Tina Schneider began her career as a studio artist, painting and drawing. She received her BFA from The School of Visual Arts, her MFA from Bard College and taught at Vassar College. Her work was fea ...
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In honor of National Poetry Month, we asked readers to submit their original haiku for a chance to win signed books, signed prints and more.Throughout the month, we had a high number of submissions, ...
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Tracy Gallup is an author, illustrator and lifelong artist. She has a BFA from Eastern Michigan University and an MFA in painting from Syracuse University. Tracy worked as an elementary school art te ...
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Born in Sweden, Per Oscar Brekell developed an interest in Japanese tea during high school, a passion that grew and later led to his move to Japan. He studied at Gifu University and became a certifie ...
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Today we are sharing Part One of an interview with the authors of the brand new Tuttle graphic novel, Tokyo Rose - Zero Hour. In case you're unfamiliar with the Tokyo Rose story, it centers on Iva To ...
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Brian Ashcraft is a senior writer for the video gaming site Kotaku and a columnist for The Japan Times. He was previously a contributing editor at Wired Magazine. Brian is the author of Tut ...
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Sue DiCicco was one of Disney's first female animators, and is a sculptor, prolific author and illustrator of children's books, including Adventures in Asian Art, Origami Peace Cranes and t ...
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This week we caught up with the ever-busy Evangeline Neo—comic artist and author of the popular book A Manga Lover's Tokyo Travel Guide. Based in Singapore, Evangeline got her BFA in San Francisco an ...
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One of our favorite releases of the past year was actually the second book in a two-volume series: Learn Japanese With Manga! by Marc Bernabe. We wanted to revisit these books by interviewing their a ...
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In honor of Women's History Month, we are featuring articles from some of our amazing women authors. This week we interview author and artist Abby Denson about her upcoming book Uniquely Japan,& ...
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Kymm Coveney was raised in the suburbs south of Boston. She received a BA in modern English & Spanish literature at Wheaton College in 1981, and moved to Spain the following year. She now lives i ...
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I still vividly remember how I felt when I first arrived in Hokkaido—an alien in a foreign place, fresh from the world of the West, transplanted to a remote frontier in far-northern Japan. These ...
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Happily situated in San Francisco’s historic Japantown is Paper Tree—a family-run store with the world’s largest collection of origami paper.The Mihara family opened Paper Tree (fondly known in Japan ...
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As part of our celebration of the return of international travel in Japan, we are featuring Audry Nicklin, author and illustrator of My Travels in Japan. Audry is a comic artist who had the oppo ...
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April is National Poetry Month!
This month-long celebration is in its 23rd year, having been established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Its goal is to maximize awareness and appreciat ...
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It's Asian Pacific Heritage Month, and we are sharing books and interviews from some of our amazing AAPI authors here on the blog. Today we haveYumi Komatsudaira, who is a recipe developer, culinary ...
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In honor of Women's History Month, we are featuring articles from some of our amazing women authors. This week we interview Eliza Victoria, author of the upcoming books Wounded Little Gods ...
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Tuttle author Stephen Mansfield has published twenty books and over two thousand articles, focused on Japanese gardening, travel and culture. His books include Tokyo: A Biography, 100 Japan ...
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Today we are speaking with Vivian Ling, co-author (alongside Wang Peng) of the upcoming Tuttle release, A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales. Vivian has enjoyed a long career as an educator and ...
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Multicultural Children's Book Day started in 2012 when two book-loving moms teamed up to raise awareness around kid’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these types of books into ...
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We recently released Lady Murasaki's Tale of Genji, a manga adaptation of what many believe to be the world's oldest novel. Because of the fascinating nature of this title, we wanted to catch up ...
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Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer and folklorist. He is the author of Yurei: The Japanese Ghost, Yokai Stories and Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan, and the translator of Lei ...
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The recent passing of Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh inspired an outpouring of grief and remembrance throughout the world. Dr. Jerry Braza, a student of Nhat Hanh and ...
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Vivian Ling was born in wartime China and educated in the U.S. Dr. Ling received a master’s degree in Asian studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in Chinese language and li ...
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Jake Gill is the CEO of Inkren (Skritter)—an app for learning to write Chinese and Japanese characters—and a lifelong student who is passionate about helping make Chinese language learning more acces ...
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Happy National Book Lover's Day!Whether you visit your local library, tweet at your favorite author, or simply curl up with an old favorite, National Book Lover's Day is an easy holiday to celebrate ...
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One of our most exciting releases this year has been Robert Whiting's Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies. It's a rare insider's look at modern Japan through the eyes of foreigners who took a ...
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January 25th is Multicultural Children's Book Day! Five years ago, children’s reading and play advocates Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom teamed u ...
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Today we are speaking with Amy Kimoto-Kahn, author of the new Tuttle release, The Asian Hot Pot Cookbook. Amy is a fourth-generation Japanese American mom, wife, and private chef, and ...
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It's Asian Pacific Heritage Month, and we are sharing books and interviews from some of our amazing AAPI authors here on the blog. Today we have Nancy Matsumoto, who is a food journalist wit ...
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One of our most exciting spring releases is The Amazing Beasts of Philippine Mythology — written and illustrated by the Ang Ink Artists Collective, a group of Asia's leading children's ...
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We're super excited about the recent release of The Super Kawaii Coloring Book, with 124 whimsical Kawaii scenes, characters and vignettes to color and make your own. And today we're catc ...
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Nicholas Coffill is the author of our recently released title, Photography in Cambodia: 1866 to the Present. We caught up with him to talk about this beautiful and powerful new book, and ho ...
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It's
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month here in the U.S., and we want to share some thoughts from the authors of the upcoming Tuttle graphic novel, Tokyo Rose: Zero Hour. In case you ar ...
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In honor of Women's History Month, we are featuring articles from some of our amazing women authors. This week we interview Amy Chavez, author of the upcoming book The Widow, the Priest, and the ...
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We’ve just released a brand new edition of Introduction to Zen Training by Omori Sogen, the renowned Japanese Zen scholar, author, swordsman and calligrapher—and also a successor in the Tenryu-j ...
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