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Now published by the @asianaffairs.bsky.social Royal Society for Asian Affairs, the Asian Review of Books is a dedicated pan-Asia book review publication. Read us at asianreviewofbooks.com
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 7h
Poetry by Gillian Sze, Sabyasachi Nag, Zhang Zao and Mani Rao, recently reviewed in the ARB asianreviewofbooks.com/category/rev...
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Today in the ARB: David Chaffetz writes up the Louvre's Mamluk exhibitions and catalogue asianreviewofbooks.com/mamluks-louv...
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Today in the ARB: Soni Wadhwa reviews “Whose Urdu Is It Anyway? Stories by Non-Muslim Urdu Writers”, ed and tr by Rakhshanda Jalil (Simon and Schuster India) asianreviewofbooks.com/whose-urdu-i...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 2d
ARB newsletter for 6 October 2025: reviews and podcasts on fiction, tech, politics and history, plus recent postings from the @asianaffairs.bsky.social on Brunei and Sri Lanka mailchi.mp/3a00f2c12154...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 2d
Today in the ARB: “Mirror”, poems by Zhang Zao, tr from Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain (Zephyr Press) asianreviewofbooks.com/mirror-poems...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “The Morgue Keeper” by Ruyan Meng (7.13 Books) asianreviewofbooks.com/the-morgue-k...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 4d
Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “All Things Under the Moon”, Korea-set historical fiction by Ann YK Choi Simon & Schuster asianreviewofbooks.com/all-things-u...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 6d
Drops today: in this week's ARB @NewBooksNetwork podcast, Nicholas Gordon talks to Erin MB O’Halloran, author of “East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars” @stanfordpress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...
Podcast with Erin MB O’Halloran, author of “East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars”
Sometimes, these thinkers found refuge and common cause in others elsewhere in the Empire–such as between India and Egypt, as Erin O’Halloran explores in her book East of Empire: Egypt, India, and …
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 6d
Today in the ARB: James Herndon reviews “The New Geography of Innovation” by Mehran Gul (William Collins, Simon & Schuster) asianreviewofbooks.com/the-new-geog...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 7d
Today in the ARB: “Rethinking Ourselves: Justice, Reform and Ignorance in Postnormal Times” by Anwar Ibrahim @hurstpublishers.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/rethinking-o...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 9d
Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “The Hong Kong Widow” by Kristen Loesch @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/the-hong-kon...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 9d
This week in the ARB [newsletter for 29 Sep 2025]: reviews, podcasts, announcements of fiction, fiction in translation, history mailchi.mp/9b3f4dcc0742...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 10d
Fiction in English in the ARB: “Indian Country” by Shobha Rao asianreviewofbooks.com/indian-count...; “Songs for the Brokenhearted” by Ayelet Tsabari asianreviewofbooks.com/songs-for-th...; “Into the Leopard’s Den” by Harini Nagendra asianreviewofbooks.com/into-the-leo...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 10d
Today in the ARB: Jianan Qian reviews “Portraits in White” by Kaori Lai tr from Chinese by Sylvia Li-chun Lin & Howard Goldblatt @columbiaup.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/portraits-in...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 11d
New Book Announcement: “Fuji: A Mountain in the Making” by Andrew W Bernstein @princetonupress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/new-book-ann...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 12d
Today in the ARB: Ria DHull reviews “Indian Country” by Shobha Rao @crownpublishing.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/indian-count...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 13d
Today in the ARB: In this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast Prarthana Prakash joins Nicholas Gordon to talk to Rosinka Chaudhuri about her new book “India’s First Radicals: Young Bengal and the British Empire” (Penguin India) asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 14d
ARB newsletter for 23 Sep 25: history, poetry, fiction, literature in translation mailchi.mp/503c301a6f3a...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 14d
Today in the ARB: Stephen Mercado reviews “Triangle Republics: Cross-Border Between the Cold War Koreas and Japan” by I Jonathan Kief @ColumbiaUP asianreviewofbooks.com/triangle-rep...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 15d
Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “Songs for the Brokenhearted” by Ayelet Tsabari @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/songs-for-th...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 16d
ARB review asianreviewofbooks.com/destination-... and podcast asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 16d
Today in the ARB: Joshua Tan reviews CC Tsai's illustrated “A Cure for Chaos” by Mencius asianreviewofbooks.com/a-cure-for-c... @princetonupress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/a-cure-for-c...
“A Cure for Chaos” by Mencius
A Cure for Chaos is one of the recent titles in Princeton University Press’s book series “Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics,” aimed at showcasing the Chinese classics in Zen Buddhism, Taoism,…
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 17d
Today in the ARB: Vikram Zutshi reviews “Bajau Laut: The Sea is Our Home”, documentary film by Joachim Peter asianreviewofbooks.com/bajau-laut-t...
“Bajau Laut: The Sea is Our Home”, documentary film by Joachim Peter
The recent documentary, The Sea is Our Home immerses viewers in the vibrant yet precarious world of the Bajau Laut, whose stilt houses rise above the turquoise waters of Sabah’s east coast. While t…
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 18d
Today in the ARB: @smithasehgal.bsky.social reviews “So That You Know”, poetry by Mani Rao (HarperCollins India) asianreviewofbooks.com/so-that-you-...
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19d
Today in the ARB: Hilton Yip reviews “A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa” by Chen Yao-Cheng (Plum Rain Press asianreviewofbooks.com/a-tale-of-th...
“A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa” by Chen Yao-Cheng
While Taiwan continues to be in the news due to its geopolitical ambiguities, a lesser-known aspect of its short recorded history is the establishment of a Dutch colony in its southern part in the …
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