Rich Asians (2018). Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
Books and literature

Japanese novel about a serial killer hailed as feminist overseas

Asako Yuzuki’s Butter, thought of as a crime novel in Japan, is celebrated in UK and elsewhere for exploring misogyny and body shaming.

The cover of Asako Yuzuki’s novel.
The cover of Asako Yuzuki’s novel.
Books and literature

Review | From Hiroshima to Fukushima in rambling, riveting Wildcat Dome

Now in English translation, Yuko Tsushima’s novel explores radiation, racism and personal conflict against a backdrop of nuclear disaster.

Books and literature

Hunger Games prequel novel Sunrise On The Reaping called ‘heart-wrenching’

District 12 victor Haymitch Abernathy’s past is explored in ‘propulsive’ fifth book by Suzanne Collins set in fictional dystopia she created.

Books and literature

He made US$2.6 million and was only happy for 3 days. He explains why

Han Jung-soo achieved financial independence and retired in his 20s. But money ‘does not automatically lead to a happy ending’, he says.

Han Jung-soo (pictured) achieved financial independence and retired in his twenties. But money “does not automatically lead to a happy ending”, he says. He is back in work, doing something he loves at his own business. Photo: Instagram/junxoo
American cinema

At 16, she writes, she made a pass at Keanu Reeves. He turned her down

‘Even the way he’d rejected me was charming,’ writes Ione Skye in her memoir Say Everything about an encounter with the actor in his shower.

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Keanu Reeves and Ione Skye in River’s Edge (1986). Photo: Handout
Keanu Reeves and Ione Skye in River’s Edge (1986). Photo: Handout
Books and literature

To Kill a Mockingbird author’s recently found short stories out soon

‘We can never know too much’ about ‘great American author’ Harper Lee, nephew says of coming book of essays, newly unearthed short fiction.

Books and literature

‘My life is a mystery,’ says Anthony Hopkins as he spills all in memoir

In We Did OK, Kid, actor, 87, delves into his Welsh childhood, his battle with drinking and how he became sober, and ‘fear of getting hurt’.

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Ex-Facebook director’s ‘explosive’ memoir about Meta trio’s ‘excesses’

How Mark Zuckerberg tried to get Facebook into China and Meta’s ‘profoundly flawed’ leading trio described by ex-global public policy chief.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He, Meta executive Joel Kaplan and former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg are painted as “careless human beings” in an “explosive” book by a former Meta executive out this month. Photo: AFP
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He, Meta executive Joel Kaplan and former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg are painted as “careless human beings” in an “explosive” book by a former Meta executive out this month. Photo: AFP
Chinese culture

Explainer | What Journey to the West reveals about early China-India exchanges

16th century novel tells the tale of Xuanzang, a monk who contributed to Chinese religion and medicine after his travels to Buddhist India.

Books and literature

‘Da King of da Monsters’ Godzilla blows into Chicago in new comic series

The popular Japanese monster is attacking American cities in a new comic-book series, and the Windy City is the rampaging kaiju’s first stop.

Books and literature

Korean cuisine’s ‘unspoken language’ shared with world via picture books

Through colourful books filled with memories, authors and illustrators are showing the joy of Korean food to young readers everywhere.

The cover of Who Made Gimbap? by Jimin Lee, one of many English-language picture books promoting Korean food to a global audience. Photo: courtesy of Moonlight Books
Books and literature

Stephen King’s Hansel and Gretel a fairy-tale collaboration

‘King of Horror’ American author’s retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale with illustrations by the late Maurice Sendak due out in September.

Stephen King in New York in 2017. Photo: Getty Images
Stephen King in New York in 2017. Photo: Getty Images
What to do in Hong Kong

Highlights of the coming Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2025

Taking place from March 1 to 8, this year’s HKILF will again feature established and emerging writers from Hong Kong and around the globe.

Books and literature

Review | Art in Hong Kong, brisk summation of city’s cultural power

Post’s arts editor gives incisive, accessible analysis of Hong Kong’s place in the art world, how it got there and the road ahead.

United States

Late US president Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for best audiobook

Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, received the award on the former president’s behalf.

Jason Carter poses with the Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording Grammy award he received on behalf of his grandfather, Jimmy Carter, in Los Angeles, California on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
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