Midori Friedbauer
‘Dragon Palace’ uses Japanese folklore to explore feminist themes
Hiromi Kawakami’s Dragon Palace is a collection of eight eerie stories inspired by Japanese mythology, history, and modern problems. Kawakami, a bestselling Japanese author,...
Hayao Miyazaki’s illustrated novel based on a Tibetan myth shines in new translation
Shuna’s Journey is an illustrated novel that follows a young prince from a hungry kingdom who breaks tradition, leaving his homeland to seek hardy...
The Monocle Book of Japan will inspire everything from research and discovery to an...
The Monocle Book of Japan, a culmination of years of reporting across the country by Monocle (a magazine covering global affairs, business, culture, design),...
A snack of good food writing from Japan
MONKEY New Writing from Japan Volume 1 serves a food-themed buffet of piquant
contemporary writing selections. The curation of short readings in MONKEY will please...
‘The Big Bath House’ highlights Japan’s communal bathing culture and multigenerational family love
The hardest part of going away to university was being in the absence of family. However, I always looked forward to the train ride...
A memoir of issues of sexism, racism and colonialism in Tessa McWatt’s “Shame On...
In Shame on Me, Tessa McWatt traces the intersecting issues of sexism, racism and colonialism down the latitudes of her body in a reflective...
“The Passenger: Japan”: A topical exploration of culture, social structures, politics and industry
Traveling may be off the table for a bit longer, but The Passenger: Japan is a perfect cure for wanderlust. A bookazine featuring 11...
“Sonata in K”, a poetic novella, imagines Kafka in a futuristic Los Angeles
Karen An-hwei Lee's first novella, Sonata in K, explores the absurdities and indignities of postmodernity in speculative prose about a clone—or breathing hologram, or...
“Welcome to Your Period”: An empowering, inclusive, vibrant handbook for any youth navigating their...
An essential guide to all things menstruation-related, Welcome to Your Period is the perfect starter manual for confronting the coming-of-age adventure of beginning menstruation. Yumi Stynes...
“White Fox: Dilah and the Moonstone”: An orphaned fox’s journey to become human
White Fox is a McGuffin-chasing adventure story full of twists and wit about a young arctic fox named Dilah and his genuinely lovable friends, written...
