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14left:0px;right:0px;z-index:100;}.transparent-header.kadence-scrollbar-fixer #masthead{right:var(--scrollbar-offset,0);}.transparent-header #masthead, .transparent-header .site-top-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner, .transparent-header .site-main-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner, .transparent-header .site-bottom-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner{background:transparent;}}.site-branding{padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.site-branding .site-title{font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:72px;line-height:1;font-family:optima-lt-pro;color:var(--global-palette1);}.site-branding .site-description{font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:26px;line-height:1;font-family:bembo-mt-pro;color:var(--global-palette5);}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.site-branding .site-title{font-size:48px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.site-branding .site-title{font-size:48px;}}#masthead, #masthead .kadence-sticky-header.item-is-fixed:not(.item-at-start):not(.site-header-row-container):not(.site-main-header-wrap), #masthead .kadence-sticky-header.item-is-fixed:not(.item-at-start) > .site-header-row-container-inner{background:#ffffff;}.site-main-header-inner-wrap{min-height:80px;}.site-main-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner>.site-container{padding:20px 0px 20px 0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.site-main-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner>.site-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;}}.site-top-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner{border-bottom:1px solid var(--global-palette7);}.site-top-header-inner-wrap{min-height:0px;}.site-top-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner>.site-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;}.site-bottom-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner{background:var(--global-palette7);border-bottom:1px solid var(--global-palette7);}.site-bottom-header-inner-wrap{min-height:0px;}.site-bottom-header-wrap .site-header-row-container-inner>.site-container{padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.header-navigation[class*="header-navigation-style-underline"] .header-menu-container.primary-menu-container>ul>li>a:after{width:calc( 100% - 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14.mobile-navigation:not(.drawer-navigation-parent-toggle-true) ul li.menu-item-has-children .drawer-nav-drop-wrap button{border-left:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);}#mobile-drawer .drawer-header .drawer-toggle{padding:0.6em 0.15em 0.6em 0.15em;font-size:24px;}#main-header .header-button{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px -7px rgba(0,0,0,0);}#main-header .header-button:hover{box-shadow:0px 15px 25px -7px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);}.search-toggle-open-container .search-toggle-open{color:var(--global-palette5);font-style:normal;font-size:22px;}.search-toggle-open-container .search-toggle-open.search-toggle-style-bordered{border:1px solid currentColor;}.search-toggle-open-container .search-toggle-open .search-toggle-icon{font-size:1.2em;}.search-toggle-open-container .search-toggle-open:hover, .search-toggle-open-container .search-toggle-open:focus{color:var(--global-palette-highlight);}#search-drawer .drawer-inner{background:rgba(9, 12, 16, 0.97);}.mobile-header-button-wrap .mobile-header-button-inner-wrap .mobile-header-button{border:2px none transparent;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px -7px rgba(0,0,0,0);}.mobile-header-button-wrap .mobile-header-button-inner-wrap .mobile-header-button:hover{box-shadow:0px 15px 25px -7px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);} 15/* Kadence Footer CSS */ 16.site-middle-footer-inner-wrap{padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;grid-column-gap:30px;grid-row-gap:30px;}.site-middle-footer-inner-wrap .widget{margin-bottom:30px;}.site-middle-footer-inner-wrap .site-footer-section:not(:last-child):after{right:calc(-30px / 2);}.site-top-footer-inner-wrap{padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;grid-column-gap:30px;grid-row-gap:30px;}.site-top-footer-inner-wrap .widget{margin-bottom:0px;}.site-top-footer-inner-wrap .site-footer-section:not(:last-child):after{right:calc(-30px / 2);}.footer-social-wrap .footer-social-inner-wrap{font-size:1.2em;gap:0.5em;}.site-footer .site-footer-wrap .site-footer-section .footer-social-wrap .footer-social-inner-wrap .social-button{color:var(--global-palette9);background:var(--global-palette1);border:2px none transparent;border-radius:0px;}.site-footer .site-footer-wrap .site-footer-section .footer-social-wrap .footer-social-inner-wrap .social-button:hover{color:var(--global-palette8);background:var(--global-palette1);}#colophon .footer-html{font-style:normal;font-size:12px;}#colophon .footer-navigation .footer-menu-container > ul > li > a{padding-left:calc(1.2em / 2);padding-right:calc(1.2em / 2);padding-top:calc(0.6em / 2);padding-bottom:calc(0.6em / 2);color:var(--global-palette5);}#colophon .footer-navigation .footer-menu-container > ul li a{font-style:normal;font-size:12px;}#colophon .footer-navigation .footer-menu-container > ul li a:hover{color:var(--global-palette-highlight);}#colophon .footer-navigation .footer-menu-container > ul li.current-menu-item > a{color:var(--global-palette3);} 17/*# sourceURL=kadence-global-inline-css */</style><link data-asynced="1" as="style" onload="this.onload=null;this.rel='stylesheet'" rel='preload' id='custom-typekit-23585-css' href='https://use.typekit.net/akn5aex.css?ver=1.1.5' media='all' /><style id="kadence-blocks-advancedheading-inline-css">.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading mark{background:transparent;border-style:solid;border-width:0} 18 .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading mark.kt-highlight{color:#f76a0c;} 19 .kb-adv-heading-icon{display: inline-flex;justify-content: center;align-items: center;} 20 .is-layout-constrained > .kb-advanced-heading-link {display: block;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.has-background{padding: 0;} .single-content .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper h1, 21 .single-content .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper h2, 22 .single-content .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper h3, 23 .single-content .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper h4, 24 .single-content .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper h5, 25 .single-content .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper h6 {margin: 1.5em 0 .5em;} 26 .single-content .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper+* { margin-top:0;}.kb-screen-reader-text{position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px;padding:0;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);} 27/*# sourceURL=kadence-blocks-advancedheading-inline-css */</style><style id="kadence-blocks-global-variables-inline-css">:root {--global-kb-font-size-sm:clamp(0.8rem, 0.73rem + 0.217vw, 0.9rem);--global-kb-font-size-md:clamp(1.1rem, 0.995rem + 0.326vw, 1.25rem);--global-kb-font-size-lg:clamp(1.75rem, 1.576rem + 0.543vw, 2rem);
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237n kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kt-inner-column-height-full"><div class="wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column21_b27025-0e"><div class="kt-inside-inner-col"><p class="kt-adv-heading21_3544c1-97 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_3544c1-97">The Asian Review of Books began in 2000, created by Peter Gordon with the vision of a dedicated pan-Asian book review publication. More than twenty-five years later, still edited by its creator, the ARB remains the only platform of its kind.</p><p class="kt-adv-heading21_e4b9ef-5e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_e4b9ef-5e">Widely quoted, referenced, republished by leading publications in Asia and beyond and with an archive of several thousand book reviews, articles, essays and excerpts, the ARB provides a forum of intellectual depth and breadth where leading thinkers can write on the books, arts and ideas of the day. ARB reviews have often been reprinted by such publications as the <em><a href="https://www.scmp.com/?module=masthead&pgtype=homepage" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">South China Morning Post</a></em> and <em><a href="https://scroll.in/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scroll.in</a></em>. A <a href="https://asianreviewofbooks.com/category/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">podcast</a> was added in 2021, delivering weekly interviews with authors.</p><p class="kt-adv-heading21_fdc54b-3d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_fdc54b-3d">Since 2025, the ARB has been part of the <a href="https://rsaa.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Royal Society for Asian Affairs</a>, giving the ARB the organisational support that can secure and sustain its unique position over the long term. The RSAA was founded in 1901 with a commitment to advancing knowledge of Asia. The RSAA’s quarterly academic journal, <em><a href="https://rsaa.org.uk/journal/" data-type="link" data-id="https://rsaa.org.uk/journal/">Asian Affairs</a></em>, has been published continuously since 1914.</p><p class="kt-adv-heading21_acb44c-bb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_acb44c-bb"><strong>Peter Gordon</strong>, in addition to editing the ARB, is also a publisher at Chameleon Press, a frequent commentator in regional Asian media and was a founder and former organizer of the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. He is co-author of <em><a href="http://rutadelaplata.asia/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Silver Way: China, Spanish America and the birth of globalisation 1565-1815</a></em> (Penguin, 2017) and <em><a href="https://www.abbrv.press/codice.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Painter and Patron: The Maritime Silk Road in the Códice Casanatense</a></em> (Abbreviated Press, 2020).</p><p class="kt-adv-heading21_ab3928-63 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_ab3928-63"><strong>Alison Fincher</strong> co-edits ARB reviews of Japanese fiction and has published more than fifty reviews of her own since 2020. She is the founder of the website <a href="https://readjapaneseliterature.com/Read+Japanese+Literature" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read Japanese Literature</a>. She has also been interviewed for articles in <em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/23/japanese-fiction-britain-translation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Guardian</a></em> and <em><a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Tea-Leaves/How-Japan-s-cat-lit-lures-fans-abroad" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nikkei Asia</a></em>, and appeared on <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025d7s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BBC Radio 4’s <em>The World Tonight</em></a>.</p><p class="kt-adv-heading21_cc32bb-e2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_cc32bb-e2"><strong>Nicholas Gordon</strong> has hosted the ARB podcast from its inception. He is a writer, editor and occasional radio host based in Hong Kong. Previously he was a researcher and writer for a Hong Kong-based economic development think tank.</p><h2 class="kt-adv-heading21_26b417-b3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_26b417-b3">Letters to the ARB Editor</h2><p class="kt-adv-heading21_1621f9-54 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_1621f9-54">Letters to the Editor may be sent by <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">email</a> with the word âLETTERâ at the beginning of the subject line. All letters received will be assumed to be for publication and are subject to editing. We welcome substantive replies to ARB articles and reviews. Preference will be given to longer, reasoned letters which add to the discussion of the subject in question. The author of the original article may be invited to respond.</p><h2 class="kt-adv-heading21_223ce0-a0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_223ce0-a0">Using ARB content</h2><p class="kt-adv-heading21_81cfe8-16 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading" data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading21_81cfe8-16">ARB content is subject to copyright and may only be reproduced with explicit permission. But our aim, and that of our writers, is for our content to be as widely read as possible. 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