Dahanghai Shidai[Photo provided to China Daily]A new bookDahanghai Shidai(The Great Age of Navigation), written by Wu Zheneng, was recently published by the Contemporary World Press.Dahanghai Shidaitells the story of a group of courageous warriors who set sail into the wester...

Chinese writer Jin Yucheng, author of the novel Blossoms, will take part in the upcoming 34th Hong Kong Book Fair.[Photo provided to China Daily]The 34th Hong Kong Book Fair, organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), will be held from July 17 to 23 at the Hong Kong Convention and...

[Photo by MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY]Possible indicator of things to come as science fiction award won by nonhumanAll-powerful robots and artificial intelligence have long been the subjects of science fiction. Now such technology means that fact is stranger than fiction. A science fiction story,Th...

China Literature Group exhibits artistic renditions of 150 of its online literature IPs in Dongguan Library on April 22 last year.[Photo provided to China Daily]A list of the "Top 10 Buzzwords in Chinese Online Literature in 2023", co-released recently by The Paper, a digital newspap...

Peng Jianbin.[Photo provided to China Daily]When Peng Jianbin was a grade-two student at a boarding high school in Guiyang county, Central China's Hunan province, 24 years ago, as a top student excelling in the sciences, he was looking for a way to entertain himself. Finding that few peopl...

Shao Dazhen, a renowned critic and professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]Recently launched in Beijing, theShao Dazhen Collection of Art Criticismshines a spotlight on a new compilation of his insightful art criticism articles...

A pop-up shop featuring the Harry Potter series will be held at this year's Beijing International Book Fair through Wednesday to June 23.The 30th Beijing International Book Fair is set to commence on Wednesday, featuring a diverse array of exhibitors from 71 countries and regions, collecti...

[Photo/IC]Editor’s Note:As Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO said, "The power of books must be fully harnessed. We must ensure access to them so that all people find refuge in reading and can thus dream, learn and reflect." April 23 marks World Book and Copyright Day. Here are te...