Oct 12, 2020

Frederik L. Schodt's My Heart Sutra: The Publishers Weekly Review

My Heart Sutra: A World in 260 Characters by Frederik L. Schodt is available December 8th, 2020. Order your copy here. "In this curious...

Sep 24, 2020

Announcing 'My Heart Sutra,' Frederik L. Schodt's new book

Stone Bridge Press is happy to announce the publication of longtime and beloved Stone Bridge Press author Frederik L. Schodt's My Heart...

Sep 17, 2020

'Bird Talk' translator, Frederik H. Green talks Xu Xu's life and legacy with University of Chicago

Xu Xu was a pivotal figure in Chinese literature of the 20th Century. As an exile who made Hong Kong his home in the 1950s, Xu Xu helped...

Jul 13, 2020

China History Through Comics (SBP Monthly Special)

As part of this month's special we are offering 20% off when you purchase any volume in the series Understanding China Through Comics....

Jun 29, 2020

Steve Alpert, 15 Years at Studio Ghibli Reddit AMA

Steve Alpert's Reddit "Ask Me Anything" is now archived for all to read. Over the period of three hours Steve fielded the Internet's most...

Jun 18, 2020

Translator Frederik H. Green talks Xu Xu's 'Bird Talk' on New Books Network Podcast

A wonderful new interview with translator Frederik H. Green about his new book, a collection of stories by Chinese author Xu Xu with...

Jun 16, 2020

15 Years at Studio Ghibli - Now Available

We are happy to share that Steve Alpert's long awaited-memoir of his time working with Hayao Miyazaki at the legendary animation studio,...

Jun 15, 2020

Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World (SBP Monthly Special)

We’re introducing a series of YouTube videos where we can talk about our books and even get the chance to talk with some our authors and...

Jun 12, 2020

Steve Alpert interviewed by Cartoon Brew

"Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli, is a wellspring of sharp insights into the studio’s creative...

Jun 9, 2020

Welcome to the new home of Stone Bridge Press

For the past several months we've been working with our webmaster IamTeeJay on a redesign of the Stone Bridge Press website. We're...

Jun 8, 2020

Six Things We Learned From Steve Alpert’s New Tell-All Studio Ghibli Memoir - Cartoon Brew

"Having launched on the brand-new streaming service HBO Max, the Studio Ghibli catalogue is now poised to reach new corners of the...

Jun 2, 2020

Behind the Scenes of Miyazaki’s Magic: Kyoto Journal reviews Steve Alpert Studio Ghibli memoir

Jun 1, 2020

Animation Scoop reviews Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man.'

"Although there have been numerous books and countless articles published about Studio Ghibli and its creations, few, if any, journalists...

Jun 1, 2020

All the Anime reviews 'Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man'

"It’s all in a day’s work for Steve Alpert, the American executive hired to sell Studio Ghibli to the world. Originally part-released as...

May 28, 2020

Polygon shares excerpt from Steve Alpert's Studio Ghibli memoir

"How Neil Gaiman protected Princess Mononoke from Disneyfication. Studio Ghibli executive Steve Alpert details the translation efforts in...

May 28, 2020

Xu Xu's 'Bird Talk and Other Stories' now available

Bird Talk and Other Stories, our long-awaited collection of short fiction by Chinese author Xu Xu, is now available from book sellers...

May 18, 2020

Excerpt: 15 years at Studio Ghibli by Steve Alpert

Thanks to Books on Asia for sharing an excerpt from Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man, Steve Alpert's upcoming memoir of his time...

May 18, 2020

SoraNews24 interviews Steve Alpert on his upcoming memoir and time at Studio Ghibli

"Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli can now be considered household names around the world, but it wasn’t always that way. Even after...

May 14, 2020

Forty-Seven Samurai reviewed by The Asian Review of Books

Hiroaki Sato's newly published deep-dive into the remarkable and true tale of loyalty, vengeance, and ritual suicide has now been...

May 14, 2020

Jonathan Clements on Xu Xu's 'Bird Talk and Other Stories'

Jonathan Celements, celebrated author and scholar on Asia has shared his thoughts on the upcoming publication of influential Chinese...

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