From and About Asia Reading Project
From and About Asia is a reading project that shares and celebrates the diversity of Asian cultures. It’s hosted by Meonicorn from The Bookish Land, and using mainly BookTube as a medium, along with other internet tools, to promote Asian cultures in literature.
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rules
Starts from May 2021, we pick one Asian country per month and read two types of books about it.
Book type I: read a book by an author from that country
Book type II: read a book about the culture of the subregion where the country is from
Season 2 Reading Schedule
AUGUST 2022 - OCTOBER 2022
August - 🇯🇵 Japan, Eastern Asia
September - 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste, Southeastern Asia
October - 🇰🇼 Kuwait, Western Asia
MAY 2022 - JULY 2022
May - 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Southern Asia
June - 🇹🇯 Tajikistan, Central Asia
July - 🇾🇪 Yemen, Western Asia
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Picture by Dylan Shaw on Unsplash
Reading Resources by Sub-region
Resources for more countries on the way!
archived ReadingS
November 2021 - January 2022
🇲🇳 November - Mongolia, Eastern Asia
🇲🇾 December - Malaysia, Southeastern Asia
🇱🇧 January, 2022- Lebanon, Western Asia
August 2021 - October 2021
🇧🇩 August - Bangladesh, Sothern Asia
🇲🇲 September - Myanmar, Southeastern Asia
🇸🇦 October - Saudi Arabia, Western Asia
May 2021 - July 2021
🇰🇵 May - North Korea, Eastern Asia
🇺🇿 June - Uzbekistan, Central Asia
🇯🇴 July - Jordan, Western Asia