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  • Writing the blues

    2010-05-07 10:48

    Changes in the country's rural areas during the past 30 years have made farmland and village scenes unrecognizable for those who spent their childhood days there.

  • Alien in New York

    2010-05-07 10:46

    The debut novel from Jean Kwok draws on her own experiences as an immigrant to explore both sides of the American Dream.

  • The write way to fame

    2010-05-06 11:00

    An award-winning writer who has been called China's Dan Brown, talks about his works and his preferences.

  • Woodward book on Obama due out in U.S. in September

    2010-05-06 09:04

    U.S. investigative journalist Bob Woodward, who rose to fame reporting on the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, will release a new book on President Barack Obama in September, publisher Simon & Schuster said on Wednesday.

  • Joe Mackin mixes 9/11, plastic surgery in debut novel

    2010-05-05 14:14

    As a New Yorker, Joseph Mackin was enormously affected by the 9/11 attacks so it seemed natural to focus on this event when he wrote and to combine another issue high up in the America psyche -- plastic surgery.

  • Book Talk: Sex, drugs and classic record covers

    2010-05-04 09:36

    A new book of record covers shows how musicians forged an identity and communicated with fans, using an art form that has sometimes endured longer than the music between the covers.

  • Seinfeld's wife wins second round in book battle

    2010-04-29 09:05

    Cookbook author Jessica Seinfeld, wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, did not plagiarize techniques for sneaking healthy foods into child-friendly dishes, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

  • Must reads

    2010-04-23 08:57

    Here's a short list of books recommended by some of China's leading literary critics.

  • Quest for nation's unsung literary gems

    2010-04-23 08:56

    Like Sylvia Plath, whose recognizably-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, became a classic well after her suicide, Wang Xiaobo's deep essays on Chinese society and culture found a following only after his death in 1997.

  • Best of times for Chinese books?

    2010-04-23 08:54

    Chinese writers are enjoying the best time for writing and living, declared former Culture Minister Wang Meng in a speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair last October.

  • "Twilight" among "most challenged" books of 2009

    2010-04-20 09:39

    The best-selling vampire themed "Twilight" book series has entered the top 10 list of books that U.S. schools and public libraries were asked to remove from their shelves in 2009.

  • Slang phrase guide speaks volumes about language

    2010-04-19 10:45

    It's the type of book that would make sailors blush, but don't go buying it for grandma. Welcome to the book of Chinese slang.

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