Celebrate Book Lovers Day 2025 with Storytelling Across Cultures

This Book Lovers Day reading list celebrates diversity, bring attention to social justice, and remind us of beloved classics.

March 10, 2025

Illuminating The Running Flame

Fang Fang in Conversation with Michael Berry

Translator Michael Berry revisits the The Running Flame with author Fang Fang, who reflects on her work and the place of women in contemporary China.

August 23, 2019

Weekend Reading List: Sinophone Fiction in Translation

Week three of Women in Translation month is coming to a close, but don’t fret. We’ve got a list to keep you reading through the weekend. China’s literary tradition includes many engaging works from contemporary female writers. Here a few...

March 28, 2019

Media Roundup: Books With Strong Female Characters

In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we are featuring fictional works with strong female characters. In each of these stories, readers experience a place in time through the eyes and experiences of the protagonist(s). Enter the giveaway for a...

September 26, 2018

Michael Berry On the Art of Translation and Wu He’s Experimental Novel Remains of Life

Yesterday on the blog we shared an excerpt from Chi Pang-yuan’s memoir The Great Flowing River that recounted the beginning of our “Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan” series, as part of our ongoing feature for National Translation Month. The experimental...

August 29, 2018

Best of Backlist Novels from the Weatherhead Books on Asia Series: A Song of Everlasting Sorrow and A Private Life

Remember to enter our drawing for a chance to win a copy of this book or any of the other titles we’re featuring this week! “Shanghai, with its distinct and mysterious longtang — neighborhoods circumscribed by narrow alleys — is...

August 27, 2018

Book Giveaway! Women in Translation Month

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we are delving into our backlist to feature fiction and nonfiction from...