October 8, 2013
The Guardian
Booker prize 2013: why Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being should win
Richard Lea
Interview at The Wheeler Centre, With Leanne Hall
On the eve of her 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlisting (for A Tale for the Time Being), Canadian-American author (and Zen Buddhist priest) Ruth Ozeki visited the Wheeler Centre's green room for a conversation about her work and ideas with Melburnian and fellow author Leanne Hall.
September 13, 2013
The Wheeler Centre
Catastrophe, Thought Experiments and Writing as Performed Philosophy
With Leanne Hall
BBC News: Man Booker Prize 2013: Shortlist at a glance →
“A Zen novel, it’s about dualities at every level... it is incredibly clever and incredibly sweet, it is big hearted and a novel we decided was most likely to make us realise the process of reading 152 books could make us feel Zen, rather than a little tired.”
September 11, 2013
BBC News
Man Booker Prize 2013: Shortlist at a glance
The Telegraph: Booker Prize 2013 is a truly great shortlist →
“As the names were read out by Robert Macfarlane, chair of the judges, I realised the choices were both brave and solid – each one exceptional yet indisputably skilled; and as a collection, as a joint way of saying “this is what the novel can be”, it was incredibly exciting. ”
September 10, 2013
The Telegraph
Booker Prize 2013 is a truly great shortlist
Gaby Wood
Tricycle: The Eternal Now →
“What moves me most of all is the way Ozeki explores intimate human relationships, and how people manage to love each other in the midst of their suffering.”
Fall 2013
Tricycle
The Eternal Now
Susan Moon
Sydney Morning Herald: Poetic approach to an idiosyncratic oeuvre →
“Both works stir in a dazzling array of ingredients with the same mix of playfulness, compassion and acid observation.”
August 18, 2013
The Sydney Morning Herald
Poetic approach to an idiosyncratic oeuvre
John Bailey
Book Talk: The Literary Summer Heats Up →
July 31, 2013
Scottish Book Trust
Book Talk: The Literary Summer Heats Up
Ryan Van Winkle
Japan Times: A diary washed ashore opens up a world of multiple realities →
“A good read transcends into the eternal, melding the real now with a timeless present. Ruth Ozeki’s “A Tale for the Time Being” is all that and more: a quietly amazing achievement, a careful construct bridging quantum physics and the role of the reader/observer, a Zen eternity of multiple realities within a single I-novel/not a novel.”
July 14, 2013
The Japan Times
A diary washed ashore opens up a world of multiple realities
Kris Kosaka
Guardian Books podcast: A world in transit →
“Michelle de Kretser and Ruth Ozeki talk about novels which span the globe, while Jo Glanville and Evie Wyld discuss a literary world in motion”
June 28, 2013
The Guardian
Guardian Books podcast: A world in transit
Richard Lea
Downpour.com: Ruth Ozeki Interview by Malcolm Hillgartner
Downpour is pleased to present this interview with Ruth Ozeki, award-winning filmmaker and novelist. Her latest book, 'A Tale for the Time Being,' explores issues of culture, connection, and identity in the wake of the 2011 Pacific tsunami.
April 8, 2013
downpour.com
Downpour Author Interview: Ruth Ozeki
Malcolm Hillgartner
Listen to the full interview at Downpour.com: http://bit.ly/14RQYcr