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news Monday 20th May 2013 - When it comes to publishing Haruki Murakami in English, nothing is lost in translation Also, Jay Rubin, a former Harvard University professor of Japanese literature, is currently translating Murakami's "Ozawa Seiji-san to, Ongaku ni Tsuite Hanashi o Suru" (Talking with Seiji Ozawa about music), which was published in in Japan in 2011.Lost in Translation? Article in translation by Roland Kelts from the New Yorker Also Murakami is on the cover of the current Newsweek Japan. (Japanese only I'm afraid) ________________________________________________ Thursday 9th May 2013 - Murakami's Rare Public Apperance on May 6 at Kyoto University. Author Murakami acknowledges writing each character in detail for the first time - The Asahi Shimbun Murakami: Storytelling of Russian masters a great influence - The Asahi Shimbun Haruki Murakami Speaks in Kyoto, Deepens Spell on Japan, by Jonathan DeHart. The Diplomat ________________________________________________ Saturday 27th April 2013 - Even More Tazaki Tsukuru articles LITERARY LOOKING GLASS: 4 Murakami fans--4 perspectives on latest novel - The Asahi Shimbun ________________________________________________ Monday 22nd April 2013 - More Tazaki Tsukuru articles How Murakami's latest novel sold 1-M in 7 days - abs-cbnnews.com New Haruki Murakami novel creates surge in classical music sales by Rosuke Kamba, The Asahi Shimbun ________________________________________________ Monday 15th April 2013 - First reviews First review by CHIAKI YOSHIMURA - Senior Staff Writer - Asahi Shimbun Haruki Murakami's new novel challenges us to confront our pasts by Atsushi Sasaki, Asahi Shimbun ________________________________________________ Friday 12th April 2013 - Shikisai wo Motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to, Kare no Junrei no Toshi released in Japan
More coverage for the books release: ________________________________________________ Friday 29th March 2013 - New Haruki Murakami novel sets internet pre-order record in Japan ________________________________________________ Tuesday 19th February 2013 - Murakami to publish new novel in April Asahi Shimbun reports that Murakami is to release his first novel since 1Q84 in April. No news when an English translation will be published or even who will be translating this time. Watch this space... The Japan Daily Press also has some coverage ________________________________________________ Monday 14th January 2013 - Murakami Diary iphone app To celebrate the publication of Murakami’s 1Q84 in paperback, Vintage Books and Aimer Media have created Murakami Diary, which "enables you to inhabit Murakami’s beguiling fictional universe all year round". - Includes six uncollected and exclusive short stories by Murakami. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/murakami-diary/id584881937?mt=8 ________________________________________________ Friday 5th October 2012 - New Vintage Murakami covers by Noma Bar Vintage has redesigned its Haruki Murakami backlist and commissioned illustrator Noma Bar to recover each of the Japanese author's books. Nice article on the new design from Design Taxi
________________________________________________ Tuesday 2nd October 2012 - Murakami wades into the China - Japan Island dispute The Japan TimesThe Guardian ________________________________________________ Tuesday 23rd November 2011 - Even more 1Q84 reviews Altered Realities, Rearranged Lives
by Charles R Larson (Counterpunch) Slate has a nice article on Which Books by Haruki Murakami Should I Read First? By Nathan Heller ________________________________________________ Tuesday 15th November 2011 - A few more 1Q84 reviews NYT - A Tokyo With Two Moons and Many More Puzzles By Janet Maslin ________________________________________________ Tuesday 8th November 2011 - Round up of yet more 1Q84 reviews NY Times Sunday Book Review Also worth checking out is an interview with Jay Rubin from Harvard's The Crimson ________________________________________________ Tuesday 1st November 2011 - Round up of some of the many 1Q84 reviews San Fancisco Chronicle Friday 28th October 2011 - A couple of interesting articles on 1Q84 translators Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel Publishing Weekly - Six Questions for Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami's Translator, By Parul Sehgal Monday 24th October 2011 - Great interviews from The Guardian and New York Times Also worth checking out is a nice article on AsiaOne by O Thiam Chin: "An obsession with Murakami" ________________________________________ Friday 7th October 2011 - 1Q84 - download a free sampler of the first two chapters. You can now download a free sampler of the first two chapters of 1Q84.(Sadly only available in the UK) ________________________________________________ Tuesday 11th October 2011 - 1Q84 will be released in Australia on 1st November
RRP: $39.95,
ISBN: 9781846555497, It's also available as a ebook (epub format) for a very expensive $39.95 ________________________________________ Friday 7th October 2011 - 1Q84 - download a free sampler of the first two chapters. You can now download a free sampler of the first two chapters of 1Q84.(Sadly only available in the UK) ________________________________________________ 1Q84's first chapter is on Facebook now. To access it, fans must "like" the Haruki Murakami Facebook page ________________________________________ ________________________________________________ “Town of Cats”, an excerpt from 1Q84' has been publised by the New Yorker ________________________________________________ The Book Bench: This Week in Fiction: Haruki Murakami Murakami chats with the New Yorker Magazine's fiction editor ________________________________________________ Brief anticipatory pieces from the Guardian and Independent ________________________________________ Haruki Murakami's translator on what makes the pop-smash writer tick ________________________________________________ Tokyo Prose - Paul Theroux and Gasper Tringale spotlight Haruki Murakami, whose novel 1Q84 is epic in every way. ________________________________________ Friday 8th April 2011 - UK Cover for 1Q84 Harvill Secker have released the cover for the UK edition of 1Q84. Harvill Secker have decided to release the book in two volumes - volume one will contain English translation by of Volumes one and two of the Japanese edition by Jay Rubin.This will be released on 25th October 2011. The third volume, translated by Philip Gabriel, corresponds to the Japanese third volume. I've seen this listed as been published on the same date as the first volume - 25th October, but it's listed on the UK amazon site as being published on 24th November. More news as I get it. Order 1Q84 Vol 1 from Amazon UK Thursday 29th March 2011 -Chip Kidd Discusses the Book Jacket for Haruki Murakami’s Forthcoming Novel 1Q84
Very nice article on the design process for Chip Kidds cover for 1Q84 ============================================== Sorry for the lack of updates for a while. My wife and I have just had a baby - little Annabel, and there hasn't been any time for updates. I do usually manage to post news and links to the Facebook group. So if you haven't joined, it's well worth doing. ________________________________________ Wednesday 27th October 2010 - Asahi Weekly interview with Jay Rubin ________________________________________________ Tuesday 26th October 2010 - First-time director takes on Murakami ________________________________________ Tuesday 27th July 2010 - Norwegian Wood (2010) Teaser
________________________________________ Wednesday 5th May 2010 - The Mainichi Daily News 1Q84 articles Over the past week or two, The Mainichi Daily News has had a few articles on 1Q84 Book 3 which are worth checking out: 1Q84 Book 3' a hopeful and satisfying conclusion to Haruki Murakami's trilogy Murakami's latest installment of '1Q84' series becomes publisher's fastest-selling book ________________________________________ Tuesday 20th April 2010 - The knock-on effect of Murakami’s “1Q84” series
________________________________________ Friday 16th April 2010 - 1Q84 Book 3 released today Shinchosha have published the long awaited Book 3 of Murakami's 1Q84. 500,000 copies would hit bookstores today in Japan and 200,000 more copies would be printed this month. There's been lots of media coverage, quite a bit of it in the English language press as well, which has supprised me - here's a few of the best: The Mainichi Daily News Daniel Morales (howtojaponese.com) is livetweeting his purchase and reading of 1Q84. Follow Daniel's progress: @howtojapanese. You may remember his live blog of Vol's 1 & 2 ________________________________________ Tuesday 9th March 2010 - Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood is scoring the soundtrack to the adaption of Norwegian Wood. As someonewho's a fan of Murakami and Radiohead and loved Greenwoods score for There will be Blood, this is good news indeed. Read the Guardian's report ________________________________________ |
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