ASIA Publishers needs likes – if you are on FaceBook, go over to https://www.facebook.com/asiapublishers and immediately give them a like. KTLIT demands it!^^ (LOOK! Even Tony did it! And our intern Allie! Now it’s your turn!) Really…. after all they’ve done for you —- 5 collections of 65 “classic” modern books so far, with 2 more (that’s 30…
To repeat: Win up to $500 on Amazon Sure… you were scared of the recent video contest – there’s a reason you live in a house without any mirrors.^^ And the previous essay contest was about older literature.. only of interest only to wrinkled academics… but this one.. THIS ONE, gives you the chance to…
A whole raft of upcoming cool stuff from the Korea Society in New York including discussion of the new book The Birth of Korean Cool (ALSO, please follow us on twitter at @ktlit!) The Korea Society | 950 Third Avenue | 8th Floor | New York | NY | 10022 Sunday, September 21, 2014 |…
A really interesting project related to Kyoung-sook Shin’s “I’ll Be Right There” on Pinterest. Timothy Holm (can be reached on twitter at: @paratize) has taken the locations, art, books and music, and the history and people mentioned in “I’ll Be Right There” and he has photographed or chased down the references and put them up on Pinterest.…
(NOTE: You can also follow KTLIT on Twitter @ktlit) More stuff just found on the web. The first is Bae Su-ah’s appearance at PEN, an annual literary festival underway in New York, where, among other things she will discuss her recently translated work. In the past Hwang Sok-yong and Kim Young-ha, participated in 2009 and 2011, respectively,…
Last Friday we reminded you of our great 10 Magazine/Seoul ABC video interviews (example, Hwang Sun-mi talking (in full-techni-bilinguality!!) about “The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly“). But we go beyond that, far beyond that on the ktliterature video channel… We have Charly getting drunk reading “The Boozer” We have Barry and Charly arguing over…
Devine, Maija Rhee, friend of this podcast and author of The Voices of Heaven, which Amazon describes as, a rare gem in English-language literature about Korea, a story that takes us deep into the devotion and secrets of a family living in Seoul at the cusp of the Korean War. A tale that spans decades,…
The Language Translation Institute of Korea and The British Council in Seoul did a brilliant job of selecting authors for the 2014 London Book Fair (at which Korea was the market focus). The British Council used this opportunity to interview all of the authors, and while these interviews may be found individually through their “news”…
Just a reminder the KTLit has moved part of its focus on Korean literature and Korean authors into the video realm and has begun (with the aid of the 10 Magazine Book club and SeoulABC) to video interviews with Korean authors. Since these are in English and Korean, anyone can listen! Author Kim Young-ha…
Here we are again! You’ll notice we continue to tweak the set so as to finally make it perfect for Stephane at Seoul Village! Because Jo Kyung Ran spoke at the 10 Magazine Book Club, we made her our first topic and discussed her 4 books in English: • Tongue • Looking For the Elephant…