I’ve added to my wish list a non-fiction title: Gavan Daws’s Prisoners of the Japanese. If you have any interest in WWII and the...

With my books translated into eight languages, the subject of translation and translators is one that I find of considerable interest....

The Grumpy Old Bookman posted this eye-popping piece of publishing information: “Jim King, senior v-p and general manager of Nielsen...

If you want an insider’s perspective on the last five years in Thailand and the impact on the night scene, then have a look at Bangkok...

It is now possible to pre-order In His Majesty’s Footsteps by Pol. Gen. Vasit Dejunkorn and the third edition of Heart Talk In His...

The Nation on their Trends page for Tuesday May 2, 2006, run an interesting article on the Rahasakhadee Book Club. Khun Ruangdej, the...

The publishers of “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life” have recalled it like a car manufacturer recalling an SUV after...

The New York Times reports that the lawyers will be making recommendations about how to proceed with this copyright infringement case....

Thanks to my friend John Murphy for passing along the LA Weekly article about the bartender who served Bukowski. “Bukowski, oh yeah. I...

For many years it seems most people understand that when one writer copies another writers work that is called plagiarism. Nowadays all...

Writing Gambling on Magic, I learned a great deal about the world of gambling. Enough to stay away from it. There is an interesting...

In music and books there is something known as one hit wonders. This means someone who has had a hit song or book. One that has been a...

Tomorrow 13th April, the Songkran (Thai New Year) celebration officially starts. “The word Songkran is from the Sanskrit, meaning the...

One of the best known book critics is New York Times reviewer, Yale English graduate, Michiko Kakutani. She has been at the New York...

The Library Journal has a good article about the foreign (read non-American) crime fiction, noir and paranormal fiction. “Americans are...

Good news from our literary agent in Italy. The publisher, Mondadori, will publish an Italian edition of Pattaya 24/7 as part of their...

The number of people writing books appears to have picked up worldwide. In France, it seems everyone is writing a book. An AFP article...

The Hong Kong Literary scene now registers on the international literary radar of publishers, editors and agents according to the...

One of the best websites devoted to books set in Asia is Steamy East. Behind the website are two expats, Mark Schreiber and William ...

The Bangkok Post today has an article about a Thai academic who has come up with a required list of books that Caretaker Prime Minister...