Biographer says Buck knew 'where the bodies were buried'
2010-06-04 09:55:16
Hilary Spurling insists that despite appearances Western publishers have not suddenly become obsessed with Pearl S. Buck.
Novel atonement
2010-06-04 09:53:10
Anchee Min rewrites history in her latest book Pearl of China, an imaginative retelling of the life of Pearl S. Buck.
Readers in a flap over new issue of revered magazine
2010-06-04 09:48:45
The country's most established literary magazine, Harvest, has caused quite a stir with its spring-summer issue, for carrying a novel by Guo Jingming in its Novels Special.
Book asks: Is Internet ruining our minds?
2010-06-04 09:35:35
When author Nicholas Carr began researching his book on whether the Internet is ruining our minds, he restricted his online access and e-mail and turned off his Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Book Talk: Cullen changes book on finding portrait
2010-06-03 08:56:34
Author Lynn Cullen began writing her latest novel about a despised Spanish king but her discovery of a mysterious portrait changed everything.
A NASCAR experience that upset many Southern folk
2010-06-02 10:16:26
Rarely do we know about the lives of the pilots who fly us around the world.
German writer brings message of hope
2010-05-29 07:44:50
Katrin Schmidt seems the stereotype of an intellectual - serious, cool, and reticent. The 52-year-old German writer only smiled once, and then just faintly, during the two-hour salon with Beijing's literature enthusiasts.
J.G. Farrell wins "lost" Booker award for Troubles
2010-05-20 09:36:35
J.G. Farrell was named on Wednesday the winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize, devised to honor writers who were not eligible for Britain's top literary award due to a rule change 40 years ago.
Book Talk: Author seeks the secret to writing a good novel
2010-05-19 13:27:00
Ever wanted to know the secret to writing a good novel? Peruvian-American novelist Daniel Alarcon set out to find the answer but ended up finding that the secret is that there really is no secret.
Dialogue helps explain China's starring role
2010-05-14 10:40:19
China's rise on the world stage is like a prosperous family moving into a new town.
'Hope of the East'
2010-05-14 10:36:13
Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's soothing works are once again speaking to Chinese readers, caught in the swift currents of a society undergoing frenetic change.
Sarah Palin lauds "family, faith and flag" in new book
2010-05-12 11:38:30
Republican firebrand Sarah Palin is leaving readers in little doubt about where her allegiances lie with her latest book to be titled "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag."