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A ginger vendor in Beijing who didn't finish primary school has become a fresh face on the literary scene.
Captain America has a new job with perks, a spacious office and a title that others spend millions of dollars to get: Mr. President.
Finnegans Wake, a hugely complicated work by Irish author James Joyce, will get a reception from Chinese readers in September.
More than 30 writers from Henan province convened in Beijing in early September for the Beijing International Book Fair.
Former miner and 'the king of short stories', Liu Qingbang artfully describes the rural-urban divide in contemporary China.
In the Babel that is New York City, literary tastes among immigrant cultures turn out to be as different as their cuisines.
South Korean novelist,Shin Kyung-sook, evoked social upheaval in her most famous novel to date, "Please Look After Mom," which earned her the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.
John H. Locke, an architectural designer, turned phone booths into lending libraries. Maybe he is the world's leading expert on the subject.
Acclaimed writer David Mitchell says he had no idea that his books were popular in China - until he saw that his events in Beijing were well attended by readers.
Three of Mitchell's works, Ghostwritten, Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green.
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing Group has published four of David Mitchell's books in Chinese, while a fifth is being translated.
As China's engagement in Africa grows over the years, there have been various accusations about the dealings.