Ahmed Alsaeed, a copyright agent from Egypt, had little time to catch his breath during the 21st Beijing International Book Fair, held from Aug 27 to 31, but the running around helped him.
In June, Grupo Planeta, the largest publishing group in Spanish-speaking countries, published Decoded, a novel by Mai Jia, known as the Dan Brown of China. The book had a first print volume of 30,000 copies - a record for a Chinese novel published abroad. It is the first contemporary Chinese fiction published by Penguin Classics, which released an English version in March in 21 countries.
When Xie Shanqing, vice-president of the Nanjing-based Yilin Press, asked a famous Sinologist to translate the literary works of established Chinese writer Ye Zhaoyan, the Sinologist said Xie would need to wait two years.
The suicide of Sun Zhongxu, the Chinese translator of JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and George Orwell's 1984, has sparked discussions over its causes among his fans.
A new collection of works brings the heritage of the old Portuguese colony to mainland readers, Xing Yi reports.
Barnes&Noble and Samsung have together unveiled a new reading-focused tablet that will replace the bookseller's own Nook tablets.
Fatherhood is a treasure that can't be wasted, a leading CEO and author tells Zhang Yuchen.
Matt Kenseth, championship-winning race car driver, can now add a children's book to his resume.
Dr Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, finds herself trapped in an isolated cabin with a man hiding from the world in Mean Streak, Sandra Brown's latest dive into romantic suspense.
If you love solving cross-words, you know how it feels to be in the fraternity. There's the rush of matching wits with a mysterious puzzle-maker, the thrill of nailing an elusive answer and the satisfaction of filling in the final square.
This year's edition of Attraction, a sound and light show tailored for visitors to the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, will feature visual effects by Pixomondo, an Oscar-winning German company.
If you have only visited the majestic National Museum of Singapore in the daytime, you would have been surprised to find that the country's oldest museum turned into a giant harp after dark under the magic hands of American artist William Close.
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