The Wonderful Wizard of Words
Singapore writer Don Bosco creates fantasy entertainment for a new generation of readers, young and old.
DON BOSCO
Feeling the Tremors
A collection of short stories written after the Kobe earthquake helped me feel some solidarity with the Japanese in the wake of last week’s earthquake and tsunami.
VIVIENNE KHOO
Among the children, throw out the non-Jewish ones
A film on migrant children in a multi-racial Tel Aviv school just won Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards. Now Israel is going to deport its young stars.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
A Geometric Love Affair
This is a love story more powerful and sizzling than Bella and Edward’s.
HEATHER LIM
Peace at what price and at whose expense?
Zippadee-doo-da, zippadee-yay, peace talks are starting on a wonderful September day! But wait, why aren't the Palestinians celebrating?
DAN-CHYI CHUA
India, Land of Retards and Hypocrites
The retards vote the hypocritical governments into power, and in turn the governments make sure the retards stay uninformed and retarded.
ATANU DEY
My Grandmother, the Chinese Censor
“Don’t write anything bad about China,” says my grandmother. China was too often negatively portrayed in the West, and so I had a special responsibility…
DEANNA FEI
China’s Post-‘80s Literature Spins a Sexy Tale
Meet the biggest names in China’s contemporary literary scene, from Chun Shu to Han Han.
YUEN CHUNG-KWONG
The Fact of Fiction
Miguel Syjuco, winner of the 2008 Man Asian Booker for his novel "Ilustrado", is happy when people confuse his characters with real people.
CLARISSA TAN
Indonesia's Reading Gardens
Children of rural villages in Indonesia have long been deprived of learning that comes from books. Nila Tanzil wheels libraries into places where children run barefoot.
NILA TANZIL
A Story in the Making
asia! photographers Debby Ng and Edwin Koo celebrate the educational milestones of young Nepali women, with their Coffee Table Book, Life of my Sisters.
DEBBY NG
Smell the Yellow Pages
The creased, stained and musky leaves of an old book are great for running your fingers through – and burying your nose in.
MILA HAN
Translating – The Pains and Pleasures
“It is easier to be a pig farmer than a literary translator.” Still, Berlin Fang ruminates on the art and beauty of translation.
BERLIN FANG