Heaven by Mieko Kawakami — how to survive in a cruel world 
Shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, Mieko Kawakami’s Heaven is compelling and disturbing in equal measures. The issue is
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Can You Ever Have Too Many Books?
Six new books that have joined my bookcases this week: from Japanese crime fiction to race and identity in the American south.
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The Great Passage by Shiona Miura: a voyage through words
Until I read The Great Passage my understanding of the complexities involved in writing and publishing a dictionary was next
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Today is National Foundation Day (Kenkokukinen-no-Hi), in Japan, a day which marks the enthronement of the country’s first Emperor. Although
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Events like the Japanese Literature Challenge give me a great excuse to have a rummage through the shelves and stacks
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