An article written by Murakami has been republished by The Atlantic Magazine online.    There is a link:   Haruki Murakami: Where My Characters Come From - The Atlantic

Korea Times reported on the release of Talk about Music with Mr. Seiji Ozawa.  These are transcriptions of conversations that Ozawa has had with prominent personalities in Japan, including Haruki Murakami.   To view the reporter's article, you must scroll down maybe two screens of hyperlinks ( Read more... )

Haruki Murakami now has an advice column on his website. Apparently the term being used is "agony uncle" which, according to one of the below links "It means an advice columnist, or more specifically an avuncular type of writer to whom readers can pour out their agonies."

I missed an earlier post on this from The Guardian Another website with ( Read more... )

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage has been out for a little bit now. Anyone read it yet? What did you think of it?

Personally, I'm about 100+ pages in to it and I just started this morning.


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Here's a video I made about Murakami's life and work....

Murkami Video from Ilana Simons on Vimeo.

Shortlist.com has a new feature on Murakami: 20 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Haruki Murakami . Many of these things will be pretty common knowledge to most of his fans, but there were a few pieces of trivia and quotes I hadn't heard before. Enjoy. :)

An intriguing new book review discusses the plot and themes of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (link via largehearted boy).

I just came across an interview Murakami did for Honolulu Weekly earlier this year. He discusses the writing process, Hawaii, and Alice in Wonderland. Enjoy! :)

According to the Guardian, Murakami favored to win the Nobel prize for literature.

"Air Chrysalis" drum and bass LP by Concord Dawn: http://www.concord-dawn.co.nz/