Awai Books

18/11/2025

Thrilled to see our Pillow Book by Jee Leong Koh praised in The New York Times! If you haven’t read it yet, now would be a great opportunity to enjoy Koh’s playful, witty writing, complemented by lovely illustrations from Mariko Hirosawa. The English text is paired with a Japanese translation by Keisuke Tsubono.

ニューヨーク・タイムズ で、Awai Booksの本『マクラノソウシ』が「思わず笑っちゃう本」として紹介されました！

読んでみたい方は、この機会にぜひ！著者、ジー・リオン・コーの光るセンス、坪野圭介さんの天才的翻訳、平澤まりこさんの素敵なイラストをお楽しみください🤗英語、日本語、イラストが入っています📖

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/books/review/bryan-washington-palaver-interview.html

02/02/2024

Thank you everyone who came to our launch event at the Royal Anthropological Institute. We hope you're enjoying Itsushi Kawase's first book in English translation.

"Mischief of the Gods: Tales from the Ethiopian Streets" is available now📚 http://www.awaimedia.com/MischiefoftheGods.html

英国王立人類学協会での出版記念イベントに来てくれてみんなさん、ありがとうございました！Awai Booksがプロデュースした川瀬慈さんの本『Mischief of the Gods: Tales from the Ethiopian Streets』（日本語版『ストリートの精霊たち』）は、ただいま好評発売中📖

02/11/2023

Save the date! On Nov 30th, we're celebrating the 4th anniv. of Mark Schilling's "Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000" with a new ebook edition.

It offers an expanded table of contents, search features, and a sleek e-design.

Pre-order here: https://amazon.com/dp/B0CM2158LB/

29/06/2023

Our new translation is out tomorrow! It was featured today in the Yomiuri newspaper🙏

Awai Booksの新刊『Mischief of the Gods』が読売新聞で紹介されました。明日は発売日！よろしくお願いします☺️

04/06/2023

Delighted that a bilingual poetry collection of ours, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Forrest Gander, will be musically reinterpreted this month in Tokyo by composer Alice Nakamura.

Come out if you can! And read the book if you haven’t!

"Eiko & Koma": http://www.awaimedia.com/eiko_and_koma.html

詩集『Eiko & Koma』が、作曲家🎼中村ありすさんの手によって音楽化されます！

20/05/2023

Ryuichi Sakamoto would have been thrilled to see our first book release of 2023... Pre-orders now open through B&N, Amazon, and your favorite indie retailer. Will be out June 30! Links for pre-order listed below↓

Awai Booksの新刊は6月30日発売🥳

Amazonで予約受付中です！

川瀬慈 (著者), ジェフリー・ジョンソン (翻訳),170頁

第6回鉄犬ヘテロトピア文学賞受賞作『ストリートの精霊たち』（世界思想社）待望の英訳版！

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mischief-of-the-gods-itsushi-kawase/1143459884
Amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/-/en/dp/1937220117/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/en/dp/1937220117/
Amazon JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/1937220117/

The book's wonderful design is by David Matthew Davis🙏

28/12/2021

2022 may be another stinker, but your reading list doesn't have to be. Stay safe and in good company.

Holiday well wishes from the team at Awai Books.

素敵なプレゼントや、休暇中に読む本を探している人へ。
Awai Booksの本をご紹介します📚

28/12/2021

Our new book by Norman England was featured in the Japan Times🙏🙏🙏

A look behind the scenes with Godzilla, the ‘king of monsters’ | The Japan Times

Norman England's new book, "Behind the Kaiju Curtain," gives an insider's take on Japan's kaijū craftsmanship and monster movie-making.

21/11/2021

First review of our new release out! “Books: Behind the Kaiju Curtain” https://blog.alltheanime.com/books-behind-the-kaiju-curtain/?fbclid=IwAR1wIwk_wW20UiyMaiKTz0kugO20hvXmfy3soCi5v1v2T5SAu34FO_qMEzw

Despite the title, which immediately and perhaps unjustly evokes Jasper Sharp’s magisterial Behind the Pink Curtain, Norman England’s Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey onto Japan’s Biggest Film Sets is not an exhaustive account of an entire genre. Instead, it is a very personal snapshot of o...

21/10/2021

Huge news (literally!): Norman England's BEHIND THE KAIJU CURTAIN is now available to pre-order through Amazon, B&N, and your favorite indie retailer. Will be out Nov 22! Links for pre-order listed below↓

Awai Booksの新刊は11月22日発売🥳

Amazonで予約受付中です！

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the-kaiju-curtain-norman-england/1140366656?ean=9781937220105

Amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/-/en/Norman-England/dp/1937220109/

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/en/Norman-England/dp/1937220109/

Amazon JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Norman-England/dp/1937220109/