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Category: Books

  • Broken Levee Books

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    Chin Music Press is expanding by launching a new imprint, Broken Levee Books, “dedicated to preserving the unique literary heritage of New Orleans and discovering its most compelling voices.” It’s also reprinting the Do You Know compilation, again in hardback edition.

  • Arcade Mania in Metropolis

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    In case you missed it, a few excerpts from Arcade Mania appeared in last week’s issue of Metropolis (760), and can be read online here. As previously mentioned, the book is already out in Japan, and can be ordered from a few places (you’ll find links on the book’s official site). The same edition comes…

  • Yokai Attack the Washington Post

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    Yokai Attack gets some nice coverage in this piece from the Washington Post. You also get to see Matt and Hiroko talk about the book in a video report.

  • Tokyolife Talkshow

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    Had a great time at yesterday’s Tokyolife talkshow at Tsutaya in Roppongi, especially for the chance to meet Mika Ninagawa. Big thanks to Ian for asking me to do it. Pictured above on the panel (from left): Marie (our translator), Ninagawa-san, Ian Luna (editor and contributor to the book), and me. Note that Mika Ninagawa’s…

  • PingMag: Graffiti Japan

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    Remo gets interviewed over at PingMag about his just-launched book, Graffiti Japan.

  • Lisa Katayama at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan

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    Monday night I stopped by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Yurakucho to catch Lisa‘s talk about her book, Urawza: Secret Everday Tips and Tricks from Japan. She actually talked about much more, including the insane amount of work that went into the piece on 2-Channel‘s Hiroyuki Nishimura she wrote for Wired.

  • Tokyolife Talkshow

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    For those interested, I’ll be hosting a panel at Tsutaya Tokyo Roppongi (the big one behind Roppongi Hills, near the TV Asahi building) on Saturday (October 25). It will cover the book Tokyolife, and the panelists are Ian Luna, editor and contributor to the book, and photographer/filmmaker Mika Ninagawa — Ian is working on a…

  • Chin Music Press Talk in NYC this Wednesday

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    Your mission, should you decide to accept it, would be to attend a talk to be given by Craig this Wednesday (October 8, 18:30-20:00) at the Apple Store in SOHO. The presentation will focus on the making of Art Space Tokyo and Goodbye Madame Butterfly, and other CMP goodness I’m sure.