comicsandbooks

[奈雲政人 | Masato Nagumo @masatonagumo]

イギリスで売れている日本の小説は、侍でも忍者でもなく、喫茶店と猫の話だった。

いま英語圏で、日本の小説が異様に売れている。2024年、英国の翻訳小説の売上上位40冊のうち43%が日本の作品。

首位は柚木麻子さんのButterで、Waterstonesの年間ベストブックにも選ばれた。2025年にいたっては、翻訳小説の上位7冊をぜんぶ日本が占めたという。

面白いのは中身のほうで、売れ筋の半分以上は、業界でヒーリング・フィクションと呼ばれる小説たちだ。コーヒー、図書館の本、そして猫。

書評にはほとんど載らないのに、静かに売れ続けている。ジブリで育った世代には、日本の何気ない日常こそが憧れのファンタジーなのだと英紙は書いていた。

こちらが力んで輸出するものではなく、向こうが勝手に見つけてくれた日本。届くのは、案外そういうものなんだと思う。

#場と編集

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

This is so cool. We need to have more of these.

[Entrada Publishing @EntradaBooks]

#amwriting #WritingCommunity #amreading

[🏳️‍🌈Author Joharra Harper🏳️‍🌈 @BooksSeeker]

Day 17. What are the courts of your world like?

Currently corrupted.

#FebruaryWorldbuilders.
#WritingCommunity.
@Kiraofthewind1.

[🏳️‍🌈Author Joharra Harper🏳️‍🌈 @BooksSeeker]

Day 17. Legal/ illegal use of magic.

Certain harmful spells are illegal.

#FebChantment.
#WritingCommunity.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

I’m a librarian. We have rules. Strict ones. A little girl, maybe 9, came to my desk trembling. She pushed a copy of Harry Potter across the counter. It was ruined. Soaked. Muddy. "I... I dropped it in a puddle," she whispered. "I don't have the money to replace it." She was terrified. I looked at her file. She checked out three books a week. Never late. I looked at the book. Then I looked at her cheap, worn-out sneakers. I scanned the book. beep. "What book?" I asked. She looked confused. "The one... right there." I slid the ruined book into the trash can behind me. "I don't see a book. Our system says you returned it yesterday. Must have been a glitch." I grabbed a brand new copy from the shelf and handed it to her. "This one is checked out to you now. Try to keep it dry, okay?" She didn't say a word. She just grabbed my hand, squeezed it hard, and ran off. I paid for the lost book out of my paycheck. Best $15 I ever spent.

[soup🌱 @thrluv]

please stop making everything digital i want to keep saving the movie ticket, the concert ticket, a handwritten note, a photo, the invitation of about 15 & all those little things in a shoebox to open when im 80

[Katyayani Shukla @aibytekat]

I work at a bookstore. Teenager came in daily. Read for hours. Never bought anything. Finally asked. “Looking for anything specific?” “Just reading. Can’t afford books. Library’s far. This is closer.” Let him stay. Read whatever. Whenever. Brought him snacks. Hot chocolate. Safe space. Learned his story. Foster kid. Seventh home. Books were his escape. His education. His hope.

[allison harvard burke @alliharvard]

i used to be a mountain

[Gabino Iglesias @Gabino_Iglesias]

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Luca Ponsato.

[Taiwan Creative Content Agency 文化內容策進院 @TAICCA_Official]

🎬 A Documentary on Taiwanese Comics
Comic Books: Creating a Global Bestseller | Taiwan Comic Universe
Taiwan Comic Universe follows some of Taiwan’s bestselling comic book artists as they bring their unique artistic styles to a global audience. The documentary explores the development of Taiwan’s comic book market, what makes a comic a bestseller, and how Taiwanese creators are taking their work onto the world stage.

👉 Check out the documentary here:
https://t.co/ssOTcQqM29

[moon babe 🌙🌴 geminis and scorpios' lawyer @supermoongirl9]

instead of using ai and destroying the planet, you can use that platform full of free artworks from various museums that are public domain!!

[Cat Aquino 🌹🇵🇭 (updates only) @cat_aquino]

Pre-orders for CHAMPION OF THE ROSE: Volume 1, the 1st book of our Filipino epic fantasy manga/graphic novel series, are now open worldwide! It releases July 14, 2026. 🏵️✨

Cover art by @artominique (co-creator)
Cover design by Shawn Carrico
Publishing with VIZ Originals

[Irena Buzarewicz @IrenaBuzarewicz]

Thursday

[galactixy_illustrations @GalactixyI]

a couple of my favs

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

OH SHE ATE THIS SOO BAD OMFG😭😭😭

[تميم @1Mo7t]

Overthinking

[monshu @simonchouchou]

"when things don't go well, i try to remember when i liked myself best."

『好きだ、』su-ki-da
(hiroshi ishikawa, 2005)

[poemist @poemixt]

Drink your coffee. Read your books. It's chaos out there.

[Riley Walz @rtwlz]

san francisco cops take photos of graffiti violations. i scraped 100,000 citations from their website. art, but through the eyes of the law https://t.co/lc8aZN02QQ