August 3, 2023

Ten Must-Read Books for Women in Translation Month 2023

Great books deserve a second life on the international stage; however, each year, books authored by women make up a disproportionately small percentage of the total number of works translated into English. This gender disparity is exactly why Meytal Radzinski...

March 1, 2023

Twenty Books to Read for Women’s History Month 2023

Join us in celebrating the cultural, social, and leadership contributions women have played throughout history. From their critical roles in politics and advocacy to the fight against sexual violence, the underrepresentation of women in the workplace and scholarship to unsung...

August 27, 2020

Q&A: Ch’oe Yun and Chungmoo Choi on There a Petal Silently Falls

“Ch’oe is a versatile writer who cloaks stark perceptions of individual and social trauma with elegant craft, poignant metaphor, and occasional, sardonic flashes of humor.” ~Barbara Lloyd McMichael, Seattle Times We’re closing out Women in Translation Month with a Q&A...

March 10, 2020

Announcing our 2020 Asian Studies Catalog

Letter from the editors: Columbia University Press has a long history of bringing the Asian classics to an Anglophone audience. The books we present to you in this 2020 catalog continue that tradition, while also paying close attention to the...

February 4, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Uneven Innovation and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Uneven Innovation The Work of Smart Cities Jennifer Clark Jennifer Clark reframes the smart city concept within the trajectory of uneven development of cities and regions, as well as the long...

August 1, 2019

Women in Translation Month 2019: A Celebration of Poetry and Fiction from Russia and East Asia

Welcome to Women in Translation Month 2019! WITMonth began five years ago when Meytal Tadzinkski noticed that women writers made up less than half of published translations. Since then, WITMonth has grown into a global movement giving voice to women...

March 28, 2019

Media Roundup: Books With Strong Female Characters

In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we are featuring fictional works with strong female characters. In each of these stories, readers experience a place in time through the eyes and experiences of the protagonist(s). Enter the giveaway for a...

August 30, 2018

Best of Backlist Short Fiction from the Weatherhead Books on Asia Series: River of Fire and Other Stories and There A Petal Silently Falls

Remember to enter our drawing for a chance to win a copy of this book or any of the other titles we’re featuring this week! “Haunting, painful and affirming, full of illusions and hallucinations while rooted in the graphically physical…. Everything about...

August 27, 2018

Book Giveaway! Women in Translation Month

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we are delving into our backlist to feature fiction and nonfiction from...