The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

The selection committee for the Akutagawa and Naoki literary awards have announced that no works will receive either of the biannual awards this time — for the first time in 27 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/17/books/akutagawa-naoki-no-awardees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #awards #literature #books #akutagawaprize #naokiprize
Saskia
@saskia@backend.newsmast.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

I finished Atmosphere on Saturday and, after sitting with it for a few days, I think it might be one of my favourite books ever.

I thought Taylor Jenkins Reid would struggle to surpass Seven Husbands but man, this does.

I really really hope this gets adapted (properly) for the big screen because the narrative deserves it.

Read it!

9/10*

*Marks removed for emotional devastation

#FediBookClub#Books#Reading#Read#Book#Author#Literature
Project Gutenberg
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland by Bernard Sleigh, 1920

If you believe in fairies, this ancient map and guide will help you know them and find them

By Paul Sorene

https://flashbak.com/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917-476957/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917

Fairyland at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37291

#Maps#Books#Literature

An Ancient Mappe of Fairyland, Newly Discovered and Set Forth (1917). Presents Fairyland as a rectangular island in birds-eye perspective, complete with compass rose (“North of Nowhere,” “East of the Sun,” “South of Sirius,” “West of the Moon”), scale in “thoughts,” and legend indicating magical features like well‑springs, temples, inns, and dwarf’s treasures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh#/media/File:An_anciente_mappe_of_Fairyland_-_newly_discovered_and_set_forth_(15868801335).jpg
An Ancient Mappe of Fairyland, Newly Discovered and Set Forth (1917). Presents Fairyland as a rectangular island in birds-eye perspective, complete with compass rose (“North of Nowhere,” “East of the Sun,” “South of Sirius,” “West of the Moon”), scale in “thoughts,” and legend indicating magical features like well‑springs, temples, inns, and dwarf’s treasures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh#/media/File:An_anciente_mappe_of_Fairyland_-_newly_discovered_and_set_forth_(15868801335).jpg
An Ancient Mappe of Fairyland, Newly Discovered and Set Forth (1917). Presents Fairyland as a rectangular island in birds-eye perspective, complete with compass rose (“North of Nowhere,” “East of the Sun,” “South of Sirius,” “West of the Moon”), scale in “thoughts,” and legend indicating magical features like well‑springs, temples, inns, and dwarf’s treasures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh#/media/File:An_anciente_mappe_of_Fairyland_-_newly_discovered_and_set_forth_(15868801335).jpg
Saskia
@saskia@backend.newsmast.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden - 7/10

I finished this gem yesterday and honestly, I was blown away.

I didn't expect to be so pulled into another post-war story but here I am! Thankfully, this one was queer with an interesting plot following the treatment of Jewish people in post-war Netherlands.

I learnt stuff, I enjoyed the pacing and act structure, and I would recommend!

#FediBookClub#Books#Reading#Read#Author#Book#Literature
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

The resort town of Karuizawa has long been associated with summer retreats, and serves as a muse of sorts to writers such as Minae Mizumura who sees it as being uniquely situated between Japanese and Western culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/08/books/minae-mizumura-karuizawa-literature/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #books #minaemizumura #literature #karuizawa #nagano