Announced today, Haruki Murakami’s new novel will be released in Japan on 13 April 2023. The Release The publisher, Shinchosha, delivered a concise release on 1 February 2023 at 00:00 (JST). “On 13 April 2023, Shinchosha will publish Haruki Murakami’s new novel (1200 manuscript pages). It will be the first entirely new piece published in […]
From the early part of his career, Haruki Murakami has been known for translating many novels into Japanese, including those by Fitzgerald and Salinger. At the same time, he has also translated picture books and has published 17 translated picture books, 13 by Chris Van Allsburg. Allsburg’s creative universe is full of strange and enchanting […]
An interview with Haruki Murakami was published in today’s Mainichi Shimbun evening edition. In talking about his book ‘More, My Good Old Classical Records‘, published at the end of last year, he expressed his love for records in Murakami-esque way. “I like records because I can see the process. There are physical grooves, aren’t there? […]
Murakami gave an interview to the high school student reporters from the Yomiuri Junior Press on 8 August, in the middle of the pandemic. The students carefully read Murakami’s new book “First Person Singular”, and Murakami offered them an invaluable two-hour experience in the summer when the pandemic deprived young people of opportunities. The HIdden […]