LiveWire: Murakami appears in public after 18 years

Writing a novel is like descending to a very dark second basement of your psyche, where you are not even sure where the corridors are, says bestselling author Haruki Murakami. In a rare public appearance by the publicity-shy but wildly popular writer, ...

KYOTO Acclaimed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami said Monday in a rare public appearance in Japan that his latest book depicting the story of a man facing up to his bitter past is a departure for him. There may be some people who feel Im going ...

Directed by Kim Mi-hye, Kafka on Shore gets first Korean run Updated : 2013-05-09 19:15 Famed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is currently in the international spotlight for his recently released novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of ...

In this file photo, Haruki Murakami holds a bronze Franz Kafka Prize on Oct. 30, 2006. (Mainichi) KYOTO -- Haruki Murakami came to something of a revelation about personal connections as he was writing his latest novel, the best-selling author said ...

More than 100 people lined up at midnight at a Tokyo bookstore last week, eager to get their hands on the latest Haruki Murakami novel, the first in three years by the global bestselling author and Nobel prize favourite. The publisher is printing ...

The Japanese publisher of the new novel by Haruki Murakami said Thursday it had ordered one million copies of the book, less than a week after it went on sale. Bungeishunju Ltd. said "Shikisai wo Motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to Kare no Junrei no Toshi ...

TOKYO - Japanese readers are flocking to buy Haruki Murakami's latest even though almost nothing has been disclosed about the book by one of the nation's most respected and commercially successful writers. The novel is the first in three years for ...

Author and keen runner Haruki Murakami sent a personal message to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and said he felt personally wounded by the attack on his favorite race. So, even from far away, I can imagine how devastated and discouraged ...

Haruki Murakami (Mainichi) NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Acclaimed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami expressed his grief over last month's Boston bombings in a message carried by the New Yorker magazine in its online edition Friday. In an article entitled ...