Justin Lau Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Writes: Japan, cross-cultural identity, faith. Novel in progress. Founding editor @transectmag. SG-born, JP-raised, UK-based. ESEA, TCK, Japlish, バイリンガル
Blankets: 20th Anniversary Edition
Craig ThompsonJustin LauIf anyone's interested, you can read my @READEnglish BA (2015) and MA (2017) dissertations on: @neilhimself The Sandman https://t.co/TKZTGwCnj6 Craig Thompson's Blankets & Habibi https://t.co/8VoMkPzEsU #comicsstudies https://t.co/bKT3bZjNR6
Paperback, 2015
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
Adrian TomineJustin LauThis webinar (w/ @michaelsheen) to commemorate Adrian Tomine's new book The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist brought a smile to my face! Loved hearing anecdotes – some of which feat. @neilhimself. Thanks to @FaberBooks @Waterstones for putting on this event. https://t.co/fZKAelx9W4
Hardcover, 2020
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
Sathnam SangheraJustin LauWanting to show (in my small, meagre way) solidarity w/ @Sathnam today in particular by gushing about #Empireland which is an essential read for all Brits, and hugely illuminating for myself as a citizen of a colonised country. Thank you for writing this. https://t.co/5F4ofw7zjq
Hardcover, 2023
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mancunians: Where Do We Start, Where Do I Begin?
David ScottJustin LauA fascinating insight into Japanese-to-English translation, particularly the bit about how Louise Heal Kawai chose to translate 大阪弁 into Mancunian. https://t.co/6Qc0kZAQJa
Hardcover, 2023
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Habibi
Craig ThompsonJustin LauIf anyone's interested, you can read my @READEnglish BA (2015) and MA (2017) dissertations on: @neilhimself The Sandman https://t.co/TKZTGwCnj6 Craig Thompson's Blankets & Habibi https://t.co/8VoMkPzEsU #comicsstudies https://t.co/bKT3bZjNR6
Hardcover, 2011
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Index of Self-Destructive Acts
Christopher BehaJustin LauI just started reading Christopher Beha’s ‘The Index of Self-Destructive Acts’ in which we’re introduced to Frank Doyle who was disgraced for making a racist remark in the commentator booth at a baseball game – fact or fiction? https://t.co/tReW1OxJqC
Hardcover, 2020
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Art of Revision: The Last Word
Peter Ho DaviesJustin Lau@BethanyJarmul Love so many of the ones mentioned already (Lamott! Saunders!) but here are two more unmentioned recs I read this year that were truly inspiring/challenging: - The Getaway Car (Ann Patchett) - The Art of Revision (Peter Ho Davies)
Paperback, 2021
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Parisian
Isabella HammadJustin Lau@RowanHLB Most recently I think it'd have to be The Parisian by Isabella Hammad. Her prose is stunning.
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beat Writers at Work: The Paris Review
George PlimptonJustin LauWatching author interviews on YouTube is the modern-day equivalent of reading The Paris Review interviews.
Paperback, 1999
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book