This month, Canadian fantasy novelist Guy Gavriel Kay arrived in China, a country he has been researching and writing about for seven years.
Translating foreign books was once like walking on egg shells with translators having to work around both 'decadent' sexual content and 'sensitive' issues. The scene is vastly changed now.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will write a memoir about the events during the first decade of her life and the impact they had on her, publisher Harper Collins said Wednesday.
The series The Promotion Story of Du Lala has been well-received since its debut in September 2007.
Living in Dongguan, an industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, writer Zeng Xiaochun has many friends who are migrant workers.
French writer Yannick Haenel has read ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Qing Dynasty novelist Cao Xueqin (1715-63) and contemporary best-selling novelist Mian Mian.
Feminist poet Zhai Yongming, who is also an artist, screenwriter and photographer, says the medium may change but the message is always the same.
Music fan Steve Almond knew he'd gone too far when he followed a beloved musician into a bathroom and introduced himself while the performer, Dan Bern, was attending to other business.
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British soccer star David Beckham will get a new look in a comic book recounting his life, from dreaming of the game as a kid to finding major success both on and off the field, publisher Bluewater productions said on Wednesday.