Issue 41 / February 2012
January 2012 Update
A very happy 2012 to all our readers. As the last discarded conifers head off to be recycled into next season's book tokens, it's time to take stock of what the new year has in store for all things literary, and the Guardian has duly obliged with a nifty calendar of events and publications that matter.
Among the more intriguing is a marathon Shakespearefest at the Globe Theatre, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, which promises 37 plays in 37 languages from April to June including a Bangla Tempest and a Hip Hop Othello: "I hate the bastard, hate the Moor. I hate his rhymes, I hate his whore."
If your resolutions extend to reading more short stories you can't go wrong with Adam Ross. Sample one of his offerings in his just published collection here. You will also enjoy Penguin Shorts, and their digital take on classically styled affordable tales for a mass audience.
On the subject of captivating design, the short film The Joy of Books has been a recent Twitter sensation, recalling Spike Jonze's equally lovely Mourir Auprès de Toi, an animation set in the Shakespeare & Company bookshop in Paris.
Last but by no means least, this week saw the Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 shortlist announced. Not the usual five, but seven, titles have made the final list, with stories ranging from "the arid borderlands of Pakistan, the crowded cityscape of modern Seoul, and the opium factories of nineteenth century Canton". A resolution you may not yet have thought of could be to read each of these novels before the winner is declared on 15th March.
On your marks...
Farhana Gani, January 2012
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