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  • Putting Shanghai in focus

    2010-03-29 09:46

    Capturing the essence of this mainland city is an immense challenge that has been met by Pulitzer prize winning photographer H.S., Andrew Moody reports

  • Book asks who's greater, Michelangelo or Leonardo?

    2010-03-31 08:40

    A new book focuses on a 16th century competition that set out to discover who was the better artist -- Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci, and says the outcome profoundly influenced the Renaissance titans' legacies.

  • New chapters of international understanding

    2010-03-27 08:57

    The China Book International (CBI) program has subsidized the publication of 1,910 books aboutChinain 26 languages over the past four years, its office director Wu Wei says.

  • Asian writers guided by invisible hand of the market

    2010-03-26 09:17

    Does putting a qipao-clad woman on the cover create instant brand recognition for readers interested in China?

  • Different strokes

    2010-03-26 09:13

    Two writers take different routes to define the idea of India, one is goaded by travel while the other explores the compulsions of the free market.

  • Books get the 3-D treatment in South Korea

    2010-03-24 14:12

    Pop-up is so passé: South Korean scientists have developed 3-D technology for books that makes characters literally leap off the page.

  • He explores other worlds with his words

    2010-03-19 09:41

    China reminds Alberto Ruy-Sanchez of 1950s Mexico.

  • Authors show Beijing what the Scots have got

    2010-03-19 09:37

    Cathy Cassidy's homepage is overflowing with comments from ecstatic young fans whom she met in Beijing last week.

  • Just aching to write

    2010-03-19 09:34

    Literary star Bi Feiyu says all the stories that he has penned are essentially one - the story of pain.

  • "Lost" Shakespeare play to be published

    2010-03-17 09:37

    The discounted claims of an 18th century author to have re-shaped the words of Shakespeare into a play are finally being taken seriously by a respected publisher of the Bard's works nearly 300 years on.

  • Spanish veteran rural novelist Delibes dead at 89

    2010-03-15 09:09

    Miguel Delibes, who dominated Spanish writing for more than 50 years with his mastery of the language, sensitive but realistic portrayal of downtrodden farm workers and love of nature, died on Friday.

  • Grossman on Samson and China

    2010-03-12 09:48

    David Grossman, who is doing the rounds of the various book festivals held across China this month, became a broadcast journalist with Israel Radio at the absurd age of 10.

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