China looms large at book industry event
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CHINESE authors and books are in the spotlight at this year’s BookExpo America, a major industry event which kicked off Wednesday in New York City.
According to Wu Shangzhi, vice minister of China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, this is the third time since 2009 that China has been a guest of honor at a top-notch book trade fair held in a major Western country.
The event also represents the largest ever exchange between publishing professionals from China and the United States in decades, said Wu.
The China Pavilion hosts a broad array of Chinese publications on topics such as politics, economics, history, art and culture. Novels by Nobel Laureate Mo Yan and science fiction master Liu Cixin are also on the shelves.
Translation is an issue that hampers the spread of Chinese literature, said representatives from American publishers.
Paul Mytovich, sales and marketing manager of CN Times Books, told Xinhua that translated versions of books about Chinese national affairs are popular, but the market for Chinese literature in America is comparatively bleak.
Kristin McDonough, director of the New York Public Library of Science, Industry and Business Library, echoed Mytovich, saying there is a scarcity of translated versions of Chinese literature in her library. “I really look forward to more Chinese literature books,” said McDonough. “Reading (books about China) obviously can’t replace the real experience of traveling there.”
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