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/ Switzerland

Asia Society Switzerland's Winter Reading List 2018

Once more we have asked our members, this year's speakers as well as our colleagues all over the world what they have been reading lately. Here is our list of book recommendations, a selection for the travelling the world through windows of time and space – page by page.

Rasika Dugal, Nandita Das, Raja Sen and Gayatri Rangachari Shah

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/ India

Manto: A Special Pre-Release Screeening

On September 17, 2018, Nandita Das, Rasika Dugal and Raja Sen discussed the making of the film 'Manto' at Asia Society India Centre's special pre-release screening.

Author Celeste Ng Believes That Cultural Visibility Should Include Everyone

The 'Little Fires Everywhere' scribe on the increased visibility of Asian-Americans on screen, the TV adaptation of her book starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, and why she needs silence to write.

New York

Lahore Literary Festival — Full List of Speakers

A celebration of Pakistani literature and culture through a global lens.

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/ Australia

Briefing MONTHLY

A public update with news and original analysis on Asia and Australia-Asia relations.

Times Litfest Opening Night Celebration Dinner 2017

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/ India

Times Litfest Opening Night Celebration Dinner 2017

The seventh annual Opening Night Celebration Dinner of the Mumbai Times Litfest saw some of the world's best writers and key figures from the city's cultural scene in attendance.

Why Xiaolu Guo Writes in English

The memoirist says that she feels more free in her second language.

Novelist Min Jin Lee on the 'Eternal Foreignness' of Being Asian American

The Korean-American writer discusses her work profiling Japan's marginalized Korean population.

Monkey Business

a cross-cultural dialogue between contemporary Japanese and American authors

Gina Apostol, Jessica Hagedon, Alfin Sa'at, Jeremy Tiang, and Harold Augenbraum participate in a discussion following a reading. (Ellen Wallop/Asia Society)

Four Southeast Asian Writers Talk Language, Identity, and Culture

As part of the Singaporean Literary Festival in New York, Asia Society hosted two Singaporean and two Filipina-born writers for a reading and discussion.