Publishers’ translation highlights 2015
Halt your book purchases: PEN Atlas has everything you need
East Asia
East Asia – PEN Transmissions
Yule love these books in translation 2014
Roasting chestnuts on an open fire, taking the first whiff of mulled wine, and cracking open a great work of literature in translation: find your stocking-filler or winter-cheerer with these recommendations
The five stereotypes of Tibet
What's the story behind the romance and propaganda surrounding Tibet?
Publishers’ highlights in 2014: part 1
Chase away those stormy blues with a new book for the new year.
To some I have talked with by the fire
PEN Atlas this week features Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi, who takes us through the Great Pacific Trash Vortex, indigenous island tribes, and the ancient practice of storytelling - all of which inspired his first novel to be translated into English
Chinese literature – where are we now?
The second PEN Atlas despatch in this week's two-part sequence is by one of China’s most important writers and avant-garde poets, Han Dong, who looks into two very significant periods in China's literary history.
Performing in Chains
The PEN Atlas continues this week with a two-part blog sequence. The first despatch comes from one of China's most established writers, Yan Lianke, who reflects on mechanisms of censorship.