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Midnight in Peking author Paul French.

'Midnight in Peking' Author Offers Tips on Getting Your Book About China Published

Author Paul French, whose Midnight in Peking was awarded the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, visited Asia Society Studios to offer advice for aspiring authors hoping to write the next great China book. more

More About the Iranian Prison Film Jon Stewart is Leaving 'Daily Show' to Direct

For those of you looking for a little more information on what Stewart's directorial debut will be about, we've got you covered. Maziar Bahari appeared at Asia Society New York in 2011 to discuss 'Then They Came For Me.' more
Hari Kunzru at a book signing of his novel "Gods Without Men" at McNally Jackson bookstore in New York City in March 2012. (McNally Jackson)

Interview: Novelist Hari Kunzru on Mo Yan, Misogyny and National Indentity

"I consider Indians writing in English as writers, first and foremost," says award-winning author and journalist Hari Kunzru. In-person appearance at Asia Society New York on January 10. more
Stephen R. Platt (Michael Lionstar)

Interview: Qing Historian on Past Political Drama and Current Political Debate

Asia Society Associate Fellow Jeffrey Wasserstrom interviews 'Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom' author Stephen R. Platt. more
Asia Society India Centre Executive Director Bunty Chand (L) and Bachi Karkaria, Festival Director, in Mumbai on Dec. 7, 2012. (Asia Society India Centre)

Asia Society's Opening Night Dinner at Times Literary Carnival

A very special evening of dinner, music, and talk with Carnival speakers and some of Mumbai's most dynamic and distinguished personalities. more
Detail from "Ferdowsi encounters the court poets of Ghazna," from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1532, attributed to Aqa Mirak (Aga Khan Trust for Culture). Featured on the cover of "The World of Persian Literary Humanism" by Hamid Dabashi (Harvard University Press, 2012).

Interview: Hamid Dabashi Navigates 1400 Years of Persian Literary Tradition

Columbia University scholar discusses the theories of "literary humanism" advanced in his new book. more
Chinese author and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan arrives for a press conference at a hotel in Gaomi in China’s Shandong province, October 12, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/GettyImages).

China's Online Community Reacts to Mo Yan's Nobel Prize

Mo Yan's Nobel Prize inspires mixed responses among China's Internet community. more
Chinese writer Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Literature Prize winner, attending the premiere of a TV series in Ningbo, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, in July 2010. (STR/AFP/GettyImages)

Will Mo Yan's Nobel Prize Finally Mean Better Book Sales Abroad?

Mo Yan's English translator talks about what winning the Nobel Prize in Literature means for the Chinese author. more
Tarun J. Tejpal (R), author of 'The Story of My Assassins.' (Shailendra Pandey)

Book Excerpt: 'The Story of My Assassins' by Tarun Tejpal

In this excerpt from a tense new Indian crime thriller, a crusading journalist's life comes under threat. more
Peter Hessler in his apartment in Fuling, China, in the fall of 1996 shortly after he arrived. His apartment looked down to the Wu River and then the Yangtze in the distance. The main city of Fuling is visible to the left, at the juncture of the rivers.

Interview: Peter Hessler on His Surprising First Trip to China

You probably know Peter Hessler from his acclaimed books on China, but you may not be aware that it was "happenstance" that led him to the country in the first place. more