At Books on Asia, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes and are now ready to announce our new sponsor for our podcast! Most of our readers will be familiar with Stone Bridge Press, publisher of fine books about Asia since 1989. In addition to their expertise in publishing, Stone Bridge Press brings their technical expertise to the podcast thus, you’ll notice an immediate improvement to the sound quality, editing and overall production. They’ve also made it possible to subscribe to the podcast from your favorite channels here. You can also subscribe direct from the Stone Bridge Press website and, while you’re there, sign up for their newsletter to receive all their upcoming book release news and notices of podcast episodes.

Subscribe to The Books on Asia Podcast and check out the first seven including Haruki Murakami translator Lena Baibikov, Tokyo Kill author Barry Lancet, and Ghost of the Tsunami author Richard Lloyd Parry. Upcoming podcast interviewees include Alex Kerr, Robert Whiting and Janine Beichman (poetry).