15 July 2026
The Japanese Fiction Boom: From the publisher’s desk
Over the last few years Japanese titles have taken up half of the slots on translated literature bestseller lists. What caused this sudden wave of Western interest in Japanese fiction across all genres? This talk will go behind the perfect storm of reasons that made Japanese literature the biggest publishing trend of recent years. Jane Lawson and Kaja Murawska will also try to answer the question of what aspect of reading experience the Western public was missing and why Japanese writers are uniquely positioned to fill that gap. What are the remaining Japanese titles that are still being overlooked? They will try to share their future predictions as well.
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