Since Haruki Murakami’s latest novel came out in Japan, he’s been selling over a million copies a week.
A seventy-five-year old story writer has won Japan’s Akutagawa Prize. How’s that for a Post-40 Bloomer?
“B|ta’arof is a magazine and website dedicated to the collective history and experience of Iranians across generational and geographic borders. It is a virtual museum of Iranians living outside of Iran, and a voice for the Iranian community at large.”
1. In Iceland, one in ten residents will be published during their lifetime.
2. In Norway, the government buys 1,000 copies of every Norwegian author’s book. That’s like getting a $19,000 subsidy.
3. In Argentina, there are pensions for some authors.
![“Is this literary boomlet [of Indian fiction] an anomaly, a coincidence, or a harbinger?”
- The New Wave: On the State of Indian Fiction in America by Keith Meatto](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mazm3bstbT1r6xvfko1_1280.jpg)
“Is this literary boomlet [of Indian fiction] an anomaly, a coincidence, or a harbinger?”
- The New Wave: On the State of Indian Fiction in America by Keith Meatto
