TV Scoop reports that: in "Imagine... Haruki Murakami", Alan Yentob goes to meet Murakami and discusses with him the social and political background to his work, and has a chat with fans, critics and translators. To be screened on the BBC this summer (hopefully will be available online in some form).

Also updated the Wild Haruki Chase page (hopefully a review copy from the publishers, is on it's way to Melbourne as we speak!) . Also added links to two interesting thesis' on Norwegian Wood from the University of Central Florida's MA English studies Programme

Written from the soul - Haruki Murakami's novels speak a global language in uncertain times by Tetsuro Koyama, South China Post - Apr 20, 2008 (Free Registration Required)

Harvill Secker have finaly released details of the UK edition's cover. I must say, it's so much better that the US version!

Storyteller Murakami plumbs depths of the soul - New Murakami interview from The Japan Times by Tetsuro Koyama

New reviews of After Dark & the upcoming Wild Haruki Chase: Reading Murakami Around the World from the excellent Metropolis Magazine in Japan. Also added reviews of BWSW and After Dark by the always excellent Ted Mahsun

Haruki Murakami hard at work on 'horror' novel - Excellent Interview from ABC News (Australia)

New US edition due at the end of April, with the new UK edition following in June - more details here

'When I Run I Am in a Peaceful Place' excellent Spiegel interview with Murakami (in English) by Maik Grossekathöfer (in Two Parts)

Tidied up the Books on Murakami page and added details to two new books on Murakami being published in the next few months:

Wild Haruki Chase: Reading Murakami Around the World by Japan Foundation (Editor)

Japanization of Modernity: Murakami Haruki between Japan and the United States: Murakami Haruki Between Japan and the United States (Harvard East Asian Monographs) (Hardcover) by Suter & Rebecca

Added links to following short stories to the miscshortstories page:

The Kidney–Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day - transated by bookofjoe
A Poor Aunt Story
Airplane

Well it seems that there will a 2009 Murakami Diary available in August. Here's the description from amazon.co.uk :

Cats slink across the pages; the seasons are marked by cherry blossom and Japanese maple; spaghetti strands or telephone cords separate the days; and a generous selection of quotations and extracts from Murakami's novels and stories appear on almost every page to inspire, amuse or entertain. This is a diary like no other, faithful to all that is witty, surreal, sexy and beautiful in Murakami's work. A must-have for fans of Murakami, fans of Vintage fiction and fans of unique design, this diary will appeal to everyone as a quirky companion for 2009. Here's more information

Fantastic interview from the the January 2007 issue of GQ Korea, thanks to The Self Divider

After Dark has been released by Thorndike Press as part of their Large Print Basic Series.

Pub Details:

• Hardcover: 259 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg Tra edition (October 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786298596

Its available from amazon.com for $29.95 and Amazon.co.uk for £16.99. This editions cover is realy nice and worth adding to the collection.

the elephant vanishes
after the quake
birthday stories
vintage murakami
blind willow sleeping woman

japanese collections
misc stories

other media