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last updated: 5th December 2009
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news _______________________________________________ Saturday 5th December - Quick round up of Murakami tit bits The Independent reports that Murakami has been awarded Spain's Order of Arts and Letters, in recognition of the creative personality of a very original narrative voice, a creator of literary work who has become a leading reference for contemporary literature" Falling out of love with Murakami - Interesting article by Stephen Emms from The Guardian Dinner with Murakami - a documentary about the magical bestselling author Haruki Murakami, directed by Yan Ting Yuen. A screening is takng place at The Substation Theatre, Singapore on 10th - 11th December. Screening Facebook event page. A trailer is a vailable on youtube _______________________________________________ Monday 30th November - Haruki World _______________________________________________ Monday 30th November - New Murakami Interview A new two part interview with Murakami by Yoko Kubota has been pubished by Reuters Part One - Japan's Murakami says metaphor more real after 9/11 _______________________________________________ Monday 19th October - Harvill Secker and Vintage confirm publication date and translators of 1Q84 _______________________________________________ Thursday 15th October - English translation of 1Q84 due in Autumn 2011 _______________________________________________ Tuesday 13th October - Director says adaptation of Murakami book faithful. Norwegian Wood director Tran Anh said "Yes, of course we tried to be as close (to the novel) as possible," Tran said, though he declined to reveal anything from the discussions he had with Murakami. "I hope it's a good story, but for sure it's a love story."
Tran said he is now editing "Norwegian Wood" and that it is scheduled to be released in Japan in November 2010. Via The Japan Times and The Boston Herald (Associated Press)
_______________________________________________ Saturday 11th October - BüKAMERICA RELEASES NEW GRAPHIC EDITION OF "ON SEEING THE 100% PERFECT GIRL ONE BEAUTIFUL APRIL MORNING"
It's a vailable online and in stores at for $1.49 each. Thursday 8th October - Critic hopes Murakami solves mysteries of '1Q84' in third installment of novel _______________________________________________ Thursday 8th October - A Short Piece on the Elephant that Crushes Heineken Cans Daniel Morales at howtojaponese.com has posted another small piece of unpublished Murakami translation. Hopefully, this isn't the last in this series. _______________________________________________ Tuesday 6th October - 1Q84 Vol 3 Teaser Shinchosha Publishing Co. put up posters Monday in 25 stations in the greater Tokyo area advertising a third volume in Haruki Murakami's best-selling novel "1Q84."
It shows three Qs — a blue Q to go with the yellowish green one on the cover of the first volume and the orange one on the second. Shinchosha said it will leave it up to the readers to imagine what the ad means. _______________________________________________ Friday 2nd October - New short translations available at Daniel Morales at howtojaponese.com is posting small piece of unpublished Murakami translation once a week from now until the Nobel Prize announcement. Daniel has published five so far: 1 2 3 4 5. All highly recommended. _______________________________________________ Thursday 1st October - 1Q84 English transslation to be published by Harvill Secker Harvill Secker has acquired what is expected to be one of the big Frankfurt books, Haruki Murakami’s new novel 1Q84 for UK and commonwealth (ex Canada) publication. More from The Bookseller Sadly no news on who the translator will be and when it will be published. My guess is the first half of 2011. _______________________________________________ Saturday 26th September - Murakami reveals plans for third installment of '1Q84' novel _______________________________________________ Saturday 26th September -Wind Up Bird Chronicle Controversy _______________________________________________ Wednesday 2nd September - A Wild Sheep Chase is the New Yorker Bookclub Book of the Month _______________________________________________ Friday 14th August - RSS Feed _______________________________________________ Wednesday 29th July - Loss and Recovery 1q84 and Murakami's Sunken Continent Daniel MORALES has just published on Neojaponisme an essential article/review on 1Q84. _______________________________________________ Tuesday 28th July - Norwegian Wood - Afterword _______________________________________________ Monday 27th July - Interesting................................... _______________________________________________ Friday 24th July - Print run for second volume of Murakami novel '1Q84' hits 1 million _______________________________________________ Friday 17th July - “After the Quake,” presented by Company One at Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, 17th July through 15th August. Company One’s frog has legs - Boston Herald feature by Jenna Scherer Seismic activity, and its aftermath - The latest play from Company One is an offbeat, whimsical tale of frustrated love, seismic activity, and a heroic, man-size frog. By Joel Brown, the Boston Globe - 17th July 2009 _______________________________________________ Tuesday 14th July - What is the parallel world in Murakami's new novel '1Q84' _______________________________________________ Wednesday 8th July - Did Murakami Best Dan Brown's Korean Deal? and another '1Q84' review Murakami's '1Q84': A delicately constructed parallel world - review from The Mainichi Daily News The Chosun llbo speculates that the advance for the Korean publishing rights to "1Q84", which went to Munhakdongne on Monday for an undisclosed sum, exceeds the US$1 million paid earlier this year for the Korean rights of "The Solomon Key" by Dan Brown. What Makes Haruki Murakami Special - Nice article on Murakami by Hasper Poehali Plus new reviews of South of the Border and A Wind up Bird Chronicle . For more links, before I get a chance to post them here, check out the sites delicious page _______________________________________________ Monday 6th July - '1Q84' plot details _______________________________________________ Thursday 25th June 2009 - Second part of new interview _______________________________________________ Wednesday 24th June 2009 - News Roundup More 1Q84 roundups, this time from: Reuters India Company One Presents: After the Quake theatre production at the Boston Centre for the Arts - 17th July - 15th August. Frank Galati, a Tony Award-winner, has fashioned an enchanting and deeply moving play out of two of Murakami's short stories. A timid man woos an old flame, enchanting her anxious daughter with whimsical bedtime stories of a six-foot frog's fight to save Tokyo. _______________________________________________ Tuesday 2nd June 2009 - 1Q84 news Bloomberg reports that unprecedented demand for Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, “1Q84,” has forced its Japanese publisher to double the first print run of the title, the company’s fastest-selling ever. Shinchosha Publishing Co. is doubling the first print run of Book 1 to 400,000 copies, and will also boost printing of Book 2 to 370,000 copies from 180,000. “1Q84” -- opens with a woman named Aomame, which means “blue bean,” listening to Czech composer Leos Janacek’s “Sinfonietta” in a Toyota Crown Royal Saloon cab. The chapters alternate between Aomame and a male character named Tengo. _______________________________________________ Saturday 30th May 2009 - 1Q84 news Well 1Q84 has been published. Don't forget to follow Daniel Morales at howtojaponese.com live bloging his reading 1Q84 over the weekend. There's been a supprising amount of English language coverage - most stating how, even before 1Q84 hits the stores, Murakami's new novel is a hit in Japan: - The Guardian
_______________________________________________ Tuesday 26th May 2009 - 1Q84 news 1Q84 comes out in Japan on Friday (29th May) and to mark the occasion, Daniel Morales at howtojaponese.com is going to live blog the release over the weekend. You can read more about the live blog here and here and follow Daniels progress from the main page of his site. Daniel has also posted an interesting note about the speculation around with novels subject matter. I would highly recommend checking out Daniel's site. There's more on the 1Q84 specilation by Ben Dooley at The Millions shinchosha's official 1Q84 site 1Q84 is described as a "complex and surreal narrative" which "shifts back and forth between tales of two characters, a man and a woman, who are searching for each other." The themes consist of murder, history, cult religion, violence, family ties and love _______________________________________________
Available on 29th May 2009 from amazon.co.jp : _______________________________________________________ Very exciting news about the new novel - Shinchosha has announced that Haruki Murakami’s new book will be titled 1Q84 ( いちきゅうはちよん) - thanks to Daniel Morales for this news Daniel's original article / Daniel's updated article / Nice Livejournal discussion by atashi_tachi Scott Esposito take on the new novel in Conversational Reading Shinchosha's website for the novel (in Japanese) Interesting essay - Haruki Murakami’s Supernatural War - Quarterly Conversation by Katie Wadell added _______________________________________________________
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