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Address: 2-1-14 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8361 - Telephone: 03-5232-4111

Literature

The Masterpieces of Australian Contemporary Literature Series

The Masterpieces of Australian Contemporary Literature Series was established by Gendai Kikakushitsu Publishing (link) in 2012. With the support of the Australia-Japan Foundation, the program aims to increase the recognition of contemporary Australian literature by translating and publishing Australian novels in Japan. Not only showcasing the excellence of Australian literature, the series looks to reveal 'Contemporary Australia' and share with the Japanese audience the diversity of its culture and society. Currently four books have been published, and Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" is the latest of the series.

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The Slap

2015 'The Secret River' by Kate Grenville

31 December 2015 -

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'The Secret River' has been nominated for the Man Booker Prize (2006) and has won many awards including the Commonwealth Writers Prize (2006). It is one of Australia's best-sellers introducing a family arriving in Australia in the early 19th Century and their encounter with the Aboriginal people.

4 March 2016

Book Launch Event
Author Kate Grenville will be a guest speaker at the book launch event along with Ms Yukiko Konosu, a well-known translator of foreign literature moderated by the translator of this book Ms Tomoko Ichitani.
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This is an original event, part of the Tokyo International Literary Festival 2016


The Slap

2014 'The Slap' by Christos Tsiolkas

25 December 2014 -

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A book launch event for the Japanese version of "The Slap" was held on 10 January as author, Christos Tsiolkas visited Japan on this occasion. He gave a talk on the background of the book and the multiculturalism in Australia. Mr Tsiolkas also took part in a talk and symposium at Meiji Gakuin University and Ritsumeikan University.

9 January 2015

The Japan P.E.N. Club talk by Christos Tsiolkas and Masaaki Nishiki More

10 January 2015

Book Launch Event More

12 January 2015

Ritsumeikan University Symposium More


Culture Picture

2012 'Remembering Babylon' by David Malouf

Starting 29 February 2012

Remembering Babylon is the first of a series of Australian contemporary novels to be translated and published in Japan by Gendai Kikakushitsu Publishing.

Remembering Babylon has won a number of international awards, including the inaugural International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - one of the most lucrative literary prizes in the world - the Prix Baudelaire, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Best Novel), and was shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction and the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

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ABC Radio National: Books and Arts Daily - Australian Literature in Translation



Books by Australian Authors published in Japan