I’ve raved about Haruki Murakami before, but I can’t help it. I’m a fan girl. “A Wild Sheep Chase” was the first of Murakami’s novels...

After finishing Philip Pullman’s book about writing I returned to Haruki Murakami’s. Either I misremember picking up this book and...

I wish I could write books like Haruki Murakami, where the real and the unreal bleed into one another. The mundane seems extraordinary...

I've had a bit of a Ryu Murakami fest this week. His books are so quick to read yet they chill me to the bone. Ryu Murakami's antagonists...

Audition by Ryu Murakami I watched the movie directed by Takashi Miike some years ago. I remember it moved very slowly at first, lulling...