SBP Blog
China Smart: What You Don’t Know, What You Need to Know— A Past & Present Guide to History, Culture, Society, Language
Michael Palmer - Thursday, June 20, 2019
'Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan' takes Gold at Foreword Indie Awards
Michael Palmer - Wednesday, June 19, 2019
We are proud to announce that Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan: Do it Right and Be Polite has taken Gold in the Foreword Indies awards competition in Travel! Read More
Japan Visitor recommends 'Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan'
Michael Palmer - Sunday, June 09, 2019
"You are headed to Japan for the first time and you've heard Japanese are very courteous and that good manners are very important in their country... Read More
The Midwest Book Review of 'The Fourth String'
Michael Palmer - Tuesday, May 21, 2019
"Impressively well written with a distinctive narrative storytelling style, The Fourth String is an inherently fascinating, thoughtful, and compelling read." Read More
'The Fourth String' reviewed by the Asian Review of Books
Michael Palmer - Monday, May 13, 2019
We're proud to share that the Asian Review of Books has shared their review of Janet Pocorobba's new memoir, The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me. Read More
The Pacific Rim Review of Books reviews 'My Year of Dirt and Water'
Michael Palmer - Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Maryse Cardin of The Pacific Rim Review of Books does a deep dive into Tracy Franz's year of zen memoir, My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk's Wife in Japan. Read More
'Oh, Tama!' by Mieko Kanai available now
Michael Palmer - Monday, April 29, 2019
We are proud to announce that, Oh, Tama!: A Mejiro Novel by Mikeo Kanai, translated by Tomoko Aoyama and Paul McCarthy is now available from your favorite book retailer. Read More
'Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan' takes Silver at IBPA Ben Franklin Awards
Michael Palmer - Monday, April 15, 2019
Congratulations to Amy Chavez and illustrator, Jun Hazuki for taking the Silver in the Travel category at this year's IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards which was held at the IBPA Publishing University this year in Chicago, Illinois. Read More
Rev. T.K. Nakagaki to speak on the Buddhist Swastika this Saturday in NYC
Michael Palmer - Thursday, April 11, 2019
Hate crime is on the rise, and the swastika regularly appears as a weapon of rightwing hatemongers and white nationalists. But in Asia, billions of people view the swastika very differently, as a symbol of peace. Can its original meaning be restored? Read More
Defying the Western Narrative — Interview with Janet Pocorobba for DIY MFA
Michael Palmer - Thursday, April 11, 2019
Janet Pocorobba, author of the incredible new memoir The Fourth String speaks with DIY MFA on her new book as well as how to defy writing structures both in the classroom and on the page. Read More
Like our blog? Please share it!
Categories
Subscribe to the SBP Mailing List
New Releases
Amy’s Guide to Best Behavior in Japan
Going to Japan? This unfussy modern guide guarantees you keep it polite and get it right!
China Smart
Essential essays on all things Chinese that inform and entertain travelers, students, and anyone working or living in China
Forty-Seven Samurai
One of the most spectacular vendettas ever: the history and haiku behind the mass-suicide featured in the 2013 film 47 Ronin
Oh, Tama!
A deeply eccentric novel about lives and connections—and a cat of course—in 1980s Tokyo: witty, offbeat, and strangely profound.
Tag Cloud
book reviews photography juddhism keanu reeves zen monks wife' world literature today kris kosaka Christianity in Japan hitlers cross minamata story journal' monks wife society matcha eugene smith manga hippocampus magazine comic history foreword reviews memior religion death film kyoto journal Poetry rebecca otowa musical tricycle magazine Chinese Astrology stone bridge cafe 4k bushido china What You Don’t Know, What You Need to Know— A Past & Present Guide to History, Culture, Society, Language suehiro maruo bird talk and other stories politics and prose diymfa Interview association of jewish libraries author signing dirt and water japan today brad hawley machiya restaurant guide understandind china through comics author talk my year of dirt and water wife japan custom the inland sea AAS ritual no longer human Art/Design etiquette tea garden amys guide to best behavior in japan 20th century chinese literature book tour author event huffington post center of east asian studies astro boy year of zen poetry of consciousness Japanese aesthetics forest gander neil gaiman japanese manners japanese cutlure books eastern and western philosophy forty seven samurai what do in japan hate literary review interfaith kyoto travel internment how to order in japan the japan times kimba the white lion evil gaijinpot forewrod reviews indies Language chinese literature japan memoir university of chicago Travel japan book Translation johnny depp new york events poet the japan society classic japanese literature damian flanagan japanese drunk rachel manley washington dc tokyo Second World War osamau tezuka diary mieko kanai classic poetry China zen travel manners publicity Japanese literature kinokuniya event japanese translation zen monk Coming of Age Day the millions zen monk wife Nikolas Bunton namethetranslator symbol stone bridge press publishing Anime/Manga/Comics book hoarding tracy franz koun event buddhist trip why we write podcast leonard koren the buddhist swastika ancient symbol zen monk in japan luke patitsas a mejiro novel janet pocorobba ripe mangoes book reading amy chavez peace symbol Korea author tour blurb wanderlust benjamin franklin awards oh tama donald richie Japan drinking in japan japanese instruments Chiune Sugihara hiroaki sato eating in japan expat in japan comics do it right and be polite machiya restaurant jun hazuki danica davidson journal of a zen monk traditional japanese instrument nova scotia gratitude in japan lucille cara japan manners foreigner in japan the silver spoon mentorship in japan kyoto guidebook fantasy literature Year of the Dog book club otakuusa 1960s Korea 2019 Tokyo Olympics new release eco tragedy tomoko aoyama purification china guide japan trip green tea PEN AWARD frank beyer astrology kyodo news jing liu World War Two asia japanese customs WWII budhist swastika buddhist swastika japanese bath dazai studying in japan IBPA holocaust monks wife book review Chinese New Year graphic novels xu xu japanese etiquette minamata student teacher Japanese holidays ex pat literature hooked cross literary prize steve alpert monk wife paul mccarthy travel etiquette larry herzberg review japan etiquette buddhist priest book publicity japan ravel Chinese culture new york UCLA steve heller zazen mark gibeau doris bargen japan culture visitor anime osamu dazai hiaku Christianity traditional japanese business monk china book literature book recommendation japan vacation 47 ronin japan restaurant manga biography translators World War II buddhist symbols traditional japanese instrumenet foreword indies award classic literature swastika catcher in the rye ancient symbols japan food frederik green the hidden writer gallery awa michael emmerich book award studio ghibli travel to japan kyoto nashville scene criterion illustration buddhism announcement hitler expat japanese classic suicide lesley university traditional japanese music janet pocorbba forty seven ronin japan books new books ningen shikkaku shamisen Shoah learning shamisen shaimsen lions roar pulitzer prize shun medoruma hitler symbol japanese culture japanese instrument the fourth string journal a shameful life nichi bei weekly, naomi hirarahara book signing china where igo gaijin japanese to english osaka bowing in japan graphic novel manners the fourth string a memoir of sensei and me Chinese history History bookstore anne prescott japan travel Ukiyo-e japanese craft benjamin franklin award memoir writing finalist peace the asian review of books a memoir Japanese art polite 1960's Japan Korea photography 2020 Olympics japan times summer vacation manji memoir in japan behavior osamu tezuka tourist japanese travel japan book review Children's Literature japanese people yukio mishima huffpost japan travel etiquette how to nazi podcast alan brill international book award ibpa publishing university sean michael wilsonl akiko shimojima nara chinese eli lieberman donald keene janet pocrobba state of belief japanese books in english journal of a zen monk's wife a memoir of sensei and me sensei and me fiction japanese koto japanese book Alexandra Johnson japan behavior Children's Books travel literature japanese music living in japan performance eco disaster min kahng classic sharing a house with the never ending man walt disney sensei gaijin pot will eisner pacific rim review of books the lion king disney kansuke naka nhk Okinawan literature pottery awards china smart welton gaddy expert china history seppuku chinese books frederik schodt japanese history hong kong Olympics bookseller chinese comics simba 15 years at studio ghibli travel Japan american shamisen reviews china vacation alan moore haibun diy mfa memoir Basho best behavior in japan non-fiction haiku book controversy hayao miyazaki environmental disaster foreword indies how to travel in japan journal of a zen monks wife in japan learning instruments in japan Basho's Narrow Road tea book talk award kotaku miswest book review miyazaki Spring Festival education about asia tk nakagaki Spirituality amys guide to bes tbehavior in japan japan guide four immigrants china travel memoir, tracy franz, zen monk, buddhist learning in japan Asian Studies Culture asian review of books black jack japan visitor william f sibley in the woods of memory guide japan travel guide henry kiyama takuma sminkey book blurb japanese books giajin The Colorado Review chapters holden caufield writing author t.k. nakagaki 47 samurai shamisen performance jungle emperor
