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Tony Malone

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My January wrap-up post has all the links and info from #JanuaryInJapan - click on the link for more info :)
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January 2026 Wrap-Up – January in Japan

January is always a busy month, but after wrapping up 2025 with the annual awards ceremony, a look at some stats and a reflection on the year that was, it was on with the show – and what a sh…

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February 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM

Tony Malone

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My latest #JanuaryInJapan reread is of Kuniko Mukōda’s 'The Woman Next Door' (translated by A. Reid Monroe-Sheridan: Kurodahan Press), an engaging set of five stories featuring ordinary people in slightly depressing lives...
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January 30, 2026 at 10:02 AM

Tony Malone

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My final post for #JanuaryInJapan looks at Thomas Gaubatz's 'The Textual Townsman' (courtesy of Columbia University Press), a book that takes us back to the Tokugawa period and examines it through the eyes of two writers:
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‘The Textual Townsman’ by Thomas Gaubatz (Review)

After the last couple of #JanuaryInJapan posts saw us spending time in the Heian Era, we’re skipping forward a good few centuries today for the final review post of the month, with our focus …

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January 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM

Tony Malone

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Another book about 'The Tale of Genji'?! My latest #JanuaryInjapan review looks at Richard Bowring's 'Landmarks of World Literature: Murasaki Shikibu – The Tale of Genji' :)
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‘Landmarks of World Literature: Murasaki Shikibu – The Tale of Genji’ by Richard Bowring (Review)

The Tale of Genji is rarely far from my thoughts, so as you can imagine, I was never likely to ignore it during January in Japan. I’ve already contributed another couple of posts to my chapt…

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January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM

Tony Malone

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We're back with Genji for my latest #JanuaryInJapan post, and in Chapter 20, 'Asagao', he's once again making eyes at a woman who's trying to say no - while poor Murasaki's heart breaks back at home...
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The Tale of Genji: 20 – Asagao

If you recall, when we left Genji at the end of our last chapter-by-chapter journey through the Tale, the Shining One was admonishing himself for flirting with a young woman he’s supposed to …

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January 23, 2026 at 7:57 AM

Tony Malone

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My latest #JanuaryInJapan review takes us far into the future with Hiromi Kawakami's 'Under the Eye of the Big Bird' (translated by Asa Yoneda, published by Granta Books), a novel telling us all about the human race, and how it ends... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/u...

January 21, 2026 at 10:25 AM

Tony Malone

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Another #JanuaryInJapan reread (see the comments for a link to my 2010 review) is of Yukio Mishima's sublime 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion' (translated by Ivan Morris).

January 20, 2026 at 9:52 AM

Tony Malone

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Calling Haruki Murakami fans! My recent #JanuaryInJapan reread was carried out to enable a post comparing the book and film versions of 'after the quake' (translated by Jay Rubin: directed by Tsuyoshi Inoue).

January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Tony Malone

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My most recent #JanuaryInJapan reread was of Shion Miura's 'The Great Passage' (translated by Juliet Carpenter), which - as is hopefully obvious from the photo - has to do with creating a dictionary.

January 18, 2026 at 9:17 AM

Tony Malone

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If you were missing some sword-fighting for #JanuaryInJapan, today's post has got you covered as we head back to the 14th/17th century with 'Chūshingura' (translated by Donald Keene), the story of revenge being best serve cold and violently ;)
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January 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM

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Read Japanese Literature

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Check out RJL'sreading project for #JanuaryinJapan 2026. 31 days of free-to-read short stories or excerpts from novels, encompassing a short history of modern Japanese fiction. I'll post a new short story every day, and you're welcome to read along!

January in Japan 2026 - Read Japanese Literature

RJL presents a list of 31 translated Japanese short stories you can read on-line for free, organized into a brief history of modern Japanese literature.

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December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM

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Rónán Hession

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Yo!

I'll be in Paris tomorrow launching Ghost Mountain in French translation by Charles Roux. The launch is in L'Ecume des Pages at 7pm. I'll be interviewed by the wonderful Tim MacGabhann.

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January 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM

Tony Malone

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It's Osamu Dazai time today for #JanuaryInJapan, with a slightly more feminine side than usual - take a look at my review of 'No One Knows' (translated by Ralph McCarthy, published by New Directions), a collection of fourteen stories told by women :)
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‘No One Knows’ by Osamu Dazai (Review)

It’s two years ago now that I undertook my January in Japan project on Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human, reading and reviewing three translations into English and pitting them against each…

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January 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM

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Claire McAlpine 📚

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Reading from the library and indulging a few temptations from a flash book sale.

4 borrowed, 4 bought and a dozen donated, the dangers and delights of book sales.

#library #books 💙📚

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A Flash Book Sale & Library Haul

Recently I attended a flash booksale at a small local English library, donating a bag of books and picking up a few temptations, despite going with the intention of not buying. New Daughters of Afr…

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January 11, 2026 at 6:08 AM

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Bluemoose Books

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Le Montagne Fantome by Rónán Hession -

Translated by Charles Roux and published by Les Grands Vents is out today in France in all good bookshops and libraries.

Magnifique.

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January 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM

Tony Malone

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It's #JanuaryInJapan, and I'm back on my Genji adventures - find out what happens in Chapter 19, 'Usugumo', with a look at what happens in at home and away (and in the translator's pen...):
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January 8, 2026 at 8:59 AM

Tony Malone

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Just took a new photo of my private Genji library, ready to get started on my first chapter post for the year - quite a spread, eh... #TheTaleOfGenji

January 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM

Tony Malone

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Hurray!

Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 26d

It's official.

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Bluemoose Books snaps up fourth novel by Rónán Hession

Bluemoose Books has acquired Richard Heart Julianne, Rónán Hession’s fourth novel.

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January 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM

Tony Malone

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My first new review for this year's #JanuaryInJapan has me looking at Fumiko Hayashi's 'Floating Clouds' (translated by Lane Dunlop, published by Columbia University Press), a novel of dreary lives in post-war Japan:
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‘Floating Clouds’ by Fumiko Hayashi (Review)

Well, it’s taken a while, but I’ve finally got all of my 2025 admin out of the way, so it’s time to crack on with the reading and reviewing for 2026 – and what better way to…

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January 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM

Tony Malone

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As you may (or may not) be aware, round these parts the first month of the year is #JanuaryInJapan, in which J-Lit is front and foremost in our minds (not that it isn't usually!).

January 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM

Tony Malone

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After seventeen full years of blogging, how did 2025 go? Find out in my annual State of the Blog Address ;)
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The 2025 State of the Blog Address

After a swanky awards ceremony and a dull look at some statistics, it’s almost time to finally get 2025 out of the way and get on with 2026, but there’s one more task to tick off my to-…

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January 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM

Tony Malone

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If numbers aren't your thing, keep on walking, but if you're partial to some stats, come this way for my look at what *you* all read on the blog last year :)
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Your Favourite Posts of 2025

After the excitement of the awards ceremony, it’s time to take a step back and view things from a slightly more detached, and quantitative, angle. You see, it’s all very well telling y…

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January 3, 2026 at 7:50 AM